课件13张PPT。 New SEFC B2
Unit 3 Computers (Reading)What do you know about computers?monitorkeyboardmouseCD-ROM / DVD-ROMloudspeaker box FDD(Floppy Disk Driver
CPUhard discfloppy discUSB Flash Disk printerscannermodemPre-reading questions1.What have computers changed our life?
2.What changes will they bring to us in the
future?Unit 3 ComputersWHO AM I?ComprehendingTask 1: Go over the story and discuss with your partner who the speaker is in this story. Write down three sentences to support your idea.
Then in 1822 I was built as
an Analytical machine by
Charles Babbage.2. My real father was Alan
Turing, who in 1936 wrote…solve
any mathematical problem.3.However, people thought I was
simple-minded until they discovered
I had “artificial intelligence”.It is a computer.Task 2: From the reading passage, find the words and expressions
with the following meanings.
1__________ completely
2._________ complete change
3._________ to make something happen
4._________ when a baby or animal is born
5._________ unable to understand difficult things
6._________ pass
7._________ take correct action
8. _________ broadcast on several different channels
9 ._________ indeed
10.__________ used to show that something
happens in spite of a problem totallyrevolutionso…thatbirthsimple-mindedgo bydeal withnetworktruelyanywayTask 3 Look at the timeline below. Fill in the blanks with Information form the reading above.
1642: _______________________________________
____: The Analytical Machine was made by Charles Babbage.
1936: _____________________________________________
1960s: ______________________________________________
_____: The first family of computers was connected to each
other.
1970s: ______________________________________________
Now: _____________________________________________The computer began as a calculating machine.1822 Alan Turing wrote a book to describe how
computers could be made.Computers had new transistors and became smaller.1960sComputers were brought into people’s homes.Computers connect people all over the world
together. The history of computersthe second generation
(1956-1963)
the third generation
(1964-1971)the fourth
generation
(1971- )The first generation
(1945-1956)Homework1. Read the text after class and look for more information about the development of computers and its applications.
2.???Retell the story.
3.???Write down the story.
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