高中英语必修二教学课件：《unit3Computers》Reading（人教版）.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 place of the human race.;5. I began as a calculating machine in Japan in 1642. 6. In 1936, I grew rapidly both in size and in brainpower. 7. As time went by, I was made bigger. 8. Since the 1970s many new applications have been found for me.;1. Who was the first person to make the earliest computer? A. Alan Turing. B. Charles Babbage. C. Charles Turing. D. Alan Babbage. 2. When was the “universal machine” built? A. In 1822. B. In 1642. C. In 1936. D. In 1970. ;3. When was the computer the biggest? A. In 1642. B. In 1936. C. In the 1940s. D. In the 1970s. 4. How old is the computer? A. About 170 years old. B. About 270 years old. C. About 370 years old D. About 470 years old.;5. Which of the following is in the right order of time? The computer was connected with other computers. b. Alan Turing wrote a book about the computer. c. The computer has been sent to explore the Moon and Mars. d. The computer began to simplify difficult sums. A. a. b. c. d. B. b. c. a. d. C. d. a. c. b. D. d. b. a. c.;Quiz; Retell the text by filling the following blanks.;In the ______ they gave me a family connected by a ________. Now people call it the ________. I have been used in ______ an