1、Ok, Annie, here we go. Hi, Connie, lets go. There is no steering wheel in the wagon. It was a big decision for us to go and start building our purpose-built vehicles and really theyre prototype vehicles. They were a chance for us to explore what it really means to have a self-driving vehicle. But in
2、 a small amount of time weve been working on it, now we have functional prototypes. Its exciting. Oh its really cool. It was like really a kind of space-age experience. Oh, OK. Were like queens. You sit, relax, you dont have to do nothing. It knows when to stop, it knows when to go. It actually ride
3、s better than my own car. Yes, true. What she really liked was that it slowed down before it went around a curve, and then accelerated in the curve. Shes always trying to get me to do it that way. Thats the way I learned in high school drivers ed. So if I had a self-driving car, I could spend more t
4、ime hanging out with my kids or helping them with their homework, even just tending to them, finding out how their day was and not having to wait until you get home and have dinner and all that. So it would be good. Human feeling of it is very well engineered and its very smooth. There is nothing th
5、at makes it feel the least bit threatening. Impressive. Im totally in love with this whole concept. Our lives are made up of lots and lots of little things, and a lot of those little things for most people have to do with getting from place to place. And in order to connect and do things, to be with
6、 people, go places that they need to go, and do things. And so there is a big part of my life thats missing, and there is a big part of my life that a self-driving vehicle would bring back to me. This is the first step for us and its really exciting to see the progress weve made. The opportunities f
7、or people to just move around, and not worry about it. Its gonna be incredibly empowering and incredibly powerful for people. I love this!Reading & InteractingI. Understanding the Text 1. Text Organization ParagraphsFunctionsMain IdeasParas. 12Providing background information to this research The an
8、cient game of Go is profoundly complexPara. 3Summarizing what has and has not been done by other researchers to show that this research is original and a step forward AI researchers had tried very hard, but until this research, computers could only play Go as well as amateurs.Paras. 45Describing the
9、 different stages and the methods used in this research 1) AlphaGo, a system that combines an advanced tree search with deep neural networks, was built. 2) The neural networks were trained on 30 million moves from games played by human experts. 3) AlphaGo learned to discover new strategies for itsel
10、f. Para. 6Presenting the actual results of this research 1) AlphaGo beat top computer Go programs. 2) AlphaGo beat European Go champion Fan Hui. Paras. 78Discussing the importance of this research and pointing out the next steps for research 1) Hopefully, in the future, general machine learning prin
11、ciples can be used to solve important realworld problems. 2) Next, AlphaGo will challenge the top Go player in the world.2. Comprehension Check Digging into detail 1. Because there are 10170 possible positions thats more than the number of atoms in the universe, and more than a googol times larger t
12、han chess. 2. They use games as a testing ground to invent smart, flexible algorithms that can tackle problems, sometimes in ways similar to humans. 3. Traditional AI methods construct a search tree over all possible positions, whereas the methods used in AlphaGo combine an advanced tree search with
13、 deep neural networks. 4. Learning through repeated trials, through which errors are corrected and correct solutions become knowledge. 5. Because the same techniques can be used to tackle real-world problems. Understanding difficult sentences 1. B 2. B 3. A 4. A 5. B II. Focusing on Language in Cont
14、ext 1. Key Words & Expressions 1. My brother and I take/took turns walking the family dog. 2. It is said that these sandstorms originate in the desert. 3. The coming public performance, her first one, will certainly put the young singer to the test. 4. Who is crazy enough to go swimming when there i
15、s a layer of ice on the lake 5. The police found no connection between any of the suspects and the victim. 6. Efforts are being made to construct a more sustainable housing system in the city. 7. Both presidents agreed that the talks had been fruitful. 8. Intellectual capital is of increasing import
16、ance to an organization. 9. They found themselves in the heart of rebel-held territory, and there was no way out. 10. John thanked his friend Mary and said it was always wise to trust a womans intuition. 11. Nobody has really cracked the problem of targeting advertising only to the right customers.
17、12. The 9/11 terrorist attacks changed the lives of many Americans in a profound way. 13. Can you call back in two hours I need time to process these questions. 14. Your intellect is wasted on that job. Why not quit it and work for me 15. Lets face reality and make some tough decisions as to which f
18、actories we are to close. 16. It was no easy job for our soccer team to best theirs. 1. to date 2. get the better of 3. essential 4. worldwide 5. homed in on 6. select 7. extensive 8. reigning1. The quarrel originates/originated in a misunderstanding. 2. German universities are at/in the forefront o
19、f removing tuition from students. 3. The invention of the jet engine was a breakthrough in air transport. 4. If you study abroad, it may take you some time to adjust (yourself) to the local environment. 5. This article offers a detailed analysis of Chinas space program. 2. Word Formation nickname on
20、looker earth-shattering far-fetched setback paperwork overcome sightseeing undertake highlight 1. You may think this a far-fetched theory, but I believe it to be the true one. 2. His nickname was Lefty because he was left-handed. 3. Markus, 34 years old at the time, decided not to let the setback de
21、feat him, but to start a new career in law. 4. Owing to her husbands failing eyesight, she undertook the job of answering all his mail. 5. It turns out that they dont really have the paperwork to prove they actually own the house!3. Sentence Patterns 1. It is the first time that the painting has bee
22、n shown outside China. 2. I think it is the first time he has worked so hard. 3. It was the first time that Ann had watched a whale at such a close distance. 1. She doesnt study. Instead, she plays tennis all day. 2. Rachel didnt marry Barry. Instead they broke up. 3. It was not our tradition to dri
23、nk milk. Instead we Chinese had other sources of protein and calcium tofu and vegetables. 4. Comprehensive Practice Those who champion the cause of artificial intelligence are celebrating a breakthrough. For computer scientists have managed to crack the problem of how to construct a computer that ca
24、n play the ancient game of Go better than humans. In tournaments with grand masters the computer has got the better of them, defeating one opponent after another. Some welcome the greater power of computers, arguing they will be willing slaves in helping us tackle our problems. Others, like the grea
25、t scientist Stephen Hawking, fear computers may eventually become independent of us and bring the reign of human beings to an end. I am a race car designer. In recent years I have been greatly interested in constructing a race car with artificial intelligence. In my imagination, the race car Im goin
26、g to invent will collect raw data through video cameras and sensors. It will have strong data processing abilities. It can adjust to the environment, deciding when to accelerate or slow down in a flexible manner. You know, race car drivers always rely on intuition when selecting strategies, but intu
27、ition may fail if the person is tense. Artificial intelligence never feels tense, so it is safer. Once Ive tackled the challenging problems in design, I will build a new race car and take it to a tournament. I hope it will top all opponents and become a champion. ComprehendingReading 1 1. Comprehens
28、ion Check for Reading 1 1. F 2. T 3. F 4. F 5. T 6. T 7. F 8. T 9. T 10. F 2. Translation 1. 魔法手环是一款内嵌许多技术的腕带,每一位去迪士尼奇幻王国游玩的客人都可以用上。它内含一个长距 离无线电装置,能把信号传输到方圆40英尺开外。2. 快速通道用户可以登上开往乐园的穿梭巴士、入住酒店。他们不需要为行李操心,因为每件行李在你起飞 的机场都做了标记,会跟着你到达酒店,然后到你的客房。3. 魔法手环只需要你设置一个日程,就会替你规划好行进路线。其他一切都会按照你的选择展开。这种轻松 的感觉和随之而来的一切
29、,就会让你更想下次再来。4. 魔法手环让员工们超越交易,上升到交互空间,为游客提供个性化的体验。Reading 2 Comprehension Check for Reading 2 1. Because the passenger just needs to enter in the destination in his smartphone app and press a button. The plane will vertically take off, fly from point A to point B, and land. 2. 1) There is a fail-safe system that will automatically land the vehicle if it senses that any compo
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