八年级英语上册 Unit 3 Computers Reading 1课件

Period

1Getting

readyReading

(I)Culture

cornerOxford

EnglishUnit

Module

2

Science

and3technologyComputers￥12,000￥3,600BrainstormComputertypecalculateThe

shows

words

and

pictures.Weusethe

fortyping.The“brain”ofacomputerisinthe

.Wemovethe

to

control

thecomputer.Wehearsoundfromthe

.How

much

do

you

know

about

computers?

Look

at

the

photo

below

and

complete

the

sentences

with

the

correct

names.Look

at

the

pictures,

the

title

and

the

sub-headings

of

the

article

on

page

35.Then

tick

(✓)

the

facts

that

the

article

probably

talks

about.Computers

are

getting

smaller

and

better.Computers

can

do

important

jobs

like

flying

planes.Computers

maywork

asdoctors.Computers

areexpensive.Before

youread3A

sub-headingusually

tellsusthe

topic

of

theparagraph(s)belowit.sub-headingsLook

at

the

pictures,

the

title

and

the

sub-headings

of

the

article

on

page

35.Then

tick

(✓)

the

facts

that

the

article

probably

talks

about.✓✓✓1 Computers

are

getting

smaller

and

better.2 Computers

can

do

important

jobs

like

flying

planes.3 Computers

maywork

asdoctors.4 Computers

areexpensive.Computer

factsSmaller

and

betterIn

the

1940s,

the

first

computers

were

bigger

than

cars.

Nowcomputers

are

becoming

smaller

and

better.Some

computers

are

tiny.

You

may

be

unaware

of

them.There

is

probably

one

inside

your

TV

or

washing

machine.You

depend

on

computers

more

than

you

realize.Vocabulary4What

canwedowith

computers?Wecanuse

computerstocalculate.They

cancalculateatafasterspeedthan

we

canandalmost

never

givewronganswers.Wecanalsotype

anddraw

thingswith

them.Inaddition,computerscan

do

importantjobs

likeoperatingrailwaysandflying

planesandspaceships.Is

acomputer

cleverer

thanme?Theanswer

is

“No”.Yourbrain

can

producenewideas

but

computerscannot.However,onedaycomputers

may

beable

todoa

betterjobthanhuman

beings.

For

example,

theymaybe

betterthandoctorsatdoing

theirjob.Whatwill

happentous

if

computerscando

all

ourjobs?

Will

we

have

nothing

to

do?Computersmaychange

our

lives,

but

willtheymakethem

better?1If

somethingisverysmall,itis

.

(line5)

2Someyoung

people

alwaysneedhelp

fromtheir

parents.

Theyshoulearnto

themselves.

(line8)3We

had

funandlearnt

somethingnewas

well.

Wehadagoodtime.

,

welearnta

lot.

(line14)4Whenwemakea

machinework,we

it.(line

16)C1Thewords

initalicsexplainthemeanings

ofsome

wordson

page35.Findthesewordstocompletethesentences.Change

theirforms

if

necessary.C2Completetheconversation

belowwiththewords

fromthebox.S1:We

can

do

many

things

with

computersinourdaily

life.S2:Forexample?S1:Wecan

andwiththem.S1:There

may

betiny

computersin

yourhome.S2:Where,

for

example?S1:Inside

your

or

.21After

you

read3D1Completetheanswerswith

the

examplesfromthearticle.TV

washingmachinecalculate

,

type

drawthingsS1:Computers

can

dosome

importantjobs.S2:Forexample?S1:Oneday,computers

may

be

able

to

doa

better

jobthanhuman

beings.S2:Forexample?S1:They.43S1:Theycan

operaterailways

andflyplanes

and

spaceships.maybe

better

than

doctors

at

doingtheir

job.D2Answer

the

questionsbelow

in

complete

sentences.1

Whatwere

the

firstcomputers

like?Theywere

biggerthan

cars.2.Whyarewe

unaware

of

some

computers?Becausetheyaretiny.3Arecomputers

cleverer

thanyouandme?Whyor

whynot?No,theyaren’t.Becauseourbrainscanproducenewideasbutcomputers

cannot.ComputerfactsPart3Part2Part1The

ofcomputersin

differenttimesTheofcomputersindailylifehumanbeingsandcomputersinthefuturesizesusesThe

relationship

betweenCompletetheoutlineofthearticle.Discussion4D3Discussandanswer

the

questionsbelow

withyourclassmates.Do

you

depend

oncomputers

alotinyourdaily

life?Giveexamples.Do

you

agreethat

computerswillbeabletodo

all

our

jobsin

the

future?

Givereasons.一、译出下列短语1.be

unaware

of没有意识到2.depend

on依靠3.morethan超过4.do

with处理5.use

sth

to

dosth用某物去做某事6.at

afasterspeed以更快的速度7.in