Unit+4+A+glimpse+of+the+future+Understanding+ideas+高中英語外研版（2019）選擇性必修第三冊

Unit

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glimpse

ofthe

future外研版（2019）選擇性必修三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…為固定句式,意為“感覺像……”,與Itseemsthat…意思相近。例如:Shesays,“ItfeelslikeI'vedonealotofwork.”(她說:“我感覺自己做了很多工作?！?本句中的50percentofmytimewasspent使用了被動語態(tài)。spend...(in)doing...是固定搭配。意為“花………(時(shí)間/金錢等)做……”，動詞spend的主語一般是人。Shespendsallherfreetimepainting.(她把所有的空余時(shí)間都用來繪畫。)NotestothetextNotestothetext2EveryrecommendationshegivesmeisgreatsinceshecanpredictifIwilllikeaparticularrestaurant.Paraphrase:Becausemysuper-smartpersonalassistantcancalculatewhetherIwouldlikeacertainrestaurant,Ilikealltherecommendationsshegivesme.本句中的she指代mysuper-smartpersonalassistant,運(yùn)用了擬人的修辭手法。本句是一個(gè)復(fù)合句,shegivesme是定語從句,修飾recommendation;since引導(dǎo)原因狀語從句;if引導(dǎo)賓語從句，呈現(xiàn)智能助手能夠預(yù)測的內(nèi)容。Notestothetext3Still,IdothinkthatdevelopmentsinAIwillonthewholemakedoingday-to-daythingsaloteasier.Paraphrase:Evenso,I'msurethatdevelopmentsinAIwillgenerallymakedoingeverydaytasksmuchcasier.本句中的still是副詞,意為inspiteofwhathasjustbeensaidordone。Theweatherwascoldandwet.Still,wehadagreattime.(天氣又冷又潮,不過我們?nèi)匀煌娴煤荛_心。)onthewhole是固定搭配,意為“總的看來”。Onthewhole,I'minfavouroftheidea.(總的來說,我贊成這個(gè)想法。)dav-to-day是形容詞,意為involvingtheusualeventsortasksofeachday。Maryhasbeenlookingaftertheday-to-dayrunningoftheschool.(Mary一直在負(fù)責(zé)學(xué)校的日常管理工作。)Notestothetext4Ofcourse,itcouldbeveryusefultohaveamoreadvancedformofAI--atrulyindependentformofartificialintelligence,capableofexercisingitsownjudgement,couldhelpussolvemanyoftheworld'sproblems.Paraphrase:Ofcourse,itcouldbeveryusefultohaveamoreadvancedformofAI.AnAlthatcouldassessinformationwithouthumaninputandmakeitsowndecisionscouldhelpussolvemanyoftheworld'sproblems.capableofdoingsth為固定搭配,意為havingtheabilityorqualitiesneededtodosth。He'squitecapableofgettingoutoftrouble.(他有能力渡過難關(guān)。)Notestothetext5IbelievemostofthevalueofAIliesinitscapacitytoanalyseandinterpretvastamountsofdata,whichmeansitcanevensolveproblemsthataretoochallengingforhumanexperts.Paraphrase:ItismyopinionthatAIisvaluablemostlybecauseitcananalyseandinterpretverylargeamountsofdata.Thiscapabilityallowsittosolveproblemsthataretoodifficultforhumanexperts.liein為固定搭配,意為“(