课件26张PPT。高中英语新课标版必修二Unit 3
ComputersLook at the following pictures and tell their English names.abacuscalculatorhuge computer PC
personal computerlaptopPDA
Personal Digital
AssistantrobotCan you tell the development of computers?abacuscalculatorhuge computerPClaptopPDArobotDo you know in what ways computers are used today? Discuss it with your deskmate.(2 min)search for informationwatch movieslisten to musicread books and magazinesbuy things onlineplay games on the computerReading Who am I?Can you find out the topic sentence of each paragraph?Para I:Para II:Para III: Who
am
I?
Over time I have been changed
quite a lot.
These changes only became
possible as my memory improved.
Since the 1970s many new applications
have been found out for me.Skim the passage and find out the topic
sentence in each paragraph. (2 min)Can you find out the main idea of this passage? A. The development of computers.
B. A machine which is simple-minded.
C. The development and the applications of computers.
D. Computers may replace human beings.Read para 1 and fill in the chart. (2 mins)Careful readingcalculatingSimplify1822logicallyuniversalRealitySince the 1970sUsed in offices
and homesMy shape didn’t change even though my memory improved.
The older I am, the larger I have become.
Over time I have large memory so that I will not forget anything I have been told.
I was able to share my knowledge with others through the World Wide Web in the early 1960s.FFTTThe information was stored in tubes, then on transistors and later on the chips.As I have grown older I have also grown smaller.Read para 2 and then tell the statement true or false. (1 min)12What roles do computers play in the life of human beings?What are the new applications of the computer?Read Para 3 and then answer the following questions. (1 min)What are the new applications of the computer?
financemobile phonesWhat roles do computers play in the life of human beings?
They provide humans with a life
of high quality.
They are devoted friends and
helpers of the human race.Timeline: Find out the development of computers in the following years. (1 min) The computer began as a calculating machine.The computer grew rapidly both in size and in
brainpower.The computer had grown as large as a room.Computers were used in offices and homes.Computer is a devoted friend and helper of the
human race.Discussion In what ways computers can be used to do for human race in the future?
For example:
A: What will computers be developed in the future?
B: I think computers will be developed to help us …
/ In my opinion, computers can be used to … carry thingsdronework in warsdo space researchHomework
Finish exercise 1 on page 20
Find out some sentences of the passage you don’t understand. We will discuss it in next class. Thank you!