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Unit 3 Computers. Module 2. 闽侯二中英语组 刘芳. Bill Gates. An abacus. A calculator. A huge computer. A PC. A notebook computer. Discussion. (What do they have in common?). I think that… In my opinion… I believe that… What’ s your reason? Why do you think so?.
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Unit 3 Computers Module 2 闽侯二中英语组 刘芳
An abacus A calculator A huge computer
A PC A notebook computer
Discussion (What do they have in common?) • I think that… • In my opinion… • I believe that… • What’ s your reason? • Why do you think so?
1.They can be used for calculating. 2.They can deal with maths problems. …
Reading ? ？ Guess who I am.
Then in 1822 I was built as an Analytical Machine by Charles Babbage .I followed instructions from cards with holes .
I know this sounds very simple , but at that time it was a technological revolution! My real father was Alan Turing ,who in 1936 wrote a book to describe how computers could be made to work ,
and built a “universal machine” to solve any mathematical problem .
Earlier I was not very big ,but then I became huge ! However ,people thought I was simple-minded until they discovered I had “artificial intelligence.”Artificial !
I didn’t know what they were talking about . Anyway ,let’s go back to my history . Then I was the size of a large room !
As the years have gone by , I have been made smaller and smaller.
No one could recognize me after I got my new transistors in the 1960s. There were times when my size was totally changed .
I became small and thin but I got cleverer and cleverer, quicker and quicker . And my memory became so large that I couldn’t believe it !
But I was always so lonely standing there by myself ,until in the early 1960s, they gave me a family connected by a network. I could share information with others and we could talk to each other .
At about the same time we learned to talk to humans using BASIC.I was brought into people’s homes in the 1970s.
Since then ,my family and I have been used by billions of people to deal with information and communicate with each other around the world by the Internet .
I love being used to connect people who aren’t close enough to speak to each other .I have truly been built to serve the human race since my birth.
Task 1 Skimming 1. Who is the speaker in this story? A computer. 2. Write down three sentences from the story to support your idea. 1) Then in 1822 I was built as an Analytical machine by Charles Babbage.
2) My real father was Alan Turing, … 3) However, people thought I was simple-minded until they discovered I had “artificial intelligence.”
Task 2 Fast reading 1. Where were you in 1642? 2. What happened to you in 1822? 3. What were you called in 1936? 4. What happened to you in the 1970s? In France. I was built as an Analytical Machine by Babbage. A universal machine. I was brought into people’s homes.
Task 3 Careful reading The computer began as a calculating machine． 1822 Alan Turing wrote a book to describe how computers could be made．
Computers had new transistors and became smaller 1960s Computers were brought into people's homes． Computers connect people all over the world together.
Task 4: Language points 1. My real father was Alan Turing ,who in 1936 wrote a book to describe how computers could be made to work , and built a “universal machine” to solve any mathematical problem .
3. As the years have gone by, I have been madesmaller and smaller.
Task5 : As a senior middle school student, whether the parents should buy a computer for you is a big problem . Maybe different students have different ideas .What about yours?
Disadvantages: Share the opinions with us: Advantages: more information improve English learning software enjoy oneself… computer games short-sighted waste of moneyfail the exams …
Homework: 1.FinishExercises1--- 3on p.19-p.20(Discovering useful words and expressions). 2. FinishEnglish Weekly Issue 18 (完形+阅读A)
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