applications have been found for me.
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Reading Comprehension IV
1. Who was the first person to make the
earliest computer?
A. Alan Turing. B. Charles Babbage.
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5. I began as a calculating machine in Japan in 1642.
6. In 1936, I grew rapidly both in size and in brainpower.
7. As time went by, I was made bigger. 8. Since the 1970s many new
6. the part of computer that we can put a CD in
screen keyboard mouse monitor DVD-ROM hard disk
Reading
WHO AM I?
Skimming to get
general ideas
Skimming
Reading Comprehension I
Skimming
Reading Comprehension II
Look at these inventions. Can you put them in an order according to the time when they appeared?
( 2 ) analytical machine ( 5 ) laptop ( 1 ) calculating machine ( 6 ) robot ( 4 ) PC ( 3 ) universal machine
C. Charles Turing. D. Alan Babbage.
2. When was the “universal machine” built?
A. In 1822.
B. In 1642.
C. In 1936.
D. In 1970.
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3. When was the computer the biggest?
3.Functional item, how to tell the history about the computer.
Warming up
Can you give me the English names of a computer components (组件)? Tips: 1. We can use a computer to …
Careful reading
Match the main ideas and the paragraphs.
Para 1:
These changes only became possible as my memory
improved.
Para 2:
Since the 1970s many new
2. the part of the monitor that you look at
3. something you use to click on things (files, etc.)
4. the part of the computer that you type on
5. the part of a computer that stores information
1. Who is the speaker in this story? A computer.
2. What’s the main idea of this passage? A. The development of computers. B. The development and use of computers. C. A machine which is simple-minded. D. Computers may replace human beings.
applications have been found
Para 3:
for me. Over time I lot.
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detail information
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Reading Comprehension III
A. In 1642.
Unit 3
Computers
Reading
Learning Aims
1. To learn about something about computers.
2. Reading and understanding, catching the history and information of the passage“who am I ?”.
2. It is made up of some parts, such as…
components of a computer screen 屏幕 monitor 显示器
host 主机
speaker 音响
keyboard 键盘 mouse 鼠标
Match
1. the part of the computer that looks like a television
True or False 1. My real father was Charles Babbage,
who wrote a book and built me in 1936. 2. After I got my new transistors in the
1960s, I became smaller but cleverer and quicker. 3. I was brought into people’s homes in the 1970s. 4. Since my birth I have been built to take the place of the human race.