高一英语必修2 Unit3 reading

1、 Task 1 Skimming reading 1 Who is the speaker in this story? 2 Write down three sentences from the story to support your idea. A computer. 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 the

2、y discovered I had “artifical intelligence.” Task 2 Fast reading: 1 Where were you in 1642? 2 What happened to you in 1822? 3 What were you called in 1936? 4 What happened to you in the 1970s? In France. I was built as an Analytical Machine by Babbage. A universal machine. I was brought into peoples

3、 homes. 1642 The Analytical Machine was made by Charles Babbage 1936 1960 s The first family of computers was connected to each other. 1970 s now Task 3 Careful reading Timeline The computer began as a calculating machine 1822 Alan Turing wrote a book to describe how computers could be made to work

4、Computers had new transistors and became smaller 1960s Computers were brought into peoples 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 7

5、take correct action for 8 linked computer system 9 indeed totally revolution Artificial intelligence birth Simple-minded go by deal with network truly anyway Task 4 Fill in the blanks. 1.What is PC? Speak the name on the whole. It means : personal computer. 2.What is IT? Information Technology 3.Wha

6、t is CD-ROM? Compact Disc Read-only Memory 4.What is DVD? Digital Video Discs 5.What is W.W.W? World wide web 6.科学技术科学技术。 Science and technology 7.人工智能人工智能。 Artificial intelligence 8.笔记本电脑笔记本电脑。 Notebook computer. 9.Who was the first person to devise the first computer? Charles Babbage invented an A

7、nalytical machine in 1822. 10. Who was the computers real father? Alan Turing Reading task on Page 58. Read the passage and then fill in the chart. RECORD CARDHUA FEI Ability Performance in 78th Olympics Prize won Performance in 79th Olympics Reason for failure Treatment excellentstyleandmovements;

8、Olympicstandard wonderfulturns,dives,circles anddances silvermedalforhighflying exercises beganverywellbutfailed throughnofaultofhisown parachutefailedtoopen twonewlegsandanewhead 1in 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

9、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精选出来的几个例 句： （1）You know, Dorothy, you and I have one thing in common （2）We just had nothing in common and I couldnt communicate with his dull business friends （3

10、）I suddenly felt we had a lot in common 2simple-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

11、意的 strong-minded 意志坚强的 weak-minded 低能的，愚蠢的 3make a decision: make up ones mind 作出 决定。 与make a decision意思相近的词组有：arrive at / come to / reach a decision。 与make连用的常用词组有：make an attempt, make an effort, make an offer, make a suggestion, make a phone call, make a mistake, make progress 等。 4in a way: to a

12、certain extent 在某种程度 上。 与in a way同义的词组有in one way 和in some ways。 容易与之混淆的词组是in the way意为“造 成阻碍”，请比较： In a way, I like this new textbook very much从某种程度上说，我很喜欢这本新教 材。 Im afraid your bike is in the way看来你的 自行车挡着道了。 5after all 1）in spite of what has been said, done or expected 毕竟；终究；归根结底。 So youve come a

13、fter all! 你终究还是来了！ After all, what does it matter? 归根结底，那 又有什么关系呢？ 2）it should be remembered 别忘了。 She should have offered to pay shes a millionaire, after all她应该主动提出付款 别忘了，她是个百万富翁。 6watch over: take care of 照料；照管。 Could you watch over my dog while I am on holiday? 我度假的时候，你能帮我照料我的狗吗？ You go swimming,

14、 pleaseIll watch over the clothes here请你去游泳吧，我来照管这些衣 服。 7wander（v.）: to move around in an area or go from place to place without any special purpose; roam 游荡；闲逛。 He was wandering aimlessly up and down the road 他在路上无目的地来回溜达。 由于拼写相近，wander容易与 wonder混 淆。教师可以提醒学生注意区分，并同学 生一起归纳整理wander和wonder各自的用 法。 8. p

15、ersonally就我个人来说就我个人来说 Personally, I see nothing wrong with it. 9. I think we can work together to create an even better system. even用于修饰形容词，副词的比较级，用于修饰形容词，副词的比较级， much, far, no, still. a lot, a little He seems far more excited than I am. You have done a lot better than I expected. 10. She programs m

16、e with all the possible moves she has seen while watching human games. w h i l e w a t c h i n g = w h i l e s h e watches While he was doing his English homework, he fell asleep.= While doing his . 11. make up *In this way, I can make up new moves. （ ） *She spent an hour making herself up before the party.（ ） *Sixty students make up our class. （ ） *Society is made up of people of different abilities.（ ） *The criminal made up a story about where he was when the crime happened. （ ） *P