1、P18IntelligenceAnalytical 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 Pre-reading:1.Look at the pictures and the title of the reading passage.Predict what it is going to be about.2.Look a
2、t these inventions.Can you put them in an order according to the time when they appeared?After reading the passage,check to see if you were right.()analytical machine ()laptop ()calculating machine ()robot ()PC ()universal machine 123456It talks about the _ and the _ of computers.2.What does the pas
3、sage mainly talk about?historydevelopmentScanning:Listen to the tape,find out the answers to the following questions:1.“I”in the passage refers to _.A.A TV set B.A computer C.A radio D.The internetSkimming:True or False?1.In 1642 I began as a calculating machine and could solve any mathematical prob
4、lem.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 human race.FFTTFcalculatingAl
5、an Turingserve16421822The analytical machine was made by_.1936The computer began as a calculating machineAlan Turing wrote a book and built a universal machine to solve any mathematical problems.Careful reading:finish the timeline Charles Babbage1940s The first family of computers was connected to e
6、ach other by a network.1970s nowComputers had grown as large as a room.1960sComputers were used in offices and homes.Computers connect people all over the world together by the Internet.Develop-mentEarly days(para.1 changes)NameFunctionPoorStrongA _ machineSimplify difficult sumsAn _ machineThink lo
7、gically and produce an answer quicklyA _ machineSolve difficult _calculatinganalytical universal mathematical problemsDevelopmentDevelop-mentNetwork times(para2-3)_ stored in(para.2)TubesLargeSmall_Small chips _Narrow WideFinance_RobotsMobile phones_Space rocketsMedical operations MemoryTransistorsA
8、pplications(para.3)CommunicationTradeComprehending:1.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
9、from computers in the future.Comprehending:2.Why does the author use the first person “I”to write the reading passage?personification(拟人拟人)true and vivid In 1642,a _was used in France.Then in 1822,the _was made by Charles Babbage.It could follow instructions from cards with holes.In 1963,Alan Turing
10、,the real father of computers,wrote a book about how the computers could be made to work as a“_”to solve any difficult mathematical problem.Later,people discovered the computer had“_”.In the 1960s,the computer had his new_.Summary:calculating machineanalytical machineuniversal machineartificial inte
11、lligencetransistorsIts size was totally changed at that time.And in the early 1960s,the first family of computers were connected to each other by a _.In 1970s computers have brought into peoples homes.Now computers have been used by billions of people to deal with information and communicate with ea
12、ch other around the world by the _.networkInternetChanges 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 1960sNowadaysvirtual ke
13、yboards Nose-topkeyboard-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)
