2024_2025学年新教材高中英语UNIT3THEINTERNETSectionⅠListeningandSpeakingReadingandThinking学案新人教版必修第二册.docVIP

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UNIT3THEINTERNET

单元核心素养

单元话题导读

ArtificialIntelligence①：HelpfulandDangerous

Computersandothermachineshavechangedandwillcontinuetochangethewaypeopledobusinessandhowwelive.

Manyresearchersusethetermartificialintelligence(AI)todescribethethinkingandintelligentbehaviourdemonstrated②bymachines.WhileAIcanbehelpfultohumanbeings,scientistswarn,itcanalsobeathreat③.

AIisnotnew.Butitisquicklygettingmoreandmorecomplex,and,well,moreintelligent.

StuartRussellteachescomputerscienceattheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley.HesayshumansshouldbesuretomakeAIproductsthatwelike.Russellseesartificialintelligencechangingtheeconomyandcurrent④wayoflife.Thehealthcareindustryisoneareathatartificialintelligenceisalreadychanging.AIcanprocess⑤hugeamounts⑥ofdata,sodoctorscanusethemostup－to－date⑦informationtodiagnose⑧andtreatpatients.

Thereisalsoadangeroussidetoartificialintelligence.OneexampleiscombiningdroneaircrafttechnologyandAItocreateautonomous⑨weapons.

Thedebateaboutwhetherartificialintelligenceisgoodorbadforhumanscontinues.Researchersagreethereisnoquestionthatthetechnologyishere,andwillcontinuetochangelifeonourplanet.

①artificialintelligence人工智能

②demonstratevt.证明；论证；展示

③threatn．威逼，恐吓；凶兆

④currentadj.现在的；当前的；流通的

⑤processvt.处理；加工

⑥amountn．数量；数额；金额

⑦up－to－dateadj.必威体育精装版的，最近的；现代的，新式的

⑧diagnosevt.诊断；推断

⑨autonomousadj.自治的；自主的

SectionⅠListeningandSpeaking，ReadingandThinking

课前自主预习

Ⅰ.重点单词

1．__blog__n．博客vi.写博客→__blogger__n．博客作者；博主

2．__engine__n．引擎；发动机；火车头→__engineer__n．工程师

3．__chat__vi.闲聊；闲聊→__WeChat__n．微信

4．__stream__vt.流播(不用下载干脆在互联网上播放音视频)；流出vi.流淌n.小河；溪流

5．__identity__n．身份；特性→__identical__adj.相同的，一样的→__identify__vt.确定；辨别→__identification__n.身份证明

6．__convenient__adj.便利的；近便的→__convenience__n．便利；便利

7．__cash__n．现金；金钱

8．__update__vt.更新；向……供应必威体育精装版信息n．更新；必威体育精装版消息

9．__database__n．数据库