Unit4AglimpseofthefutureStartingoutUnderstandingideas課件高二英語選擇性

Unit4Period1Startingout&Understandingideas課堂學(xué)習(xí)Watchthevideoandanswerthequestions.1Whatpredictionsaboutthefutureweremade?Weretheycorrect?2Whatisyourunderstandingof“thefuturehasunlimitedpossibilities”?1Startingout1Whatpredictionsaboutthefutureweremade?Weretheycorrect?2Whatisyourunderstandingof“thefuturehasunlimitedpossibilities”?Lookatthepicturesandanswerthequestions.21ReadthefactsaboutAIandanswerthequestions.Understandingideas1Whatcanyoulearnfromthetimeline?2AreyouconcernedaboutdevelopmentsinAI?Whyorwhynot?3HowdoyouthinkAIwilldevelopinthefuture?Fromthetimeline,wecanlearnthatAItechnologyhasdevelopedgreatly,andcannowoutperformhumansinsomeaspects.2ReadthepassagetoseeifitchangesyouropiniononthefutureofAI.Ifso,inwhatways?InthewordsofProfessorStephenHawking,

artificial

intelligencewillbe"eitherthebest,

ortheworst

thing,

evertohappentohumanity".

Technologyof

TomorrowForumwantstohearyourthoughtson

AI.

Isitourgreatesthumanachievementsofar?

Orisitthebiggestthreattoourexistence?ArtificialIntelligence:AREALTHREAT?

Popkid3

Thetechnologyyou'reusingandenjoyingtodayisabasicformofAI

whichcan'tthinkindependentlywithoutprogramming.

Ofcourse,

itcould

beveryusefultohaveamoreadvancedformofAI

-

atrulyindependent

formofartificialintelligence,

capableofexercisingitsownjudgement,

couldhelpussolvemanyoftheworld'sproblems.

Buthaveyouever

thoughtabouttherisks?

Afterall,

whywouldanindependentformofAI

needtoconsidertheopinionsanddesiresofhumans?

Wecouldbeseenas

a"small"

inconveniencethat'sinthewayofasolutiontoabiggerproblem.

Ifwe'relucky,

AImightthinkwe'revaluableenoughtokeeparound.

If

not,

itmightwipeusallout!4Evenifthatdoesn'thappen,thereareotherrisks.Millenniumbutterfly,yousayhowgreatitwouldbetohaveself-drivingcars,butwhataboutallthetaxidriverswhowouldlosetheirjobs?TheywouldjustbeamongthefirstvictimsofAI.Nearlyeveryjobispotentiallyatriskinthelongrun.Evenjournalistsarenowbeingreplacedwithtechnologythatcanwritebasicnewsreports.Asitis,almost50percentofUSjobsareatriskfromautomationinthenext20years.5ThetruthisthatnoneofusispreparedforthechallengesofAI.Readtheopinionsandmatchthemtothepersons.Talkabouttheopinionyouagreewith.3Millenniumbutterfly

PopkidPink_hazeWeallneedtolearntolivewithAItechnologywhetherwelikeitorareconcernedaboutit.Wecannotstopthemarchofprogress.IadmitthatmoreadvancedAIcouldbehelpfulinsolvingtheworld’sproblems,butthereisahighlevelofriskinvolved.Ican’tunderstandwhysomepeopleworrysomuch.IhopemorebreakthroughsinAIwillbemadesoon,sothatwecanenjoymoreandmoreconvenience.AIcanhelpussavetime.1_________________________2_________________________3_________________________,includingthosetoochallengingforhumanexperts.AImightwipeouthumanbeings.4_________________________5_________________________ifitfallsintothewronghands.4AIcanmakedrivingsafer.AIcanmakedoingday-to-daythingsaloteasier.AIcansolveproblemsJobsareatriskduetoAI.AIcouldbedangerous1WhatdidStephenHawkingmeanwhenhesaidthatAIwillbe“eitherthebest,ortheworstthing,evertohappentohumanity”?2DoyouuseAIinyourdailylife?WhatotherrolescanAIplayinpeople’slives?3Howdoesthediagramhelpyoubetterunderstandthepassage?Think&ShareHemeantthatAIcouldbringusincrediblebenefits,butonlyifthetechnologyismanagedproperly.Ifwedonotmanagethetechnologyproperly,itcouldresultinhumanextinction.1.AreyouconcernedaboutdevelopmentsinAI?你關(guān)心人工智能的發(fā)展嗎?beconcernedabout...關(guān)心/關(guān)注/擔(dān)心……e.g.Everybodyisconcernedaboutthefutureofhiscountry.

每個(gè)人都關(guān)心自己國家的前途?！驹~匯拓展】concernoneselfabout...

關(guān)心……show/expressconcernfor/about...

對(duì)……表示關(guān)心beconcernedfor...關(guān)心/擔(dān)心……beconcernedwith

與……有關(guān)；涉及asfaras...beconcerned

就……而言Languagepoints3.ShealwayshasanimmediateanswerforanyquestionIputtoher,andevenusesmyanswerstolearnmoreaboutmypreferences.

我向她提任何問題，她總能立即答復(fù)，甚至可以通過我的答案了解更多關(guān)于我的個(gè)人偏好。

“Iputtoher”為定語從句，修飾先行詞question。4.Itusedtofeellike50percentofmytimewasspentresearchingnewrestaurants.過去，我覺得自己有50%的時(shí)間花在了研究新餐廳上。

(1)

Itfeelslike...為固定句式，意為“感覺像……”，與Itseemsthat...

意思相近。

e.g.Shesays，“ItfeelslikeI'vedonealotofwork.”

她說：“我感覺自己做了很多工作。”(2)本句中的50percentofmytimewasspent使用了被動(dòng)語態(tài)，

spend...(in)doing...是固定搭配，意為“花……(時(shí)間/金錢等）做……”，動(dòng)詞spend的主語一般是人。

e.g.Shespendsallherfreetimepainting.

她把所有的空余時(shí)間都用來繪畫。6.Andspeakingofhangingout,I'mhopingthatself-drivingcarsareavailablesoon.

說到出去玩，我希望自動(dòng)駕駛汽車能很快面世。

(1)speakof談到；說到；提到

e.g.Let'sneverspeakofitagain.我們?cè)僖膊灰徇@件事了。(2)hangout閑逛，掛出

e.g.Ican'thangoutwithmyfriendstonight.我今晚不能和我的朋友閑逛。(3)that引導(dǎo)賓語從句。7.Self-drivingcarscanlearntodriveinthesamewaythatwedo,andcanmakejudgementsbasedoninformation.自動(dòng)駕駛汽車可以學(xué)習(xí)與我們相同的駕駛模式，并且可以根據(jù)信息做出判斷。

“thatwedo”為定語從句，修飾先行詞way。8.Andastheywon'tbesusceptibletohumanerror,they'llcertainlybealotsafer.

而且由于它們不會(huì)受到人為錯(cuò)誤的影響，肯定會(huì)安全得多。

(1)as引導(dǎo)原因狀語從句。(2)susceptible為形容詞，在該句子中表示“易受影響的”，它還有“敏感的，情緒多變的”之意。

【詞匯拓展】

besusceptibleto易受……的影響

besusceptibleof能經(jīng)受某事物；有某種能力

susceptiblepopulation易感人群9.Theonlythingisthattheremightbeafewmachine-learningproblemswhenthefirstcarshitthemarket,soperhapsI'dbetterlearntodrivefirst.唯一的問題是，當(dāng)?shù)谝慌嚿鲜袝r(shí)，可能會(huì)有一些機(jī)器學(xué)習(xí)問題，所以也許我最好先學(xué)會(huì)駕駛。

that引導(dǎo)表語從句，when引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語從句，so引導(dǎo)結(jié)果狀語從句。11.Thetechnologyyou'reusingandenjoyingtodayisabasicformofAIwhichcan'tthinkindependentlywithoutprogramming.

你今天正在使用和享受的技術(shù)是人工智能的基本形式，沒有程序它就無法獨(dú)立思考?！皔ou're...today”為定語從句，修飾先行詞technology；

which引導(dǎo)定語從句，修飾先行詞AI。12.Ofcourse,itcouldbeveryusefultohaveamoreadvancedformofAI-atrulyindependentformofartificialintelligence,capableofexercisingitsownjudgement,couldhelpussolvemanyoftheworld'sproblems.當(dāng)然，擁有更先進(jìn)的人工智能形式非常有用，這種更先進(jìn)的人工智能形式是一種真正獨(dú)立的人工智能形式，能夠運(yùn)用自己的判斷力，可以幫助我們解決世界上的許多問題。

(be)capableofdoingsth.為固定搭配，意為“有能力做某事”

e.g.He’squitecapableofgettingoutoftrouble.他有能力渡過難關(guān)。13.Buthaveyoueverthoughtabouttherisks?

但是你是否考慮過風(fēng)險(xiǎn)?risk在該句子中為名詞，表示“風(fēng)險(xiǎn)”，同時(shí)它也可作動(dòng)詞，表示“冒險(xiǎn)”，常用于riskdoingsth.這一結(jié)構(gòu)，表示“冒險(xiǎn)做某事”。e.g.Daresheriskstayingwhereshewas?

她敢冒險(xiǎn)呆在原地不動(dòng)嗎？

【詞匯拓展】

takerisks/arisk

冒險(xiǎn)

take/runtheriskofdoingsth.冒險(xiǎn)做某事

atrisk

有風(fēng)險(xiǎn)

attheriskof...

冒著……風(fēng)險(xiǎn)14.Wecouldbeseenasa"small"inconveniencethat'sinthewayofasolutiontoabiggerproblem.

我們可能會(huì)被視為解決更大問題道路上的一個(gè)“小”麻煩。(1)inconvenience為不可數(shù)名詞，表示“不方便”，其中in-為否定前綴；其反義詞為convenience，表示“便利；方便”。

【詞匯拓展】

atone’sconvenience

在某人方便的時(shí)候

forconvenience

為了方便

fortheconvenienceofsb.為了方便某人

convenientadj.

方便的；便利的

convenientlyadv.

方便地；便利地

Itisconvenient(forsb.)todosth.

(某人)方便做某事。

(2)that引導(dǎo)定語從句，修飾先行詞inconvenience。15.Ifwe'relucky,AImightthinkwe'revaluableenoughtokeeparound.如果幸運(yùn)的話，人工智能可能會(huì)認(rèn)為我們足夠有價(jià)值，可以留下來。

(1)if引導(dǎo)條件狀語從句。

(2)“we're...keeparound”為省略that的賓語從句。16.Ifnot,itmightwipeusallout!否則，它可能會(huì)掃清我們所有人!

(1)Ifnot為“Ifwe’renotlucky”的省略形式。(2)wipeout消滅；摧毀；毀滅；使滅絕

e.g.Thediseasethreatenstowipeouttheentirepopulation.這種疾病有可能毀滅整個(gè)種群。17.Evenifthatdoesn'thappen,thereareotherrisks.

盡管還沒有發(fā)生什么，但確實(shí)存在其他的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。

Evenif引導(dǎo)讓步狀語從句。18.Millenniumbutterfly,yousayhowgreatitwouldbetohaveself-drivingcars,butwhataboutallthetaxidriverswhowouldlosetheirjobs?Millenniumbutterfly，你說擁有自動(dòng)駕駛汽車會(huì)很棒，但出租車司機(jī)會(huì)失業(yè)這個(gè)問題呢?

(1)“howgreatitwouldbetohaveself-drivingcars”為賓語從句。(2)who引導(dǎo)定語從句，修飾先行詞drivers。19.Evenjournalistsarenowbeingreplacedwithtechnologythatcanwritebasicnewsreports.甚至現(xiàn)在的新聞工作者也正在被可以撰寫簡單的新聞報(bào)道的技術(shù)所取代。

that引導(dǎo)定語從句，修飾先行詞technology。23.IbelievemostofthevalueofAIliesinitscapacitytoanalyseandinterpretvastamountsofdata,whichmeansitcanevensolveproblemsthataretoochallengingforhumanexperts.我認(rèn)為人工智能的大部分價(jià)值在于它分析和解析龐大數(shù)據(jù)的能力，也就是說它甚至能夠解決對(duì)于人類專家來說具有挑戰(zhàn)性的問題。

(1)“most...date”為省略that的賓語從句，which引導(dǎo)定語從句，“it...experts”為省略that的賓語從句，that引導(dǎo)定語從句，修飾先行詞problems。(2)liein（問題，答案，責(zé)任等）存在，在于e.g.Theproblemliesindecidingwhentointervene.

這個(gè)問題在于決定何時(shí)介入。

24.Butwhilesuper-intelligentAIcouldbethebiggestleapforwardinhumanhistory,ifitgoeswrongorfallsintothewronghands,itcouldalsobethemostdangerous.

雖然超智能AI可能是人類有史以來的最大飛躍，但如果出錯(cuò)或者落入壞人手中，它同時(shí)可能是最危險(xiǎn)的。

(1)while為連詞，引導(dǎo)讓步狀語從句，意為although，一般用于句首。

e.g.WhileIamwillingtohelp,Idonothavemuchtimeavailable.

盡管我愿意幫忙，但是我沒有多少時(shí)間。

(2)if引導(dǎo)條件狀語從句。(3)gowrong為固定搭配，意為“出毛病，出故障”。

e.g.Mywatchkeepsgoingwrong.

我的手表不斷地出毛病。25.Wehavenochoicebuttoembraceitandregulateit.

我們別無選擇，只能接受它并加以規(guī)范。

havenochoicebutto

別無選擇，只能……e.g.Herparentshadnocho