19-11-13【地道美语122】Self -driving cars 无人驾驶人工智能汽车时代正在到来
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dialogue 1
Jingjing: How's your week going Mark?
Mark: Prettywell, Jingjing. What about you? Did you--------------?
Jingjing: Nah, I think it's about time-------------. So, I'm------ for that. I want to buy it -------------.
Mark: Ithought you had ----------- already.
Jingjing: Whatever gave you that idea?
Mark: I musthave -----------. Anyway, don't you want to----------, for ------------tobecome available?
Jingjing: Afew years? Don't you mean a few ------? I think that kind oftechnology------------------
Mark: Areyou sure about that? It seems like they're ready to-----------now. It's just a matter of---------------------.
Jingjing: Yeah, but that's what I think will ---------------------..
Mark: Youmight be right. Oh, that reminds me: I saw an ad for ---------, to beused in a-----------------
Jingjing: What now? Oh, let me guess: they ---------with human hazards andtrain them to------------------ in traffic.
Mark: Righton the money!
Jingjing: Now that I think of it, AI could--------expressway driving. I mean, if someone has to -------------------
Mark: That'dbe great. I almost -------- ------------- between Portland and Seattle.
Jingjing: What's that: like,----------- drive?
Mark: Threehours, all on a ----------expressway ---------------the two cities. I setmy------------and had the----------------------
Jingjing: Well, it's a good thing you didn't cause ---------. Yeah, AI couldhave helped you there.
Mark: Thatwould have been -----------
dialogue 2
Jingjing: Mark, what do you think will change when AI--------------------?
Mark: Therewas a really cool CNN video about it. They said it might become ----------for humans to drive cars in the future.
Jingjing: That sounds a little ----------. It might become moredifficult to ------------
Mark: Mostinterestingly, the video said-------- will become much more common.
Jingjing: ------------? I don't see the -------------.
Mark: Thinkabout how taxis and--------------are already so popular. Ifdriverless cars were there -----------most taxis, then shared cars would be -------------
Jingjing: Then ------- would use them. There might even be --------------
Mark: Wouldn't that be great? ------------------------------
Jingjing: Hmm, I guess AI could also-------where those cars would be-----------------
Mark: Yeah,best of all, -------------------------
Jingjing: Ilike that last part most of all. Nowadays, I can't even-------withoutweaving my way through ---------------------------
Mark: Yeah, --------------------------------------
Jingjing: Well that certainly would be nice.
Mark: Imagine, more ------- and-------------made for walking and biking.
Jingjing: Yeah, and fewer------—that sounds pretty good. The scary thing,though, would be all --------------------
Mark: That'sa good point. I read somewhere tha--------------of the jobs we have todaywill be--------------------by AI.
Jingjing: Wow, that's something to think about. But right now, that remindsme: I have to-----------------
Mark: Ha ha. Ok, Jingjing. Talk to you next time!
new words andphrases
from dialogue 1
free and clear (adj) when a person owns something (typically a vehicle like a car or a boat)and does not have to repay a loan to a bank for its purchase
hazards (noun) potential dangers, unsafe objects or behaviors
Right on themoney! a veryaccurate guess, or a great insight
take the hassleout of (verbphrase) make something more convenient (currently it is difficult)
cruise control (noun) a feature most cars have, to set a certain speed and have the carautomatically continue it
from dialogue 2
far fetched (adj) hard to believe, illogical
ride-hailingservices privatecars for hire as taxis
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Jingjing: How's your week going Mark?
Mark: Prettywell, Jingjing. What about you? Did you--------------?
Jingjing: Nah, I think it's about time-------------. So, I'm------ for that. I want to buy it -------------.
Mark: Ithought you had ----------- already.
Jingjing: Whatever gave you that idea?
Mark: I musthave -----------. Anyway, don't you want to----------, for ------------tobecome available?
Jingjing: Afew years? Don't you mean a few ------? I think that kind oftechnology------------------
Mark: Areyou sure about that? It seems like they're ready to-----------now. It's just a matter of---------------------.
Jingjing: Yeah, but that's what I think will ---------------------..
Mark: Youmight be right. Oh, that reminds me: I saw an ad for ---------, to beused in a-----------------
Jingjing: What now? Oh, let me guess: they ---------with human hazards andtrain them to------------------ in traffic.
Mark: Righton the money!
Jingjing: Now that I think of it, AI could--------expressway driving. I mean, if someone has to -------------------
Mark: That'dbe great. I almost -------- ------------- between Portland and Seattle.
Jingjing: What's that: like,----------- drive?
Mark: Threehours, all on a ----------expressway ---------------the two cities. I setmy------------and had the----------------------
Jingjing: Well, it's a good thing you didn't cause ---------. Yeah, AI couldhave helped you there.
Mark: Thatwould have been -----------
dialogue 2
Jingjing: Mark, what do you think will change when AI--------------------?
Mark: Therewas a really cool CNN video about it. They said it might become ----------for humans to drive cars in the future.
Jingjing: That sounds a little ----------. It might become moredifficult to ------------
Mark: Mostinterestingly, the video said-------- will become much more common.
Jingjing: ------------? I don't see the -------------.
Mark: Thinkabout how taxis and--------------are already so popular. Ifdriverless cars were there -----------most taxis, then shared cars would be -------------
Jingjing: Then ------- would use them. There might even be --------------
Mark: Wouldn't that be great? ------------------------------
Jingjing: Hmm, I guess AI could also-------where those cars would be-----------------
Mark: Yeah,best of all, -------------------------
Jingjing: Ilike that last part most of all. Nowadays, I can't even-------withoutweaving my way through ---------------------------
Mark: Yeah, --------------------------------------
Jingjing: Well that certainly would be nice.
Mark: Imagine, more ------- and-------------made for walking and biking.
Jingjing: Yeah, and fewer------—that sounds pretty good. The scary thing,though, would be all --------------------
Mark: That'sa good point. I read somewhere tha--------------of the jobs we have todaywill be--------------------by AI.
Jingjing: Wow, that's something to think about. But right now, that remindsme: I have to-----------------
Mark: Ha ha. Ok, Jingjing. Talk to you next time!
new words andphrases
from dialogue 1
free and clear (adj) when a person owns something (typically a vehicle like a car or a boat)and does not have to repay a loan to a bank for its purchase
hazards (noun) potential dangers, unsafe objects or behaviors
Right on themoney! a veryaccurate guess, or a great insight
take the hassleout of (verbphrase) make something more convenient (currently it is difficult)
cruise control (noun) a feature most cars have, to set a certain speed and have the carautomatically continue it
from dialogue 2
far fetched (adj) hard to believe, illogical
ride-hailingservices privatecars for hire as taxis
