大学新体验英语必修三Unit 1.ppt

1. The world champion described the experience as being every bit as grueling as playing a top-notch human challenger. (L7) Paraphrase: The best chess player all over the world said that the experience was as difficult as playing against a first-rate human player who tries to win. Unit 1 》Part II 》Main Reading 【译文】 世界冠军认为这次经历和对抗顶尖的人类挑战者一样艰难。 Language Points 2. Deep Blue satisfied at least one of the criteria for artificial intelligence set in the 1950s by Alan Turing. (L8) Paraphrase: Alan Turing set standards for artificial intelligence in the 1950s and Deep Blue was anyway up to one of them. Unit 1 》Part II 》Main Reading 【译文】 阿兰·图灵于20世纪50年代设立了人工智能的标准，而深蓝的行为至少达到了其中的一个。 Unit 1 》Part II 》Main Reading 3. the machine performed its feat merely by crunching numbers faster than any other computer had managed before. (L12) Paraphrase: The machine succeeded in an impressive manner only because it could do a lot of calculations faster than any other previous computer. 【译文】 这台机器的创举仅仅在于运算速度快于以前其他任何计算机。 The unemployment rate is hovering around 10 percent, we’ve watched the ground disappear from under Detroit and Wall Street, and there’s a pervading sense that other industries might be next. (L9) Paraphrase: The unemployment rate stays close to 10 percent, only changing slightly up or down. We have seen that the economy in Detroit and Wall Street no longer has power, and people widely believe that the same thing will happen to other indutries soon. 【译文】 失业率徘徊在百分之十左右，我们已经看到底特律和华尔街的衰落。人们普遍感觉，其他行业很快也会难逃厄运。 Unit 1 》Part II 》Related Reading Language Points 2. Middle-range jobs have been getting scarcer since the late 1970s, and wages for the ones that are still around have remained stagnant. (L17) Paraphrase: There are fewer and fewer middle-class jobs since the late 1970s. Even if there remain some, the money that can be earned from them remain unchanged. 【译文】 20世纪70年代以来，中等范畴的工作已经变得越来越稀缺，即使还有些中等工作，但工资也是停滞不涨。 Unit 1 》Part II 》Related Reading 3. Autor says that a