广东省深圳市松泉中学八年级英语上册 Module 2 Science and technology Unit 3 Computers reading课件.pptVIP

* Unit3 Computers Reading Talk about the cartoon Where are Hi and Lo? They are outside a bank. 2. What is Hi wondering about Lo? He is wondering why Lo is never short of pocket money. 3. Where does Lo get his money? Lo gets his money from the ATM. 4. What does ATM stand for? It stands for automated teller machine. 5. What can we do with an ATM? We can get money from it or put money into it. 6. What controls an ATM? Maybe a computer. What do you know about……? keyboard mouse main unit speaker monitor About computers 1. The ____________shows words and pictures. 2. We use the _________for typing 3. The “brain”of a computer is in the ________ 4. We move the __________to control the computer. 5. We hear sound from the ____________. monitor keyboard main unit mouse speaker Before you read Read the following and tell whether it is true or false. 1. Computers are getting smaller and better. 2. Computers can do important jobs like flying planes 3. Computers may work as doctors 4. Computers are expensive. (√ ) (√ ) (√ ) ( X ) Read the first part of the article and complete the table below. Smaller and better The first computers in the 1940s Computers nowadays becoming Example Conclusion bigger than cars smaller and better There is probably a tiny computer inside your TV or washing machine. You depend on computers more than you realize. What can we do with computers? We can use compu-ters to calculate Advantages Examples calculate at a faster speed than we can almost never give wrong answers type and draw things do important jobs operate railways fly planes fly spaceships Is a computer cleverer than me? No, it isn’t. Because the human brain can produce new ideas but computers cannot. The job of a doctor. We may have nothing to do. Reading and note 1. in the 1940s 在20世纪四十年代 My father was born in the 1950s. 我父亲出生在五十年代。 2. smaller and bigger 又小又好 比较级：cheaper and better 又便宜又好 3.