今天是小芳老师陪你精读外刊的第68

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第一步:泛读原文(盲听1遍,泛读1遍,对照文本听1遍)

ChatGPT is just one of manymind-blowinggenerative AI tools released recently, including the image generators Midjourney and DALL-E and the video generator Synthesia. Theupsideof these AI tools is easy to see: They’re going to produce a tremendous amount of digital content, quickly and cheaply. Students are already using ChatGPT to help them write essays. Businesses are using ChatGPT to create copy for their websites and promotional materials, and to respond to customer-service inquiries. Lawyers are using it to produce legal briefs and academics to produce footnotes.

第二步:精读原文(精读1遍,对照文本听1遍,精读1遍)

读原文(精读1遍,对照文本听1遍)

01

学一个单词:mind-blowwing

今天的短语叫做mind-blowing,mind是“想法思路”,blow是“吹气”的意思。

如果某件事如此不可思议、令人惊讶,以至于我们会停下来想那是多么神奇,我们就可以用mind-blowing来形容,或者也可以说it blew our minds, 因为他们太令人惊奇了,就像我们的大脑已经失灵了一样。When something is so incredible, so surprising that we stop and wonder about how amazing it is, we can say it’s mind-blowing, or that it blew our minds, as though our brains have broken down because they are so overwhelmed.

那么什么样的东西可以用mind-blowing来形容呢?

Anything amazing: a painting, a film, a story, the unexplored ocean depths, the size of the other planets, the huge number and variety of insects 任何令人惊奇的事:一幅画、一部电影、或是一个故事、未探索的海洋深处、其他星球的体积、巨大的昆虫数量和种类

02

再学一个单词:Upside

外刊中经常会用到的地道表达,如 downsides and upsides

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The downside of diversity 多样性的坏处/不利一面
Many companies' view of cross-cultural pollination is too optimistic. 许多公司跨文化融合的观点过于乐观。downside 一词在词典中表示的意思是:The downside of a situation is the aspect of it which is less positive, pleasant, or useful than its other aspects. 不利的一面
例:The downside of this approach is a lack of clear leadership. 这种方式的不足之处是缺乏明确的指挥。
upside 一词意思刚好与之相反,表示“好的一面”:The upside of an unpleasant situation is the aspect of it that is more pleasant or positive. 好的方面
例:Residents said the only upside would be a boost to the island's economy. 居民们说惟一好的方面会是对该岛经济的促进。

03

学一个写作方法:They’re going to produce a tremendous amount of digital content, quickly and cheaply.

这里要讲的是逗号的高级用法,本句当中,如content后面不加逗号,也是完全正确以及可以理解,但是加了逗号,就有了强调的quickly and cheaply的意思,写作的高级感是不是立马上来了?

比如你要说,每个人都可以轻松的学英语,一般我们会说:Everybody can learn English easily.如果换成Everybody can learn English, easily.是不是不一样的感觉多了一丢丢?

翻译

ChatGPT只是最近发布的许多令人大开眼界的生成式AI工具之一,其他还包括图像生成器Midjourney和DALL-E以及视频生成器Synthesia。这些人工智能工具的好处显而易见:它们将快速且廉价地生产海量的数字内容。学生已经开始使用ChatGPT来帮助他们写论文。企业正在使用ChatGPT为他们的网站和促销材料写文案,并回应客服咨询。律师用它来制作案情摘要,学者用它来做脚注。

第三步:回答问题(评论区回答问题)

Reading Questions:

1. What are the main features of ChatGPT?

2. What can ChatGPT do for students?

3. 翻译:The upside of these AI tools is easy to see: They’re going to produce a tremendous amount of digital content, quickly and cheaply.

4. 跟读+模仿(这是学习英语口语最好的方法),群提交语音作品。

滑动查看答案

Q1

The image generators Midjourney and DALL-E and the video generator

Q2

Help them to write essays .

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