1、Unit4 ReadingArtificial intelligence:friendly or frightening?What do you know about artificial intelligence(AI)?Lead-inPre-reading:activate and shareWhen we talk about artificial intelligence,How many aspects can you imagine in our life?Pre-reading:activate and shareWhen we talk about artificial int
2、elligence,what adjectives come to your mind?terrifyinghelpfulusefulcutting-edgeamazingthreatening.Artificial intelligenceWhile-readingPara.1AI can make your dreams come true.Para.2_Para.3_Para.4_Para.5_Para.6_Para 2:AI is a branch of computer science that aims to create intelligent machines imitatin
3、g the complex networks of the human brain.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 fears.Para 6:We need to make sure that we will not f
4、all victim to AI.Q 1How can a deep-learning machine improve its own performance?(Supporting details):By learning from the results of its previous actions.Q 2What events were considered as major breakthroughs in AI?(Supporting details):Deep Blue beat the world chess champion Garry Kasparov in 1997,an
5、d AlphaGo defeated Ke Jie,arguably the best human Go player,in 2017.Q 3What are ordinary people using AI to do?(Supporting details):Ordinary people are now using AI to get instant translations of text in foreign languages,and machines can recognize fingerprints and even faces.Q 4What are we getting
6、closer to according to the author?(Supporting details):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.Find the supporting details in the article.Find the supporting de
7、tails in the article.supporting detailsPost-readingAnalyzing,further learning and summary 1.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.空中楼阁，可引申为空中楼阁，可引申为“幻想，空想幻想，空想”定语从句定语从
8、句prep.考虑到，鉴于考虑到，鉴于;相当于相当于considering 或或 in view of Given his age,(=considering how old he is)hes remarkably active.Given her interest in children,teaching seems the right job for her.考虑到他的年龄，他已是相当活跃的了。考虑到他的年龄，他已是相当活跃的了。考虑到她喜欢孩子，教书看来是很适合她的工作。考虑到她喜欢孩子，教书看来是很适合她的工作。2.Years before the term“artificial in
9、telligence”was coined in the mid-1950s,the theory had been explored by Alan Turing,one of the pioneers in the field of computer science.coin:to invent a new word or phrase that other people then begin to use 创造（新词语）创造（新词语）同位语时间状语从句3.Moreover,there is growing concern that we might fall victim to this
10、 technology,as there are cases in which hackers have broken into facial recognition systems by using peoples social media photos to build models of their faces.(P47)fall victim to 因因受伤，受损，被害受伤，受损，被害同位语从句,进一步解释说明concern的内容as 引导原因状语从句in which 引导定从引导定从Homework单词：单词：castle fail-safe作业：同步作业作业：同步作业 section 课时达标作业课时达标作业13
