unit 3 Computers reading

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名称 unit 3 Computers reading
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课件16张PPT。1.totally2. revolution3. simplify4. calculate5. solve6. anyhow7. financeMatch the word with its meaningA. to work out the answer to a problem
B. completely
C. anyway
D. activity of managing money
E. complete change
F. to make things easier
G. to find the answer using numbersBook 2 unit3
Reading Look at the pictures in warming up. Discuss what they have in common and understand the development of computers. Warming upWhat’s next?Pre-readingComputers play an important part in our life, do you think so?
2. Can computers bring us a better future? How ?Task 1 Skimming1. Who is the speaker in this story?
A computer.
2. Write down three sentences from the story to support your idea.
1) I was built as an Analytical
machine by Charles Babbage.2) My real father, Alan Turing, …
3) I was always lonely standing there by myself, until in early 1960s they gave me a family connected by a network.Task 2 Scanning (finish Ex.1 on page19)The computer began as a calculating machine.The computer grew rapidly both in size and in brainpower.Task 2 Scanning (finish Ex.1 on page19Computers had grown as large as a room.1960sComputers were used in offices and homes.Computers connect people all over the world together.Task3 Listening (find out the supporting sentences of each paragraph`s topic)Over time I have changed quite a lot.These changes only became possible as my memory improved.Since the 1970s many new applications have been found for me.Task 4 QUESTION-ANSWER
COMPETITION What is PC? Speak the name on the whole.It means: personal computer.2. What is IT?Information Technology3. What is PDA?personal digital assistant.4. What is W.W.W?World Wide Web.5. What is “科学技术” in English?science and technology6. What is “人工智能” in English?artificial intelligence7.What’s “手提电脑” in English?laptop ( notebook computer)8. Who was the first person to devise(设计,发明) the first computer? Charles Babbage invented an Analytical machine in 1822.9. Who was the computers’ real father?Alan Turing. 2. Finish Ex.3 in Learning about Language on page20.Homework1. To read more about the text.