人教版高中英语必修二Unit-3-coputers-reading-公开课课件.pptVIP

By Jen Look at the following pictures and tell their English names. Can you tell the development of computers? Do you know in what ways computers are used today?  Discuss it with your  deskmate.(2 min) Reading Can you find out the topic sentence of each paragraph? Can you find out the main idea of this passage? A. The development of computers. B. A machine which is simple-minded. C. The development and the applications of computers. D. Computers may replace human beings. Read para 1 and fill in the chart. (2 mins) What roles do computers play in the life of human beings? Timeline: Find out the development of computers in the following years. (1 min) Discussion In what ways computers can be used to do for human race in the future? Homework Finish exercise 1 on page 20 Find out some sentences of the passage you don’t understand. We will discuss it in next class. * Unit 3 Computers abacus calculator huge computer PC personal computer laptop PDA Personal Digital Assistant robot abacus calculator huge computer PC laptop PDA robot search for information watch movies listen to music read books and magazines buy things online play games on the computer Who am I? Para I: Para II: Para III: Who am I? Over time I have been changed quite a lot. These changes only became possible as my memory improved. Since the 1970s many new applications have been found out for me. Skim the passage and find out the topic sentence in each paragraph. (2 min) 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/ Laptop ______________________________ calculating Simplify 1822 logically universal Reality Since the 1970s Used in offices and homes My shape didn’t change even though my memory improved. The older I am, the