学习内容: 1.了解计算机发展史
2. 了解课文中的重点词组和句型的意思。
学习方法:预习单词、warming up 、pre-reading和 reading 以完成下列任务
学习时间:
Task 1: Go through the passage quickly and judge True or False.
1) In 1642 I began as a calculating machine and could solve any mathematical problem. ( )
2) My real father was Charles Babbage, who wrote a book and built me in 1936. ( )
3) After I got my new transistors in the 1960s, I became smaller but cleverer and quicker. ( )
4) I was brought into people’s homes in the 1970s. ( )
5) Since my birth I have been built to take the place of the human race. ( )
Task 2: Find out these useful phrases from Warming up, Pre- reading and Reading and translate them into Chinese.
have sth. in common _________________
compare A with\to B _________________
according to _________________
work out _________________
put … in an order _________________
sound simple _________________
begin as… _________________
calculating machine _________________
at that time _________________
technological revolution _________________
solve problems _________________
artificial intelligence _________________
go by _________________
stand there by oneself _________________
as a result _________________
connect A with B _________________
share information with sb. _________________
as well as _________________
provide sb. with sth. _________________
be filled with _________________
a life of high quality _________________
a devoted friend _________________
Task 3: Scan the passage and try to find the answers
1) Where were you in 1642
______________________________________________________.
2) What were you called in 1936
______________________________________________________.
3) What happened to you in the 1970s
______________________________________________________.
Task4: Fill in the table below
Time Events
1642
1822 The analytical machine was made by Charles Babbage.
1940s
The first family of computers was connected to each other.
1970s
Now
Task 5: Choose the best answers
1) What’s the main idea of the text
A. The computer wants to find “who he is”.
B. The functional change of the computer.
C. The computer becomes popular around the world.
D. The history of the computer.
2) What can you infer from the text
A. The computer has artificial intelligence.
B. The computer changes a lot over the years.
C. The computer was not connected by a network until in the early 1960s.
D. Now the computer can only be used to deal with information.
参考答案
Task1: 1) F 2) F 3) T 4) T 5)F
Task2: 1)和…有共同点 2)把…和…比较 3)根据
4)计算出,解决 5)把…按顺序排列 6)听起来简单
7)以….开始 8)计算机器 9)在那时
10)技术改革 11)解决问题 12)人工智能
13)流逝,经过 14) 独自矗立 15)因此
16)把…和…连接 17) 和…分享信息 18) 和,而且
19)提供给某人某物 20) 充满 21) 一种高质量的生活 22)一个忠诚的朋友
Task3: 1) In France
2) A universal machine
3) Since the 1970s many new applications have been found for me.
Task4:
Time Events
1642 The computer began as a calculating machine.
1822 The analytical machine was made by Charles Babbage.
1936 The computer grew rapidly both in size and in brainpower.
1940s The first family of computers was connected to each other.
1960s The first family of computers was connected to each other.
1970s Computers were used in offices and homes.
Now Computers connect people all over the world together.
Task5: 1) D 2) B
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