Unit+4+A+glimpse+of+the+future+Understanding+ideas+高中英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第三册

Unit

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glimpse

ofthe

future外研版（2019）选择性必修三ReadthefactsaboutAIandanswerthequestions.Whatcanyoulearnfromthetimeline?

Fromthetimeline,

wecanlearnthatAI

technologyhasdevelopedgreatly,

andcan

nowoutperformhumansinsome

aspects.AreyouconcernedaboutdevelopmentsinAI?Whyorwhynot?HowdoyouthinkAIwilldevelopinthefuture?ReadthepassagetoseeifitchangesyouropiniononthefutureofAI.Ifso,inwhatways?ArtificialIntelligence:AREALTHREAT?Skimthepassageandpredictthemainidea.A.ThreeviewsonAIinaforumB.ThegreatesthumanachievementC.ThebiggestthreatD.Self-drivingcarsReadtheopinionsandmatchthemtothepersons.Talkabouttheopinionyouagreewith.WeallneedtolearntolivewithAItechnologywhetherwelikeitorareconcernedaboutit.Wecannotstopthemarchofprogress.IadmitthatmoreadvancedAIcouldbehelpfulinsolvingtheworld’sproblems,butthereisahighlevelofriskinvolved.Ican’tunderstandwhysomepeopleworrysomuch.IhopemorebreakthroughsinAIwillbemadesoon,sothatwecanenjoymoreandmoreconvenience.ReadfordetailsWhatdidStephenHawkingmeanwhenhesaidthatAIwillbe“eitherthebest,ortheworstthing,evertohappentohumanity”?HemeantthatAIcouldbringusincrediblebenefits,butonlyifthetechnologyismanagedproperly.Ifwedonotmanagethetechnologyproperly,itcouldresultinhumanextinction.WhatisthefunctionofthewordsofStephenHawking?A.Tointroducethetopic.B.Toexpressthepurpose.C.Togivethebackground.D.Toputforwardthequestion.Artificialintelligencewillbe“eitherthebest,ortheworstthingevertohappentohumanity”.——StephenHawking

para.1-2WhatisMillenniumbutterfly’sattitudetoAI?A.Negative.B.Critical.C.Objective.D.PositiveThankstoAI,I`vegotmyownsuper-smartpersonalassistantbuiltintomyphone.ShealwayshasanimmediateanswerforanyquestionIputtoher,andevenusesmyanswerstolearnmoreaboutmypreferences.Speakingofhangingout,I’mhopingthatself-drivingcarsareavailablesoon.Self-drivingcarscanlearntodriveinthesamewaythatwedo,andcanmakejudgementsbasedoninformation.Astheywon’tbesusceptibletohumanerror,they’llcertainlybealotsafer.

para.3-5WhatisPopkid’sattitudetoAI?A.Negative.B.Critical.C.Objective.D.PositiveWhatarethefunctionsofamoreadvancedformofAI?Itiscapableofexercisingitsownjudgementandcouldhelpussolvemanyoftheworld’sproblems.

para.6-7Whatdoestheword“it”meaninthesentence“MyAIdidit!”inthelastparagraph?A.ThebreakdownofAI.B.Thebiggestleapforward.C.ThebenefitsbroughtbyAI.D.Theillegalorimmoralbehaviour.WhatisPink_haze’sattitudetoAI?A.Negative.B.Critical.C.Objective.D.PositiveOrganiseinformationfromthepassageandcompletethediagram.AIcanmakedrivingsafer.AIcanmakedoingday-to-daythingsaloteasier.AIcansolveproblemsJobsareatriskduetoAI.AIcouldbedangerousNowcomeupwithmoreideasforeachpointofviewandsharethemwiththeclass. Think&ShareWhatdidStephenHawkingmeanwhenhesaidAlwillbe“eitherthebest,ortheworstthing,evertohappentohumanity”?HemeantthatAIcouldbringusincrediblebenefits,butonlyifthetechnologyismanagedproperly.Ifwedonotmanagethetechnologyproperly,itcouldresultinhumanextinction.1Itusedtofeellike50percentofmytimewasspentresearchingnewrestaurants.Paraphrase:Before,itseemedtomethatIwasspendingalotoftimeonresearchingnewrestaurants.Itfeelslike…为固定句式,意为“感觉像……”,与Itseemsthat…意思相近。例如:Shesays,“ItfeelslikeI'vedonealotofwork.”(她说:“我感觉自己做了很多工作。”)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。Shespendsallherfreetimepainting.(她把所有的空余时间都用来绘画。)NotestothetextNotestothetext2EveryrecommendationshegivesmeisgreatsinceshecanpredictifIwilllikeaparticularrestaurant.Paraphrase:Becausemysuper-smartpersonalassistantcancalculatewhetherIwouldlikeacertainrestaurant,Ilikealltherecommendationsshegivesme.本句中的she指代mysuper-smartpersonalassistant,运用了拟人的修辞手法。本句是一个复合句,shegivesme是定语从句,修饰recommendation;since引导原因状语从句;if引导宾语从句，呈现智能助手能够预测的内容。Notestothetext3Still,IdothinkthatdevelopmentsinAIwillonthewholemakedoingday-to-daythingsaloteasier.Paraphrase:Evenso,I'msurethatdevelopmentsinAIwillgenerallymakedoingeverydaytasksmuchcasier.本句中的still是副词,意为inspiteofwhathasjustbeensaidordone。Theweatherwascoldandwet.Still,wehadagreattime.(天气又冷又潮,不过我们仍然玩得很开心。)onthewhole是固定搭配,意为“总的看来”。Onthewhole,I'minfavouroftheidea.(总的来说,我赞成这个想法。)dav-to-day是形容词,意为involvingtheusualeventsortasksofeachday。Maryhasbeenlookingaftertheday-to-dayrunningoftheschool.(Mary一直在负责学校的日常管理工作。)Notestothetext4Ofcourse,itcouldbeveryusefultohaveamoreadvancedformofAI--atrulyindependentformofartificialintelligence,capableofexercisingitsownjudgement,couldhelpussolvemanyoftheworld'sproblems.Paraphrase:Ofcourse,itcouldbeveryusefultohaveamoreadvancedformofAI.AnAlthatcouldassessinformationwithouthumaninputandmakeitsowndecisionscouldhelpussolvemanyoftheworld'sproblems.capableofdoingsth为固定搭配,意为havingtheabilityorqualitiesneededtodosth。He'squitecapableofgettingoutoftrouble.(他有能力渡过难关。)Notestothetext5IbelievemostofthevalueofAIliesinitscapacitytoanalyseandinterpretvastamountsofdata,whichmeansitcanevensolveproblemsthataretoochallengingforhumanexperts.Paraphrase:ItismyopinionthatAIisvaluablemostlybecauseitcananalyseandinterpretverylargeamountsofdata.Thiscapabilityallowsittosolveproblemsthataretoodifficultforhumanexperts.liein为固定搭配,意为“(