EII4_UNIT 5_Lesson 3

VOCABULARY

1/ The charity publicized their event on social media by asking everyone to use the ​ (a)   “WaterForTheWorld.

2/ Zane was annoyed with his girlfriend when she got a new ​ (b)   on Instagram who kept liking all of her photos.

3/ The ​ (c)   topic on Twitter today is yoga with goats. Everyone’s doing it!

4/ My favorite internet ​ (d)   is Grumpy Cat. There are so many funny phrases that go with it, and it always makes me laugh.

• hashtag
• follower
• trending
• meme

Match the following

• able to move or bend easily …

• accent

• a small copy of something …

• flexible

• the way a person’s face looks that shows what they are thinking or feeling …

• expressions

• added a series of cartoon drawings to an image to make it look as if it is moving …

• animated

• a way of speaking words that shows which country or area you come from …

• model

COMPREHENSION

1/ “Artificial intelligence” describes machines that can perform similar tasks to …

• computers

• humans

• robots

COMPREHENSION

2/ One of the advantages of an AI news anchor mentioned in the article is that it …

• computers doesn’t need to be paid

• rarely breaks down

• can read the news quickly

COMPREHENSION

3/ Audiences preferred the AI news anchor Jia Jia’s … to her performance.

• appearance

• modern clothing

• accent

COMPREHENSION

4/ Xinhua’s female AI news anchor, Xin Xiaomeng, … the male version.

• didn’t appeal to viewers as much as

• didn’t look physically similar to

• could move more than

COMPREHENSION

5/ According to the article, it’s likely that in the future …

• people won’t be able to tell the difference between AI and human news anchors

• all television news anchors will be replaced by AI models.

• English-speaking AI news anchors will replace Chinese-speaking ones

GRAMMAR

Rewrite the example sentences using the correct form of the words from the box.

admit - announce - ask - claim - insist

1/ “My acting is much better than anyone else’s.”

= The new actor (a)   much better than anyone else's.

GRAMMAR

Rewrite the example sentences using the correct form of the words from the box.

admit - announce - ask - claim - insist

2/ “Our new movie will be released next year.”

= The studio (a)   released next year.

GRAMMAR

Rewrite the example sentences using the correct form of the words from the box.

admit - announce - ask - claim - insist

3/ “You must never go out late at night in Rolling Pines.”

= Dad (a)   late at night in Rolling Pines.