课件64张PPT。WHO AM I?ReadingWho is the speaker in this story?
A computer.
Write down three sentences from the story to support your idea.
I was built as an Analytical machine by Charles Babbage.skimmingMy real father, Alan Turing, …
I was always lonely standing there by myself, until in early 1960s they gave me a family connected by a network.These changes only became possible as my memory improved.
Since the 1970s many new applications have been found for me.
Over time I have been changed quite a lot.Para 1:Para 2:Para 3:Match the main ideas and the paragraphs.D.Choose the main idea of this passage.
The computer wants to find “who he is”.
The fun_ction(功能) of the computer.
The computer becomes popular around the world.
The history and the applications of the computer.Where were you in 1642? In France.
What happened to you after nearly two hundred years?
I was built as an Analytical Machine by Babbage.Fast readingWhat were you called in 1936? A universal machine.
What happened to you in the 1970s?
I have been used in offices and homes.我是谁?
经过一段时间我已经被改变了很多。1642年我在法国 诞生时是一台计算机器。尽管当时我还年轻,但是我能 简化一些复杂的数学题。我发育缓慢,差不多到了两百 年之后,查尔斯.巴比奇才把我制成了一台分析机。在 操作员用穿卡孔为我设计程序后,我能够进行逻辑“思 考”,并且能够比任何人更快地算出答案。那时这被当 作是一次技术革命,也是我“人工智能”的开始。在
1936年,我真正的父亲艾伦.图灵写了一本书,讲述了 怎样使我成为一台“通用机器”来解决任何数学难题。 从那时起,我在体积和脑容量方面迅速成长。到二十世 纪四十年代,我已经长得像一间屋子那么大,我不知道 是否还会长得更大。但是,这个现实也使得我的设计者 担心。随着时间的推移,我被弄得越来越小。自二十世 纪七十年代以来,我一直被用在办公室和家庭里,先是 用作个人电脑,后来又做成便携式。这些变化只是随着我的存储能力的不断提高才成为可能 最初是被存储到电子管中,以后是晶体管上,后来是非 常小的芯片上。因此,我已经完全改变了我的形状。随 着我年龄越来越大,我也变得越来越小。随着时间的推 移,我的记忆能力发展得如此之快,就像一头大象一样 从来不会忘记告诉我的任何事情!我的存储容量变得如 此巨大,连我自己都不能相信!但是我总是孤孤单单地 站在那里,直到二十世纪六十年代初,人们才给了我一 个用网络联成的家庭。我能够通过万维网和其他人分享 我的知识。
从二十世纪七十年代起,我又被开发了很多新的用途。 我在通讯、金融和商业领域变得非常重要。我还被放在 机器人里面,被用来制作移动手机,并且用来帮助作医 疗手术。我还被放置在航空火箭里去探测月球和火星。 不管怎样,我的目标是给人类提供高质量的生活。现在 我充满了幸福感,因为我是人类忠实的朋友并时时给他 们提供帮助。nComprehendingthe second generationthe third generation (1964-1971)the fourth generation (1971- )The first generation(1956-1963)
T(19h45e-1956h) istory of
computersWhat is PC? Speak the name on the whole.
It means: personal computer.
What is IT?
Information Technology.What is CD-ROM?
Compact disc read-only memory.
What is PDA?
Personal digital assistant.5. What is W.W.W? World wide web.科学技术。
Science and technology.
人工智能。
Artificial intelligence.
笔记本电脑。
Notebook computer.Who was the first person to devise the first computer?
Charles Babbage invented an analytical machine in 1822.
Who was the computers’ real father? Alan Turing.How computers have changed our lives?1. calculate v. work (sth.) out by usingnumbers
e.g. calculate the cost of sth.
calculator n.
让我们一起回忆一下以 or 结尾的词吧:
visitor, survivor, competitor, editor …2. analytical adj.分析的, 解析的
analyze vt.分析; 研究 analogy n.相似; 类似 analysis n.分析; 研究 analyst n. 分析家 analytic ad.分j 析的; 分解的3. artificial adj.人工的, 人造的 artificialflowers/limbs/pearls 假花/假肢/假珍珠 artificialintelligence人工智能4. as a result 结果;终于;因此
He studied hard. As a result he passed the exam.
He made one big mistake, and lost his job as a result.as a result of ... 意为“由于……的结 果”,后跟名词或代词。如: Mary was late as a result of the snow.as a result 意为: 结果, 可用于句首,也可用于句末。选用以上合适的短语完成下列句子。
Jackson couldn’t work any longer
_a_s a_r_e_su_l_t_o_f the car accident.
We helped each other in studies, and
as a_r_e_su_l_t_ we became good friends.5. totally adv.整个地; 完全地totally blind 全盲
total adj.完全的; 整个的 total silence 寂静无声 in total 总共6. anyhow adv. 无论如何,即使如此
I couldn’t think of the name of that man anyhow.
Anyhow I must tell the truth.
anyhow 可位于句首,也可位于句末。房子锁着,我无论如何也进不去。 The house is locked and I cannot get in anyhow.
不管怎样,我们设法得到了我们想要
` 的。
We managed to get what we wanted, anyhow.7. explore v. 探索;探测;探究
The scientists are exploring every part of the island.
No one arrived at the forest but Tom wanted to explore it.We must explore all possible ways to increase food production.explore的意思是“探索,探测,探究”, 后直接跟宾语。explorer n. 探险家,探测者根据括号内的提示完成下列句子。
Jim is a young explorer and he
_l_o_v_e_s_/_i_s_f_o_n_d_o_f_e_x_p_l_o_ri_n_g_ (喜欢探险) very much.
The oceans _h_a_v_e n_o_t _y_e_t _b_e_en f_u_ll_y
_e_x_p_lo_r_e_d (尚未被充分勘探).1. I developed very slowly and it took nearly two hundred years before I was built as an analytical machine by Charles
Babbage.
【分析】 该句是一个由and连接的并 列复合句。and后的分句的结构是:it
took ... before ...。before引导时间状语 从句。【翻译】 我发展缓慢,差不多两百年 之后,查尔斯·巴比奇才把我制成了一 台分析机。
【仿写】 过了两年我们才又见了一次 面。
_It to_o_k two_y_e_a_r_s_b_e_fo_r_e_we_s_a_w e_a_c_h
_o_th_e_r_a_g_a_i_n_. _2. By the 1940s I had grown as large as a room, and I wondered if I would grow any larger.
【分析】 这是一个由and连接的并列复 合句。and后的分句中,I wonder if ... 是 一个常用句型,意为“我想知道是
否……”,常用来委婉地提出疑问或请求, 也可用whether代替if。如:As time went on, Mary began to wonder if / whether John had forgotten their date.
【翻译】 到二十世纪四十年代,我已经 长得像一间屋子那么大,我不知道是否 还会长得更大。
【仿写】 我在想这么多年后,我还能否 认出Philip。after all_I_w_o_n_d_e_r_i_f_I_’_ll_r_e_c_o_g_n_iz_e_Ph_il_ip these years.3. Over time my memory has developed so much that, like an elephant, I never forget anything I have been told!
【分析】 此句中包含一个由
_s_o_._.._t_h_at 引导的结果状语从句,在 该从句中又包含一个省略了关系代词
_t_h_a_t _ 的定语从句:I have been told, 修饰先行词 a_n_y_th_i_n。g【翻译】 随着时间的推移,我的记忆能力 发展得如此之快,就像一头大象一样,我 从来不会忘记告诉我的任何事情!
【仿写】
他在这么短的时间里做了这么多,几乎每 个人都认为这是个奇迹。
He has done so much in _s_o_s_h_o_r_t_a_t_ime_t_h_a_t almost everyone thinks that it is a miracle.4. And my memory became so large that even I couldn’t believe it!
句型: so … that … 如此 …… 以致于 ……
与 too … to … 句型可相互转换 And my memory became too large for me to believe it.
e.g. He is so old that he can’t carry the box. He is too old to carry the box.此结构中的that从句表示结果。
The stone is so heavy that no one can lift it.
so ... that ... 结构的so + 形容词/副词位 于句首时, 句子用倒装结构。
So hard does he work that he seldom goes home.5. But I was always so lonely standing there by myself, until in the early 1960s they gave me a family connected by a network.
【分析】 本句是一个复合句。主句为I was always so lonely standing there by
myself,其中standing there by myself是 动词-ing形式短语作状语;从句是由 _u_n_t_il_ 引导的时间状语从句, 其中connected by a network是过去分词 短语作后置定语,修饰 。family
【翻译】 但是我总是孤孤单单地站在
那里,直到二十世纪六十年代初,人 们才给了我一个用网络联成的家庭。6. I have also been put into robots and used to make mobile phones as well as help with medical operations.
mobile adj. 可移动的; 机动的
He has a broken leg and isn’t very mobile.
他的腿摔伤了, 活动不 便。She is much more mobile now that she has a car. 她现在出去方便多了, 她有了一辆汽车。mobile home
可移动的房子mobile phone
移动电话7. I am now truly filled with happiness that I am a devoted friend and helper of the human race!
that引导同位语从句,具体说明
happiness的内容。that是连词,在从句中 不充当任何成分。英语中用that引导同位
语从句的情况比较常见,但有时也可以 用连接副(代)词 how, when, where,
whether等来引导同位语从句。注意:if, which 不能引导同位语从句。
I had the impression that she chose her words with care. 在我的印象中,她选词很小心。 I heard the news that our team had won.
我听到了我们队获胜的消息。
l have no idea when he will be back.
我不知道他什么时候回来。
He must answer the question whether he agrees
to it or not.
他必须回答他是否同意这样一个问题。thinking, working, etc.2) connected computer system3) to make things easier4) to find the answer usingnumberscalculatesimplifyrevolutionnetworkDiscovering useful words and expressions 1 Find the word or expression for each of the following meanings from the text.
1) complete change in ways ofLearning about language5) can be moved easily fromplace to place6) to work out the answer to aproblem8) completely9) anyway10) activity of managing moneyfinanceanyhowtotally7) to travel around an area to find out about it exploresolvemobile2 Complete the passage with the words below.artificial technology intelligent Web applications explore reality logicallyWhen my brother was in high school, he
was very interested in computers and enjoyed writing programs of his own. He used to download information from the Internet and made good use of it. He likedto e_xtphleorWe orld WideanWd ebused the Internet to communicate with computer programmers all over the world. When he went to university he studied IT (information ) and developed atecshpneoclioagl yinterest in intelligence. After daervtiefilcoipailng special
of the caopmplpicuatteior,nhs e hopes to design an robot whicinhteclalingethntink and look likeloaghicuamllyan being, but in he has a long wayretoalgitoy.3 read the story below and then use the outline to create one of our own.My Story
When I was young I was very crazy about table tennis.
At the time my interest began. I was playing this game with my friends every afternoon.
Over time I wanted to win the first place at school sports meeting.
As time went by I tried my best to practice playing table tennis.By the time I was 15, my dream had come true. I won the first prize in our school.
As a result I became interested in making friends with others through playing the game.
From then on I feel much happier with friends. Now I get on well with my new classmates.
As I grow older I realize my life will be brighter.