Let's practice our English listening skills together !
I choose two videos from this month's CNN Interactive English (CNN互動英語雜誌) as below.
I also include part of the transcript & Chinese translation in the links as below.
Let's dive in & discuss about these two interesting topics together !
Session I: AI Reveals Its Dark Side
Part of the Transcript & Chinese Translation: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... share_link
Session II: Michelle Yeoh on Breaking Out of Hollywood's Gender Box
Part of the Transcript & Chinese Translation: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... share_link Questions for Session I:
1. Have you tried the new Bing (the search engine Bing from Microsoft with new AI software built into it) in the link as below?
Have you seen the AI shows its dark side like the journalist in the video did?
Do you think it might lead people who are in a vulnerable state to make some bad decisions?
https://www.bing.com/new
2. Do you think we could apply AI in any business like even in a T-shirt store to tell us which kind of clothes should be displayed in the front of the store?
Or it will keep supplying the materials we like or opinions we believe in so we could not see other points of view like the advertisements pop up on our Facebook?
3. Have you tried other APP related to AI? Could you share them with us?
Questions for Session II:
1. Have you seen the movie "Everything Everywhere All at Once" starred with Michelle Yeoh?
Do you like it?
If you have not seen it, would you like to see it? Why or why not?
2.Do you know the role for Michelle Yeoh was first offered to Jackie Chan?
Do you think it would still be a huge success if Jackie Chan took the role instead?
3.Do you think the parents should tell their children "I left a good life for you, so you can have a better life"?
What's the mentality for saying this?
Also, with the Mother's day coming, do you have any plan to celebrate the Mother's Day for your mom?
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agenda:
6:45 ~ 7:00pm Greetings & Free Talk / Ordering Beverage or Meal / Getting Newcomer’s Information
7:00 ~ 7:10pm Opening Remarks / Newcomer’s Self-introduction / Grouping
(Session I)
7:10 ~ 7:45pm Discussion Session (35 mins)
7:45 ~ 8:00pm Summarization (15 mins)
8:00 ~ 8:05pm Regrouping / Instruction Giving / Taking a 5 Minutes Break (Intermission)
(Session II)
8:05 ~ 8:40pm Discussion Session (35 mins)
8:40 ~ 8:55pm Summarization (15 mins)
8:55 ~ 9:00pm Concluding Remarks / Announcements
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2. We suggest that participants read the articles and think about the questions in advance.
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