smaller desktop
convenient laptop
palmtop
Skimming to get
general ideas
Skimming
Reading Comprehension I
1. Who is the speaker in this story? A computer.
2. What’s the main idea of this passage? A. The development of computers. B. The development and use of computers. C. A machine which is simple-minded. D. Computers may replace human beings.
Size: smaller Intelligence: cleverer
Speed: quicker
Function:
calculating
dealing with …, communicating with…
People’s opinion: simple-minded
clever & useful
( 2 ) analytical machine ( 5) laptop ( 1 ) calculating machine ( 6 ) robot ( 4 ) PC ( 3 ) universal machine
Charles Babbage
Alan Turing
Q: how did computer change in its size, intelligence, speed, function? And how about people’s opinion?