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(共24张PPT)
1. What did computers look like in the 1970s
2. Where could they be seen
Lesson 51
Predicting the future
notoriously difficult / harmful
______ is notoriously dangerous.
Drink-driving
_____ is notorious for____
Laden
Terror attack / terrorism
infamous
user-friendly
eco-friendly
a reader-friendly novel
a consumer-friendly policy
multi-purpose
multi-function
an alternative way to do sth
choice.
have no alternative
The doctor diagnosed the illness as influenza.
relieve sb of sth
earthquake/ hunger relief
clerical staff
clerical error
clerk
Who could have imagined…
No one could have imagined…
people’s homes (private places)
public places
Predicting natural disasters is ____________.
Who ____________, on May 12th, 2008, for example, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck Sichuan and claimed a great many lives
mainframe computers---large, occupying…, employing…
mainframe computers occupying…, employing…--large and run on…
be taken over=be replaced
or PC, as it has come to be known
1.What is the main idea (theme) of the second paragraph
2. What is the author’s purpose of writing the 2nd paragraph
be launched=be introduced
point the way to=indicate/ direct the way to…
It marked the prelude to the era of information.
humble/ obscure beginnings
1. What did Bagrit forsee Was he right
2. What did Bagrit fail to predict
Considering+ that/ how =When you think about…
dismiss=abandon
foresee
a time when…
palm computer (PDA)
The year 2050 would be a time when…, when..., when…, when…
our clothes would adjust themselves to the temperature
we would feed on health pills to absorb nutrition and energy
houses would withstand all kinds of disasters
we would travel by high speed transportation means fueled by eco-friendly energy.
China is a place where…, where…, where….
five thousand years of history and culture have developed
a high level of modernization emerges
prosperity of the whole nation will be attained
Sth predicted by Bagrit
Sth Bagrit failed to foresee
worldwide system, communicate
computer, telephone networks
obtain information on every known subject
by clicking the mouse and typing in the key words
were alive today
expect
predict
foresee
foretell
Highlights of the lesson
1. the contrast between the present and the past (Who could have imagined…)
2. The functions of computers and the definition of the Internet
3. Sentences and phrases
notoriously difficult, common, commonly, commonplace, foresee a time when…, relieve sb of sth,
Nor could he…

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