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
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
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.
Supporting 1 communications
details
2 finance 3 trade
4 robots 5 mobile phones
6 medical operations
7 space rockets
8 providing a life of high
quality
Summary
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
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.
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
In the _1_9_6_0_s_ they gave me a family connected by a _n_e_tw__o_r_k_. Now people call it the _I_n_te_r_n_e_t_. I have been used in _o_ff_i_c_es_ and _h_o_m__e_s since the 1970s. So I became PC. Since my _b_ir_t_h_ I have truly been built to serve the _h_u_m_a_n__ _r_a_ce_.
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 ?”.
Supporting 1 calculating machine
details
2 analytical machine
3 universal machine
4 PC
5 laptop
Paragraph 2
Topic sentence
These changes only became possible as my memory improved.
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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
computer.
c. The computer has been sent to explore
the Moon and Mars.
d. The computer began to simplify
difficult sums.
A. a. b. c. d.
B. b. c. a. d.
C. d. a. c. b.
A. In 1642.
B. In 1936.
C. In the 1940s. D. In the 1970s.
4. How old is the computer?
A. About 170 years old.
B. About 270 years old.
C. About 370 years old
Para- Para- Paragraph 1 graph 2 graph 3
Topic sentence Supporting details
tubes
communications finance
Topic sentence
Paragraph 1
Over time I have been changed quite a lot.
Retell the text by filling the following blanks. I began as a _c_a_lc_u_l_a_t_in_g_ _m__a_ch__in_e_ in 1642 in France. In 1822 I was built as an
_a_n_a_ly_t_i_ca_l_ m__a_c_h_i_n_e_. Then in 1936 Alan Turing wrote a book and built a _u_n_i_v_e_rs_a_l _m_a_c_h_i_n_e_. As the years have gone by, I have been made _sm__a_l_le_r_ and _s_m__a_ll_e_r_ but I became __cl_e_v_e_r_e_r_ and _q_u__ic_k_e_r__.
applications have been found
Para 3:
for me. Over time I have been
changed quite a lot.
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detail information
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Reading Comprehension III
the second generation (1956-1963)
the fourth generation(1971- )
the third generation (1964-1971)
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Reading Comprehension VI
Complete the chart below.
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 …
D. About 470 years old.
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5. Which of the following is in the right
order of time?
a. The computer was connected with
other computers.
b. Alan Turing wrote a book about the
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?
D. d. b. a. c.
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