Unit2 Using Language 教学准备 教师准备：教学录音。 学生准备：预习预测未来的语言。 精彩课堂 Stepl 学习理解 活动一：感知与注意 1.Watch and answer. Ask students to watch a video and answer the questions. ·What does it talk about ·How willit influence our life Suggested answers ·It talks about the artificial intelligence(Al),nanobots,cloning,and automation. ·They will influence our life in the medicine,the industry,and the automatic operation and so on.They will make our life easier. 2.Look and match. Ask students to enjoy some pictures and match the words with the pictures.(Activity 1) Suggested answers: ③ automation ② nanobots global warming ① artificial intelligence(AI) ④ cloning Ask students to discuss these questions in groups.(Activity 2) ·How do you think these events or such technology might develop in the future ·What challenges might they bring ·What opportunities might they bring Suggested answers: ·No doubt,AI will develop to the point that humans and computers willbe able to interface effortlessly. ·With the development of Al,there may come a time when it becomes a real issue as to whether a computer or machine has in fact achieved consciousness,and whether,as a conscious being,it deserves the same rights as a human being. ·Al may help us solve problems that are currently too big and overwhelming for us to solve on our own.For example,complex Al models may be able to use given data to develop a workable solution to global warming. 【设计意图】通过展示最新的先进科技发展的视频，唤醒学生的背景知识，使学生了解科技 的发展是为了使人类的生活更轻松、更美好。让学生欣赏本课时的图片，加深学生对科技概 念的理解以及对科学发展的认同，以达到话题预热功效。 活动二：获取与梳理 1.Learn the strategy. Ask students to learn the listening strategy and the language for making predictions. ( Listen for predictions When listening for predictions,you should listen for the use of the future tense, in particular the future tense with will or will be doing.Words such aspredict, prediction,and forecast,are also used quite often when making predictions. ) Making predictions I think/believe/predict that in the future... By 2030,we will.. I can imagine/forecast... One challenge willbe. We will be doing... 2.Listen and answer. My prediction is that.. In the (distant)future there will. I doubt/don't think that... We will have the opportunity to... We are going to.. Dr Han and Vincent Black are talking about their predictions about the future.Ask students to listen for the answers of the following questions. ·What is the name of the radio programme ·What is the radio host's concern about smart computers ·According to Dr Han,how can this problem be avoided Suggested answers: ( · )Future Changes. ·Would smart computers be dangerous to humans ·Scientists will be programming smart computers to not think in ways that may harm humans and they'll be creating machines to help people internally. 3.Listen and complete. Ask students to listen to Dr Han and Vincent B ... ...
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