1、WHO AM I ?,Reading,Intelligence Analytical machine Universal machine Transistor Artificial intelligence Technological revolution function,智力 分析机 通用机 晶体管 人工智能 科技革命 功能,New Words and Expressions,Look at these inventions. Can you put them in an order according to the time when they appeared? After readi
2、ng the passage, check to see if you were right.,( ) analytical machine ( ) laptop( ) calculating machine ( ) robot( ) PC ( ) universal machine,1,2,3,4,5,6,listening,This is a short _ of the _ of computers.,The main idea of the passage:,history,development,True or False? In 1642 I began as a calculat
3、ing machine and could solve any mathematical problem. My real father was Charles Babbage, who 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 peoples homes in the 1970s. Since my birth I have been built to
4、take the place of human race.,F,F,T,T,F,calculating,Alan Turing,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 year
5、s old B About 270 years old. C.About 70 years old. D.About 470 years old.,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
6、used in offices and homes since the 1970s.,4. Which of the following statements is TRUE?,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 proble
7、ms of the human race. D. People can benefit more from computers in the future.,The computer began as a calculating machine,The computer grew rapidly both in size and in brainpower.,Finish the timeline below,1,Comprehending,Computers had grown as large as a room.,1960s,Computers were used in offices
8、and homes.,Computers connect people all over the world together.,analytical machine,universal machine,PC,laptop,transistors,chips,network,World Wide Web,trade,robots,mobile phones,medical operations,space robots,Over time I have been changed quite a lot.,These changes only as my memory improved.,Sin
9、ce the 1970s many new applications for me.,Complete the chart below,2,calculating,analytical,universal,mathematical problems,Development,Medical operations,Memory,Transistors,Applications,Communication,Trade,Changes of the machine,Calculating machine,Analytical machine,Universal machine,Machine with
10、 artificial intelligence,Machine with new transistor,A family connected by a network,A family used by the Internet,retell,In 1642,In 1822,In 1936,In the 1960s,Nowadays,Alan Turing,Charles Babbage,In 1642, a calculating machine was used in France. Then in 1822, the Analytical Machine was made by Char
11、les 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
12、intelligence”. In the 1960s, the computer had his new transistors.,Changes of the computer,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 peoples homes. Now computers have been used by
13、 billions of people to deal with information and communicate with each other around the world by the Internet.,palmtop,smaller desktop,convenient laptop,What are todays smaller computers like?,virtual keyboards 虚拟键盘,Nose-top keyboard-vest,What can the future computer be like? What can we do by compu
14、ter in the future?,Discussion,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),Group work,1.Read and review the text. 2.Get the language points for the next class.,Homework:,
