Unit 3  Computers   (a Learning plan )

 Period 1  Warming up and reading

廖明霞

Part A Comprehending:

1.Fill in the form with the information you get from the reading passage:

My Resume

Name:   computer       Age: ________     

Birthplace: ________________

Used names: 1642: ________________________  1834 _____________________

           1936:_________________________  later: _____________________

Family members: Grandfather: ________________father: ___________________

Brothers & sisters: in the early 1960s, millions of us are connected by a ___________ called ______________.

Abilities & experiences:

1642: could ___________ difficult ___________________.

1834: ______________________________________________________________

1936: ______________________________________________________________

1940s-1960s: grow larger and then smaller; strong _______________________.

1970s—now: many new ____________ used in communication, __________, trade, robots, _____________, medical operations and _____________.

My goal: ___________________________________________________________

My quality: happy, ___________________________________________________.

2. Can you find a topic sentence in each paragraph? Any supporting details?

  para 1:

  para 2:

para 3:

3. Can you give my story another title?

4. In which order is my story organized?

Part B Discussing

What will my future be like?

What changes/ improvement/ new applications will be brought about?

•          Changes: size, intelligence, speed, function:

•          Improvement: shapes, network

•          New applications: Artificial functions

Words and expressions to help:

•          v: explore, solve, simplify…

•          adj & adv: mobile, universal, totally, anyhow..

•          n: network, reality, goal, operator …

•          phr: as a result (of), so…that, from now on…

Part C Language focus:

1.Which has the closest meaning?

After I was programmed by an operator who..

A. Ring the operator and ask for a call to Room 8221.

B. Jack is a computer operator.

C. The operator should make sure that the customer can get high quality goods.

2.Match the meaning and sentence:

explore  A. arrive，
B. examine carefully,
C. to travel to an area to learn about it

1. As your dog grows, he will be able to explore higher places.

2. A lot of scientists are exploring the island.

3. The doctor explored the patient.

3.When the memory of computer was stored on very small chips, what’s the result? As a result it totally changed its shape. completely完全地；整个地

Let me forget you ________.

让我死心塌地忘记。---《冷酷到底》

试译： 未来完全掌握在自己手中。

4.Over time my memory has developed so much that, like an elephant, I never forget anything I have been told!

　so ……that ……      如此……以致于……

试用三种方式翻译：这块石头如此沉重，以致于没有人搬得起。