1、Living with technologyQ: Have you ever heard this story? Please tell it to us. Once upon a time, a man named Hou Yi, he has a beautiful wife named Change. One day, he got a magical medicine that can make people immortal. Hou Yi left the magic medicine in their house. Unexpectedly, Change took it and
2、 immediately flew to the Moon. Thus began the legend of the beautiful woman in the moon, the moon Fairy.Q: Is there a fairy on the moon?NoWhy?Because we human beings has made the dream of landing the moon come true and find on fairy on the moon. (Apollo 11)Watch the video about how science fiction b
3、ecomes a reality and finish the following exercise.Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea: travelling deep under the ocean2001: A Space Odyssey: travelling to _The Matrix: connecting the human brain with _ and entering the virtual worldthe MooncomputersDiscussionQ：What technology do you think will be
4、 possible in the future and how do you think it will change our lives?Artificial intelligence:friendly or frightening?Reading 1.When we talk about artificial intelligence, what adjectives come to your mind?Artificial intelligencescaringwonderfulcleverconvenientawesomeincrediablepre-reading2. Can you
5、 predict what will be discussed in the passage according to the title and the pictures on your book?1. Go through the passage quickly and try to complete the chart below with the main idea of each paragragh.Para. 1AI can make your dreams come true.Para. 2_Para. 3_Para. 4_Para. 5_Para. 6_A1while-read
6、ingPara 2: AI is a branch of computer science that aims to create intelligent machines Para 3: AI has developed over a long time and had some major breakthroughs.Para 4: AI is being applied in various fields, transforming the way we live.Para 5: The development of AI has also caused concerns and fea
7、rs.Para 6: Warning2. Read the text again carefully and answer the following questions.(1) How can a deep-learning machine improve its own performance?( 2 ) W h a t e v e n t s w e r e c o n s i d e r e d a s m a j o r breakthroughs in AI?Deep Blue beat the world chess champion Garry Kasparov in 1997
8、, and AlphaGo defeated Ke Jie, arguably the best human Go player, in 2017.By learning from the results of its previous actions. Read Paragraph 3 again, and fill in the chart.TimeWhat happenedSince the 1940sIn the mid-1950sIn 1997In 2017The development of computers has made the dream of AI a reality.
9、In the mid-1950s, the term “artificial intelligence” was coined.In 1997, Deep Blue, a chess-playing computer, beat the world chess champion Garry Kasparov.In 2017, a computer program named AlphaGo defeated Ke Jie, arguably the best human Go player.(3) What are ordinary people using AI to do?(4) What
10、 are we getting closer to according to the author?To get instant translations of text in foreign languages. We are getting closer to the dividing line between humans and machines.What is the authors attitude to artificial intelligence? Use details from the article to support your opinion.post-readin
11、gIn lines 44-46, Stephen Hawking is quoted as saying, “The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race.” DiscussionDo you agree with him? why or why not?AppreciationPlease find more artificial intelligence around us.1. Finish B1 and B2 on Page 47.2. Finish Part A on the workbook with your partner.Homework
