102 UniT 07 | Bigger, better, faster, stronger Your partner school in Cambridge has started a series of articles on the future of transport for their school magazine. You have decided to send them an article on driverless taxis. WRITING 20 In your article you should: present the advantages of driverless taxis point out possible risks of using driverless taxis convince readers to be careful when trusting modern technology Give your article a title. Write around 250 words. See Writing coach, Article, p. 184. Self-driving cars are not the only kind of modern technology relying on AI to solve problems for their human users. How could AI be useful in medicine? Discuss in class. You are going to listen to an expert explaining how AI can help in medicine. Read the ideas below. While listening for the first time, circle the four main ideas he mentions. Compare in class. SPEAKING + LISTENING 21 a b 23 Now copy the four main ideas into your notebook. Listen again and add two supporting details from the list above to each main idea. c How AI can support medicine predicting health problems diagnosing problems improving emergency medicine preventing patients from falling off bed creating images to find injuries finding correct medication much faster predicting risk for heart attack finding the right therapy preparing hospital staff for likely injuries dealing with Ebola supporting decision-making reducing the waiting time for first aid Strategies box Convince (überzeugen), persuade (überreden), advise (raten), recommend (empfehlen) and suggest (vorschlagen) are not the same, but have a similar function: You want to achieve something or make someone do something by offering good reasons, evidence and examples. The following expressions might help: Why don’t you … ?; You could/should/ might …; Wouldn’t it be great to … ?; You simply have to …; I’m certain …; You will definitely see …; It’s quite obvious …; What needs to be done …; Don’t miss …; You won’t believe …; Wouldn’t you agree … ?; Don’t you think … ?; It’s crystal clear …; If I were you, I’d … Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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