Unit 4 Living with technology Welcome to the unit & Reading 课件-2025-2026学年高中英语译林版（2020）选择性必修第二册

该高中英语课件围绕“人工智能：友好还是可怕”展开，通过视频（《海底两万里》等科幻作品填空）、比尔·盖茨名言填空导入主题，结合头韵修辞讲解和AI形容词联想搭建认知支架，引导学生从兴趣激发过渡到快读（杂志栏目选择）和细读（文章“总-分-总”结构分析），构建连贯的学习脉络。 其亮点在于融合思维品质与语言能力培养，通过霍金观点的正反辩论（Sample 1反对与Sample 2支持）引导学生批判与评价，细读环节分析文章段落结构提升文本理解能力。采用任务型教学法，学生在讨论中提升表达与逻辑思维，教师可借助多样化活动设计增强课堂互动，提高教学效果。

Unit 4 Living with technology Welcome to the unit & Reading (I) The advance of technology is based on making it fit in so that you don’t really even notice it, so it’s part of everyday life. --Bill Gates Technology has been _______ associated with our daily life that we largely depend on it and even we can’t live smoothly ___________it. How do you understand the quotation from Bill Gates? so without Watch the video and fill in the blanks. Step 1 Welcome to the unit Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea《海底两万里》: travelling deep under the ocean 2001: A Space Odyssey《2001太空漫游》: travelling to _______ The Matrix《黑客帝国》: connecting the human brain with ______ and entering the virtual world Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea（《海底两万里》）: Travelling deep under the ocean 2001: A Space Odyssey（《2001太空漫游》）: Travelling to _______________ The Matrix （《黑客帝国》） : Connecting the human brain with ______________ and entering the virtual world the Moon computers Science and technology is developing faster than we can imagine, such as________________________________. auto-driving, drones, Siri, Alexa, AlphaGo, Facebook DeepFace, Google assistant, ChatGPT and so on. When we talk about artificial intelligence, what adjectives come to your mind? Artificial intelligence useful terrifying helpful leading the way threatening amazing double-edged sword ... Artificial intelligence: friendly or frightening? alliteration eg. Sense and Sensibility Pride and Prejudice 头韵 Read the tip on P44 and tell how the author is likely to organize the information on artificial intelligence? AI can bring both _______ and __________ for us. benefits threats Step 2 Pre-reading In which column of a magazine can you read such an article? A. Entertainment B. Education C. Health D. Science D Step 3 Fast-reading Para 1: Para 2-5 : Para 6 : Read the text carefully and finish A1 and A2. Step 4 Careful reading Introduction Supporting details Conclusion __________ of AI ___________about AI Introduction Para. 1: . Para. 3: Supporting details Para. 4: Para. 5: A1 The main idea of each paragraph: AI can make your dreams come true. Para. 2: The _____ of AI and ______to achieve it. _________ of AI and ____________ . major breakthroughs Concerns Conclusion Para. 6: We need to make sure that we will not fall victim to AI. aim how approaches to achieving it Development Applications 1. How can a deep-learning machine improve its own performance? By learning from the results of its previous actions. L11 2. What events were considered as major breakthroughs in AI? Deep Blue beat the world chess champion Garry Kasparov in 1997, and AlphaGo defeated Ke Jie, arguably the best human Go player, in 2017. L19-22 3. What are ordinary people using AI to do? To get instant translations of text in foreign languages. L28-29 4. What are we getting closer to according to the author? The dividing line between humans and machines. L34 A2 1. What does the word “spell” mean in Line 46?( ) A. speak B. form C. replace D. cause 2.Which of the following proverbs can best summarize AI? A. Every coin has two sides. B. Ill news travels fast. C. More hasty, less speed. D. All that glitters is not gold. D A Guessing the meanings: What is the author’s attitude to artificial intelligence? Use details from the article to support your opinion. The author is excited but also cautious about AI. He uses the example of having a robot do all your work for you and says “How cool that would be!” He also explains how AI could benefit us by listing various applications of AI, such as health care and machine translation. However, while looking forward to its potential, he is clearly concerned about the possible dangers of AI.He asks a series of questions about the future of AI and quotes Stephen Hawking to show the potential dangers. In the conclusion the author also warns, “We need to make sure that we will not fall victim to AI”. 1. In para.5, Stephen Hawking is quoted as saying, “The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race.” Do you agree with him? Why or why not? Step 5 Discussion 2. What will the future be like in the future? What the future will be like is anybody’s guess. be anybody’s /anyone’s guess 谁也说不准的事 I do not agree with Stephen Hawking. I think that scientists fully understand the concerns about AI, and they will surely be careful about developing it. Even if we are able to create true artificial intelligence, we will know how to control it. According to the Three Laws of Robotics, put forward by science fiction author Isaac Asimov, robots may not injure human beings or allow them to be harmed. They must obey the orders given by human beings except where such orders conflict with the First Law, and they must protect their own existence if that does not conflict with the First or Second Law. Yes, I agree with Stephen Hawking. With the development of full artificial intelligence, machines may become so intelligent that human beings could no longer control them. If super-intelligent AI machines could think and act completely on their own, it remains to be seen how they would treat human beings. It would be extremely dangerous if they decide that humans are their enemies. So I think we need to be very careful with full artificial intelligence, and it is important that we consider possible dangers before it is too late. The future always looks promising for most people. Imagining what the future will be like may encourage people to work harder to turn their fantasies into reality. Imagining what the future will be like also helps us progress. Step 7 In-depth thinking 巩固练习 With the rapid development of artificial intelligence, many sweet dreams like a robot doing all the work for you may come true. AI is a branch of computer science that aims to develop intelligent machines, 1. ________(design) for better work and higher efficiency, and people have been in pursuit of the dream of AI for many years. Especially in 2017, a computer program named AlphaGo beat Ke Jie, 2. ________(show) a large leap in AI systems. Nowadays, AI 3. ______________(use) in quite a few fields, such as looking after patients, 4. ____________(perform) surgeries, writing novels, driving, translating, to name 5. ______ a few. People feel their life is becoming more and more 6. ____________(convenience). This technology is changing our lifestyle for the better. However，7______ machines taking the place of humans, here come concerns and fears. People will become more 8. ________(rely) on AI machines and they may pose a great threat to the existence of humans, spelling the end of the human race. 9. _______conclude, we should sincerely welcome the 10. ________(arrive) of AI, but at the same time, we should be careful of the application of it. designed showing has been used performing but convenient with reliant arrival To Finish B1 on P47. Prepare for the language points in the passage. Homework Lavf58.29.100 Lavf54.59.106 $