Unit4AglimpseofthefutureStartingoutUnderstandingideas课件高二英语选择性

Unit4Period1Startingout&Understandingideas课堂学习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?你关心人工智能的发展吗?beconcernedabout...关心/关注/担心……e.g.Everybodyisconcernedaboutthefutureofhiscountry.

每个人都关心自己国家的前途。【词汇拓展】concernoneselfabout...

关心……show/expressconcernfor/about...

对……表示关心beconcernedfor...关心/担心……beconcernedwith

与……有关；涉及asfaras...beconcerned

就……而言Languagepoints3.ShealwayshasanimmediateanswerforanyquestionIputtoher,andevenusesmyanswerstolearnmoreaboutmypreferences.

我向她提任何问题，她总能立即答复，甚至可以通过我的答案了解更多关于我的个人偏好。

“Iputtoher”为定语从句，修饰先行词question。4.Itusedtofeellike50percentofmytimewasspentresearchingnewrestaurants.过去，我觉得自己有50%的时间花在了研究新餐厅上。

(1)

Itfeelslike...为固定句式，意为“感觉像……”，与Itseemsthat...

意思相近。

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

她说：“我感觉自己做了很多工作。”(2)本句中的50percentofmytimewasspent使用了被动语态，

spend...(in)doing...是固定搭配，意为“花……(时间/金钱等）做……”，动词spend的主语一般是人。

e.g.Shespendsallherfreetimepainting.

她把所有的空余时间都用来绘画。6.Andspeakingofhangingout,I'mhopingthatself-drivingcarsareavailablesoon.

说到出去玩，我希望自动驾驶汽车能很快面世。

(1)speakof谈到；说到；提到

e.g.Let'sneverspeakofitagain.我们再也不要提这件事了。(2)hangout闲逛，挂出

e.g.Ican'thangoutwithmyfriendstonight.我今晚不能和我的朋友闲逛。(3)that引导宾语从句。7.Self-drivingcarscanlearntodriveinthesamewaythatwedo,andcanmakejudgementsbasedoninformation.自动驾驶汽车可以学习与我们相同的驾驶模式，并且可以根据信息做出判断。

“thatwedo”为定语从句，修饰先行词way。8.Andastheywon'tbesusceptibletohumanerror,they'llcertainlybealotsafer.

而且由于它们不会受到人为错误的影响，肯定会安全得多。

(1)as引导原因状语从句。(2)susceptible为形容词，在该句子中表示“易受影响的”，它还有“敏感的，情绪多变的”之意。

【词汇拓展】

besusceptibleto易受……的影响

besusceptibleof能经受某事物；有某种能力

susceptiblepopulation易感人群9.Theonlythingisthattheremightbeafewmachine-learningproblemswhenthefirstcarshitthemarket,soperhapsI'dbetterlearntodrivefirst.唯一的问题是，当第一批汽车上市时，可能会有一些机器学习问题，所以也许我最好先学会驾驶。

that引导表语从句，when引导时间状语从句，so引导结果状语从句。11.Thetechnologyyou'reusingandenjoyingtodayisabasicformofAIwhichcan'tthinkindependentlywithoutprogramming.

你今天正在使用和享受的技术是人工智能的基本形式，没有程序它就无法独立思考。“you're...today”为定语从句，修饰先行词technology；

which引导定语从句，修饰先行词AI。12.Ofcourse,itcouldbeveryusefultohaveamoreadvancedformofAI-atrulyindependentformofartificialintelligence,capableofexercisingitsownjudgement,couldhelpussolvemanyoftheworld'sproblems.当然，拥有更先进的人工智能形式非常有用，这种更先进的人工智能形式是一种真正独立的人工智能形式，能够运用自己的判断力，可以帮助我们解决世界上的许多问题。

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

e.g.He’squitecapableofgettingoutoftrouble.他有能力渡过难关。13.Buthaveyoueverthoughtabouttherisks?

但是你是否考虑过风险?risk在该句子中为名词，表示“风险”，同时它也可作动词，表示“冒险”，常用于riskdoingsth.这一结构，表示“冒险做某事”。e.g.Daresheriskstayingwhereshewas?

她敢冒险呆在原地不动吗？

【词汇拓展】

takerisks/arisk

冒险

take/runtheriskofdoingsth.冒险做某事

atrisk

有风险

attheriskof...

冒着……风险14.Wecouldbeseenasa"small"inconveniencethat'sinthewayofasolutiontoabiggerproblem.

我们可能会被视为解决更大问题道路上的一个“小”麻烦。(1)inconvenience为不可数名词，表示“不方便”，其中in-为否定前缀；其反义词为convenience，表示“便利；方便”。

【词汇拓展】

atone’sconvenience

在某人方便的时候

forconvenience

为了方便

fortheconvenienceofsb.为了方便某人

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引导定语从句，修饰先行词inconvenience。15.Ifwe'relucky,AImightthinkwe'revaluableenoughtokeeparound.如果幸运的话，人工智能可能会认为我们足够有价值，可以留下来。

(1)if引导条件状语从句。

(2)“we're...keeparound”为省略that的宾语从句。16.Ifnot,itmightwipeusallout!否则，它可能会扫清我们所有人!

(1)Ifnot为“Ifwe’renotlucky”的省略形式。(2)wipeout消灭；摧毁；毁灭；使灭绝

e.g.Thediseasethreatenstowipeouttheentirepopulation.这种疾病有可能毁灭整个种群。17.Evenifthatdoesn'thappen,thereareotherrisks.

尽管还没有发生什么，但确实存在其他的风险。

Evenif引导让步状语从句。18.Millenniumbutterfly,yousayhowgreatitwouldbetohaveself-drivingcars,butwhataboutallthetaxidriverswhowouldlosetheirjobs?Millenniumbutterfly，你说拥有自动驾驶汽车会很棒，但出租车司机会失业这个问题呢?

(1)“howgreatitwouldbetohaveself-drivingcars”为宾语从句。(2)who引导定语从句，修饰先行词drivers。19.Evenjournalistsarenowbeingreplacedwithtechnologythatcanwritebasicnewsreports.甚至现在的新闻工作者也正在被可以撰写简单的新闻报道的技术所取代。

that引导定语从句，修饰先行词technology。23.IbelievemostofthevalueofAIliesinitscapacitytoanalyseandinterpretvastamountsofdata,whichmeansitcanevensolveproblemsthataretoochallengingforhumanexperts.我认为人工智能的大部分价值在于它分析和解析庞大数据的能力，也就是说它甚至能够解决对于人类专家来说具有挑战性的问题。

(1)“most...date”为省略that的宾语从句，which引导定语从句，“it...experts”为省略that的宾语从句，that引导定语从句，修饰先行词problems。(2)liein（问题，答案，责任等）存在，在于e.g.Theproblemliesindecidingwhentointervene.

这个问题在于决定何时介入。

24.Butwhilesuper-intelligentAIcouldbethebiggestleapforwardinhumanhistory,ifitgoeswrongorfallsintothewronghands,itcouldalsobethemostdangerous.

虽然超智能AI可能是人类有史以来的最大飞跃，但如果出错或者落入坏人手中，它同时可能是最危险的。

(1)while为连词，引导让步状语从句，意为although，一般用于句首。

e.g.WhileIamwillingtohelp,Idonothavemuchtimeavailable.

尽管我愿意帮忙，但是我没有多少时间。

(2)if引导条件状语从句。(3)gowrong为固定搭配，意为“出毛病，出故障”。

e.g.Mywatchkeepsgoingwrong.

我的手表不断地出毛病。25.Wehavenochoicebuttoembraceitandregulateit.

我们别无选择，只能接受它并加以规范。

havenochoicebutto

别无选择，只能……e.g.Herparentshadnocho