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New Words and Expressions
Intelligence
智力
Analytical machine
分析机
Universal machine
通用机
Transistor
晶体管
Artificial intelligence
人工智能
Technological revolution
科技革命
function
功能
Look at 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.
( 2 ) analytical machine ( 5 ) laptop
( 1 ) calculating machine
( 6 ) robot
( 4 ) PC
( 3 ) universal machine
The main idea of the passage:
history of the
This is a short ________
______________
development of computers.
True or False?
F 1. In 1642 I began as a calculating machine
F 2.
T 3.
T
4.
F 5.
and could solve any calculating
mathematical problem.
My real father was Charles
Babbage, who
Alan Turing
wrote a book and build me in 1936.
After I got my new transistors in the 1960s,
I became smaller but cleverer and quicker.
I was brought into people’s homes in the
1970s.
Since my birth I have been built to
take the place of human race.
serve
Consolidation
1. “I” in the passage refers to _______.
A.A TVset
B. A computer
C. A radio
D. The internet
2.When was the computer the biggest?
A.In 1642
B.In 1936
C.In the 1940s
D.In the 1970s
3.How old is the computer?
A.About 370 years old
B About 270 years old.
C.About 70 years old.
D.About 470 years old.
4. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
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.
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 from computers
in the future.
Comprehending
1 Finish the timeline below
1642
The computer began as a
calculating machine．
1822
The analytical machine was made
by Charles Babbage.
1936
The computer grew rapidly both
in size and in brainpower.
1940s Computers had grown as large
as a room.
The first family of computers was
1960s
connected to each other.
1970s Computers were used in offices
and homes.
now
Computers connect people all
over the world together.
2 Complete the chart below
Topic
sentence
Paragraph1
Paragraph2 Paragraph3
Over time I have
been changed
quite a lot.
These changes
only … as my
memory
improved.
Support- calculating
machine
ing
analytical machine
details
universal machine
PC
laptop
tubes
transistors
chips
network
World Wide
Web
Since the 1970s
many new
applications
…for me.
communications
finance
trade
robots
mobile phones
medical operations
space robots
Development
Develop- Early days
ment
Name
calculating
A _________
machine
analytical
An ________
machine
universal
A _________
machine
Function
Poor
Simplify difficult
sums
Think logically
and produce an
answer quickly
Solve difficult
mathematical
____________
problems
__________
Strong
Develop- Network times
ment
Memory
_________
Tubes
stored in
____________
Transistors
Small chips
Applications
______
__________
Communication
Finance
________
Trade
Robots
Mobile phones
___________
Medical operations
Space rockets
Large
Small
Narrow
Wide
Changes of the machine
Calculating
machine
Analytica
l machine
Universal
machine
In 1642
In 1822
In 1936
In the 1960s
Machine with
new transistor
Machine with artificial
intelligence
Nowadays
A family
connected by a
network
A family used by
the Internet
Charles Babbage
Alan Turing
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 to 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
connected to each other. In 1970s computers have
brought into people’s 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.
convenient laptop
smaller desktop
palmtop
Discussion
1.What can the future computer be like?
2.What can we do by computer in the future?
virtual keyboards
虚拟键盘
Nose-top
keyboard-vest
You are given a chance to design a
computer for yourself.
Draw a picture about it and describe(描
述) what functions it has.
You will be asked to introduce(介绍)
your computer.
(appearance &functions)
Homework:
1.Read and review the text.
2.Get the language points
for the next class.