英语课件：M2U3 Reading--WHO AM I（新人教版必修2）.pptVIP

* * 广东省揭阳市第二中学 郑永丽 2011-11 computer desktop computer laptop/notebook palmtop PDA (personal digital assistant) Different kinds of computers Pre-reading The usages of a computer listen to music do shopping search for information play computer games communicate with friends watch movies … The usages of a computer Reading How did a computer come into being? Task 1: (2m’) Skim the incomplete article to get the main idea and think about the following question: How did you find the main idea? The main idea of this article This article is about _________________________. the development of computers Topic sentence: A topic sentence sets out the main idea of a paragraph; is usually the first or last sentence of a paragraph. The development of computers changes ● ● ● improvement in memory new applications Task 2: (1m’) Scan the details to put them back to their place A B C The right order of the details I began as a calculating machine in France in 1642. Although I was young I could simplify difficult sums. I developed very slowly and it took nearly two hundred years before I was built as an analytical machine by Charles Babbage. After I was programmed by an operator who used cards with holes, I could “think” logically and produce an answer quicker than any person. At that time it was considered a technological revolution and the start of my “artificial intelligence”. In 1936 my real father, Alan Turing, wrote a book about how I could be made to work as a “universal machine” to solve any difficult mathematical problem. From then on, I grew rapidly both in size and in brainpower. First it was stored in tubes, then on transistors and later on very small chips. As a result I totally changed my shape. As I have grown older I have also grown smaller. Over time my memory has developed so much that, like an elephant, I never forget anyt