课件24张PPT。Welcome!江口中学高一英语科组Unit 3 Computers Reading
---Who Am I?Activity1: Lead-inLook at the pictures quickly
and find out what they have in
common.
What do the pictures show us ?
All of them show people
using computers.Computer and Internet type homeworkdraw picturesplay gamescommunicate with friends.search for information listen to musicwatch movies……have
classesdo some
shoppingActivity2: Reading and comprehending1.Listening:
Close your books and listen to the text
carefully. Then answer the following
questions:
1) Who is the speaker?
2) What is the passage mainly about?It is a computer.It is mainly about the history / development and applications of computers.1.Who is the speaker ?2.What is the passage mainly about?2. Careful reading Read the passage carefully
and try to design true or false
exercises in groups.3. Group work: Work with your partners to find out the information about the development of computers in different periods of time.3. Group work: work with your partners and finish the timeline belowThe computer began as a calculating machine.1936The computer grew rapidly both in size and brainpower.The computer had grown as large as a room.1960sComputers began to be used in offices and homes.Computers connect people all over the world
togetherActivity4:DiscussionDiscuss with your partners
about the changes of computers.
In what aspects have computers
been changed?
The changes of computers:
size: large → much smaller
2.
3.
4.
5.
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The changes of computers:
1. size: large → much smaller
2. brainpower/ memory : small → large
3. Things for storing information: tubes → transistors → very small chips
4. functions/applications: calculating → solving difficult mathematical problems → very important in communication, finance and trade
5. names: calculating machine → analytical machine → universal machine → PC → laptop
……
ConclusionWhat have we learnt in
this lesson?From the text we have learnt: 1. the development and applications of computers. 2. the changes of computers. 3.that computers have become more and more useful.Homework1. Review the whole passage and find out your difficult points.
2. Think about this question: Is the computer always a good thing?Thank you very much!Goodbye!