(
课件网) How can we prepare for the future SECTION B Learn new skills Make plans Be creative ... Let’s guess! Look at the title of the interview below. What do you think the interview is about 1a Read the interview and see if your guess was correct. 1b Host: Good evening, everyone! Our guest today is Dr Pete Roberts, author of the best-selling book Ready for Tomorrow. So welcome to our show, Dr Roberts. Guest: Good evening. Thank you, it’s a pleasure to be here. Host: Dr Roberts, thank you for joining us. So, as a futurist, can you tell us how life will be different in 50 years Guest: Well, you’ll see robots working everywhere. Host: Can you give us some examples Guest: Well, we’ll have service robots. They will do almost all our housework. They will also help save lives when disasters and emergencies happen. guest n. 客人;宾客 author n. 作者 best-selling adj. 畅销的 futurist n. 未来学家 宾语从句; 陈述语序 everywhere adv./pron./conj. 到处; 所有地方 service n. 服务; 公共服务 serve v.服务 servant n.仆人 disaster n.灾难; 不幸 emergency n.紧急情况; 突然事件 adj. 紧急的 emergent adj. 新兴的; 浮现的 emergently adv.紧急地 eg: An emergent technology is changing the world. in+ 时间： 表示将来 提问用 How soon Dad will be back in two days. How soon will dad be back future n./adj. 未来 Host: So, what jobs will humans still do in the future Guest: Good question! Some jobs today will disappear in the coming years. However, there will be more challenging jobs in the future, such as space pilots and AI experts. Host: Do you think robots will replace humans one day Guest: No, I don’t. Our creativity and emotional intelligence are important for relationships. AI will not replace humans for these things. Host: You mentioned AI. How will AI change our world disappear v. 消失 appear v.出现; 似乎 appearance n.外貌 challenging adj.挑战性的 challenge v./n. 挑战 expert n. 专家;行家 adj. 熟练的; 内行的 replace v. 代替 = take the place of creativity n. 创造力 creative adj. 有创造力的 create v. 创造 creation n. 创造 creator n. 创造者 creature n. 生物 emotional adj. 情感的; 情绪的 emotion n. 情感; 情绪 intelligence n. 智力; 智慧 intelligent adj. 聪明的;智慧的;智能的 mention v. 提到; 写到 replace sth. with sth. 用某物代替某物 mention doing sth. 提到做某事 Guest: It will change the world in many ways. For example, we won’t need to go to the supermarket. Smart refrigerators will understand our needs. When we are almost out of some food, they will order it for us. Host: Wow, that’ll save us a lot of time! Now, my last question: How can we prepare for the future Guest: It’s simple. Just accept change. Keep learning and working hard. Today’s choices will influence your future. Host: Thank you for your time, Dr Roberts. refrigerator n.冰箱 = fridge accept v.接受 acceptable adj.可接受的 influence n./v.影响 have an influence on sth. 对某事有影响 affect v.影响 be out of 用完 prepare for sth. 为某事做准备 prepare to do st ... ...
