15-16学年第30期总第628期
Human vs machine (P1)
山东烟台经济技术开发区高级中学  唐福珍
I. Warming up  
How much do you know about the following things?
1. AlphaGo
2. Go
3. 人机世纪大战
4. DARPA
Background information：
1. AlphaGo: n. 一款围棋人工智能程序，由Google旗下DeepMind公司开发
2. Go 围棋
3. 人机世纪大战是指2016年由人工智能系统AlphaGo，挑战世界围棋冠军李世石。根据日程安排，5盘棋分别于3月9日、10日、12日、13日和15日举行，即使一方率先取得3胜，也要下满5盘。最终，AlphaGo以4:1赢得这场“战争”。
4. DARPA是Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency的简称，译为美国国防部先进研究项目局。是美国国防部重大科技攻关项目的组织、协调、管理机构和军用高技术预研工作的技术管理部门，主要负责高新技术的研究、开发和应用。
II. Skimming
Look through the passage and decide what its main idea is.
AlphaGo outperformed Lee in the match and made the five-match score 4-1 in favor of AlphaGo.
III. Scanning
Read the passage again and answer the following questions.
1. What are the concerns about AI?
Some people fear that AI is harmful to the human race and the development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race. 
2. What is The Economist’s opinion of AI?
It’s not hard to get a computer program to remember and produce facts. It’s hard to get computers to apply their knowledge to everyday situations.
We have a long way to go before AI’s capabilities truly begin to approach the human brain, despite how dominant the technology can be when focusing on a single task.
3. What is John Markoff’s opinion?
Researchers should build artificial intelligence that aims for intelligence augmentation (IA) in which computers make people more effective.
Our fate is in our own hands. Since technology depends on the values of its creators, we can make human choices that use technology to improve the world.
IV. Sentence structure
Read the sentence and pay attention to its structure.
1. Or as The Economist put it: “We have a long way to go before AI can truly begin to be similar to the human brain, even though the technology can be great when it has one task to do. ”
该句中的as sb. put it 为as引导的非限制性定语从句，意为“正如某人所说”。
Just as Thomas Edison put it, "Genius is 99 percent perspiration and 1 percent inspiration.”
V. Vocabulary
Read the passage again and finish the summary of the passage.
AlphaGo, an artificial (人工的) intelligence (AI) machine built by Google’s DeepMind, won its first match ________ South Korean Go grandmaster Lee Sedol ____ March 9. In the following week, AlphaGo outperformed Lee in another three matches. That made the five-match score 4-1 ___________(胜出) AlphaGo.
DARPA challenges were put to the test in the real world before, _____ forced researchers to build robots that could walk up and down hills.
Some people have been arguing that AI is ________(harm) to the human race. UK scientist Stephen Hawking warned that the _________(develop) of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race. And some fear that people are really on the verge of ____(live) in the world shown in the Terminator sci-fi movies.
But others think that it is hard for computers to _____ their knowledge ___(应用) everyday situations. People have a long way _____(go) before AI’s capabilities (能力) truly begin to approach the human brain, despite how dominant the technology can be when ______ (focus) on a single task. Since technology depends on the values of its creators, we can make human ______(choose) that use technology to improve the world. ______ (最终), people’s fate is in our own hands.
VI. Discussion
What is your opinion of AI? Are you afraid that they it will overtake and control humans in all walks of life? Why or why not?

Twins warm hands (P3)
山东烟台经济技术开发区高级中学  唐福珍
I. Warming up  
What can help people keep warm?
Have you ever taken part in a campaign to help those in need?
II. Skimming
Look through the passage and decide what its main idea is.
A pair of 16-year-old American twins started a campaign called “Warm Hearts, Warm Hands” in February to help those in need.
III. Scanning
Read the passage again and answer the following questions.
1. What was the aim of the campaign?
The aim was to collect new and used gloves with fellow students at Richards High School in Oak Lawn, Illinois in the US.
2. Who joined them in the campaign?
Students and teachers.
3. What did Jack think was the message of the project?
If people know the value of helping others, they can do it anywhere and at any time.
IV. Sentence structure
Read the sentences and pay attention to their structures.
1. The conversations we are having now aren’t so much about what actions we can take, but about the value of taking action.
What 引导的事介词about的宾语从句。
We are having now是定语从句，省略了关系代词that或者which。
2. It is easy to watch the news and only feel like the world is in a terrible place.
feel like意为“想要”，一般后接名词、代词或动名词。feel like 后面可接由 that 引导的从句，意思与 feel as if 相同，作“感觉好像……”解。
I feel like we have to punish him for him to respect us.  
我觉得我们得惩罚他一下，要不然他会不尊重我们。
V. Vocabulary
I don’t need to get on a plane and go help refugees to make a difference.
make a big/ a great deal of / a lot of difference 有（重要）作用，有影响，有关系
As teachers, you must believe that you can make a difference in the lives of your students. 身为教师，你们必须坚信你们能够影响学生的一生。
VI. Discussion
After reading this passage, what do you want to do for those in need?
If you can do something for those in need, do you think you can make a difference to the world?

My unseen help (P6)
哈尔滨市第一中学 张婳
I. Pre-reading
Have you ever given anybody a hand?
II. Reading
Did the writer really want to hurt her aunt’s feelings?
No.
Who was on the other end of the phone?
A family friend who lived in England.
Did the writer stop crying the next day?
No. 
Why does she watch the commuters (通勤者) and tourists on the Metro in Washington, DC today?
Just in case someone needs a hand.
III. Vocabulary
Look at some sentences and try to figure out the meanings of the underlined words.
I was dragging a heavy backpack and suitcase (箱子) through the London Underground.
背包
I spent the evening in an ugly blue telephone booth.
电话亭
Just as I was about to struggle again, another hand would appear.
搏斗，努力
I think of them as I ride the Metro in Washington, DC today.
骑，乘，驾    ride a lift 乘电梯
IV. Structure
Look at the sentence and pay attention to the structure of the sentences.
It was never meant to hurt my aunt’s feelings.
mean to do 打算做某事
mean doing 意思是…
This new order means working overtime.
I didn’t mean to hurt you.
还有一些词后面接doing和to do意思不同：
Do you remember seeing him before?
Remember to go to the post office after school.
He forgot to turn off the light.
Don’t forget to return my money.
He must stop smoking.
She stopped to smoke a cigarette.
You can’t continue working without a break.
After finishing his maths homework, he went on to do his physics experiment.
I tried gardening but didn’t succeed.
You must try to be more careful.
He regretted telling her the truth.
I regret to tell you that your account has been frozen.
I regret to tell you/inform you/say….
I’m considering going downtown.
You can’t consider him to be a selfish man.
She reached the top of the hill and stopped ___ on a big rock by the side of the path. 
A. to have rested
B. resting 
C. to rest
D. rest
-You were brave enough to raise objections at the meeting. 
-Well, now I regret ___ that.
A. to do 
B. to be doing 
C. to have done 
D. doing