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Sand is very useful. You can do so many things with it. You can make sand 1-....... , 2-........ yourself in it and 3-....... your toes in it. Perhaps the biggest use of sand is in building. Most of today’s buildings would not be 4-....... without sand. I wonder where sand came from. How did it get there? 5-......... so much sand in the world. I’d love to know how many 6-......... of sand there are in the world. A lot of sand comes from deserts. Going to the desert and looking at the sand is the best thing for me. The many shapes and 7-........ the sand makes is amazing. I 8-...... experienced a sand experience. It was a 9-........ . I almost couldn’t see anything in front of me because there was so much sand 10-........ .


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Transcript:

Marco: The big four-oh, Charles!
Dora: Oh!! It's your 40th!
Marco: Are you planning a party?
Charles: Nah, I never celebrate birthdays. I don't see why this one should be any different.
Dora: Why not?
Charles: First, you know me, I can't be bothered with the hassle. It's my birthday but I'm supposed to do all the hard work – contacting people, finding a venue, organising food, worrying who will show up. No, thanks.
Marco: Ah, someone's angling for a surprise party, eh, Dora? 
Charles: Marco, stop! Even worse. Having to pretend to be delighted 50 people just sprang up in your living room when you thought you were coming home to put your feet up. Probably having a heart attack at the shock.
Dora: Note to self: never to organise you a surprise party. OK then!
Marco: You've got to do something, though, Charles. It's your 40th.
Charles: Why? What's so great about getting old?
Dora: Er … still being here to have your birthday?
Marco: Yeah, 'Ageing is better than the alternative', as they say.
Dora: Yeah, and it's true – so why not celebrate?
Charles: You guys can have parties for your 40ths if you like. I just don't go in for that kind of self-indulgent attention-seeking.
Dora: Wow, that's a bit harsh! I had a huge bash for my 30th. And you came. And enjoyed yourself if I recall. Are you trying to say I was just doing it for attention?
Charles: Not exactly … but … well … at least a small part of you must have been.
Dora: Remind me not to invite you to my 40th then, so you won't have to put up with my huge ego while I feed you and provide free drinks all night because I thought we were friends. 
Charles: I meant, er, I mean, not all attention-seeking is bad. It's just not my style is all.
Dora: Whereas it is mine?
Marco: Anyway ...
Charles: I didn't say that!
Dora: Er, yes, yes, you did. You said celebrating birthdays is self-indulgent and ...
Marco: Guys, guys! Who knew birthdays was such a touchy subject? Speaking of which, I have to sort out my nine-year-old’s party the weekend after next.
Charles: Now, that's a party I'd love to organise.
Marco: Really? It's a nightmare. It's not like when we were kids. Now you have to take them all rock-climbing or hire a make-up artist to come and teach them how to look like a zombie or a film star. And there'd be trouble if someone else in school had the same kind of party and your kid gets accused of copying. That fear you said about no one turning up? It's a million times worse when you're scared your kid is going to have no one turn up.
Charles: Is there that much pressure?
Marco: Yeah, it's crazy. Last year, I got it right with a cinema trip. Simple, but always a winner. But we can't do the same thing again apparently. It says it in my 'Official Laws for 9-Year-Olds' book.
Charles: That's a pity. I've got so many fond memories of birthday parties as a kid. Party food and games and watching cartoons until your parents arrived.
Marco: Trust me, your parents were stressing out!
Dora: At the risk of restarting the argument, when do you think you stopped enjoying birthdays then?
Charles: I dunno really … somewhere around moving away from home and getting a job and being a grown-up. I don't mean birthdays are immature. I mean, it takes a while to make new friends and so birthdays just become more low-key and it's drinks with a couple of friends or dinner or something. And I just got out of the habit, I guess. Maybe I just need to have a kids-style party like we used to have! Play musical chairs and eat pineapple and cheese on sticks and all that.
Dora: Very retro. I bet people would love that.
Marco: Yeah, they would. Well, I would anyway. And maybe it'll catch on with my kids and it'll start a new party trend.
Charles: You've got me thinking … it's not a terrible idea. Maybe I will have a party this year!

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1. Transcribe the first 8 seconds of the video?

2. Till now in which field machines are not better than human?
A. Speech transcriptions
B. Board games
C. Object identification
D. Feeling perceptions

3. What is the risk of reading humans emotions by machines? Is it related to humans or machines?

4. Interpretation of emotions by machines is similar to humans
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5. What is the function of nodes in neural network?

6. How to improve the performance of neural networks for image processing?
A. Increasing the level of training information
B. Use advanced computers for processing
C. Categorize the training data into different groups

7.Our emotions manifest in some ways. Write down those ways?

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Transcript:

With every year, machines surpass humans in more and more activities we once thought only we were capable of. Today's computers can beat us in complex board games, transcribe speech in dozens of languages, and instantly identify almost any object. But the robots of tomorrow may go futher by learning to figure out what we're feeling. And why does that matter? Because if machines and the people who run them can accurately read our emotional states, they may be able to assist us or manipulate us at unprecedented scales. But before we get there, how can something so complex as emotion be converted into mere numbers, the only language machines understand? Essentially the same way our own brains interpret emotions, by learning how to spot them. American psychologist Paul Ekman identified certain universal emotions whose visual cues are understood the same way across cultures. For example, an image of a smile signals joy to modern urban dwellers and aboriginal tribesmen alike. And according to Ekman, anger, disgust, fear, joy, sadness, and surprise are equally recognizable. As it turns out, computers are rapidly getting better at image recognition thanks to machine learning algorithms, such as neural networks. These consist of artificial nodes that mimic our biological neurons by forming connections and exchanging information. To train the network, sample inputs pre-classified into different categories, such as photos marked happy or sad, are fed into the system. The network then learns to classify those samples by adjusting the relative weights assigned to particular features. The more training data it's given, the better the algorithm becomes at correctly identifying new images. This is similar to our own brains, which learn from previous experiences to shape how new stimuli are processed. Recognition algorithms aren't just limited to facial expressions. Our emotions manifest in many ways. There's body language and vocal tone, changes in heart rate, complexion, and skin temperature, or even word frequency and sentence structure in our writing. You might think that training neural networks to recognize these would be a long and complicated task until you realize just how much data is out there, and how quickly modern computers can process it. From social media posts, uploaded photos and videos, and phone recordings, to heat-sensitive security cameras and wearables that monitor physiological signs, the big question is not how to collect enough data, but what we're going to do with it. There are plenty of beneficial uses for computerized emotion recognition. Robots using algorithms to identify facial expressions can help children learn or provide lonely people with a sense of companionship. Social media companies are considering using algorithms to help prevent suicides by flagging posts that contain specific words or phrases. And emotion recognition software can help treat mental disorders or even provide people with low-cost automated psychotherapy. Despite the potential benefits, the prospect of a massive network automatically scanning our photos, communications, and physiological signs is also quite disturbing. What are the implications for our privacy when such impersonal systems are used by corporations to exploit our emotions through advertising? And what becomes of our rights if authorities think they can identify the people likely to commit crimes before they even make a conscious decision to act? Robots currently have a long way to go in distinguishing emotional nuances, like irony, and scales of emotions, just how happy or sad someone is. Nonetheless, they may eventually be able to accurately read our emotions and respond to them. Whether they can empathize with our fear of unwanted intrusion, however, that's another story. 
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🟧🔷 Listening Activity 🔷🟧


Please listen to the audio twice and then answer the following questions.


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1️⃣ How often does he work?

Everyday
All day
Rarely


2️⃣ What is he starting to think about?

Playing basketball
Watching TV
His health
Work


3️⃣ What decision is made to get more exercise?

Running or Jogging
Doing more outdoor activities
Going to the local gym


4️⃣ What type of lessons are they considering?

Dance
Tennis
Basketball


5️⃣ For $120, How often will they meet?

Everyday for a month
Once a week for two months
Every afternoon
Twice a week for one month


6️⃣Please fill the blank and tell me what does whole sentence mean?


Playing tennis twice a week will be a good start. ..... me .... .



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🟧🔷 Listening Activity 🔷🟧


Please listen to the audio twice and then answer the following questions.


✍️You can find the transcript below later.


#Listening
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1️⃣ How often does he work?

Everyday
All day
Rarely


2️⃣ What is he starting to think about?

Playing basketball
Watching TV
His health
Work


3️⃣ What decision is made to get more exercise?

Running or Jogging
Doing more outdoor activities
Going to the local gym


4️⃣ What type of lessons are they considering?

Dance
Tennis
Basketball


5️⃣ For $120, How often will they meet?

Everyday for a month
Once a week for two months
Every afternoon
Twice a week for one month


6️⃣Please fill the blank and tell me what does whole sentence mean?


Playing tennis twice a week will be a good start. ..... me .... .



#Listening
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🟧🔷 Listening Activity 🔷🟧


Please listen to the audio twice and then answer the following questions.


✍️You can find the transcript below later.


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1️⃣ How often does he work?

Everyday
All day
Rarely


2️⃣ What is he starting to think about?

Playing basketball
Watching TV
His health
Work


3️⃣ What decision is made to get more exercise?

Running or Jogging
Doing more outdoor activities
Going to the local gym


4️⃣ What type of lessons are they considering?

Dance
Tennis
Basketball


5️⃣ For $120, How often will they meet?

Everyday for a month
Once a week for two months
Every afternoon
Twice a week for one month


6️⃣Please fill the blank and tell me what does whole sentence mean?


Playing tennis twice a week will be a good start. ..... me .... .



#Listening
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🟩🔶 Listening Class 🔶🟩


Please listen to the audio and fill the blanks.


🔖 Correct answers will be attached subsequently.


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🟧✏️


Sand is very useful. You can do so many things with it. You can make sand 1-....... , 2-........ yourself in it and 3-....... your toes in it. Perhaps the biggest use of sand is in building. Most of today’s buildings would not be 4-....... without sand. I wonder where sand came from. How did it get there? 5-......... so much sand in the world. I’d love to know how many 6-......... of sand there are in the world. A lot of sand comes from deserts. Going to the desert and looking at the sand is the best thing for me. The many shapes and 7-........ the sand makes is amazing. I 8-...... experienced a sand experience. It was a 9-........ . I almost couldn’t see anything in front of me because there was so much sand 10-........ .


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🟧🔷 Listening Activity 🔷🟧


Please listen to the audio twice and then answer the following questions.


✍️You can find the transcript below later.


#Listening
#Intermediate
#Teamjimmy
@Sirjimmy

1️⃣ How often does he work?

Everyday
All day
Rarely


2️⃣ What is he starting to think about?

Playing basketball
Watching TV
His health
Work


3️⃣ What decision is made to get more exercise?

Running or Jogging
Doing more outdoor activities
Going to the local gym


4️⃣ What type of lessons are they considering?

Dance
Tennis
Basketball


5️⃣ For $120, How often will they meet?

Everyday for a month
Once a week for two months
Every afternoon
Twice a week for one month


6️⃣Please fill the blank and tell me what does whole sentence mean?


Playing tennis twice a week will be a good start. ..... me .... .



#Listening
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#Teamjimmy
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