8.Over time my memory has developed so much that, like an elephant, I never forget anything I have been told! 还记得so…that和such…that 的用法吗？试试吧！

1) They are ______ excellent athletes that we all like them.

2) There are ____ many cars in the street that I couldn’t get through.

3) I have ______a large memory that even I couldn’t believe it.

还记得such as 在定语从句中的用法吗？

4) It was such an excellent match ______ I would never forget .

5) It was an excellent match ______ I would never forget .

6) It was such an excellent match ______ I would never forget it.

7) I hate such stories ______ he told.

8) It is such a society _______ one cannot catch up with it if one stops learning.

9) I have such a large memory _______ even I couldn’t believe.

7. _____________________(结果) I totally changed my shape.

= _____________________the development of technology, I totally changed my shape.

6. As time ______ (go) by, I was made smaller.

= With time ______(go) by, I was made smaller.

5. __________________(从那时起)，I _____(grow) rapidly ________________ (在体积和脑容量方面). (用as well as 改写)

________________________________________________________________

I have also been put into robots and used to make mobile phones _________(以及) help with medical operations. (用not only … but also 改写)

________________________________________________________________

4. I developed very slowly and it took nearly two hundred years before I was built as an analytical machine by Charles Babbage.

Before 此处可译为_________________.　 另外， before还常和can 或could 连用，可以为“还没….就…..” “还没来得及…就…”或 “不等…就…”。Eg：

1)She hung up the telephone before I could answer it.__________________

2)Before Tom stopped her, she slipped out. __________________________

3)It was a long time before I went to sleep last night.___________________

运用 选词填空：since　 that　　 when　 before

1) It was three years ago ___________he left.

2) It was three o’clock ________he left.

3) It is/ has been three years _________he left.　

4)It was three days ________he left.

5) It will be three days ________he leaves.

3. I began as a ________________________(计算机器)in France in 1642.

a calculating machine = a machine for calculating

calculate v. 计算，核算； 推测，估计　 下列句中calculate的含义

1)We haven’t really calcalated the totl cost yet. _________________

2)　 I calculated that they would arrive at 8:00 am. ________________

　拓展 1)calculate on = depend on 指望 eg：

We are calculating on having fine weather for the sports meeting.

2) calculation　 n. 计算　　 calculator　 n.计算器

运用 1)I have ___________(计算) that there are 100800 minutes in a week.

2) Have you __________________________(完成计算) yet?

2. ________________(经过一段时间) I _____________________(已经改变了许多).

Over：在…时间内，在(一件事，一段时期的)过程中

Eg：They will have one or two informal meeting _____________(晚饭期间)

高考链接

Some students often listen to music ________classes to refresh themselves.

A. between　 B. among　　 C. over　　 D. during

I, the _____________, was a calculating machine in 1642 in _____________. Then I was built as an analytical machine in 1822, which was a technological ______________. I became a “_________ machine” in 1936 to _________________ any mathematical problem. I was not evry big at first. Then I became huge, the _______ of a large room before I was made smaller and smaller. I was ______________with other computers and turned out to be part of a ____________ in the early 1960s. I was able to _____________my knowledge with others ____________the World Wide Web. Since the 1970s I have been used first as a ____________ and then as a _____________ in officers and ________________.

Many changes have happened to my ______________. First it was ___________in tubes, then on ___________and later on very small _____________. So my _________ totally changed. As I have grown older I have also grown ______________.

I have been widely used in many fields, such as in communication, _______________, trade and medical _____________. I have also been put into robots and space ______________ to _______________ the Moon and Mars. I’m glad I am a ______________ friend and helper of the human race.

Part Three　 Language Study

1. Look at these pictures. In pairs discuss ___________ they have _____________(有什么共同之处).(P17)

1)From the passage, “I” refers to _________.　

A. a son of Alan Turing

B. a “universal machine” which can solve any mathematical problem　

C. a person who b uilt an Analytical Machine

D. a machine which is simple-minded　

2) From the change of computers, we can infer(推断出)that ___________.

A. little by little computers can really think and feel like the people

B. in the future computers may refuse to serve the prople

C. science and technology develop rapidly

D. sooner or later computers may take the place of human beings

3) At that time it was considered a technological revolution and the start of my “artificial intelligence”, the underlined word means_______.

　A. natural　　 B. mathematical　　　 C. clever　　　 D. man-made

5. Since my birth I have been built to take the place of the human race.