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课件网) A glimpse of the future Unit 4 Understanding ideas —Language points 1. Thanks to AI, I've got my own super-smart personal assistant built into my phone. 多亏了人工智能，我才可以在手机中内置个人超级智能私人助手。 ① I must get my hair cut. 我得理发了。 ② How did you get him to pose for this picture 你想了什么办法让他摆姿势照了这张照片？ get v. to make 使，让 get sth done 使(某事)发生，使完成某事 get sb to do sth 使某人做某事 ① Speed control systems will be built into cars. 汽车中将装有速度控制系统。 ② The pipes were built into the concrete (混凝土). 管子已被嵌入混凝土里。 build sth into to make sth so that it is a permanent part of a wall, room, etc. 把……嵌（插、建、装）入 2. And speaking of hanging out, I’m hoping that self-driving cars are available soon. 说到出去玩，我希望自动驾驶汽车能很快面世。 ①I often used to hang out in supermarkets. 我过去经常逛超市。 ②We can just hang out and have a good time. 我们可以只闲逛一下,开开心。 hang out ( informal ) to spend a lot of time in a place 闲逛；游荡 ① Reporters are often susceptible to personal biases(偏见). 记者往往受到个人偏见的影响。 ② Young people are the most susceptible to advertisements. 年轻人最容易受广告影响。 3. And as they won't be susceptible to human error, they'll certainly be a lot safer. 而且由于它们不会受到人为错误的影响，肯定会安全得多。 be susceptible to... to be easily influenced or affected by sth. 易受……影响的 4. Still, I do think that developments in AI will on the whole make doing day-to-day things a lot easier. 不过，我确实认为，总体而言，人工智能的发展将使日常工作变得更加容易。 on the whole with everything considered 大体上说; 总的说来 ① Our opinions are on the whole the same. 我们的意见大体上说是一样的。 ② I agree with you on the whole. 总的说来，我同意你的观点。 ① She has been looking after the day-to-day running of the school. 她一直在负责学校的日常管理工作。 ② Christopher will direct day-to-day operations. 克里斯托弗将管理日常的运营。 day-to-day adj. involving the usual events or tasks of each day 日常工作的；例行的 1. 当地的孩子经常在购物中心闲逛。 2. 总的来说，我赞成这个想法。 3. The day-to-day life of a college student must be very interesting. Translating. practice The local kids often hang out at the mall. On the whole, I'm in favor of the idea. 大学生的日常生活一定十分有意思。 5. If not, it might wipe us all out. 否则，人工智能可能会扫清我们所有人！ ① Whole villages were wiped out by the earthquake. 地震把整座的村庄夷为平地。 ② The disease threatens to wipe out the entire population. 这种疾病有可能毁灭整个种群。 wipe out to destroy or remove sb/sth completely 彻底消灭；全部摧毁 potentially adv. with the capacity to develop or happen in the future to cause sb to perform sth 潜在地 ① Clearly this is a potentially dangerous situation. 这无疑是一种潜在的危险局势。 ② Potentially this could damage the reputation of the whole industry. 这会潜在地毁掉整个行业的声誉。 6. Nearly every job i ... ...
