课件13张PPT。Listening: Listen to the story to find out who the speaker is. Find out 3 sentences to support your idea. ● “However, people thought I was
simple-minded until they discovered I had
‘artificial intelligence’.”
●”My real father was Alan Turing ....”
● “Then in 1822 I was built as an Analytical Machine by Charles Babbage.”Calculating machineAnalytical machineUniversal machineArtificial intelligencePC (desktop /notebookl/laptop)Internet?TimelineThe computer began as a calculating machine.1822Alan Turing wrote a book to describe how computers could be made to work.Computers had new transistors and became
smaller.1960sComputers were brought into people's homes. Computers connect people all over the world
together.Scanning:True or False
Alan Turing built an Analytical Machine to solve any mathematical problems.
People began to realize that the computer got cleverer and quicker with time passing.
The computer began to serve the human race since it was brought into people’s homes.
Since the 1970s, the computer was used by people around the world through the Internet.
5. The larger the computer is, the more memory
it has.
FTFTF1. Choose the best answers
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.Comprehending:Q1: How did the computer work as
an Analytical Machine?
2. QuestionsThe computer followed instructions
from cards with holes.
Q2: Why did people think the computer was simple-minded?
Because the computer was made as a
calculating machine and was used to solve mathematical problems.
Q3: What does “others” (2.6) refer to?
Other computers.Q4: In how many ways do we say the computer changed? What are they?
Size:
Intelligence:
Speed:
Function:
People’ opinion:smallerquickercleverercalculating----dealing with …, communicating with…simple-minded----clever & usefulIn what fields have computers changed
people’s lives?
Education/ Household/
Military/Communication/
Medicine/Amusement/
Industry/Agriculture…
Advantages…
Disadvantages…DISCUSSION
Advantages…
. -send and receive e-mails
-get in touch with your friends
-do shopping, pay bills without leaving our homes-downloads files, music and films
-find interesting materials
-meet/get to know a lot of people
-provide easy and fast source of information
-make our work easier, the net saves our time
-provide entertainmentADVANTAGES. DISADVANTAGES-you can get addicted to internet
-you can meet bad people
-you can be lured into something dangerous
-your personal information can be accessed
-you can receive junk mail
-be harmful to your eyesight and spine
-the net is full of violence and pornography (pornographic sites )
-viruses can destroy your computer