课件37张PPT。Lesson 2
Artificial IntelligenceBefore you start Discussion:1. What science fiction films have you seen that are about intelligent robots or robots that look like humans?
2. How did the robots behave towards humans? work in factories, play football,
control cars and planes, beat us at chess,
write music, give us the news,
speak to us, have feelings,
have a real conversation with us3. Which of these things can robots and computers do now?work in factoriesplay footballcontrol cars and planesbeat us at chessgive us the newsspeak to usWhat are robots doing?
The two robots are nursing the patients.Robot can replace human to do many jobs. They will not feel tired or make mistakes.What are they doing?
Robots are beating drums.Who will win the game?One day robots can have a real conversation with us.VocabularyListen to learnTask 1. Listen to the interview with Ananova and choose the best answers for the following questions:1.Where can you see and hear her? What does she do?
In the real life. She presents news 24 hours every day.
On the radio. She presents songs 24 hours every day.
On the internet. She presents news 24 hours every day.
2.Does Ananova really exist? Can she really talk?
A.Yes. Yes . B. No, No C. Yes. No D.No. Yes
3.Why are there no photos of her as a child?
Because she isn’t human and she was created in 1999.
Because she lost all of her photos which was taken in 1999
Because she lost her memory of her childhood in 1999.5. What are her plans for the future?
Deliver songs direct to mobile phone.
Give personal news directly to mobile phone.
She will be added more technology. 4. How does she find new stories?
A. She has her own assistant.
B. she has her own story-tellers.
C. She has her own search engineTask 2 Read these words together.in other words, is that clear? What I don’t quite understand, to put it another way, What I mean is, what that means, so does that mean, could you explain how, what I’m trying to say, what I’m getting at, that’s a programme which, I mean
Listen to the interview again. Complete the Function File with these expressions.Exercise 3 Complete the Function FileAnswers:
(1)what I mean is
(2)is that clear?
(3)What I’m trying to say
(4)Could you explain how?
(5)To put it another way
(6)In other words
(7)What I don’t quite understand
(8)What I’m getting at
(9)that’s a program which
(10)So does that mean
(11)I mean
(12)What that means People use a robot to act as guard dog, are you curious? Now turn to page 103, read information about the robot.
Could you add your own information so that the robot dog become more perfect?Task 3 Futurologists, give
your own ideas!Task 4 VocabularyPhrasal VerbsA phrasal verb is made up of a verb plus an adverb or a preposition. 1. He looked around and saw nothing.
2. She is looking after the old lady carefully.
In the two sentences, around is an adverb while after is a preposition. 1. She was so ill that it seemed unlikely that she would pull through.
2. He has gone through a difficult time recently.
Here the first through is an adverb while the second through is a preposition. So we know an adverb or a preposition is used to make up a phrasal verb. 1) His accent gives him away as a Shanghainese.
2) He gave away most of his money to charities.
3) They gave away their last chance of winning the match.
4) The mayor gave away the prizes at the school sports day.出卖,泄露秘密 赠送 送掉,放弃 颁发 5) She took me in completely with her story.
6) He was homeless, so we took him in.
7) Fish take in oxygen through their gills.
8) I hope you’re taking in what I’m saying.
9) She pays the bills by taking in washing.欺骗 收容 吸收 理解 在家承接(活计等) 高考链接1. We’re trying to ring you back, Bryan, but we think we ________ your number incorrectly.(2006浙江)
A. looked up? B. took down?
C. worked out? D. brought about 高考链接2. Most of us know we should cut down on fat, but knowing such things isn’t much help when it??____ shopping and eating.(2006天津) A. refers to????? B. speaks of??????
C. focuses on?????? D. comes to 高考链接3. The computer system _____ suddenly while he was searching for information on the Internet.(2006辽宁) A. broke down ?? B. broke out??
C. broke up?? D. broke in高考链接4. -The boss said we had only three days to finish the work.?? -Don’t worry. We have already ____?two thirds of it.(2006四川)??? A. got down????? B. got through????
C. given in?????? D. given away 高考链接5. She______ Japanese when she was in Japan. Now she can speak it freely.(2006福建) A. picked out???????? B. made out????????????
C. made up????????? D. picked up 高考链接6. With no one to _____in such a frightening situation, she felt very helpless.(2006陕西) A. turn on? ??B. turn off??
C. turn over?? ?D. turn to 高考链接7. It's already 10 o'clock I wonder how it _______ that she was two hours late on such a short trip.(2006湖南)?? A. came over?? B. came out??
C. came about? D. came up 高考链接8. The building around the corner caught fire last night. The police are now? _____the matter. (2006湖北)??A. getting through? B. working out???
C. looking into? D. watching over 高考链接9. As I grew up in a small town at the foot of a mountain, the visit to the village ______scenes of my childhood.(2006湖北)?? A. called up????? B. called for??
C. called on????? D. called in 高考链接10. Although the wind has ______, the rain remains steady, so you still need a raincoat.(2006湖北)?? A. turned up?????? B. gone back??
C. died down????? D. blown out 高考链接11. After he retired from office, Rogers ____ painting for a while, but soon lost interest. (2006山东) A. took up? B. saved up??
C. kept up??? D. drew up高考链接12. I was still sleeping when the fire? ______ , and then it spread quickly.(2006广东)??A. broke out????? B. put out????
C. came out????? D. got out 高考链接13. It was so dark in the cinema that I could hardly ________ my friend. (2007四川)
A. turn out B. bring out
C. call out D. pick out 高考链接14. “Goodbye, then,” she said, without even ___________ from her book. (2007全国Ⅰ)
A. looking down B. looking up
C. looking away D. looking on高考链接15. I have _______ all my papers but I still can’t find my notes. (2007全国Ⅱ)
A. looked through B. looked for
C. looked after D. looked out 16. Don’t be ________ by products promising to make you lose weight quickly. (2007辽宁)
A. taken off B. taken out
C. taken away D. taken in 高考链接