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课件网) Unit 4 Living with technology Welcome to the unit & Reading The advance of technology is based on making it fit in so that you don't really even notice it, so it's part of everyday life. — Bill Gates 技术的进步是基于让它融入你的生活，这样你甚至不会真正注意到它，如此一来它就成为了日常生活的一部分。 ——— 比尔·盖茨 比尔·盖茨，美国企业家、软件工程师、慈善家、微软公司创始人，曾任微软董事长、CEO和首席软件设计师。本句旨在说明技术会进入千家万户，成为人们生活中不可或缺的一部分。 Lead-in 机器人公民索菲亚 Artificial intelligence: friendly or frightening alliteration n.头韵，头韵法（Alliteration指的是文学修辞手法，其特征是系列词语或短语在发音时，首个音素相同或相似。 eg. Sense and Sensibility Pride and Prejudice main topic two aspects Pre-reading Para1: A Para2: B Para3: C Para4: D Para5: E Para6: F Listen&match（学法P97&98） While-reading AI is a branch of computer science AI has a long and rough history. AI has been applied in many fields. AI brings many concerns and fears. We should be careful to deal with AI. Read the popular science article and complete the chart below. A1 What is the author’s attitude to AI A. Negative B. Neutral C. Positive Attitude of the author Imagine waking up one morning with the option of staying in bed and pressing a button to send a robot to do all the work for you. How cool that would be! It may seem like building castles in the air, but given the rate at which artificial intelligence, or AI, is being developed, in the future such dreams may actually come true. Para 1 Para.1 To introduce the topic of this article — AI. given prep.“考虑到”= considering; in view of a. Given his age, he's a remarkably fast runner. 考虑到他的年龄，他可称得上是个很出众的赛跑运动员了。 b. _____ (give) (the fact) that he‘s had six months to do this, he hasn’t made much progress. 考虑到他有六个月的时间来做这件事，所以他没有取得多大进展。 想象一下，某天早上你醒来，可以选择继续躺在床上，按下一个按钮，就能召来一台机器人为你处理所有的工作。那该有多酷啊！这听起来可能像是在建空中楼阁，但鉴于人工智能（AI）目前的发展速度，这样的梦想在将来也许真的可以实现。 Read carefully and answer questions Para 2 What is AI What is the essential aim of AI How to achieve it At the basic level, artificial intelligence is a branch of computer science that aims to develop intelligent machines. One of the essential aims of AI is to develop computer intelligence capable of learning from experience, adjusting to new inputs and performing tasks like humans. 从基础层面上讲，人工智能是计算机科学的一个分支，其目标是研发智能机器。AI 的基本目标之一，是开发能够学习过往经验、适应新的输入内容并且能够像人类一样执行任务的计算机智能。 Para.2 To achieve this aim, many approaches to creating true AI have been put forward, including “deep learning”, which enables a machine to improve its own performance by learning from the results of its previous actions. Deep-learning AI has the capacity to analyse massive amounts of ... ...
