1、Listening and Speaking P18-19Unit 2 Looking into the Future新新人教选择性必修人教选择性必修Book 1 Warming upWhat do you think of the life in the future?Predict about future changes1.What do these pictures show?Match the words with the pictures.Before-listening_ automation_ nanobots_ global warming_ artificial intel
2、ligence(AI)_ cloning 2.Discuss these questions in groups.How do you think these events or such technology might develop in the future?What challenges might they bring?What opportunities might they bring?Listen for predictionsWhen listening for predictions,you should listen for the use of the future
3、tense,in particular the future tense with will or will be doing.Words such as predict,prediction,and forecast,are also used quite often when making predictions.How do you think these events or such technology might develop in the future?No doubt,AI will develop to the point that humans and computers
4、 will be able to interface effortlessly.With the development of AI,there may come a time when it becomes a real issue as to whether a computer or machine has in fact achieved consciousness,and whether,as a conscious being,it deserves the same rights as a human being.What challenges might they bring?
5、What opportunities might they bring?AI may help us solve problems that arecurrently too big and overwhelming forus to solve on our own.For example,complex AI models may be able to use given data to develop a workablesolution to global warming.3.Listen to a radio interview with Dr Han and Vincent Bla
6、ck giving their predictions about the future,and then fill in the table below.NameOccupationPredictionDr HanVincent BlackWhile-listeningcomputer scientistComputers will be cleverer than us in the future;people will also be programming computers to think like humans;well be programming them to not th
7、ink in ways that may harm humans;well also be creating machines to help people internally.architectThere will be cities floating on water and people could move into housing in cities that float.TapescriptsHost:On todays episode of“Future Changes”,we talk with two experts from different fields,Dr Han
8、 and Vincent Black,to hear their predictions about the future.First,Dr Han,could you please tell our audience what you do?Dr Han:Certainly.Im a computer scientist.Host:And could you please tell us your prediction?Dr Han:Yes,well,I forecast that computers will be cleverer than us in the future.I thin
9、k that people will also be programming computers to think like humans.Host:Thats very interesting,but arent you worried that such computers would be dangerous?Dr Han:Not at all.This is because well be programming them to not think in ways that may harm humans.In fact,well also be creating machines t
10、o help people internally.For example,I think scientists will put some small intelligent machines,called nanobots,inside our bodies to increase our abilities.Host:Wow!That would make each one of us superhuman!And Vincent,could you please tell us about your job?Vincent Black:Certainly.Im an architect,
11、I design buildings.Host:And what is your prediction about the buildings of the future?Vincent Black:Its about the cities of the future,actually.I believe that cities floating on water are part of the worlds future.Host:Oh,really?What might make us want to do that?Vincent Black:Yes.With global warmin
12、g causing polar ice to melt,the sea level rising by many metres is a very realistic prospect.Instead of moving people away from the sea,I think that people could move into housing in cities that float.Host:That sounds very innovative.Could you please give us more details?Vincent Black:Sure.Well,Ive
13、developed a plan by designing a city that borrows many ideas from the giant water lily,a flower that floats on water.Moreover.4.Discuss whether you think Dr Han and Vincent Blacks predictions are possible.Why or why not?Post-listeningSuggested Answers:I agree on Dr Hans idea that computers will be c
14、leverer than us in the future.Actually there are already computers,like AlphaGo,that are smarter than most people.I dont agree on Vincent Blacks idea about floating cities,because I doubt that sea levels will rise that much.5.In groups,brainstorm about the future.Discuss these points.future events o
15、r problems the world might facefuture technologies how these things will change the way we livethe challenges and opportunities these things might bringFUTURE6.Imagine that you have a job that makes you an expert in the future.In pairs,interview each other about your jobs and predictions.Use the exp
16、ressions to help you.Making predictions I think/believe/predict that in the future.My prediction is that.By 2030,we will.In the(distant)future there will.I can imagine/forecast.I doubt/dont think that.One challenge will be.We will have the opportunity to.We will be doing We are going to.Sample Dialo
17、gueA:Good afternoon,Ms Zhang.Thank you for agreeing to do this interview.B:Id love to.A:First,could you please tell our audience what you do?B:Certainly.Im a doctor.I perform transplant surgery every week.A:That sounds like a very high-tech job.How do you think the surgery will be operated in the fu
18、ture?Do you have any predictions about that?B:Yes,well,I believe that doctors in the future will have much better means to help people.I can imagine that nanobots will be put in patients body to detect the illness.Sample Dialogue And in the future,there will be adequate suppl of organs for patients
19、who need transplant.A:Well,that would be really good news for all of us.Could you please explain how this will be possible?B:Well,it will be possible because of special 3D printers.In the future,doctors will be using them in hospitals regularly to create healthy copies of peoples organs.Then they will replace the unhealthy organs with the healthy copies.
