1、9 A chapter 2Computers遼中縣冷子堡九年一貫制學校孫敏Hidden helpers Not so many years ago, you _ _ saw computers. Now they are _(here and there). There may also be _ (very small), hidden computers in your home that you _ _ _(dont realize). There may be one inside your TV set, telephone or washing machine. So _(perh

2、aps) you _ _ (need) computers more than you realize.hardlyevereverywheretinyareunawareofmaybedependonWhat kind of jobs can a computer do? It is common _(know) that computers are super _(calculate). They can calculate very fast and _(rare) give wrong answers. They can also type, print and draw things

3、 like diagrams and graphs. They can teach you and play games with you. More _(important), they can _(operation) railways (like the underground) and fly aeroplanes and spaceships. For these reasons, we often call them _(electricity) brains. knowledgecalculatorrarelyimportantlyoperateelectronicIs a co

4、mputer cleverer than I am? The answer to this question is, for the time being, “No”. Your brain can understand the meaning of things better and create new ideas. However, one day computers may be able to do most things that a human being can do and do them better. They may be better than doctors, ju

5、dges and teachers at doing their jobs. Is a computer cleverer than I am?1Is a computer cleverer than I am?2Who does “I” refer to?3Whose jobs do computers do better than us?Is a computer cleverer than I am? If this is true, it raises interesting questions. What will happen to us if computers can do o

6、ur jobs? How will we spend our lives? Will we have nothing to do? Computers may change our lives. But will they make them better?Is a computer cleverer than I am?5What will happen to us if computers can do our jobs?6How will we spend our lives?7Will they make our lives better?How do we give me a com

7、puter instructions? We give a computer instructions by _(put) a program into it. The program is _(write) by a human being, and it is _(必要的) that the human does not _ _ _(犯錯誤). If we want a computer to do different jobs, we have to give it different _(程序).puttingwrittenessentialmakeamistakeprogramsCD

8、-ROMs Many of todays computers have CD-ROM drives. A CD-ROM can hold over 300,000 pages of writing, and can also contain pictures and sound. Thus, for example, you can use your computer to read about a famous person in history such as John F Kennedy, and you can see a photograph or video of him, and

9、 even listen to him speaking. Some people think that CD-ROMs will soon be more popular than books. CD-ROMs Many of 1 computers have CD-ROM drives. A CD-ROM can 2over 300,000 pages of 3, and can also contain pictures and sound. 4, for example, you can use your computer to read about a famous person 5

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