1、学习内容: 1.了解计算机发展史2. 了解课文中的重点词组和句型的意思。 学习方法：预习单词、warming up 、pre-reading和 reading 以完成下列任务学习时间：Task 1: Go through the passage quickly and judge True or False. 1) In 1642 I began as a calculating machine and could solve any mathematical problem. ( )2) My real father was Charles Babbage, who wrote a book
2、 and built me in 1936. ( )3) After I got my new transistors in the 1960s, I became smaller but cleverer and quicker. ( )4) I was brought into peoples homes in the 1970s. ( )5) Since my birth I have been built to take the place of the human race. ( )Task 2: Find out these useful phrases from Warming
3、up, Pre- reading and Reading and translate them into Chinese.1) have sth. in common _2) compare A withto B_3) according to_4) work out_5) put in an order _6) sound simple_ 7) begin as_8) calculating machine_9) at that time_10) technological revolution _11) solve problems_12) artificial intelligence_
4、 13) go by_14) stand there by oneself_15) as a result_16) connect A with B_17) share information with sb._18) as well as_19) provide sb. with sth._20) be filled with_21) a life of high quality_22) a devoted friend_Task 3: Scan the passage and try to find the answers1) Where were you in 1642? _.2) Wh
5、at were you called in 1936?_.3) What happened to you in the 1970s?_.Task4: Fill in the table belowTimeEvents16421822The analytical machine was made by Charles Babbage.1940sThe first family of computers was connected to each other.1970sNowTask 5: Choose the best answers1) Whats the main idea of the t
6、ext?A. The computer wants to find “who he is”.B. The functional change of the computer.C. The computer becomes popular around the world.D. The history of the computer.2) What can you infer from the text?A. The computer has artificial intelligence.B. The computer changes a lot over the years.C. The c
7、omputer was not connected by a network until in the early 1960s.D. Now the computer can only be used to deal with information.参考答案Task1: 1) F 2) F 3) T 4) T 5)FTask2: 1)和有共同点 2)把和比较 3)根据 4)计算出，解决 5)把按顺序排列 6)听起来简单 7)以.开始 8)计算机器 9)在那时 10)技术改革 11)解决问题 12)人工智能 13)流逝，经过 14) 独自矗立 15)因此 16)把和连接 17) 和分享信息 1
8、8) 和，而且 19)提供给某人某物 20) 充满 21) 一种高质量的生活 22)一个忠诚的朋友Task3: 1) In France 2) A universal machine 3) Since the 1970s many new applications have been found for me.Task4:TimeEvents1642The computer began as a calculating machine.1822The analytical machine was made by Charles Babbage.1936The computer grew rap
9、idly both in size and in brainpower.1940sThe first family of computers was connected to each other.1960sThe first family of computers was connected to each other.1970sComputers were used in offices and homes.NowComputers connect people all over the world together.Task5: 1) D 2) B版权所有：高考资源网()版权所有：高考资源网()