Unit4LivingwithTechnologyReading課件高中英語牛津譯林版2020選擇性

Unit4

LivingwithtechnologyFamoussaying(P43)Theadvanceoftechnologyisbasedonmakingitfitinsothatyoudon'treallyevennoticeit,soit'spartofeverydaylife.

—BillGates

技術(shù)的進(jìn)步是基于讓它融入你的生活，這樣你甚至不會真正注意到它，如此一來它就成為了日常生活的一部分?！葼枴どw茨比爾·蓋茨，美國企業(yè)家、軟件工程師、慈善家、微軟公司創(chuàng)始人，曾任微軟董事長、CEO和首席軟件設(shè)計(jì)師。本句旨在說明技術(shù)會進(jìn)入千家萬戶，成為人們生活中不可或缺的一部分。themoonDiscussionWhatotherdescriptionsinsciencefictionhaveturnedintoreality?JulesVernebelievesthatanythingpeoplecanimaginecanbemadereal.Doyou

agree?Whyorwhynot?Whattechnologydoyouimaginewillbepossibleinthefutureandhowdoyou

thinkitwillchangeourlives?WhatdoyouaboutAI?Artificialintelligenceisdevelopingataveryrapidpace.Manypeopleworryabouttheeffectsthatartificialintelligencemighthave.We’llreadthepopularsciencearticle(P44-45)aboutAI.Beforeyoureadit,thinkaboutthefollowingquestion:HowistheauthorlikelytoorganizetheinformationonAI?HowistheauthorlikelytoorganizetheinformationonAI?TipIntroducetheconceptofAIIntroducethehistory/developmentofAIThebenefitsofAITheweaknessesofAITheapproachtodealingwithAIWhatisthefunctionofthisparagraph?----Tointroducethetopicofthisarticle—AI.WhatisAI?WhatistheessentialaimofAI?Howtoachieveit?learningfromexperience_____________________________________________________________________adjustingtonewinputsperformingtaskslikehumansThecapacityofdeeplearningAIdeeplearning______________________________________________________________________________________enablesamachinetoimproveitsownperformancebylearningfromtheresultsofitspreviousactions.Howcanadeep-learningmachineimproveitsownperformance?WhatisthedevelopmentofAIinhistory?

Para3WhatisthedevelopmentofAIinhistory?Yearsbeforethemid-1950sInthemid-1950sIn1997(breakthrough)In2017(advance)Theterm“artificialintelligence”wascoined.

Para3Yearsbeforethemid-1950sInthemid-1950sIn1997(breakthrough)In2017(advance)Theterm“artificialintelligence”wascoined.coinn.v.【詞源】coin本義是鑄造硬幣的模具，來自拉丁語cuneus（楔子）。因古羅馬時期用來沖壓硬幣的模子形狀是楔形的而得名。所以，由此衍生出“鑄造、創(chuàng)造、杜撰”之意，最后演變?yōu)椤坝矌拧薄?/p>

此處，coin用作動詞，往模具里注入金屬則為“鑄/造(幣)”；往模具里注入詞根、詞綴等則鑄造成新詞語，即coinv.

創(chuàng)造(新詞語)”Yearsbeforethemid-1950sInthemid-1950sIn1997(breakthrough)In2017(advance)Theterm“artificialintelligence”wascoined.WhatareordinarypeopleusingAltodo?Inshort,thistechnologyistransformingthewaywelive.Itisclearthatweareataturningpointinhistory.WithmachineslikeAlphaGonowcapableofthinkingandlearningfromtheirmistakes,wearegettingclosertothedividinglinebetweenhumansandmachines.Thequestionis,wherewillallthislead?WhileAIenthusiastspromiseusabrightfuturewhereintelligentrobotswillbeworkingtoouradvantage,theseundoubtedbenefitsalsobringconcernsandfears.Whatistheturningpointinhistory?WhatconcernsandfearswillAIbring?“完全人工智能的發(fā)展可能意味著人類的終結(jié)。”spellv.

招致，意味著（通常指壞事）Apparently,suchwarnings

demandourattention.WeneedtomakesurethatwewillnotfallvictimtoAI.Wemaystillthinkitwouldbefantastictorelaxalldayandallowautonomousmachinestodoalltheworkforus—butperhapsweshouldnotbetoogreedyandratherbecarefulwhatwewishfor!Whatcanwedowhenfacedwithsuchwarnings?

Discussion:Whatistheauthor'sattitudetoartificialintelligence??Usedetailsfromthearticletosupportyouropinion.Whatdoyouthinkintelligentmachineswillbecapableofdoinginthefuture?

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