computer can be used as…..typewriterprojectordrawing boardvideo game playerinternetHow does we use the internet?watchcameratelephonecalendarcell phone can be used as…..1.What is the “information age”? A time of new discoveries and great changes.New technology always used in old ways1.What’s the meaning of the title? 2.Why are scientific metaphors like “memory" and “paste”useful?How may they limit our thinking?Fast-reading:Language pointsPragraph1:It is certainly true that…We are said to be living in the “Information Age", a time of new discoveries and great changes…(p62)Sb said to do sth/be said to be doing/to have done sthe.g He is said to be a good basketball player when he was young.It is said that…a time of new discoveries and great changes 是同位语…Has our life changed that much?...(P63) that=so在口语中程度副词可以由 so, very 来代替Pragraph2:…A computer’s “memory" is similar to human memory, but it is also very different. (pragraph2,line6) A be similar to Be.g. His new bike is similar to mine.....After all, What makes a new invention such a wonderful thing is that it allow us to do sth we could not do before.(pragraph2 line10) allow 允许 , 许可… . 进入 allow + 名 /doingI will never allow such behavior. 我决不允许这样的行为Smoking is not allowed here. 此地禁止吸烟 allow+sb +to do Are we allowed to play catch here?我们可以在这里练习投球吗 ?Pragraph3:Now that we are developing new technology at such a high pace, the …(pragraph3,line2)now that 既然 =since…(since that…)e.g Now that you have grown up, you must stop this childish behavior.Practical computer English( 计算机术语 ) out of data , out of memory, overflow, copy , complete file, delete, lock, enter , return , store, cut , pasteCompute...
