课标人教实验版高一 Module 2

Unit 3

Reading

Guess who I am.

Task 1 SkimmingTask 1 Skimming

1. Who is the speaker in this story?

A computer.

2. Write down three sentences from

the story to support your idea.

1) Then in 1822 I was built as an

Analytical machine by Charles

Babbage.

2) My real father was Alan Turing, …

3) However, people thought I was

simple-minded until they discovered

I had “artificial intelligence.”

Task 2 Fast reading1. Where were you in 1642? In France.2. What happened to you in 1822? I was built as an Analytical Machine by Babbage.3. What were you called in 1936? A universal machine.4. What happened to you in the 1970s? I was brought into people’s homes.

1642

The Analytical Machine was built by Charles Babbage

1936

The computer began as a calculating machine ．

1822

Alan Turing wrote a book to describe how computers could be made ．

Task 3 Careful reading

1960s

The first family of computers was

connected to each other.

1970s

now

Computers had new transistors and became smaller

1960s

Computers were brought into people's homes ．

Computers connect people all over the world together.

1 completely

2 complete change

3 The study of how to make computers do intelligent things.

4 being born

5 unable to understand difficulties

6 pass

totally

revolution

Artificial intelligence

birth

simple-minded

go by

Task 4 Fill in the blanks.

7 take correct action for

8 linked computer system

9 indeed

10 used to show that something happens in spite of a problem

deal with

networktruly

anyway

1. What is PC? Speak the name on the whole.

It means: personal computer.

2. What is IT?Information Technology.

3. What is CD-ROM?

Compact disc read-only memory.

4. What is DVD?

Digital Video Disc.

5. What is W.W.W?World wide web.

6. 科学技术。Science and technology.

7. 人工智能。Artificial intelligence.

8. 笔记本电脑。Notebook computer.

9. Who was the first person to devise the

first computer?

Charles Babbage invented an Analytical

machine in 1822.

10. Who was the computers’ real father?

Alan Turing.

Read the passage and then fill in the chart.

Reading task on Page 58 Reading task on Page 58

RECORD CARD HUA FEI

 Ability

Performance in 78th Olympics

 

Prize won

Performance in 79th Olympics

 

Reason for failure

 

Treatment  

Excellent style and movements; Olympic standard

Wonderful turns, dives, circles and dancesSilver medal for high flying exercisesBegan very well but failed through no fault of his own

Parachute failed to open.

Two new legs and a new head

1. calculate v. work (sth.) out by using numbers

e.g. calculate the cost of sth.

calculator n.

让我们一起回忆一下以 or 结尾的词吧：

visitor, survivor, competitor

Language points

2. in common: for or by all of a group 共同的；共有的；共用的 the land owned in common by the resi

dents 居民共有的土地 in common 常常同 have 连用，如： have nothing in common 无共同之处 have little in common 几乎无共同之处

have something in common 有一些共同之处have a lot in common 有许多共同之处以下是从英国国家语料库中选出来的几个例句 :

1) You know, Dorothy, you and I have one

thing in common ．2) We just had nothing in common and I co

uldn't communicate with his dull business f

riends ．3) I suddenly felt we had a lot in common.

3. analytical adj. 分析的 , 解析的

analyse vt. 分析 ; 研究 analogy n. 相似 ; 类似 analysis n. 分析 ; 研究 analyst n. 分析家 analytic adj. 分析的 ; 分解的

4. simple-minded:

showing very little intelligence

头脑简单的 ; 笨的 Richard is smart but he has a lot of si

mple-minded friends ． 理查德很聪明 , 可是他有许多头脑简单的朋友。 simple-minded 是一个复合形容词 , 与它结构相同的复合形容词还有：

absent-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

5. artificial adj. 人工的 , 人造的 artificial flowers/limbs/pearls

假花 / 假肢 / 假珍珠 artificial intelligence 人工智能

6. anyway 无论如何 Anyway, you can try.

无论如何你可以试试。 I don’t care what you say; I’m going

to do it anyway.

比较 : someway 意为“以某种方式 ;

不知 怎么地”

7. go by: (of time) pass

e.g. As time goes by my memory gets

worse and worse.

8. totally adv. 整个地 ; 完全地 totally blind 全盲 total adj. 完全的 ; 整个的 total silence 寂静无声 in total 总共

9. And my memory became so large that I

couldn’t believe it!

句型： so… that… 　如此……以致于……与 too…to… 句型的相互转换

And my memory became too large for me to believe it.

eg He is so old that he can’t carry the box.

He is too old to carry the box.

此结构中的 that 从句表示结果。 The stone is so heavy that no one can lift it.

比较 : so that 既可以表结果 , 也可以表目的。

so...that... 结构的 so+ 形容词 / 副词位于句首时 , 句子用倒装结构。 So hard does he work that he seldom g

oes home.

10. deal with

1) 对待 ( 人、事 ) 同 get along/on with,

do with

2) 论及 ......, 同 refer to

3) 与 ...... 交易 deal in sth. 买卖 / 交易 deal sth. out 分发 ; 分配

比较 : deal with/do with

“ ”两者都可以表示 处理 , 但在特殊疑问句中 , do with也 what连用 ,deal wi

th与 how连用。What do you do with

How do you deal with

the wounded?

11. I love being used to connect people

who aren’t close enough to speak to

each other.enough 的用法 :

作名词e.g. Enough has been done for him.

作形容词 ( 通常放在名词前）e.g. We have not enough food.

作副词 ( 放在形容词 , 副词，动词之后）e.g. The book is easy enough for her to read.

They didn’t run fast enough.

You didn’t practise enough at the piano.

Look up the words below:

in common, go by, anyway, so...that,

in a way, watch over.

Finish the Ex2 and Ex3 in Learning

about Language on page27.

Homework