高一英语必修二unit3reading课件.pptxVIP

课标人教实验版高一 Module 2Unit 3ReadingWarming up Look at these pictures. Discuss what they have in common. Predict what it is going to be about.What’s next?Pre-reading questionsWhat have computers changed our life?2. What changes will they bring to us in the future?Task 1 Skimming1. Who is the speaker in this story? A computer.2. Write down three sentences from the story to support your idea. 1) I was built as an Analytical machine by Charles Babbage.2) My real father, Alan Turing, …3) I was always lonely standing there by myself, until in early 1960s they gave me a family connected by a network.Task 2 Fast reading1. Where were you in 1642? In France.2. What happened to you after nearly two hundred years? I was built as an Analytical Machine by Babbage.3. What were you called in 1936? A universal machine.4. What happened to you in the 1970s? I have been used in offices and homes.Task 3 Careful readingThe computer began as a calculating machinehe analytical machine was made by Charles Babbage.1936The computer grew rapidly both in size and in brainpower.1940s The first family of computers was connected to each other.1970s nowComputers had grown as large as a room.1960sComputers were used in offices and homes.Computers connect people all over the world together.DevelopmentEarly daysNameFunctionPoorStrongA _________ machineSimplify difficult sumsAn ________ machineThink logically and produce an answer quicklyA _________ machineSolve difficult ______________________calculatinganalytical universal mathematical problemsDevelopmentNetwork times_________ stored inTubesLargeSmall____________Small chips ________________Narrow WideFinance________RobotsMobile phones___________Space rocketsMemoryTransistorsApplicationsCommunicationTradeMedical operations Task 4 Fill in the blanks.1completely2complete change3to make things easier4to find the answer using numbers5can be moved easily from place to place 6to work out the answer to a problemtotallyrevolutionsimplifycalculatemobi