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1、2021高考英语 外刊精读与练习Could robots replace us at work?机器人能代替我们工作吗？语篇导读现在，人工智能可以帮助我们消除一些枯燥的、重复性的工作。机器人技术的进步与发展着实让人惊叹，但与此同时，我们又有了新的担忧：我们会被机器人取代吗？本文介绍目前已投入工作中的机器人。Step 1 Vocabulary词汇表3technology 技术robot 机器人artificial intelligence 人工智能robotic 像机器人的a helping hand 帮助，助（人）一臂之力efficiently 有效地accurately 准确地essenti
2、al 必不可少的sort 挑拣，分类distribute 分送advancement 发展robotics 机器人技术research 研究develop 开发eliminate 消除repetitive 重复的inevitable 不可避免的automation 自动化transformed 被彻底改变Step 2 Reading and understandingIf youre in a job performing tedious tasks, you might think that a robot could do the work instead. But perhaps we
3、underestimate how much technology already helps with the activities that we would otherwise have to do. And as artificial intelligence progresses we might find it replaces us in the workplace altogether.For now, robotic technology is providing a helping hand for businesses, particularly in manufactu
4、ring, assisting humans in performing work more efficiently and sometimes more accurately. For online shopping, for example, robots have become essential in giant warehouses. They sort and move millions of objects of all different shapes and sizes, although humans are still needed to pick and distrib
5、ute the goods.The advancement of robotics in the workplace is good for some businesses; the ones who research, develop, build and use them. The British government estimates that by 2035, artificial intelligence could add around 630bn to the UK economy. But there are still tasks that robots cant yet
6、do, and thats the challenge for companies such as Automata. Its co-founder, Suryansh Chandra, told the BBC that his technology will eliminate boring, repetitive jobs that humans dont like and arent very good at, and also create new ones that are likely to replace them.It seems inevitable that robots
7、 will eventually be able to do more and more of the jobs that are currently performed by humans, so should we be worried by the rise of the machines? Some experts fear hundreds of thousands of jobs could disappear as robots replace human workers. A report by the OECD suggests that 14% of jobs are at
8、 high risk of automation and 32% of jobs could be radically transformed, with the manufacturing sector at the highest risk.But as complete automation is some way off, for now well have to work side-by-side with our robot colleagues - and manage to get along with them before they learn to kick us out
9、 of the door!Step 3 测验与练习Task 1 阅读课文并回答问题。1. In which location do robots help with online shopping?For online shopping, robots have become essential in giant warehouses.2. True or false? The development of robotics is bad for business.False. The advancement of robotics in the workplace is good for s
10、ome businesses; the ones who research, develop and build and use them.3. Which business sector is thought to be at most risk from automation?A report by the OECD suggests that 14% of jobs are at high risk of automation and 32% of jobs could be radically transformed, with the manufacturing sector at
11、the highest risk.4. According to some, how will artificial intelligence affect the human workforce?Some experts fear hundreds of thousands of jobs could disappear as robots replace human workers.5. According to the article, how soon will full automation of the workplace happen?Not very soon. Complet
12、e automation is some way off.Task 2 选择意思恰当的单词或词组来完成下列句子。1. The new system in the canteen is working very _ - I no longer have to queue for a sandwich!A. efficient B. efficiently C. efficientley D. efficients2. Because of the _ in medical research, more and more people with cancer now survive and liv
13、e a long and healthy life.A. automation B. accurately C. transformed D. advancement3. Climate change experts say its now _ that the ice caps will melt and sea levels will rise.A. inevitable B. essential C. research D. accurately4. The car industry is cutting its workforce due to _.A. automation B. a
14、utomatic C. automobiles D. automations5. My doctor has told me to _ any dairy products from my diet.A. research B. essential C. eliminate D. transformTask 3 语法填空If youre in a job performing tedious tasks, you might think that a robot could do the work instead. But perhaps we underestimate how much t
15、echnology already helps with the activities _1_ we would otherwise have to do. And as artificial intelligence progresses we might find it replaces us in the workplace altogether.For now, robotic technology is providing a helping hand for businesses, _2_ (particular) in manufacturing, _3_ (assist) hu
16、mans in performing work more efficiently and sometimes more accurately. For online shopping, for example, robots have become essential in giant warehouses. They sort and move _4_ (million) of objects of all different shapes and sizes, although humans are still needed to pick and distribute the goods.The advancement of robotics in the workplace
