1.—It’s said that he stays up studying every night.
—______ he’s excellent in English!
A. No way. B. No wonder.
C. No doubt. D. No good.
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2. We should have a sense of responsibility to do something to help ___ poor whenever they are
in__ trouble.
A. 不填; the B. the; the
C. the; the D. the ;不填
3. People in Jinjang are proud of ____they have achieved in the past ten years.
A. what B. which C. that D. how
4. ----- What a beautiful day!
----- Yes, it’s _____ that I’d like to take a walk.
A. too nice weather B. so nice weather
C. such nice weather D. weather so nice
写作提分训练
佳句示范：每天读书对年轻人有好处。
Reading every day is helpful to the young.
佳句仿写：
1. 掌握一门外语对我们的生活非常有帮助。
①Mastering a foreign language will be helpful to our life．
② It is helpful to master a foreign language in our life.
③ I think it helpful to master a foreign language in our life.
2. 参加英语角对我们的英语口语非常有好处。
Taking part in English corners will be helpful to our spoken/ oral English.
=Taking part in English corners can benefit our spoken/oral English a lot.
Unit 3 Computers
Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.
博学使人谦逊，无知使人骄傲。

Warming up
CD / DVD-ROM
LCD monitor
CPU (central process unit)
hard disk/disc
chips/motherboard
computer parts
keyboard
mouse
modem
scanner
printer
speaker
Who am I ?
abacus
calculator
huge computer
PC(person computer)
laptop computer
tablet computer
PDA
(personal digital assistant)
robot
What’s the next?
The oldest computer
ancient
abacus
calculating machine
Task 1 Skimming
1. Who is the speaker in this story?

2. What’s the main idea of the passage?
A computer.
The passage is about the brief _______of the development of computers.
history
1. In what order is this passage arranged? (Within 6 words)
In the order of time.
Task 2 Careful reading
2. Fill in the blank with the words from the second paragraph. (Within 3 words)
The computer’s shape was greatly changed
_______________ the memory stored in smaller and smaller space.
as a result of
3. Why do “I” feel very happy now according to the last paragraph? (Within 15 words)
Because “I” am a helper and devoted friend of the human race.
4. The right order of the computer’s development
A.analytical machine B. computer
C.calculating machine D. artificial intelligence
E.universal machine F. Internet
____________________________
CAEDBF
The computer began as a calculating machine．
The computer grew rapidly both in size and in brainpower.
Task 3 Careful reading
Computers had grown as large as a room.
1960s
Computers were used in offices and homes.
Computers connect people all over the world together.
Fill in the blanks according to the text and recite
I was born in 1642 in France. After I was programmed by an 1.________ who used cards with holes, I could “think” 2.________. In 1936 my real father, Alan Turing, described how computers could be made to work in a book and solved any mathematical problem by building a 3._______ machine. People were surprised at my artificial 4. ________ . At first, I was as large as a room. As time went by, I was made smaller and smaller..
operator
logically
universal
intelligence
In the early 1960s, I got a family 5._______ by a network. My memory became so 6.______ that even I couldn’t 7.______ it! And my memory has developed so 8._____ that I never forget
9.______ . I could 10. ________information with others and talk to each other by a net. My family and I have been used by billions of people since the 1970s. I am happy that I have truly been built to serve 11._____ race since my birth
connected
large
believe
much
anything
human
share
Ask and answer questions in pairs.
How do you use computers and the Internet?
Read the text again and again
Finsih the 《非常学案》P26-30
Homework