《unit3Computers》Reading课件（人教版必修2）.ppt

Computers;1.Who is the speaker in this story? 2.Main idea of the whole passage.;Main idea of each paragraph: Para 1 Para 2 Para 3;;;What are the new applications for computers?;;1642;1940s; ( ) analytical machine ( ) calculating machine ( ) PC ( ) robot ( ) laptop ( ) universal machine ;1. My real father was Charles Babbage, who wrote a book and built me in 1936. 2. After I got my new transistors in the 1960s, I became smaller but cleverer and quicker. 3. I was brought into people’s homes in the 1970s. 4. Since my birth I have been built to take the pl