1、2015-2016 学年高中英语云南同步导学案： Unit 3 Computer（3 ） （人教新课标必修 2）知识目标：Topic： Information technology ; history and basic knowledge of computers; robotsNew words: calculate universal, simplify, sum, operator, logical, logically, technology revolution artificial intelligence intelligent solve reality personal p
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3、1 making decisions I think /I dont think thatI believe thatIve decided thatLets decidelets make a decision2 Reasoning The advantage/disadvantage is I agree/dont agreebecause Give me your reasons:Firstsecond.What makes you think so?As/since,I thinkGrammar :现在完成时态被动语态的建构和用法Over time I have been change
4、d quite a lot.First as a PC and then as a laptop , I have been used in offices and hones since the 1970sSince the 1970s many new applications have been found for meI have also been put into robots and used to make mobile phones as well as help with medical operations能力目标：让学生学习用英语表达自己的观点并进行简单的理由阐述及做出
5、决定，并能按时间先后顺序来描述某事。情感目标：通过本单元的学习，使学生了解计算机的发展历程及其在当今社会的广泛应用；明确高科技在当今社会发展和国际竞争的重要地位，从而激发其热爱科技，奋发进取的决心，时刻准备用自己的知识为祖国服务。Period 3: Using Language Teaching Aims:To discuss about ITTo write a report about ITTo read about androids or robots ProceduresI. Warming up by talking about ITWhat is Information techn
6、ology?Information technology (IT) or information and communication technology (ICT) is the technology required for information processing. In particular the use of electronic computers and computer software to convert, store, protect, process, transmit, and retrieve information from anywhere, anytim
7、e.II. Listening and writingTurn to page 22. Discuss in pairs what IT consists of and then make a list. Listen to the text about different kinds of information technology or IT, discuss and write down in groups the advantages and disadvantages of each kind. III. Reading, speaking and writingIt is sai
8、d that computers could be put into androids or robots. Read the text AndyThe Android, underlining all the expressions and think of the fun you could have! Expressions from AndyThe Androidpart of a football team, once a year, get together, play a football game, be asas, in fat, look like, on the foot
9、ball team, run fast, think like a human, shout to, in computer language, have a good shot for a goal, get second place, win the first place, have a new kind of program, improve ones intelligence, create a better system, play against a human team, in a way, programwith, make up, after all, with the h
10、elp ofSpeaking and writingSuppose you and your partner are going to help choose computers for your school. Now talk about the special things each of the computer can do and write a report to your headmaster.IV. Writing a letterSuppose you are an android. What would say to a spoiled child who would n
11、ot do his homework? Write a letter to the boy.Android An android is an artificially created being that resembles a human being. The word derives from Greek Andr- man, human and the suffix -eides used to mean of the species, kind, alike (from eidos species).The word droid, a robot in the Star Wars un
12、iverse, is derived from this meaning. Some people maintain that, etymologically, the word android means resembling a male human and that a robot resembling a woman should logically be called a gynoid for sexist language to be avoided; however, this word is not commonly used.Unlike the terms robot (a
13、 mechanical being) and cyborg (a being that is partly organic and partly mechanical), the word android has been used in literature and other media to denote several different kinds of man-made, autonomous creations:a robot that closely resembles a human a cyborg that closely resembles a human an art
14、ificially created, yet primarily organic, being that closely resembles a human Although essentially human morphology is not the ideal form for working robots, the fascination in developing robots that can mimic it can be found historically in the assimilation of two concepts: simulacra (devices that
15、 exhibit likeness) and automata (devices that have independence).The term android was first used by the French author Mathias Villiers de lIsle-Adam (1838-1889) in his work Tomorrows Eve, featuring a man-made human-like robot named Hadaly. As said by the officer in the story, “In this age of Realien advancement, who knows what goes on in the mind of those responsible for these mechanical dolls.”
