Artificial intelligence (AI) – is intelligence demonstrated by machines, as opposed to the natural intelligence displayed by humans or animals.
Are you afraid of AI taking your job? Why?
Which jobs are likely to be automated?
The Matrix is a computer-generated reality. It was created by artificially intelligent machines. They use it as a way to stimulate the brains of humans who are being grown in goop-filled pods.
Answer the questions:
- What does Neo not believe in? Why?
- What is the Matrix?
- What does Morpheus offer Neo at the end?
MORPHEUS At last. Welcome, Neo. As you no doubt have guessed, I am Morpheus.
NEO It's an honor.
MORPHEUS No, the honor is mine. Please. Come. Sit. I imagine, right now, you must be feeling a bit like Alice, tumbling down the rabbit hole?
NEO You could say that.
MORPHEUS I can see it in your eyes. You have the look of a man who accepts what he sees because he is expecting to wake up. Ironically, this is not far from the truth. Do you believe in fate, Neo?
NEO No.
MORPHEUS Why not?
NEO Because I don't like the idea that I'm not in control of my life.
MORPHEUS I know exactly what you mean. Let me tell you why you are here. You have come because you know something. What you know you can't explain but you feel it. You've felt it your whole life, felt that something is wrong with the world. You don't know what, but it's there like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad. It is this feeling that brought you to me. Do you know what I'm talking about?
NEO The Matrix?
MORPHEUS Do you want to know what it is? The Matrix is everywhere, it's all around us, here even in this room. You can see it out your window or on your television. You feel it when you go to work, or go to church or pay your taxes. It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth.
NEO What truth?
MORPHEUS That you are a slave, Neo. Like everyone else, you were born into bondage kept inside a prison that you cannot smell, taste, or touch. A prison for your mind. Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself. This is your last chance. After this, there is no going back. You take the blue pill and the story ends. You wake in your bed and you believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill and you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes.
1. Are you sure we are not in the Matrix right now? Why?
2. Which pill would you take and why?
3. If you could be anyone in the Matrix who would you be?
Second Conditional
We use the second conditional when we talk about something imaginary or very unlikely to happen (соответствует русскому "БЫ") we use:
(+) If + Past, Sub + Would/Could/Might + Vo
(-) If + didn't + Vo, Sub + Would/Could/Might not + Vo
(?) Would/Could/Might + Sub + Vo, If + Past
Examples:
1. If I were you I might do that.
2. If I didn't have money I wouldn't buy it
3. Would you help me if I needed money?
1 Complete the sentences.
1 I’d be very scared if (somebody / point) somebody pointed a gun at me.
2 I can’t afford to buy a car. If (I / buy) a car, I’d have to borrow the money.
3 If you had a party, who (you / invite)?
4 Don’t lend James your car. If (he / ask) me, I wouldn’t lend him mine.
5 I don’t think Gary and Emma will get married. (I / be) amazed if they did.
6 If (somebody / give) me $20,000, (I / have) a long holiday.
7 (you / be) nervous if (you / meet) a famous person?
8 What (you / do) if (you / be) in a lift
and (it / stop) between floors?
2 Write sentences beginning If ….
1 We’re not going to take the 10.30 train. (we / arrive too early)
If we took the 10.30 train, we’d arrive too early.
2 We’re not going to stay at a hotel. (it / cost too much)
If we __________________
3 There’s no point in telling you what happened. (you / not / believe)
If I __________________
4 Sally has no plans to leave her job. (it / hard to find another one)
If she __________________
5 Kevin is not going to apply for the job. (he / not / get it).
If he__________________
