浙江省桐庐分水高级中学高中英语 Unit 3 Computers reading （新人教版必修2）.ppt

* * 《英语学习辅导报》出品 《英语学习辅导报》出品 ks5u 1. Who is the speaker in this story? 2. What’s the main idea of this passage A. The development of computers. B. The development and usage of computers. C. A machine which is simple-minded. D. Computers may replace human beings. A computer. Skimming 3.Find out the topic sentence of each paragraph and underline them 1.Topic sentence Over time I have been changed quite a lot Scanning : Scanning: Para1 Fill in the chart with the information in para 1. Time Machine Applications In 1642 A ________ machine ________difficult sums About in _____ An analytical machine Think_________ In 1936 A ________ machine Solve any difficult problem By the 1940s A larger machine ______worried the designers ____________ Personal computer and Laptop ______________________________ 1822 calculating Simplify logically universal Used in offices and homes Since the 1970s It was considered a technological revolution and the start of the artificial intelligence. I have changed a lot from a calculating machine to an analytical machine. I can do many things as human race. Reality 1.Topic sentence These changes only become possible as my memory improved ks5u Scanning: Para2 My shape didn’t change even though my memory improved. The older I am, the larger I have become. Over time I have been very easy to forget things because I don’t develop enough memory. I was able to share my knowledge with others through the World Wide Web in the early 1960s. T or F Questions F F F T First it was stored in tubes, then on transistors and later on very small chips. Until in the early 1960s they gave me a family connected by a network. As I have grown older I have also grown smaller . My memory has developed so much that, like an elephant, I never forget anything I have been told!. 1.Topic sentence Since the 1970s many new applications have been found for me. Scanning: Para3 What are the new applications of the computer?