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Unit 3WHO AM I? .课 文 缩 写I began only as a 1._(calculate) machine in 1642 in France.With time 2._(go) by，I have been made cleverer and cleverer as well as smaller and smaller.My memory has become 3._ large that I can hardly believe it！How can I forget the time when I was always so lonely 4._(stand) there by myself until later they gave me a family 5._(connect) by a network. Over time I have been changed quite a lot. I began as a calculating machine in France in 1642. Although I was young I could simplify difficult sums. I developed very slowly and it took nearly two hundred years before I was built as an analytical machine by Charles Babbage. After I was programmed by an operator who used cards with holes, I could “think” logically and produce an answer quicker than any person. At that time it was considered a technological revolution and the start of my “artificial intelligence”. In 1936 my real father, Alan Turing, wrote a book about how I could be made to work as a “universal machine” to solve any difficult mathematical problem. From then on, I grew rapidly both in size and in brainpower. By the 1949s I had grown as large as a room, and I wondered if I would grow any larger. However, this reality also worried my designers. As time went by, as was make smaller. First as a PC(personal computer) and then as a laptop, I have been used in offices and homes since the 1970s.These changes only became possible as my memory improved. First it was stored in tubes, then on transistors and later on very small chips. As a result I totally changed my shape. As I have grown older I have also grown smaller. Over time my memory has developed so much that, like an elephant, I never forget anything I have been told! And my memory became so large that even I couldnt believe it! But I was always so lonely standing there by myself, until in early 1960s they gave me a family connected by a network. I was able to share my knowledge with others through the World Wide Web.Since the 1970s many new applications have been found for me. I have become very important in communication, finance and trade. I have also been put into robots and used to make mobile phones as well as help with medical operations. I have even been put into space rockets and sent to explore the Moon and Mars. Anyhow, my goal is to provide humans with a life of high quality. I am now truly filled with happiness that I am a devoted friend and helper of the human race! 本句中before 引导时间状语从句。before引导时间状语从句时可以根据语境译作“过了(时间)才，还没来得及就，不知不觉就”。It was a long time before I went to sleep last night.昨天夜里过了很久我才睡着。 “It was时间段before.”表示“过了多久才”。从句常用一般过去时。“It was not long before.”意为“不久就”。从句常用一般过去时。“It will not be long before.”表示“不久就会”。从句常用一般现在时。“It will be时间段before.”表示“要过多久才”。从句常用一般现在时。It was three days before he came back.过了三天他才回来。It will be three days before he comes back.要过三天他才会回来It will not be long before we get used to the new school life.不久我们就会习惯新的学校生活。 句中as为连词，意为“随着”，引导时间状语从句。As time goes on，its getting warmer and warmer.随着时间的推移，天气变得越来越暖和了。【提示】as与with均可表示“随着”，但词性不同。as是连词，引导时间状语从句；with是介词，后接名词/代词分词构成with的复合结构。 as a result/as a result ofas a result 表示“因此，结果”，单独使用，作连接性状语，起承上启下的作用。as a result of 表示“由于的原因，作为的结果，”后接名词或代词，在句中常用来引导原因状语。He stayed up too late last night; as a result,he didnt get up on time today.他昨晚熬夜了，结果今天没有按时起床。He didnt get up on time today as a result of staying up too late last night.他今天没有按时起床，原因是昨晚熬夜了。 so.that.“如此以至于”，引导结果状语从句。与too to 句型可相互转换e.g. He is so old that he cant carry the box. He is too old to carry the box.so . that . 结构的so 位于句首时, 句子用部分倒装结构。e.g. So hard does he work that he seldom goes home. that引导同位语从句，具体说明 happiness的内容。that是连词，在从句中不充当任何成分。英语中用that引导同位语从句的情况比较常见，但有时也可以用连接副(代)词how, when, where, whether等来引导同位语从句。 anywayanyhow“无论如何，不管怎样”。 作让步状语，一般位于句中或句末。辨析 区别 例句anyhow 不管怎样，无论如何=anyway The water was cold but I took a sower anyhow.somehow 以某种方式，由于某种未知的原因 She looked different somehow.somewhat 稍微，有点儿，有几分=a little; rather I am somewhat tired of this book. 感官动词和使役动词的被动语态都要加 to.I made you work every day.You were made to work every day.make sb do be made to do使役动词是表示使、令、让、帮、叫等意义的不完全及物动词,主要有leave（离开）、get（得到）、keep（保持）、make(使，令)、let(让)、help(帮助)、have(有；让；从事；允许；拿)等。
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