2020-2021学年度第6期总第805期
Hidden culture (P4)
山东省烟台第一中学  丛蕾
Lead-in
What do you know about her from her body language?
What is the woman’s ethnicity according to your observation?

Understanding Ideas
Read the article and…
 While you are reading, highlight what traits in our body language can show your ethnicity.
 Fill in the table with the information you get from the article.

Go over the article and the table you’ve just finished and retell each trait and its corresponding examples.

Think & Share
Discuss with your group members and share your opinions.
What is the author trying to tell us by writing this article?
Do you think body language is as important as verbal language?

2020-2021学年度第6期总第805期
Leading intelligence (P6)
山西省灵石县第一中学   立琴

I. Warm up
Let’s take a look at some AI technologies.

IBM’s AI Debating System will help people make better decisions when using social media.

Intelligent grazing robots can improve the survival rate of yaks (牦牛) by pinpointing (准确定位) sick yaks and providing timely treatment, thus comprehensively improving the economic benefits of herdsmen.

The computing power of Huawei’s Atlas 900 is equivalent to 500,000 computers, which represents the highest level of computing power in the world. Atlas 900 can help people predict the weather, explore oil, explore the mysteries of life and accelerate the commercial process of automatic driving.

II. Read for general information
The title and subtitles can help us understand the main idea and structure of an article. Read the title and subtitles and make predictions.

topic: three cutting-edge AI technologies
structure: specific examples

III. Read for details
1. True (T) or false (F).
1) Some cutting-edge (尖端的) AI technologies were launched at Baidu World 2020.
2) There is an experienced driver operating the autonomous vehicles.
3) Duxiaoxiao can suit each user’s needs based on his or her habits.
(Key: TFT)

2. Briefly introduce the AI technologies mentioned in the article.
Virtual people, which are modeled after real people in _________, _________ and voice,  combine various modes  of Baidu Brain AI technology, including vision, voice, language and _________.

Fully autonomous driving depends on  a driving system that can operate ________ without a human driver. _____________ emergencies,  human operators can _______(remote) control vehicles by using a 5G remote driving service.

Duxiaoxiao, a virtual assistant app and search product, can provide users _____ a range of information services and help to answer questions. It can also refer to users’ _________ and hobbies when giving feedback in the future.

Try to retell the article according to the key words.

V. Language focus
Find the following expressions in the article.
毫无疑问
人工智能
瞥一眼，看一下
驱动力，推动力
以......为模型
允许某人做某事
以防，万一
提供给某人某物
满足某人的需求
以......为基础
把......考虑在内

Word family
lead(v.)------________(adj.)
appear(vi.)------________(变否定)------_______(n. 出现；外貌)
move(v.)-------_________(n.)
experience(v.)---________(adj.)----________(adj. 没有经验的)
depend(v.)------________(n.)------_________(adj.)------_________(adj. 独立的 )
consider(v.)------________(n.)----considering(prep.)________

Key words
A 5G remote driving service, which was also showcased (展示) at the event, allows human operators to remotely control vehicles in case of emergencies.
event  n.
一词多义： 大事，事件 [C]
              （比赛）项目 [C]
              
Translate the sentences.
1. This event had a bad influence on society.
2. Which events have you entered into?
 
词义辨析
accident, incident, event,

这些名词均有“事故、事件”之意。
accident强调偶然或意外发生的不幸事情。
incident既可指小事件或附带事件，又可指政治上具有影响的事件或事变。
event可指任何大小事件，但尤指历史上的重大事件。

VI. Grammar
      缩略法（Abbreviation）就是把词的音节省略或简化而产生新词的构词方法。这种构词法产生的新词结构简单，释义清楚，使用方便，已成为现代英语重要的构词方法之一。
    英语中缩略词形式繁多，常见的有：截短词、首字母缩略词和拼缀词。

What do the following words mean?

截短词：auto—automobile 汽车   dorm—dormitory 宿舍
                 exam—examination 考试 phone—telephone 电话
                  flu—influenza 流感

首字母缩略词：BBC—British Broadcasting Corporation
                            GPS—Global Positioning System 全球定位系统

拼缀词：motel ( motor + hotel )   汽车旅馆
               biochemistry ( biological + chemistry ) 生物化学
               brunch (breakfast + lunch) 早午餐

VII. Further information
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