人教版高中英语必修二课件：Unit3-Reading(共23页).ppt

1、IntelligenceAnalytical machineUniversal machineTransistorArtificial intelligenceTechnological revolutionfunction智力智力分析机分析机通用机通用机晶体管晶体管人工智能人工智能科技革命科技革命功能功能New Words and Expressions Look at these inventions. Can you put them in an order according to the time when they appeared? After reading the passa

2、ge, check to see if you were right. ( ) analytical machine ( ) laptop ( ) calculating machine ( ) robot ( ) PC ( ) universal machine 123456This is a short _ of the _ of computers.The main idea of the passage:historydevelopmentTrue or False?1. In 1642 I began as a calculating machine and could solve

3、any mathematical problem.2. My real father was Charles Babbage, who wrote a book and build me in 1936.3. After I got my new transistors in the 1960s, I became smaller but cleverer and quicker.4. I was brought into peoples homes in the 1970s.5. Since my birth I have been built to take the place of hu

4、man race.FFTTFcalculatingAlan TuringserveConsolidation1. “I” in the passage refers to _.A.A TVset B. A computer C. A radioD. The internet2.When was the computer the biggest?A.In 1642B.In 1936C.In the 1940sD.In the 1970s3.How old is the computer?A.About 370 years oldB About 270 years old.C.About 70 y

5、ears old.D.About 470 years old.A. Charles Babbage built an Analytical Machine in 1642. B. A “universal machine” was built to solve any difficult mathematical problem in 1936.C. The computers were connected by a network in the late 1960s.D. Computers were used in offices and homes since the 1970s.4.

6、Which of the following statements is TRUE?5. What can we infer from the text ?A. A computer can take the place of the human race to do any work in the future. B. The smaller a computer is, the faster it calculates. C. Computers can solve all the problems of the human race. D. People can benefit more

7、 from computers in the future.16421822The analytical machine was made by Charles Babbage.1936The computer began as a calculating machineThe computer grew rapidly both in size and in brainpower.Finish the timeline below1Comprehending1940s The first family of computers was connected to each other.1970

8、s nowComputers had grown as large as a room.1960sComputers were used in offices and homes.Computers connect people all over the world together.Paragraph1Paragraph2 Paragraph3Topic sentenceSupport-ing detailscalculating machine tubescommunicationsfinanceanalytical machine universal machine PC laptop

9、transistors chips networkWorld Wide Web trade robots mobile phones medical operations space robotsOver time I have been changed quite a lot.These changes only as my memory improved.Since the 1970s many new applicationsfor me.Complete the chart below2Develop-mentEarly daysNameFunctionPoorStrongA _ ma

10、chineSimplify difficult sumsAn _ machineThink logically and produce an answer quicklyA _ machineSolve difficult _calculatinganalytical universal mathematical problemsDevelopmentDevelop-mentNetwork times_ stored inTubesLargeSmall_Small chips _Narrow WideFinance_RobotsMobile phones_Space rocketsMedica

11、l operations MemoryTransistorsApplicationsCommunicationTradeChanges of the machineCalculating machineAnalytical machineUniversal machineMachine with artificial intelligenceMachine with new transistorA family connected by a networkA family used by the InternetIn 1642In 1822In 1936In the 1960sNowadays

12、Alan TuringCharles Babbage In 1642, a calculating machine was used in France. Then in 1822, the Analytical Machine was made by Charles Babbage. It could follow instructions from cards with holes. In 1963, Alan Turing, the real father of computers, wrote a book about how the computers could be made t

13、o work as a “universal machine” to solve any difficult mathematical problem. Later, people discovered the computer had “artificial intelligence”. In the 1960s, the computer had his new transistors. Its size was totally changed at that time. And in the early1960s, the first family of computers were c

14、onnected to each other. In 1970s computers have brought into peoples homes. Now computers have been used by billions of people to deal with information and communicate with each other around the world by the Internet.palmtop smaller desktop convenient laptop virtual keyboards 虚拟键盘虚拟键盘Nose-topkeyboar

15、d-vest1.What can the future computer be like?2.What can we do by computer in the future?DiscussionYou are given a chance to design a computer for yourself.Draw a picture about it and describe(描描述述) what functions it has.You will be asked to introduce(介绍介绍) your computer. (appearance &functions)1.Read and review the text.2.Get the language points for the next class.Homework: