课标人教实验版 高一 Module 2 Unit 3

Reading

Guess who I am.

Task 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 reading 1. 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.

1completely 2complete change 3The study of how to make computers do intelligent things. 4being born 5unable to understand difficulties 6pass totally revolution Artificial intelligence birth simple-minded go by Task 4 Fill in the blanks.

7take correct action for 8linked computer system 9indeed 10used to show that something happens in spite of a problem deal with network truly 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 Who was the computers’ real father? Alan Turing.

Read the passage and then fill in the chart. Reading task on Page 58

RECORD CARDHUA 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 dances Silver medal for high flying exercises Began 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 residents 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 couldn't communicate with his dull business friends ． 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 simple-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 goes 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 with 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