Unit 3 Computers课前预习导学课标导航功能1.Making decisionsI think/don't think that...I believe that...I've decided that...Let's make a decision.2.ReasoningThe advantage/disadvantage is...I agree/don't agree...because...Give me your reasons.What makes you think so?句型before 引导时间状语从句,表示“在……之前”as...as...“像……一样”as 引导的从句so...that...如此……以至于……语法现在完成时被动语态的结构和用法Over time I have been changed quite a lot.First as a PC(personal computer) and then as a laptop,I have been used in offices and homes since the 1970s.Since the 1970s many new applications have been found for me.写作Argumentative writing:computer's effects on people考点intelligence(2011 江苏高考,27) somehow(2011 江西高考,27) before 引导的状语从句(2011 四川高考,6) as 引导的状语从句(2012 山东高考,27/2011 全国高考Ⅰ,22) go ahead(2011 辽宁高考,35) deal with (2011 天津高考,8) 现在完成时的被动语态(2011 天津高考,3/2011 北京高考,21 等)主题导读Steve Jobs (February 24,1955October 5,2011) was an American inventor and entrepreneur(企业家).He was cofounder,chairman,and CEO of Apple Inc.In the late 1970s,Jobs—along with other Apple cofounders—designed,developed,and marketed one of the first commercially successful lines of personal computers,the Apple Ⅱ series.In 1985,Jobs resigned from Apple and founded NeXT , a computer platform development company specializing in the highereducation and business markets.Apple's subsequent (继任者) brought Jobs back to the company he cofounded,and he served as its interim(临时的)CEO from 1997,then becoming permanent(永久的) CEO from 2000 onwards.After resigning as CEO in August 2011,Jobs was elected chairman of Apple's board of directors.On October 5,2011 ,Jobs died in California at age 56 ,seven years after being di...