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For the future, don’t we need people
who can think clearly, who know how
to get information quickly and use it
well?
What can computers do for these
people?
secretaries
sales staff
astronauts
librarians/readers
What are computers’ future uses?
Write the word in front of its definition
database
hardware
network
program
software
virus
junk mail
blog
update
What is missing?
hardware
junk mail
terribly
software
virus
database
updateprogram
blog
What’s the synonym of era?
Guess the meaning:
keep in contact with sb
It can be replaced by…?
Make a sentence
using as soon as.
In future VS in the future
Can you make a sentence
using remove?
contain VS
include
• E.g.
• The era of the miniskirt
• We are living in the computer era.
era
• E.g.
• Christmas is almost upon us again.
upon sb
通常用单数形式
A shoe shop
a flower garden
a stone bridge
特殊：A sports car, sports shoes
名词作定语
contain
• E.g.
• This product may contain nuts.
c.f. include
Our class includes 26 students.
have an effect on
• have a great/big/little/no effect
on=affect (vt.)
• have a great/big/little/no influence
on=influence (vt.)
thanks to
• E.g.
• Thanks to the computer technology, our
life becomes more and more convenient.
• Thanks to your help, we can finish the
task in time.
in the future
• E.g.
Our life will change tremendously in the
future.
c.f. in future
I will never make such a mistake again in
future.
Explode here means to ___.
A. increase suddenly
B. break into pieces
with a loud noise
C. cause to release energy
explode
biotechnology
What’s the main idea of the text?
√
What can computer technology do?
gradually becomes brighter,
switches on,
begins to make coffee
switched on by phoning your
home computer system
The security system and the video phone as
well as lots of TV sets, the mini-cinema and the
satellite system
make sure the coffee-pot is switched on so that
you can have coffee as soon as you get in.
mobile telephone, Internet terminals, music
system, cameras and other uses.
1: What can computer technology do?
2: What are their future uses?
contact
provide
remove
contain
reflect foresee
translate
affect
Thanks to
have an effect
switch on
as well as
access to
Take care
in an emergency
show off
disagreed unequal foretell
uncomfortable uncertain homeless
unfair unable unhappy
discouraged forefather careless
careless
unfair
foretell
homeless
unequal
unable
uncertain
forefathers
disagreed
uncomfortable
discouraged
unhappy
Preview Further Reading
and finish the two
questions on p.94.
online smiley face World Wide Web
Google Microsoft
• Underline the attributive
clauses in the passage.
Guess its meaning!
Make a sentence with
“follow one’s advice”.
Please review the
usage of “spend”.
Word formation
• co- + president co-president
• co- + author co-author
• co- + existence co-existence
• co- +relation co-relation
bachelor’s degree
master’s degree
doctor’s degree
turn… into …
e.g.
• The sofa turns into a bed.
• The witch has turned them all into
stone.
• A few weeks later, winter had turned
into spring.
be in charge
e.g.
• Jim is in charge of the company.
= The company is in the charge of Jim.
• under the charge of sb= under one’s
charge
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1973
October 28, 1955
He encouraged him to study
the mathematical processes.
Gates struck a deal with IBM that put
Microsoft’s Windows on IBM computers.
Scan the text and exchange the
information you get with your partner.
Discuss how Larry Page and Bill Gates succeeded
with your partner and write down personal
qualities and influences that helped them succeed.
Surf the Internet and find out
the life story of Scott Fahlman
and Tim Berners-Lee. Then make
a report to the class.
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