the development of computers watching, then answering what subjects are mentioned in this article
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The development of computers
Watching, then answering what subjects are mentioned in this article.
Agriculture
Space travel
Health
Research
Personal livesEducationOffice work
…
Transport
Industry
The main idea of each paragraph:
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The use of computer in agriculture.The use of computer in personal lives and what computer can do to help people.People con work at home with the help of computer.The use of computer in transport.How computer will help reduce the cost of space travel.
The important part the computer playsin the fields of education, health and research.
in agriculture
on many farms
in glasshouses
what can farmerswork out?
be used to control the the growing Conditions of vegetables and plants
control the watering of the plants as well as the light and temperature
be used to work out whether they will save or lose money by increasing the temperature by 1℃
Computers used in agriculture
personal lives of the people
change money or pay the electricity bill and so on.
turn on/off the light
turn off /on the heatingand hot water before you return home
without computer with computer
one has to go to the bank
one has to do it all by himself/herself
this can not be done
one can make a telephonecall and then everything is done
it can be done auto-matically by computer
one can telephone home half an hour before returning by speaking into the computer ,and all this can be done
small office & home office
more convenient than spending a lot of time travelling to work
use videophone for conference
send pictures by fax
do drawings on computers
go on Internet
and send
e-mails
in transport
in space travel
railways in Japan
be used to work out the best distance Between trains. Trains will be operated by computer and many of them will have no drivers.
it will be much easier and the costs will Reduce a great deal.
computers used in transport
computers used in space travel
education
health (medical care)
research
If you want to know somethingabout certain subject
type the name of the of the subject and then you will get a list of magazine and book titles.
If you want more informationyou search the titles and you can choose certain texts and read them on you computer.
If you want a copy of the article or page
the computer will print it out for you.
computer programs for storing whole texts
According to the form,retell the text
writingWhat will life in the future be like?
•It will be
•It may be...
•It is likely to be…
•What do you think is likely to happen…
•It is possible that…
•It is not likely that…
•I don’t think...
Homework:
• Finish off the workbook exercises;
• Do word study on page 27.
