Unit One Introduction to Computers 1
Section One:Situational Dialog 1
Computer Festival 1
Section Two:Passages 2
Passage A:Evolution of Computers 2
Categories of Computers 2
Development of Computers 3
Passage B:Computers and Our Life 7
Section Three:Skill in Focus 11
Computer English Reading,Part 1 11
Section Four:Extended Reading 16
Getting More Comfortable with Computers 16
Part Ⅰ of Commencement Speech at Stanford Given by Steve Jobs 18
Part Ⅱ of Commencement Speech at Stanford Given by Steve Jobs 20
Tips for common PC problems 22
Unit Two Computer Hardware 23
Section One:Situational Dialog 23
Shopping for a Computer 23
Section Two:Passages 24
Passage A:A Guide on the Main Components in a PC 24
Passage B:Introducing Common Peripherals 29
Section Three:Skill in Focus 32
Computer English Reading,Part 2 32
Section Four:Extended Reading 35
Part Ⅲ of Commencement Speech at Stanford Given by Steve Jobs 35
Tips for common PC problems 40
Unit Three Operation Systems 42
Section One:Situational Dialog 42
System Crash 42
Section Two:Passages 43
Passage A:Categories of Operating System 43
Passage B:Comparison between Linux and Windows 48
Section Three:Skill in Focus 51
Computer English Reading,Part 3 51
Section Four:Extended Reading 53
Some Changes in Windows 7 Taskbar 53
Tips for common PC problems 59
Unit Four Application Software 60
Section One:Situational Dialog 60
My Computer Has Been Attacked by Viruses 60
Section Two:Passages 61
Passage A:Software Categories 61
Passage B:Computer Security 65
Section Three:Skill in Focus 69
Computer English Translation,Part 1 69
Section Four:Extended Reading 72
An Introduction to Microsoft Office 72
Tips for common PC problems 77
Unit Five Programming Language 79
Section One:Situational Dialog 79
Requirements Analysis 79
Section Two:Passages 80
Passage A:Introduction to Programming Language 80
Passage B:Object-oriented Programming 84
Section Three:Skillin Focus 87
Computer English Translation,Part 2 87
Section Four:Extended Reading 91
Passage A:Software Engineering 91
Tips for common PC problems 97
Unit Six Data Structure 98
Section One:Situational Dialog 98
ACM/ICPC 98
Section Two:Passages 99
Passage A:Data Structure 99
Passage B:Linear Table 102
Section Three:Skill in Focus 105
Computer English Writing,Part 1 105
Section Four:Extended Reading 109
Tree 109
The Queue ADT 111
Data Warehouse 113
Tips for common PC problems 116
Unit Seven Internet 117
Section One:Situational Dialog 117
Internet Shopping 117
Section Two:Passages 119
Passage A:A Brief Introduction to the Internet 119
Passage B:Regulating the Internet 123
Section Three:Skillin Focus 126
Computer English Writing,Part 2 126
Section Four:Extended Reading 133
Safe Shopping on EBay 133
New Safari Browser Succeeds At Speed 135
RATs 137
Tips for common PC problems 139
Unit Eight Multimedia 141
Section One:Situational Dialog 141
The Concept ofMultimedia 141
Section Two:Passages 142
Passage A:What Is Multimedia? 142
Passage B:Multimedia Applications for the Classroom 147
Section Three:Skill in Focus 151
Computer English Writing,Part 3 151
Section Four:Extended Reading 156
Army Experiments with Multimedia-enabled Helmet Technology 156
Edit and Save Photos and Videos with Nero Multimedia Suite 10 160
Tips for common PC problems 162
附录1 计算机英语术语词汇表 166
附录2 项目可行性报告及建议范文 179
附录3 参考答案 182
附录4 参考译文 186
参考文献 243