内容正文:
When Tomorrow Comes
Section B 1a-1e
Look at the title of the interview below. What do you think the interview is
about?
1a
It’s about how to get ready for the future.
1b: Read the interview and see if your guess was correct.
为明天做好准备了吗?
主持人:晚上好,各位观众!我们今天的嘉宾是未来世界研究中心的首席研究员陆星元博士。陆博士,欢迎来到我们的节目。
陆博士:晚上好。谢谢大家,很高兴能来到这里。
主持人:陆博士,感谢您的到来。那么,作为一名未来学家,您能告诉我们50年后的生活将会有哪些不同吗?
陆博士:嗯,到时候你会看到机器人在各处工作。
主持人:您能给我们举几个例子吗?
陆博士:好的,我们都知道,中国的机器人产业发展迅速。机器人会让我们的生活变得更轻松。我们会拥有服务型机器人,它们几乎会包揽我们所有的家务,还会在灾难和紧急情况发生时参与救援。
主持人:那么,未来人类还会从事哪些工作呢?
陆博士:问得好!如今的一些工作在未来几年将会消失。不过,未来也会出现更具挑战性的工作,比如太空飞行员和人工智能专家。
主持人:您认为机器人终有一天会取代人类吗?
陆博士:我不这么认为。我们的创造力和情商对于人际关系而言至关重要,人工智能无法在这些方面取代人类。
主持人:您提到了人工智能。人工智能将如何改变我们的世界?
陆博士:它必然会改变我们的工作、学习和生活方式。比如,智能冰箱会在你食物快吃完时,知道你需要什么并为你订购食材。
主持人:哇,那可太省时间了!现在是我的最后一个问题:我们该如何为未来做准备?
陆博士:很简单。只要接受变化,不断学习并努力奋斗就好。当下的选择会影响你的未来。
主持人:感谢您的分享,陆博士。
Watch the video about the interview in 1b carefully .
1c
Complete the table with the information from the interview.
Guest name
Job
Future prediction about robots:
about jobs in the future:
about AI:
Advice
Chief researcher of the Future World Research Center
Dr Lu
Service robots will do almost all our housework and help save lives in disasters and emergencies.
Some jobs now will disappear.There will be more challenging jobs like space pilots and AI experts.
AI will change how we work, astudy, and live.
Accept change, keep learning and working hard. Today’s choices will influence your future.
1d
Read again and tick the staements that you can infer from the interview.
1. Dr Lu is very positive about the future.
2. In the future, robots will take over most jobs of today.
3. Dr Lu will save lives during emergencies.
4. Humans will have more challenging jobs and do creative work.
5. Our emotional intelligence will always be important.
6. It is impossible for us to prepare for the future.
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✔️
✔️
1e
Discuss the questions.
1. Do you think robots will replace humans one day?Why do you think so?
No, I don’t think.
Because humans have creativity and emotional intelligence. These are important for relationships, and AI can’t do these things.
2. What do you think are the most important qualities that people in the future should develop?
The most important qualities are creativity and the ability to learn. We need to keep learning new skills to work with AI in the future. Also, emotional intelligence is important.
3. What do you think we should do to prepare for the future?
We should accept change and keep learning. For example, learn to use AI tools. Also, be creative and kind to others. Working hard now can help us prepare for the future.
2a
Write the opposites of the words.Use your dictionary.
more _______ 2. possible ________________
3. better _______ 4. challenging _______________
5. appear _______ 6. winner ________
7. positive _______ 8. everywhere ________
less
impossible
worse
disappear
nowhere
loser
negative
easy/unchallenging
2b
Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words in the box.
accept develop influence mention service
1.He __________ a plan to learn German, but he didn’t say when he would start.
2.It is important for young students to _______ skills that will be valuable in the future.
3.Asimov’s ideas about robots __________ many sci-fi writers and even
some AI scientists.
4.China will take steps to improve the public health system to meet the
public’s needs for medical and health ________ .
5. ________ the challenges and don’t run away from your problems. Try to solve them and then you will find your way.
mentioned
develop
influenced
services
Accept
2c
Complete the passage with the correct forms of the words in the box.
challenge create influence quality traffic bad
How will AI technology __________ the future world?Many experts think AI will improve the ________ of our future life and change many industries. For example, AI will help us build a smart public transport system and solve _______ problems. AI will also change education. It will make learning better match what students need. While some jobs may go away, people will focus on more ________ and difficult tasks. Will AI make our life better or _______? It depends on how we choose to improve and use AI to meet future ___________.
influence
quality
traffic
creative
worse
challenges
Thank you!
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