2020-2021学年度第38期总第830期
Monkey mind games (P6)
邯郸市第一中学 李松

Warming-up
Do you like to play video games?

What do you use to play video games -- a gamepad, a keyboard or something else?

Do you think one day man will be able to play games without using their hands, just like the man in the picture?

Lead-in
Watch the short video clip and guess what the monkey is doing.
Click here to watch the video.
(https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1WU4y1h73L?p=1&share_medium=android&share_plat=android&share_source=WEIXIN&share_tag=s_i&timestamp=1619962221&unique_k=wDAJQ3)

What does the monkey use in the game?

Read the first and second paragraphs and see if your guess is correct.

Read for information
1.What made it possible for Pager, the monkey, to play games with its mind?
Pager plays a game with the help of chips implanted in his brain.

2.Why is a computer used according to the second paragraph?
A computer is used to decode the monkey’s brain activity read by the two Neuralink devices in the monkey’s brain.

3.Why is Neuralink attempting to develop a fully-implanted, wireless brain-machine interface (BMI)?
To enable people with paralysis to directly use their neural activity to operate computers and mobile devices with speed and ease.  

4.What is the first goal of Neuralink?
Its first goal is to give people with paralysis their digital freedom back: to communicate more easily via text, to follow their curiosity on the web, to express their creativity through photography and art, and, yes, to play video games.

5.What other attempts of BMI technology are mentioned in the text?
In the late 1980s, researchers in France inserted electrodes into the brains of people with Parkinson’s disease with the aim to suppress tremors.
About a decade ago, Brown University scientists developed a wireless sensor capable of recording brain activity from pigs and monkeys.
In 2016, the researchers showed that this technology could be used to help paralyzed monkeys walk, according to Scientific American.
In 2019, a team of scientists from Carnegie Mellon University (in collaboration with the University of Minnesota) developed the first-ever mind-controlled robotic arm with a noninvasive brain computer interface.

6.What is the writer's attitude toward BMI technology?
From the last paragraph, we know the writer's attitude is positive.

Further thinking
1. What is your attitude toward BMI technology?
2. Would you like to implant any devices in your brain? Why, or why not?

Additional information
Neuralink

Neuralink是一家由埃隆·马斯克(Elon Musk)创立的公司，研究对象为“脑机接口”技术。“脑机接口”就是将极小的电极植入大脑，利用电流让电脑和脑细胞"互动"。
Neuralink将开发马斯克称为"神经蕾丝"的技术，在人脑中植入细小的电极，可能有朝一日能用来上传、下载人的思想。
Language study
The neurotechnology company Neuralink recently released a video showing a 9-year-old macaque monkey named Pager playing a game called Pong using only its mind – with the help of chips implanted in its brain.

Step 1. 画出句子的主干
Step 2. 找出其它成分（定、状、补）
翻译：
神经科技公司Neuralink最近发布了一段视频，视频中，一只名叫Pager的9岁猕猴只使用自己的大脑，借助植入在大脑中的芯片，玩一种叫做Pong的游戏。

be rewarded with ...                         得到……奖赏                                
aside from                                除……以外
at large                                   整个的；普遍的
tech startup                                科技创业公司
the press release                           新闻发布会
far from                                   远非……
dedicate ... to ...                             致力于……
closing the gap between ... and ...               缩小……和……间的距离