（fast reading）:

1. Where were you in 1642?

2. What happened to you after nearly two hundred years?

3. What were you called in 1936?

4. What happened to you in the 1970s?

Ask the students to decide whether the following statements are true or false.

1. Alan Turing built an Analytical Machine to solve any mathematical problems. F

2.People began to realize that the computer got cleverer and quicker with time passing. T

3.In 1936 my real father, Charles Babbage, wrote a book to solve any mathematical problem. F

4. From 1936, the computer grew rapidly both in size and in brain power. T

★ 设计意图：快速浏览课文，回答问题。训练和培养学生快速阅读的能力。

Task two: second reading (careful reading)

Task two: second reading (careful reading)

(1) Read the passage carefully and fill in the blanks.

1642

1822 The analytical machine was made by Charles Babbage

1940s

The first family of computers was connected to each other

Now

(2) Try to retell the story according to students 'memory.

In 1642, a calculating machine was used in__________ . Then in 1822, the Analytical Machine was made by _______________. It could follow instructions from cards with holes. In 1936, _____________, the real father of computers, wrote a book to describe how computers could be made to wok and built a "__________________" to solve any mathematical problem. And in the early1960s, computer can share its knowledge through _______ ______ _____.In 1970s computers have become very important in_______________, ___________ and_____.

★设计意图：表格填空按照文章发展的顺序进行排列，学生通过仔细阅读对各个时间段的时间进行概括，可以培养学生对文章的概括能力和理解能力。课文复述题可以加强学生对课文的整体理解，锻炼学生获取信息和处理信息的能力，从而提高阅读理解水平。

Step 4 Exercises

1. What's the main idea of the text?

A. The computer wants to find "who he is

B. The functional change of the computer.

C. The computer becomes popular around the world.

D. The history of the computer.

2. This passage is probably taken from______

A. an advertisement

B. a notice

C. a poster

D. a magazine

3.What does the word "rapidly" mean in paragraph one ?

A. quickly