Guess!Atoy?Ahandbag?Iamveryoldnow.IwasborninChina.Manypeopleusedmeforcalculatinginthepast,butnowIamabitlonelybecausetheydon’tlikemenow.DoyouknowwhoIam?abacusGuessmore:Iamverysmall.Icanbeusedforcalculating.InChina,alotofstudentsusemewhensolvingmathematicalproblems.DoyouknowwhoIam?calculatorIcanbeusedforcalculating.Besides,IcanalsobeusedforwatchingDVD,sendinge-mailandcommunicatingthroughtheInternet.However,IamnotaPC,becauseI’msmallenoughforyoutotakemewithyou.notebookcomputerDoyouknowwhoIam?Discussion:Whatdotheyhaveincommon?•Ithinkthat…•Inmyopinion…•Ibelievethat…•What’syourreason?•Whydoyouthinkso?Givinganopinion:AhugecomputerAPCPalmtopWhoamI?Skimming:Gooverthestorytofindoutwhothespeakeris.Writedown3sentencestosupportyouridea.Itisacomputer.●“However,peoplethoughtIwassimple-mindeduntiltheydiscoveredIhad‘artificialintelligence’.”●”MyrealfatherwasAlanTuring....”●“Thenin1822IwasbuiltasanAnalyticalMachinebyCharlesBabbage.”1642TheAnalyticalMachinewasmadebyCharlesBabbage.19361960sThefirstfamilyofcomputerswasconnectedtoeachother.1970snowTimelineThecomputerbeganasacalculatingmachine．1822AlanTuringwroteabooktodescribehowcomputerscouldbemadetowork．ComputershadnewtransistorsandbecameSmaller.1960sComputerswerebroughtintopeople'shomes．Computersconnectpeopleallovertheworldtogether.Scanning:Inwhichorderisthetextorganized?TrueorFalse1.AlanTuringbuiltanAnalyticalMachinetosolveanymathematicalproblems.2.Peoplebegantorealizethatthecomputergotclevererandquickerwithtimepassing.3.Thecomputerbegantoservethehumanracesinceitwasbroughtintopeople’shomes.4.Sincethe1970s,thecomputerwasusedbypeoplearoundtheworldthroughtheInternet.5.Thelargerthecomputeris,themorememoryithas.FTFTF1.Choosethebestanswers1)What’sthemainideaofthetext?A.Thecomputerwantstofind“whoheis”.B.Thefunctionalchangeofthecomputer.C.Thecomputerbecomespopulararoundtheworld.D.Thehistoryofthecomputer.Comprehending:2)Whatcanyouinferfromthetext?A.Thecomputerhasartificialintelligence.B.Thecomputerchangesalotovertheyears.C.Thecomputerwasnotconnectedbyanetworkuntilintheearly1960s.D.Nowthecomputercanonlybeusedtodealwithinformation.Q1:HowdidthecomputerworkasanAnalyticalMachine?Thecomputerfollowedinstructionsfromcardswithholes.Q2:Inwhichwaydidcomputerstalktohumans?UsingBASIC.Q3:Whatdoes“others”(2.6)referto?Othercomputers.2.QuestionsQ4:Whydidpeoplethinkthecomputerwassimple-minded?Becausethecomputerwasmadeasacalculatingmachineandwasusedtosolvemathematicalproblems.Q5:Inhowmanywaysdowesaythecomputerchanged?Whatarethey?•Size:•Intelligence:•Speed:•Function:•People’opinion:smallerquickercleverercalculating----dealingwith…,communicatingwith…simple-minded----clever&usefulLanguagefocus:•1.Astheyearshavegoneby,Ihavebeenmadesmallerandsmaller.goby=pass随着时间的推移，电脑开始得到人们的认可。Astimewenton,computersbegantoberecognizedbypeople.随着年龄的增长，我们的阅历也益加丰富。Aswegrowolder,ourexperiencesbecomericherandricher.Languagefocus:•2.However,peoplethoughtIwassimple-mindeduntiltheydiscoveredIhad“artificialintelligence”.simple-minded=showingverylittleintelligenceabsent-minded心不在焉的open-minded虚心的，没有偏见的narrow-minded心胸狭窄的single-minded一心一意的strong-minded意志坚强的weak-minded低能的，愚蠢的•3.AndmymemorybecamesolargethatIcouldn’tbelieveit!so…that…:如此….以致于….Hewassoexcitedthathecouldnotspea...
