Intelligence

Analytical machine

Universal machine

Transistor

Artificial intelligence

Technological revolution

function

智力分析机通用机晶体管人工智能科技革命功能

New Words and Expressions

Look at these inventions. Can you put them

in an order according to the time when they

appeared? After reading the passage, check

to see if you were right.

( ) analytical machine ( ) laptop

( ) calculating machine

( ) robot

( ) PC

( ) universal machine

12

34

5

6

This is a short ________ of the ______________ of computers.

The main idea of the passage:

historydevelopment

True or False?1. In 1642 I began as a calculating machine a

nd could solve any mathematical problem.

2. My real father was Charles Babbage, who

wrote a book and build 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 people’s homes in the 19

70s.

5. Since my birth I have been built to

take the place of human race.

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calculating

Alan Turing

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Consolidation

1. “I” in the passage refers to _______.

A.A TVset

B. A computer

C. A radio

D. The internet

2.When was the computer the biggest?

A.In 1642

B.In 1936

C.In the 1940s

D.In the 1970s

3.How old is the computer?

A.About 370 years old

B About 270 years old.

C.About 70 years old.

D.About 470 years old.

A. Charles Babbage built an Analytical Machine in 1642.

B. A “universal machine” was built to solve any difficult mathematical problem in 1936.

C. The computers were connected by a network in the late 1960s.

D. Computers were used in offices and homes since the 1970s.

4. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

5. What can we infer from the text ?

A. A computer can take the place of the hu

man race to do any work in the future.

B. The smaller a computer is, the faster it ca

lculates.

C. Computers can solve all the problems of t

he human race.

D. People can benefit more from computers

in the future.

1642

1822 The analytical machine was made by Charles Babbage.

1936

The computer began as a calculating machine．

The computer grew rapidly both in size and in brainpower.

Finish the timeline below1

Comprehending

1940s

The first family of computers was

connected to each other.

1970s

now

Computers had grown as large as a room.

1960s

Computers were used in offices and homes.

Computers connect people all over the world together.

Paragraph1 Paragraph2 Paragraph3

Topic sentence

Support-

ing details

calculating machine

tubes communications

financeanalytical machine

universal machine

PC

laptop

transistors

chips

network

World Wide Web

trade robots mobile phones medical operations space robots

Over time I have been changed quite a lot.

These changes only … as my memory improved.

Since the 1970s many new applications…for me.

Complete the chart below2

Develop-ment

Early days

Name Function Poor

Strong

A _________ machine

Simplify difficult sums

An ________ machine

Think logically and produce an answer quickly

A _________ machine

Solve difficult ______________________

calculating

analytical

universal mathematical problems

Development

Develop-ment

Network times_________ stored in

Tubes Large

Small____________Small chips

______ __________ Narrow

Wide

Finance________RobotsMobile phones___________Space rocketsMedical operations

MemoryTransistors

Applications Communication

Trade

Changes of the machine

Calculating machine

Analytical machine

Universal machine

Machine with artificial intelligence

Machine with new transistor

A family connected by a network

A family used by the Internet

In 1642 In 1822 In 1936

In the 1960s

Nowadays

Alan TuringCharles Babbage

In 1642, a calculating machine was used in France.

Then in 1822, the Analytical Machine was made by Ch

arles Babbage. It could follow instructions from cards

with holes. In 1963, Alan Turing, the real father of co

mputers, wrote a book about how the computers could

be made to work as a “universal machine” to solve any

difficult mathematical problem. Later, people discover

ed the computer had “artificial intelligence”. In the 19

60s, the computer had his new transistors.

Its size was totally changed at that time. And in the earl

y1960s, the first family of computers were connected to

each other. In 1970s computers have brought into peop

le’s homes. Now computers have been used by billions

of people to deal with information and communicate wi

th each other around the world by the Internet.

palmtop

smaller desktop

convenient laptop

virtual keyboards 虚拟键盘

Nose-topkeyboard-vest

1.What can the future computer be like?2.What can we do by computer in the future?

Discussion

You are given a chance to design a computer for yourself.

Draw a picture about it and describe(描述 ) what functions it has.

You will be asked to introduce(介绍 ) your computer. (appearance &functions)

1.Read and review the text.

2.Get the language points f

or the next class.

Homework: