读写教程4 unit1-unit8.ppt

Deeper Understanding 　　 Read the sentences from the text and answer the questions. How do you understand the sentence “The computer had modest beginnings in areas where it was used as a specialist tool.”? → The history of the computer could be traced back to the twentieth century. Since its coming into being, the computer keeps developing and expanding its functions and uses dramatically. 2. When was the Internet born? How do we define its official birth according to the passage? → The Internet was officially born in the late 1980s, when networks were expanding to embrace sections of the general public. 略... III. Read the following sentences carefully and then paraphrase them. 1. The history of the computer could be traced back to the twentieth century. Since its coming into being, the computer keeps developing and expanding its functions and uses dramatically. 2. Even recently in the 1980s only 20% of secondary science teachers in the USA were using computers. 3. Ann draws the cnclusion that computer aided teaching can attract and motivate those students, who were planning to drop out of school due to the dull and stereotyped traditional teaching methods. 4. With the help of some simulation software, it is safe for us to do what might be potentially dangerous if we did in the real world, for instance medical surgery treatment. 5. But if students are guided by their teachers they can not only get the correct information tey need, but also keep obtaining access to the latest information from the Internet. 6. Another positve impact I have concluded is that computerw,. CD-ROMs and the Internet all possess the large storage capacity, which can provide students with huge data resources that can be retrieved by simple keystrokes or mouse-clicks. I. Fill in the blanks with the words given in the box. Make changes where necessary. expand affect embrace facilitate effect accessibility incredibl