第43/584期初一教案

北京171中学 徐晶

Computer program beats human (P2)

I. Pre-reading

Do you like playing Go games? 

What are the rules?

Would you like to play against AlphaGo?

II. While Reading

Choose the answer: 

1. What is AlphaGo?

A. It is a kind of Go game.

B. It is a computer program.

C. It is a Go player's name in China.

D. It is a Google company.

2. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. AlphaGo is 19 years old.

B. AlphaGo won the competition.

C. AlphaGo is a scientist from Google.

D. The competition lasted for a month.

3. Which of the following is NOT true about AI?

A. AI can behave smartly.

B. AI can think or act like a human.

C. AI can help you write a story now.

D. AI makes some people worry.

4. What does Stephen Hawking think of AI?

A. The development of AI might end the human race.

B. AI can help people solve any hard problems.

C. People don't have to compete with AI in the future.

D. AI is a tool for us to learn about the universe.

III. Words in use

根据首字母提示完成下列句子：

1. Might AI be even s_____ than us? 

2. We played the top class at football but we couldn't b____ them.

3. I'd just met his parents for the first time so I was on my best b______.

4. Never give up. I’m sure you can s____ any problem.

IV. Post-reading

How much do you know about AI?

Can humans be the smartest forever?

Why are humans different from other animals?

Traditional learning (P3)

I. Pre-reading

Do you know how to put up a tent?

What do you need?

Have you ever lived in tent?

II. While reading

Choose the answer: 

1. The Native Americans’ tent was made of _____.

A. trees

B. animal skins

C. wood

D. old clothes

2. Which of the following is NOT true about Larry’s class?

A. It was opened at Cody Middle School.

B. Students could learn skills about going camping.

C. Larry Jones started this class in the year of 2000.

D. Students could learn how Native Americans build houses.

3. What was hard for Nyah to learn in this class?

A. How to tie different knots.

B. How to tie knots on the flags.

C. How to put together and take down a teepee.

D. How to work together to hold the poles.

III. Words in use

用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空：

1. Her eyes rested on a small _____ (wood) box at the back of the shop. 

2. When my parents are ______ (retire), I will take them for a trip to Tibet. 

3. You should learn to _____ (tie) your shoes by yourself. 

4. The school _______ (promote) an outdoor lifestyle.

IV. Post-reading

Do you know any survival skills?

Have you learned any survival skills? Why not give your classmates a show?

UK gets serious about language (P4)

I. Pre-reading

What is the most popular foreign language in the world?

What language is mostly spoken in the world?

II. While reading

1. From the first paragraph, we know that in the UK _____.

A. children start to learn a foreign language at 14

B. most children study a foreign language for three years

C. many children find it difficult to learn a foreign language

D. most children are not good at science and history 

2. To encourage kids to learn languages, the UK government is planning to _____.

a. ask kids to learn languages at the age of 5

b. give students more languages to choose

c. ask kids to learn two foreign languages

d. call on students to learn Mandarin

A. ab   B. bc   C. cd   D. ad

3. What does Gareth think of learning Chinese?

A. It is boring.

B. It's difficult.

C. It's useless.

D. It is interesting.

4. What is the main idea of the story?

A. Why kids in the UK don't need to learn foreign languages.

B. What the UK government does to help kids get good scores.

C. The UK is trying to make learning foreign languages more interesting. 

D. UK kids learn foreign languages in different ways.

III. Words in use

Fill in the blanks:

1. Once I decide to learn a new language, I will never _____ _____ (放弃).

2. It's easier to do that in other subjects, ____ (诸如) science or history.

3. ____ (一个) boy was reading; ________ (另一个) was writing.

IV. Post-reading

What do you think of learning English? Is it difficult?

Would you like to try to learn another language? What one?

参考答案及解析

【P2】

II. 1. B。根据文中第1段以及第2段第1句AlphaGo is a program made by Google’s company DeepMind可知，选B。

2. B。根据第2段最后一句 AlphaGo beat the 19-year-old Chinese 3-0.可知，AphhaGo 以3:0取胜。

3. C。根据第4段的内容Scientists now are trying to make AI do everything, from driving cars to writing stories可知，写文章正在研发过程中，所以不能代表现状，选C。

4. A。从第4段最后一句UK scientist Stephen Hawking said that the “development of AI could mean the end of humans”. 可知，Stephen Hawking对AI表示担忧，选A。

III. 1. smarter2. beat   3. behavior  4. solve

【P3】

II. 1. B。根据文中第2段最后一句的内容It is made of animal skins that lie upon wooden poles.可知，B正确。

2. C。据文章第3段第2句He opened the class eight years ago可知，应是2009年开始学习的，所以选C。

3. C。根据最后一段关于Nyah的描述it was hard for her to put together and take down a teepee.可知选C。

III. 1. wooden  2. retired  3. tie  4. promotes

【P4】

II. 1. C。根据第2段的内容Many students think that it’s difficult to get good grades in languages.可知，难是主要原因，选C。

2. A。根据第3段的描述可知，政府目前有两种对策，One idea is to start much younger, from the age of 5. Another plan is to give school children more choices，所以选A。

3. D。根据倒数第2段的Gareth说的内容I am learning Chinese, and find it fun可知，选D。

4. C。本文主要讲解了学习外语在英国的情况，以及政府对此采取的措施，所以C概括准确。

III. 1. give up  2. such as   3. One, another