New Technologies Is Coming

宫嘉华

Today， the world is changing rapidly with the ever?changing technology. There is no doubt that our lives have been enriched by new technologies. Lets look at four of them together.

Driverless helpers

You can see different kinds of driverless cars at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. For example， when you feel tired， you can have a rest in a driverless minibus. When you feel hungry， you can buy food from a “driverless car store”. Another kind of driverless car can even send things to you just like a postman. They help to make the Games a bigger success.

Space lectures（讲座）

On March 23， 2022， three Chinese astronauts gave their second lecture from Tiangong space station. The content（内容）of the second lecture has been chosen from opinions and advice from the public. They did several experiments （实验）.They also showed some tools to study science. In fact， the three astronauts gave their first lecture last December. Millions of students watched them and learned many fantastic science facts from the special space lectures.

3D photos

In May， a middle school in Beijing used 3D printing technology to print graduation photos for Grade 9 students. It took them almost ten weeks to finish this task. Students can touch the “faces” of their classmates. This technology especially can help the blind students “see” their classmates.

While a group of sixth?graders used 3D printers to create mini 3D?printed model villages for homeless people in America.

ChatGPT

Lets talk about the latest wonder of AI technology， ChatGPT. Over a million users have started to use ChatGPT within the first five days since it was opened to the public. Of course ChatGPT does well in chatting with you. Amazingly it can write songs， articles， novels， even poems in styles of famous writers from all over the world. Its powerful ability also includes translating.

跟踪练习：

1. How many kinds of driverless cars does the writer mention？

A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.

2. When was the first space lecture given by the three Chinese astronauts？

A. In December， 2021. B. This May.

C. In December， 2022. D. On March 23， 2022.

3. What can we know from the passage？

A. The driverless cars cannot work as a postman.

B. ChatGPT can not write a poem in the style of Chinese poet， Libai.

C. Space lecture can spread knowledge and develop interest in science.

D. Blind students at last can see their classmates faces with the help of 3D technology.

4. Where is the passage probably from？

A. A newspaper. B. A storybook.

C. A grammar book. D. A medical magazine.

[Keys：CACA]