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课件网) Understanding ideas —Reading comprehension Artificial Intelligence: A REAL THREAT Unit 4 A glimpse of the future By the end of this period, students will be able to: 1. read for the main idea of the passage; 2. read for details and learn about the views of three posters; 3. work out the structure of the text by creating the mind map; 4. develop the ability of critical thinking when discussing a controversial issue. CONTENTS Pre-reading I While-reading II Post-reading III Sentences analysis IV household AI education transportation entertainment Look at some pictures of AI application in our daily life. Pre-reading What’s your opinion of AI(artificial intelligence) economy 1955 1972 2001 2015 2017 Mathematician and logician, Alan Turing devised(发明) the Turing Test, a test on the ability of machines to show human-like intelligence. Computer scientist, John McCarthy coined the term “artificial intelligence”. Shakey, the first mobile robot able to make decisions, according to reason, was completed. The Electrolux Trilobite, the first robotic vacuum(清扫) cleaner designed for home use, went on sale. AlphaGo became the first computer program to beat a human professional Go player. AlphaGo Zero beat the previous version of AlphaGo by 100 games to nil. 1950 Milestones in Artificial Intelligence (AI) Read the facts about AI and answer the questions. 1.What can you learn from the timeline From the timeline, we can learn that AI technology has developed greatly, and can now outperform humans in some aspects. 2. Are you concerned about developments in AI Why or why not 3. How do you think AI will develop in the future Read the passage to see if it changes your opinion on the future of AI. If so, in what ways 1. What’s the passage mainly about A．Three views on AI. B．The greatest human achievement. C．The biggest threat. D．Self-driving cars. While-reading √ Activity 1: Fast-reading for main ideas 2．Skim the text and match each paragraph with its main idea. Para.1 A．Jobs are potentially at risk. Para.2 B．AI will make daily things easier. Para.3 C．Super-smart personal assistants are helpful. Para.4 D．We humans are at risk. Para.5 E．The value of AI. Para.6 F．We can only embrace and regulate AI. Para.7 G．We are not prepared for the challenges of AI. Para. 1 Para. 3 Para. 4 Para. 5 Para. 6 Para. 7 Para. 2 Part I Millenniumbutterfly’s attitude to AI Part II Popkid’s opinion about AI Part III Pink_haze’s opinion about AI 3.Read for the main structure. In the words of Professor Stephen Hawking, artificial intelligence will be “either the best, or the worst thing, ever to happen to humanity”. Technology of Tomorrow Forum wants to hear your thoughts on AI. Is it our greatest human achievement so far Or is it the biggest threat to our existence What’s the function of the words of Stephen Hawking A．To give the background. B．To put forward the question. C．To introduce ... ...
