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Summary 1.The history and development of computers Calculating machine Analytical machine Universal machine Machine with artificial intelligence Machine with new transistor 2.Computers in our life 3. Advantages and disadvantages Homework If you were a scientist and were free to design your own dream computer, what would it look like and why? Goodbye!!! Thanks for listening! 分时图 /fenshitu/ yrk068sqz Unit 3 Computers Teacher Students: Class 4 Grade 1 A (PC) Personal computer A notebook computer A calculator An abacus Discuss with your partners, and find out what they have in common? Warming-up If you have a computer,what can you do with it? Pre-reading (Our daily life, study, work, education) Fast-reading Read the text quickly and then answer the question. What is the text mainly about? Listening How many kinds of calculating machines were mentioned in the text? 1)Calculating machine 2)Analytical machine 3)Universal machine 4)Machine with artificial intelligence 5)Machine with new transistor Scanning Fill in the blanks with the information from the reading above. 1642: : The Analytical Machine was made by Charles Babbage. 1936: 1960s: : The first family of computers was connected to each other. 1970s: Now : A calculating machine was used in France. 1822 Alan Turing wrote a book to describe how computers could be made to work and built a “universal machine” to solve any mathematical problem. I got my new transistors in the 1960s. 1960s Computers were brought into people’s homes. Computers have been used by billions of people to deal with information and communicate with each other around the world by the Internet. Task1 pair-work Use the following questions to ask each other. 1) Where were you in 1642? 2)What happened to you in 1822? 3)What were you called in 1936? 4)What did you get in the 1960s? 5)What happened to you in