牛津深圳版英语七上7.4《The world of numbers》课件ppt之四.pptVIP

Calculating Machine Calculating Machine one of the first calculating machines accurate and fast represent Calculating Machine Calculating Machine Calculating Machine A ________ is a very _______ calculating machine. ______, it can do a calculation that you could not do __________________. May is asking T M Li, the writer, some questions about his article on numbers. His answers are not always clear. Read the article and make Li’s answers clearer. Write one word in each blank. 1 Every one knows it. Knows what? The Language of numbers. 2 Long ago, people wrote them in many different ways. Wrote what? Numbers. 3. People all count in this way. In what way? In tens. 4. The Indians first invented that system of numbers. Which system of numbers? 1 to 9. 5. The invention helped people write in big numbers. What invention? Zero. 6. They are fast and accurate. What? Abacuses. 7Computers are very powerful ones. Very powerful what? Calculating machines. Give answers to these questions about the article. 1 How did people in ancient times count in the same way? They nearly all __________________. 2 What do the beads on the wires of an abacus stand for? The beads stand for ________________________________________ starting from the bottom wire. 3 What can a modern electronic calculator do? It can ______________________________________. counted in tens ones, tens, hundreds and thousands add, subtract, multiply and divide. Give answers to these questions about the article. 4 What else can a modern electronic calculator do ? I can also __________________________________________. 5 How quickly can a computer do a calculation? I can do a calculation _____________________. calculate percentages and square roots in a flash 以不同的方式 数字体系 由…组成 电子计算器 平方根 一瞬间 以十为单位计算 ８　代表 9 做运算 10 在古代 1 in different ways 2 the system of numbers 3 consist of= be made up of 4 electronic calculators 5 square roots 6 in