《新大學(xué)英語·綜合教程3 》課件-B3U1 New Technology on Campus

NewTechnologyonCampusNewTechnologyonCampusNewTechnologyonCampusUnit1CONTENTSLearningObjectivesAbouttheTextsPre-readingDiscussionTextATextBLearningObjectivesStudentsaresupposedto●

usecorrectlytheemphaticpattern;●

learnhowtointroduceseveralaspectsofanobject;●

understandthebenefitsofnewtechnologiesandtheirpotentialharm.AbouttheTextsThetwotextsinthisunitdiscussthebenefitsthatnewtechnologies,suchasAl,provideforusandinthemeantimeurgeustoconsidertheirpotentialharmtoourlife.Forexample,WeChatcanbeabigdistractionforstudentswhoaresupposedtoconcentrateontheirstudy.Afterstudentsunderstandthebenefitsandpotentialharmofnewtechnologies,theywillbeabletomakebetteruseofthemoncampus.1.Listentothefollowingtworeports.MatchthebenefitsofthecorrespondingtechnologybywritingthecorrectlettersA-Finthebubbles.Pre-readingDiscussionGoogleAppsLaptopProgrammesAEFBCD2.Whatothertechnologiesdoyouuseinyourclass?Whatbenefitshaveyougot?Shareyourexperienceswithyourpeers.Openfordiscussion.Pre-readingDiscussionReadingAHolidayRitualsandTraditions

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CulturalBackgroundTextAnalysisLanguageFocusFurtherEnhancementSupplementaryResourcesReadingACulturalBackgroundAHistoryofAI:DuringWWII,BritishcomputerscientistAlanTuringworkedtocrackthe“Enigma”codeusedbyGermanforcestosendmessagessecurely.TheBombemachinewasusedtodecipherEnigma’smessages.AccordingtoTuring,amachinethatcouldconversewithhumanswithouthumansknowingthatitisamachinecouldbesaidtobe“intelligent”.In1956,AmericancomputerscientistJohnMcCarthyorganizedtheDartmouthConference,atwhichtheterm“ArtificialIntelligence”wasfirstadopted.Sincethen,manyresearchcentreshavebeenfoundedtoexplorethepotentialofAI.ResearchersbelievedthatAIcouldtransformtheworld.Inthelate1960s,computerscientistsdevelopedmachinelearninginrobots.ReadingACulturalBackgroundAHistoryofAI:In1972,thefirst“Intelligent”humanoidrobotwasbuiltinJapan.Theperiodfromthemid1970stothemid1990swascalled“AIWinters”whencomputerscientistsdealtwithanacuteshortageoffundingforAIresearch.In1997,IBM’sDeepBluebecamethefirstcomputertobeatareigningworldchesschampion,GarryKasparov.Withtheimprovementincomputerhardwareprocessingpowerandstorageability,AIisusedinmoreandmorefieldsnow.()ReadingATextAnalysisStructureoftheTextPartI(Paragraphs1—2)AgeneralintroductiontotheimminentdevelopmentofartificialintelligenceThetextisapieceofexpositorywriting,inwhichWeChatistakenasanexampletoshowthepowerofAI.Thetextcanbedividedintothreeparts:ReadingATextAnalysisPartII(Paragraphs3—8)AnexplanationoffivefunctionsofWeChat1)(Paragraphs3—4)Function1:voicerecognition2)(Paragraph5)Function2:facerecognition3)(Paragraph6)Function3:girlfriendguessing4)(Paragraph7)Function4:translationcapability5)(Paragraph8)Function5:TheVoiceDonorPartIII(Paragraph9)Aconclusion:theauthor’soptimisticattitudetowardAIReadingATextAnalysis

TextComprehension(1)ReadingforgistReadthetextandcompletethestatementbelowthatbestsummarizesthemainideaofthetext.Taking(1)________________asanexample,theauthortellsusthepowerof(2)_____________________.China’sWeChatAI(ArtificialIntelligence)ReadingATextAnalysisTextComprehension(2)ReadingforstructureReadthetextcloselytounderstandhowexamplesarecitedtodeveloptheessay,andthenfillintheblanksinthediagramwithwordsandphrasesfromthetext.

inVoiceDonorWeChatvoicerecognitionfacerecognitiontranslationReadingATextAnalysis

TextComprehension(3)ReadingfordetailsDothefollowingstatementsagreewiththeinformationgiveninthetext?WriteTifthestatementistrue,Fifthestatementisfalse,andNGiftheinformationisnotgiveninthetext.Correctitifthestatementisfalse.By“AIisthebeginningoftheend”,HawkingmeansthatAIwouldbringanendtoourlife.2.ThecleverapplicationofAIonChina’sWeChatiswhatwesternershaveexpected.華東師范大學(xué)出版社F.ItmeansthatAIwillreplacehumanintelligenceasitismuchmorecapable.F.China’sWeChatshowsthewesternersawholenewsideofAI,quitebeyondtheirexpectation.ReadingATextAnalysis

TextComprehension(3)ReadingfordetailsDothefollowingstatementsagreewiththeinformationgiveninthetext?WriteTifthestatementistrue,Fifthestatementisfalse,andNGiftheinformationisnotgiveninthetext.Correctitifthestatementisfalse.(3)Manyappsinsocialmediaareusedforfun,suchasFacerecognitionandWeChatgirlfriend.(4)WeChatgirlfriendisdesignedonthebasisofFacerecognition.(5)YoucanaskXiaobing,aWeChatgirlfriend,anyquestionsinyourmind.華東師范大學(xué)出版社TNGF.Xiaobingcanaskyouquestionsandguesswhoisinyourmind.ReadingATextAnalysis

TextComprehension(3)ReadingfordetailsDothefollowingstatementsagreewiththeinformationgiveninthetext?WriteTifthestatementistrue,Fifthestatementisfalse,andNGiftheinformationisnotgiveninthetext.Correctitifthestatementisfalse.(6)WeChathasmorepowerfulcapabilityoftranslatingChinesethanRomancelanguages.(7)TheVoiceDonorisdesignedtoprovidevoicedstoriesfortheblindfreeofcharge.(8)TheauthortakesapositiveattitudetowardthepotentialpowerofAI.華東師范大學(xué)出版社NGTTReadingATextAnalysis

Zoomingin1.StephenHawking,amongothers,hassaidthatartificialintelligence(AI)isthebeginningoftheend.(Para1)amongothers:usedtoindicatethatthereareseveralmorepeopleliketheoneoronesmentioned,butthatyoudonotintendtomentionthemalle.g.ThegalleryhasanexcellentcollectionofImpressionistworksby,amongothers,ManetandRenoir.thebeginningoftheend:thetimewhensomethinggoodstartstoende.g.Itwasthebeginningoftheendfortheirmarriagewhenhestarteddrinking.2.ImustsaythatIaminclinedtoagree.(Para1)beinclinedtoagree/think/believe:tohaveanopinionaboutsomething,butnotastrongopinionReadingATextAnalysis

Zoomingin3.ButitwaswhenIsawavideoofarobot,designedbyBostonDynamics,runningthroughthesnowwithnotrailingcablesthatTheTerminatorbecamealittlebittooreal.(Para2)itis...that...:Thisemphaticstructureisusedtoemphasizeaparticularpartofasentence.Inthetext,theoriginalsentence(TheTerminatorbecamealittlebittoorealwhenIsawavideoofarobot...)issplitintotwoparts(cleftsentences),andtheemphaticpart“whenIsaw...”isprecededby“itwas”whiletheotherpartisconnectedwith“that”.Withthisemphaticstructure,mostpartsofasentencelikethesubject,object,adverbialandprepositionalphrasecanbeemphasized,butnotthepredicate.ReadingATextAnalysis

Zoomingin4.Rightnow,voicerecognitionisoneofthebiggestareasof‘everydayAI’inactioninWeChat.(Para3)inaction:intheprocessorstateofactingorfunctioninge.g.Theadvertisementshowstwofirefightersinactionputtingoutablaze.5.ThecompanybehindthetechnologyiscalledChumenWenwenanditwasfoundedbyabunchofformerGooglerockstarengineerswholefttojoinlocalrivals.(Para3)abunchof:anumberofpeopleorthings,especiallyalargee.g.abunchofflowers,keys,bananas,grapes,songsReadingATextAnalysis

Zoomingin6.AndwithtypicalWeChatintegrationthatstillleavestheWestfordead,theservicelinksdirectlywiththirdpartyappslikeDianping,...(Para4)integrate:tocombinetwoormorethingsinordertobecomemoreeffectivee.g.We’replanningtointegratethesalesdepartmentwiththemarketingdepartment.Weneedtodevelopanonlineshoppingapplicationandintegrateitintoourwebsite.leavesth.fordead:tosurpassoroutdistancesomethingorsomebodybyfare.g.Wetriedourbesttogetintothesmartphonemarket,butappdevelopersleftournewoperatingsystemfordeadafterjustsixmonths.ReadingATextAnalysis

Zoomingin7.Touseit,youjustopenupthetranslationaccountandpasteortypeinwhatyouwanttranslated,nomatterwhetherEnglishorChinese.(Para7)openup:tocreate,tostarte.g.Thenewinternationalagreementopensupthepossibilityofmuchgreatercooperationagainstterrorism.ReadingATextAnalysis

Zoomingin8.Secondslater,itgivesyoutheanswer,includingalternativetranslationsincaseyoudon’tagreewiththeAI’srecommendation.(Para7)incase+clause:intheeventthat(somethingdoesordoesnothappen)e.g.Ibroughtsomesnacksforus,incasewegetstuckintraffic.Compare:incaseofsth.:usedtodescribewhatsomebodyshoulddoinaparticularsituation,especiallyonofficialnoticese.g.Incaseoffire,breaktheglassandpushthealarmbutton.(just)incase:usedasaprecautionsoastobepreparedforwhatmayormaynothappene.g.Itookanumbrellajustincase.ReadingATextAnalysis

Zoomingin9.QRcodeswereputinblankpagesofbooksandthereaderwasinvitedtoreadapassage.(Para8)QRcode:anabbreviationfor“quickresponsecode”.AQRcodeisapatternofblackandwhitesquaresthatcanbereadbyasmartphone,allowingthephoneusertogetmoreinformationaboutsomething.1.Theworldchampionfinishedmorethantwosecondsaheadofhisnearest______.A.gustoB.nodeC.iconD.rival2.I_______overthefencetosafety,leavingthedogsnarlingbehindme.A.inclinedB.leaptC.sanctionedD.walked3.WeaskedtheSecretary-Generaltomake______foramoreeffectiverolefortheUnitedNationsaspeacekeeperandaspeacemakeraswell.A.dutiesB.predictionsC.recommendationsD.cases4.Theypassedalawtopromoteracial______inschoolssothatdifferentracesofstudentscouldstudytogether.A.discriminationB.justificationC.integrationD.recognitionReadingALanguageFocusFillintheblankswiththemostappropriatewordfromthefourchoicesmarkedwithA,B,CandD.Task1CDBCFillintheblankswiththemostappropriatewordfromthefourchoicesmarkedwithA,B,CandD.5.Overhead______canbedangerousforbirds.A.cablesB.selfieC.scriptD.video6.Wewantedtobuythehousebutwecouldn’tcome______withthecash.A.outB.upC.inD.around7.Dolphinsuselanguageinadifferentway,butthisdoesnotmeanthattheylackhigh_____orcannotcommunicate.A.intelligenceB.knowledgeC.abilityD.capability8.Shewalkedslowlyalongthepath,herskirt______inthemud.A.wavingB.flowingC.trailingD.shakingReadingALanguageFocusTask1BAACReadingALanguageFocusFillintheblankswiththemostappropriatewordfromthefourchoicesmarkedwithA,B,CandD.9.Ananonymous______hasgiven￡500towardstherestorationfund.A.donorB.byteC.applicationD.massage10.Teachersoftenhavetodealwith________situationssuchasinterviewswithangryparents.A.incredibleB.trickyC.flirtyD.scaryTask1ABLanguageFocusCompletethefollowingsummarywithwordschosenfromReadingA.Theinitialletterofeachwordisgiven.ArtificialI___________(AI)isthebigbuzzthesedays,andChina’sWeChatturnsouttobeaverytypicalcaseofthis.Foundedbyformerr__________Googleengineers,ChumenWenwenmightbethebestexampleofsuccessfulusesofAIwithinWeChat.Itisani____________ofa“Siri-style”voicerecognition+AIsoftwareandWeChat.AnothermajorbranchofAIonWeChatisfacer_______________.Simplysendas________totheaccountanditwillsendpeopleapictureofacelebritywithwhomtheylookalike.What’smore,WeChatgirlfriend“Xiaobing”isanimpressiveAIachievementwithwhomwecanhaveafunconversationandevenplayguessinggames.Task2ntelligenceockstarntegrationecognitionelfieLanguageFocusCompletethefollowingsummarywithwordschosenfromReadingA.Theinitialletterofeachwordisgiven.Besides,theincrediblecapabilityofWeChattoaccomplisht_____________translationisalsotheproductivea_____________ofAItechnology.Therefore,withWeChat,AIisnolongerintheeyeofaf_____________;ithasbeenanindispensablepartofcommonpeople’sdailylife.Task2uturistrickypplicationTask3ReadingALanguageFocus

theemphaticpatternStudythefollowingsentence,payingattentiontothewordsinboldred:Whatisthedifferencebetweentheminmeaningandusage?ButitwaswhenIsawavideoofarobot,designedbyBostonDynamics,runningthroughthesnowwithnotrailingcablesthatTheTerminatorbecamealittlebittooreal.華東師范大學(xué)出版社Task3ReadingALanguageFocus1.他告訴了我他不幸的童年后，我才開始對他產(chǎn)生了同情。2.因為我們經(jīng)費有限，所以不得不對本次沙龍收費。3.

我正準(zhǔn)備下公共汽車時，他認(rèn)出了我。華東師范大學(xué)出版社ItwasnotuntilhetoldmeabouthisunhappychildhoodthatIstartedtofeelsorryforhim.Itisbecauseofourlimitedfundingthatwehavetochargeafeeforthissalon.ItwaswhenIwasabouttogetoffthebusthatherecognizedme.Task3ReadingALanguageFocus4.激怒我的不是他的行為，而是他的言語。5.1929年，兩位文豪正是相遇于這間咖啡館。華東師范大學(xué)出版社Itwasnotwhathedidbutwhathesaidthatirritatedme.Itwasinthiscaféthatthetwogreatwritersmetin1929.Task3ReadingALanguageFocus

“respondwith”and“respondto”Studythefollowingsentences,payingattentiontothewordsinboldred:Whatisthedifferencebetweentheminmeaningandusage?1.TheconceptworksinasimilarwaytoApple’sSiributwithabuilt-inappthatrespondswithmorewords.2.

...studentscannowrespondinstantaneouslytoonlinepolls,collaborateinrealtimeonwrittenwork,andengagewitharangeofmediamoreflexiblythaneverbefore.Task3ReadingALanguageFocus

“respondwith”and“respondto”Fillintheblankswith“with”or“to”.1.Thepolicecanrespond________emergenciesinjustafewminutes.2.Thearmyresponded________gunfireandteargas.3.Ikickedthedog,whichresponded________agrowl.4.Forpatientswhodonotrespond________drugtreatment,surgeryisapossibleoption.5.Sheresponded________myletterwithaphonecall.6.Theyarelikelytorespondpositively________thePresident’srequestforaid.totowithwithtotoTask3ReadingALanguageFocus

“theformer”and“thelatter”Studythefollowingsentence,payingattentiontothewordsinboldred:Whatisthedifferencebetweentheminmeaningandusage?Withthoseadvantages,ofcourse,comeanequalandoppositesetofpossibledisadvantages,andformanyinstructorsthelatteroutweightheformer.華東師范大學(xué)出版社Task3ReadingALanguageFocus

theemphaticpatternTranslatethefollowingsentencesintoEnglishbyusing“theformer”and/or“thelatter”.1.他認(rèn)為他的學(xué)生要么是天才，要么是蠢材，而我屬于后者。2.她要給我更多的錢或者一輛車，而我選擇了前者。3.在這兩種可能性中，前者似乎更有可能。華東師范大學(xué)出版社Heconsideredhisstudentseithergeniusesoridiots,andIfellintothelattercategory.Sheofferedmemoremoneyoracar,andIchosetheformer.Ofthetwopossibilities,theformerseemsmorelikely.IfIhadtochoosebetweenfishandchicken,I’dprefertheformer.

theemphaticpatternTranslatethefollowingsentencesintoEnglishbyusing“theformer”and/or“thelatter”.4.如果我不得不在魚和雞之間做出選擇，我更喜歡前者。5.在失業(yè)率和犯罪率都高的地方，可以假定后者是前者造成的。Task3ReadingALanguageFocus華東師范大學(xué)出版社Whereunemploymentandcrimearehigh,itcanbeassumedthatthelatterisduetotheformer.ReadingALanguageFocusTypicalMistakesFoundinChineseStudents’Writings1.ItwasuntilIrealizedthatIhadwastedtoomuchtimeonthoseuselessthingsIbegantostudyhard.Analysis:Thissentenceseemstohaveanemphaticpattern,buttheconjunction“that”ismissing—the“that”after“realized”isusedtointroduceanobjectclauseratherthanformtheemphaticpattern.Besides,“notuntil”shouldbeusedinsteadof“until”.Asuggestedversion:ItwasnotuntilIrealizedthatIhadwastedtoomuchtimeonthoseuselessthingsthatIbegantostudyhard.Anothersuggestedversion:NotuntilIrealizedthatIhadwastedtoomuchtimeonthoseuselessthingsdidIbegintostudyhard.ReadingALanguageFocusTypicalMistakesFoundinChineseStudents’Writings2.Sheexplainedthatitwaswhatunseenstoppedher.Analysis:Thissentencemakesthesamemistakeasthepreviousoneinthat“that”ismissingintheemphaticpattern.Besides,theverbisalsomissinginthe“what-clause”.Asuggestedversion:Sheexplainedthatitwaswhatwasunseenthatstoppedher.ReadingALanguageFocusTypicalMistakesFoundinChineseStudents’Writings3.Inaman’slifetime,itiscomposedofcareerandlove.Thesuccessofcareerbringsyourlifesecurity.Thesuccessofthelovemakesyourlifecolourful.Inaword,thecareerprovidesmaterialsecurity,andtheloveprovidesthespiritualsecurity.Analysis:Thissentencegroupisgrammaticallycorrectbuttoowordy.“It”inthefirstsentenceisanunnecessarysubject.Andtherestofthesentencegroupcanbemademoreconcisebyusing“theformer”and“thelatter”.Asuggestedversion:Aman’slifeiscomposedofcareerandlove.Theformerbringssubsistenceandmaterialsecurity,whilethelatterprovidescolourfullnessandspiritualsecurity.ReadingALanguageFocusTypicalMistakesFoundinChineseStudents’Writings4.Asthedevelopmentoftechnologyandeconomy,cellphoneisverycommonnow.Analysis:Whenusedtoindicatetime,“as”isaconjunctionratherthanaprepositionandshouldbefollowedbyaclause.Asuggestedversion:Astechnologyandeconomydevelop,cellphoneisverycommonnow.Anothersuggestedversion:Withthedevelopmentoftechnologyandeconomy,cellphoneisverycommonnow.ReadingAFurtherEnhancement

ListeningListentothetalk,andanswerthefollowingquestions.ForProfessorBartCollins,whatdoesteachingonlinemean?2.AccordingtoProfessorBartCollins,howdidpeopleseethefutureofMOOCsinthepast?ForProfessorBartCollins,teachingonlinehasalwaysbeenaboutprovidingaccessbeyondthetraditionalclassroom.TherewasatimewheneveryonewasheraldingMOOCsasthefuture,tosuchanextentthattheywouldeliminatethetraditionalclassroom.ReadingAFurtherEnhancement

ListeningListentothetalk,andanswerthefollowingquestions.3.WhatisthepotentialvalueofMOOCsaccordingtoProfessorBartCollins?4.WhoarethestudentsofProfessorBartCollins’sMOOCaboutpersuasivecommunication?OneofthepotentialvaluesheseesinMOOCsisameanstoattractstudentstoamoretraditionalprogramme.AlotofthestudentswhotaketheMOOCareprofessionalsinthefieldwhorealizethattheyneedtobrushupontheircommunicationtheory,orwhomaybemajorinanotherfieldandarefindingtheneedformoreeducationincommunications.ReadingAFurtherEnhancement

Listening(2)Debateonthefollowingtopicingroups.MOOCswillbethefutureofteachingoncampus.Openfordiscussion.ReadingAFurtherEnhancement

SpeakingWhatdoyouthinkofAIineducationasmentionedbelow?Explain.Preparetogiveaspeechonthefollowingtopic.“WillAITransformHigherEducation?”O(jiān)penfordiscussion.ReadingAFurtherEnhancement

TranslationTask1MakesenseoftheboldfacedwordsorexpressionsintheEnglishsentences,andthentranslatethesentencesintoChinese.ItwaswhenIsawavideoofarobot,designedbyBostonDynamics,runningthroughthesnowwithnotrailingcablesthatTheTerminatorbecamealittlebittooreal.2.

Beyondourexpectation,China’sWeChatshowsusawholenewsideofAI–onethatiscute,playful,evenflirty.正是在看到波士頓動力公司設(shè)計出的一款機器人視頻時，我才覺得《終結(jié)者》還真的成了現(xiàn)實，這款機器人可以在不依賴拖曳電纜的情況下穿越雪地。出乎我們意料的是，中國的“微信”軟件向我們展示了“人工智能”全新的一面：可愛、頑皮，甚至媚人。ReadingAFurtherEnhancement

TranslationMakesenseoftheboldfacedwordsorexpressionsintheEnglishsentences,andthentranslatethesentencesintoChinese.3.StephenHawking,amongothers,hassaidthatartificialintelligence(AI)isthebeginningoftheend.4.WithtypicalWeChatintegrationthatstillleavestheWestfordead,theservicelinksdirectlywiththird-partyappslikeDianping,enablingyoutoevenuseyourvoicetobookarestaurant.華東師范大學(xué)出版社斯蒂芬·霍金等科學(xué)家曾宣稱，人工智能就是末日之始。得益于微信特有的兼容性（這一特性仍然令西方國家同類軟件望塵莫及的），該項服務(wù)可以直接調(diào)用“大眾點評”等第三方應(yīng)用程序，甚至能讓你通過語音預(yù)定餐館。ReadingAFurtherEnhancement

TranslationMakesenseoftheboldfacedwordsorexpressionsintheEnglishsentences,andthentranslatethesentencesintoChinese.5.ThecompanybehindthetechnologyiscalledChumenWenwenanditwasfoundedbyabunchofformerGooglerockstarengineerswholefttojoinlocalrivals.6.Thisisthereasonwhyittookalotlongerforthetechcompaniestocomeupwitheffectivereal-timetranslationengines;thefirstfewwerelaughablebutnowtheyworkwellenough.華東師范大學(xué)出版社研發(fā)這項技術(shù)的公司叫做“出門問問”。該公司是由一群離開谷歌公司加入中國本地對手公司的明星工程師所創(chuàng)立的。一些技術(shù)公司需要花費很長時間才能研發(fā)出有效的實時翻譯引擎，其原因就在于此；最早問世的幾款翻譯引擎，其翻譯水平低得可笑，但現(xiàn)在的引擎已十分出色。

TranslationMakesenseoftheboldfacedwordsorexpressionsintheEnglishsentences,andthentranslatethesentencesintoChinese.7.Xiaobingisallprettysimpleatthisstage,butsoonitreallycouldbe...Her.8.TheconceptworksinasimilarwaytoApple’sSiributwithabuilt-inappthatrespondswithmorewords.ReadingAFurtherEnhancement現(xiàn)階段的“小冰”智力低下，但用不了多久它就能真正成為“她”。華東師范大學(xué)出版社該人工智能機器人的工作原理與蘋果公司的Siri相似，但不同的是，它植入了一款內(nèi)置的手機應(yīng)用程序，能夠使用更多的文字來響應(yīng)用戶的問題。ReadingAFurtherEnhancement

TranslationTask2TranslatethefollowingChinesepassageintoEnglishbyusingthewordsorexpressionsgiveninthebrackets.華東師范大學(xué)出版社人工智能是從面部識別到汽車自動駕駛在內(nèi)的未來諸多變革技術(shù)的基礎(chǔ)（AI,behind,agreatmany,recognition）。一些中國科技公司正在聘請大量的人工智能專家，投資建設(shè)新的數(shù)據(jù)中心，其先進程度不遜于亞馬遜、谷歌、微軟等公司建立的數(shù)據(jù)中心（abunchof,rival）。百度公司推出了神經(jīng)網(wǎng)絡(luò)機器翻譯系統(tǒng)（comeupwith）。騰訊等科技公司也緊隨百度的步伐，想要投身“智慧生活”領(lǐng)域（amongothers,beinclinedto,leapinto）。2011年，騰訊公司發(fā)布一款簡單的通訊工具“微信”，如今它已經(jīng)成為集網(wǎng)絡(luò)社交、新聞閱讀、游戲娛樂和移動支付等功能于一體的創(chuàng)新性移動平臺，遠超西方國家的手機社交網(wǎng)絡(luò)軟件（integrate,application,leave...fordead）。得益于微信的成功，騰訊獲得了可用于訓(xùn)練機器學(xué)習(xí)系統(tǒng)的海量聊天數(shù)據(jù)（thanksto,puttouse）。ReadingAFurtherEnhancement

TranslationTask2TranslatethefollowingChinesepassageintoEnglishbyusingthewordsorexpressionsgiveninthebrackets.華東師范大學(xué)出版社AIisbehindagreatmanytransformativetechnologiesinthefuture,fromfacialrecognitiontoautonomouscars.SomeChinesetechcompaniesarehiringabunchofAIexpertsandinvestinginnewdatacentresthatrivalanythingoperatedbyAmazon,Google,orMicrosoft.Baiduhascomeupwithaneuralnetwork-basedmachinetranslationsystem.FollowingBaidu’sexample,Tencent,amongothers,isalsoinclinedtoleapintotheareaof“everydayAI”.In2011,thecompanylaunchedasimplemessagingappWeChatwhichhasbecomeaninnovativemobileplatformintegratingsocialnetworking,news,games,andmobilepayments.IthasnowleftmobilesocialnetworkingapplicationsintheWestfordead.ThankstothesuccessofWeChat,Tencenthasanamazingamountofconversationdatawhichcanbeputtousefortrainingmachine-learningsystems.ReadingAFurtherEnhancement

GuidedWritingStep1Brainstorming1.ReadingAusesWeChatasanexampletoshowthepowerofartificialintelligence.IsthereanyotherfunctionofWeChatthatalsousesAItofacilitateitasasocialnetworkingApp?Ifthereis,explainthisfunctiontoyourpeers.2.InadditiontoappslikeWeChatthatusesAI,doyoufindotherusesofAIoncampus,forexample,inthelibraryorthedininghall?Ifthereis,shareyourthoughtsaboutitwithyourpeers.3.ThereisnodoubtthatAIhasalreadybroughtmuchconveniencetocontemporarylife.DoyoufindanynegativeaspectsoftheuseofAI?Ifthereis,whatisit?Shareyourthoughtswithyourpeers.4.StephenHawkingsaidthatartificialintelligenceisthebeginningoftheend.Doyouagreewithhim?Whyorwhynot?ReadingAFurtherEnhancement

GuidedWritingStep2WritingtaskBasedonthediscussionyouhavehadwithyourpeers,writeanessayofnolessthan350wordsinresponsetoStephenHawking’sassertionthatartificialintelligenceisthebeginningoftheend.Useconcreteexamplestosupportyourviewpoint.ReadingAFurtherEnhancement

GuidedWritingStep2WritingTaskASampleEssayNewAItechnologyhasbeenwidelyusedinourdailylifeandbroughtusmanyconveniences.However,StephenHawking,amongothers,wereconcernedwithitsnegativeimpactsonhumanlife.Forexample,WeChatconnectsuswithmanypeoplearoundtheworld,butitalsoturnsouttobeabigdistractionforus.Thetimewespendonitsometimescanbealarminglylong.But,unlikeHawking,IholdapositiveviewonthefutureofAI.ReadingAFurtherEnhancementASampleEssay(continued)ThemainreasonwhyscientistsareconcernedaboutthefutureofAIisthatitmayturnagainsthumanswhocreateit.TheyareafraidthatonedayAImaypossessitsowngoalsthataremisalignedwithours.ItsoundslikeanotherFrankenstein’sstoryinwhichthescientistcreatessomethingthatthreatenshisownbeing.ButIthinktheirfearisill-grounded.Frankensteinisonlysciencefictionaboutsuperintelligence.Andasmanyscientistshavereasonablypredicted,superintelligence—theintelligencethatmaygoagainsthumans—isnotinevitableandevenquiteimpossible.Evenifonedaysuperintelligencecomesintobeing,weshoul