Unit 3 Reading

Write out the words you know about computers and answer questions.

computer

monitor

click

software

search ……downloa

d

Internet

keyboard

1. What is PC? Speak the name on the whole.

Personal computer.

2. What is IT?Information Technology.

4. What is CD-ROM?Compact disc read-only memory.

3. What is DVD?

Digital Video Disc.

5. What is W.W.W?World wide web.

6. 科学技术。Science and technology.

7. 人工智能。Artificial intelligence.

8. 笔记本电脑。Notebook computer.

9. Who was the first person to build the

first computer?

Charles Babbage.

10. Who was the real father of the computer?

Alan Turing.

Task 1 SkimmingTask 1 Skimming

1. Who is the speaker in this story?

A computer.

2. Find out three sentences from the

story to support your idea.

1) Then in 1822 I was built as an

Analytical machine by Charles

Babbage.

2) My real father was Alan Turing, who in

1936 wrote a book to describe how computers

could be made to work, ……

3) However, people thought I was

simple-minded until they discovered

I had “artificial intelligence.”

People have ________intelligence.natural

The machine is introducing itself mainly according to _______.A. function ( 作用 )B. timeC. size

B

How does the machine introduce himself?

Time

A _____________machine

An _____________machine

A _____________machine

A machine with ___________intelligence

A machine with _____________________

A machine given a family connected by________________

A group of machines connected by ________________

calculating

analytical

universal

artificial

new transistors

a network

the internet

1642

1936

1822

then

1960s

Early 1960s

1970s

Changes of machines

Time Changes of machines

1642 A calculating machine can only ______________________

1822 An analytical machine can follow _____________________

1936 A universal machine can solve any _______________problems

then A machine with artificial intelligence is not _____________ but quite _____________.

1960sA machine with new transistors is getting _________________

early 1960s

A machine given a family connected by a network can talk to ___________using BASIC

1970sA group of machines connected by the internet can ________people who aren’t close enough to speak to each other at home.

calculate

instructions from cards with holesmathematical

intelligentquicker and cleverer

humans

connect

and changes of its functions

simple-minded

simple-minded:

showing very little intelligence

头脑简单的 ; 笨的 Richard is smart but he has a lot of si

mple-minded friends ． 理查德很聪明 , 可是他有许多头脑简单的朋友。 simple-minded 是一个复合形容词 , 与它结构相同的复合形容词还有：

absent-minded

quick-minded

narrow-minded

single-minded

strong-minded

weak-minded

心不在焉的思维敏捷的心胸狭窄的一心一意的意志坚强的

低能的 , 意志不强的

How useful computers are!

How do you use computers and the Internet?

use computer for school work

play games on the computer

send emails to friends

surf the Web

for fun download music and films

chat online

search for information

do shopping online

…..

1.Read the passage aloud after class and

fill in the timeline on P19.

2. Finish the Ex1 .Ex2 and Ex3 in

Learning about Language on page19.

Homework