Opening Speech

1、March, 2015Summary of last final examinationMy suggestions on English studyMy teaching plan of this semesterSection C harmed relationship a good response with an action really good about themselves confusing complimentsThe day is not far off when we shall have to plunge back in search of wisdom of t

2、he people. That day we shall have to seek out the illiterates out of the world, the ones whose brains have not been addled (=confused) by learning, to renew ourselves. We shall have to forget much in order to learn. And it is only after we have acquired that wisdom that we will know how to make use

3、of what information we have acquired. Let us go to wisdom of the illiterate to find justice, beauty, tolerance and an understanding of the eternal recurrence (=repetition) of things.我们必须猛回头来寻求人民的智慧，这日子已经不远了。那一天，我们将不得不找出世上未受过教育的人，即头脑还没有被学问弄糊涂的人，来更新我们的头脑。为了学习，我们将不得不忘掉许多东西。而这只有在我们获得了那种智慧之后，我们才会知道怎样来利用我

4、们已获得的知识。让我们从未受过教育的人的智慧中去寻求公正、美丽、宽容和对自然规律的理解吧。我们过去几年见证的进步如自动驾驶汽车，实用的人形机器人，语音识别和合成系统，3D打印机，如同电视智力竞赛节目危险边缘（Jeopardy) 夺冠者那样无所不知的电脑并非计算机时代的最高成就。它们只是热身活动而已。随着我们在第二个机器时代中不断前行，我们将看到越来越多这样的奇迹，而它们也变得越来越令人印象深刻。我们为何能如此肯定？因为第二个机器时代快速增长的、数字化的、重新组合的能力，使人类有可能创造出我们历史上最重要的一次性事件中的两个：真实实用的人工智能（artificial intelligence）的

5、出现，以及通过数据网络连接起地球上的大多数人。无所不能的：omnipotent/almighty电视智力竞赛节目：TV quiz show数字化的：digitalized快速增长的：exponential/rapidly-increasing重组的：recombinating/recombinant数据网络：data network/ web of dataThe progress/progression/advances weve seen/witnessed in the past few yearscars that drive themselves, useful humanoid r

6、obots, speech recognition and synthesis systems, 3D printers, omnipotent computers like the winner/champion in the TV quiz show Jeopardy-is/are not the highest achievements in the IT time/computer age. They are simply the warmup acts. As we move deeper into the second machine age, well see more and

7、more such wonders, and theyll become more and more impressive. How can we be so sure? Because the exponential, digitalizing and recombinating powers of the second machine age have made it possible for humanity to create two of the most important onetime events in our history: the emergence of real,

8、useful artificial intelligence and the connection of most of the people on the planet via a common data network. Create a real English world with your electronic devices微信公众号：英语环球 （English news)手机软件：荔枝FM （English news)网站：http:/ (English speech)软件：酷狗音乐 (English songs) MP3: Downloaded English audial materialsiPad/其它平板电脑：视频（百度HD/腾讯视频HD）(English films and TV series)听力：喜马拉雅 （外语英语新闻、外文名著、影视英语、考试英语、英文演讲）网络词典：有道词典、必应词典、爱词霸词典视频转音频软件：酷狗音乐+暴风转码Intensive Reading: Unit9、10、12、13Extensive Reading: Unit 7Listening Pr