本书是为中等职业教育计算机及应用专业所编写的配套教材,由于主要面向中等职业学校广大学生,因此在内容的安排上尽量做到精简,在叙述上尽量做到通俗易懂,帮助学生循序渐进地提高计算机英语水平。全书框架清晰,结构紧凑,难易分明,即方便教师讲授,又便于学生理解掌握。
本书是中等职业学校计算机系列教材之一——计算机专业英语教材。全书共分8个单元。每个单元包含4篇英语课文,其内容涉及计算机基础知识、软件和硬件、多媒体技术、计算机网络以及计算机病毒等方面。每篇课文后均附有注释、术语和提示信息以及参考译文、练习等,每个单元后还集中介绍了基本语法知识及写作知识。 本书适合作为中等职业学校“计算机英语”课程的教材,也可供想提高计算机专业英语水平的读者作为自学参考书。
Unit 1 Recognize Computer 1
Text 1 Do You Know Them? 1
Text 2 Notebook Computer 5
Text 3 Communicate with Computer 9
Text 4 Simple Introduction of Installation 13
Unit 2 Use Computer 21
Text 1 Guess What It is 21
Text 2 What does a Computer Look Like? 25
Text 3 Introduction of a Window 28
Text 4 Learning Computer Knowledge All by Yourself 33
Unit 3 Overview of Computer 41
Text 1 Components of Computer 41
Text 2 About keyboard 44
Text 3 Kinds of Computers 47
Text 4 Generations of Electronic Computer 53
Unit 4 Computer Networking 62
Text 1 Welcome to the Web 62
Text 2 Internet 66
Text 3 Hackers Are Enemy Number One on The Internet 71
Text 4 Local Area Network 76
Unit 5 Multimedia 85
Text 1 What is Multimedia? 85
Text 2 What Does the Multimedia Actually Mean? 88
Text 3 Uses for Multimedia 92
Text 4 Multimedia Technology 96
Unit 6 Computer Virus 104
Text 1 Computer Virus 104
Text 2 Virus Behavior 108
Text 3 How to Protect Your Data 112
Text 4 Number of Viruses 117
Unit 7 Computer Software 124
Text 1 What is an Operating System 124
Text 2 Types of Operating Systems 127
Text 3 Setting Up Windows 131
Text 4 Windows 2000 Overview 136
Unit 8 Computer Hardware 145
Text 1 Organization of Computer System Components 145
Text 2 CPU 149
Text 3 Motherboard 154
Text 4 Storage 159
Appendix: Word List 167