新人教版必修二unit3 Computers Reading I

新人教版必修二unit3 Computers Reading I

新人教版必修二unit3 Computers Reading I

新人教版必修二unit3 Computers Reading I

Guess!

A handbag?

A toy?

新人教版必修二unit3 Computers Reading I

Guess more:I am very old now. I was born in China. Many people used me for calculating in the past, but now I am a bit lonely because they don’t like me now.

Do you know who I am?

abacus

新人教版必修二unit3 Computers Reading I

I am very small. I can be used for calculating. In China, a lot of students use me when solving mathematical problems.

Do you know who I am?

calculator

新人教版必修二unit3 Computers Reading I

I can be used for calculating. Besides, I can also be used for watching DVD, sending e-mail and communicating through the Internet. However, I am not a PC, because I’m small enough for you to take me with you.

Do you know who I am? notebook computer

新人教版必修二unit3 Computers Reading I

A huge computer

Palmtop

A PC

新人教版必修二unit3 Computers Reading I

Who am I ?

新人教版必修二unit3 Computers Reading I

Skimming: Go over the story to find outwho the speaker is. Write down 3 sentences to support your idea. It is a computer. ● I was built as an Analytical Machine by Charles Babbage.” ●”My real father was Alan Turing ....” ● I was able to share my knowledge with others through the World Wide Web.

新人教版必修二unit3 Computers Reading I

Scanning:1642

Timeline

The computer began as a calculating machine.

The Analytical Machine was made by Charles 1822 Babbage. In which order is book to describe how Alan Turing wrote a the text organized? 1936 computers could be made to work. 1940s Computers had grown as large as a room.

1960s

The first family of computers was connected to each other.

1970s Computers were used in offices and homes. now Computers connect people all over the worldtogether.

新人教版必修二unit3 Computers Reading I

True or False1. Alan Turing built an Analytical Machine to solve any mathematical problems. F 2. People began to realize that the computer got T cleverer and quicker with time passing. 3. The computer began to serve the human race since it was brought into people’s homes. F 4. Since the 1970s, the computer was used by T people around the world through the Internet. 5. The larger the computer is, the more memory F it has.

新人教版必修二unit3 Computers Reading I

Comprehending:1. Choose the best answers1) 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.

新人教版必修二unit3 Computers Reading I

2) What can you infer from the text? A. The computer has artificial intelligence. B. The computer changes a lot over the years. C. The computer was not connected by a network until in the early 1960s. D. Now the computer can only be used to deal with information.

新人教版必修二unit3 Computers Reading I

2. QuestionsQ1: How did the computer work as an Analytical Machine? The computer followed instructions from cards with holes.

新人教版必修二unit3 Computers Reading I

Q2: In how many ways do we say the computer changed? What are they? Size: smaller

Intelligence: cleverer Speed: quicker Function: calculating----dealing with …, communicating with… People’ opinion: clever & useful

新人教版必修二unit3 Computers Reading I

Consolidation: Retelling1642 1822 1936 1940s 1960s 1970s now began … calculating …France The Analytical Machine … Charles Babbage Alan Turing … wrote … built … As large as connected … share … ta

lk … Become very important in … deal with … communicate …