2021-2022学年度第28期总第860期 (3版)
Fight fires with science (Page 3)

I. Structure.
Paragraph 1: Lead-in
Paragraph 2: ________________
Paragraphs 3-4: ________________
Paragraphs 5-6: ________________

II. Answer the following questions.
1. What problems have forest fires caused?
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2. What prize did Reshma win in 2021?
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3. What inspired her to work on the project?  
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III. Fill in the blanks.
What helped her with the project
•the power of AI
•online ________ and _________ resources
•a meteorological government ________
•her _______ that she expanded by hand

IV. Role play: talk about forest fires
W: Forest fires have become a global problem.
M: Yes, they take the lives of a lot of young firefighters worldwide. They also ...
W: ...
M: ...

参考答案：
I. the inspiration for Reshama’s project; The challenges Reshma came across; The improvement of the project and its future use
II. 1. Premature death and the loss of biodiversity.
2. The Children’s Climate Prize.
3. A major wildfire that broke out in northern California.
III. resources; external; database; dataset
IV. Sample:
W: Forest fires have become a global problem.
M: Yes, they take the lives of a lot of young firefighters worldwide. They also destroy various animals and plants.
W: Do you think forest fires can be predicted?
M: Oh, I just read about a 15-year-old American, Reshma Kosaraju, who made a project on the uses of artificial intelligence technology to predict forest fires. The project won her the Children’s Climate Prize in November, 2021.
W: That’s great. Is the technology being widely used?
M: Not yet. Most of her data comes from various locations in the United States. Soon she would like to add data from other regions around the world.
W: I hope this AI technology will soon be used within fire departments to reduce forest fires.