本书是面向计算机及相关专业的专业英语课程的教材,它全面介绍和讲解了深刻影响着我们生活的信息技术,内容既包含*新科研成果、业界前沿课题和发展趋势,又有计算机文化典故和名人轶事。本教材注重英语听说读写能力的全面发展和实际应用。各章节内容均分为阅读与翻译、写作、听说三大部分。通过听、说、读、写、译全方位训练,使读者掌握英语交流所应具备的基本技能及计算机相关知识。
本书适合国内各大院校信息技术、计算机、通信工程等专业教学之用,也可作为 IT领域技术人员和管理层人员的自修参考用书。

Unit 1 The Fundamentals of Computers
Part 1 Reading and Translating
Section A The Varieties of Computers
Section B The History of Computers
Part 2 Simulated Writing: Memo
Part 3 Listening and Speaking
Dialogue: Buying a New Desktop Computer
Listening Comprehension: Roadrunner
Dictation: John von Neumann
Unit 2 Computer Hardware
Part 1 Reading and Translating
Section A Computer Motherboard
Section B Multi-core Processors
Part 2 Simulated Writing: Notices
Part 3 Listening and Speaking
Dialogue: Referring to Websites or Online Forum for Microsoft Developer
Listening Comprehension: Intel
Dictation: Father of the Mouse—Doug Engelbart
Unit 3 Computer Software
Part 1 Reading and Translating
Section A Microsoft Visual Studio
Section B Google Earth
Part 2 Simulated Writing: Report
Part 3 Listening and Speaking
Dialogue: Making an Electronic Album Using Multimedia Editing Software
Listening Comprehension: The Software Giant——Microsoft
Dictation: Embedded Systems
Unit 4 Operating System
Part 1 Reading and Translating
Section A Windows Vista
Section B Linux
Part 2 Simulated Writing: Meeting Minutes
Part 3 Listening and Speaking
Dialogue: Choosing a Linux Distribution and Free Trials for Free Software
Listening Comprehension: Open Source Software
Dictation: Apple Mac OS
Unit 5 Computer Programming
Part 1 Reading and Translating
Section A Object-Oriented Programming
Section B Introduction to the C# Language and the .NET Framework
Part 2 Simulated Writing: Outline
Part 3 Listening and Speaking
Dialogue: Getting to Know Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and Java Virtual Machine (JVM)
Listening Comprehension: IDE
Dictation: Ada Lovelace, the First Programmer
Unit 6 Databases
Part 1 Reading and Translating
Section A Distributed Database
Section B Microsoft SQL Server
Part 2 Simulated Writing: Summary
Part 3 Listening and Speaking
Dialogue: Installing Oracle Database Software
Listening Comprehension: Data Mining
Dictation: Data Warehouse
Unit 7 Computer Network
Part 1 Reading and Translating
Section A Ethernet
Section B Wi-Fi
Part 2 Simulated Writing: Instructions
Part 3 Listening and Speaking
Dialogue: Setting up Wireless Network
Listening Comprehension: IPv6——the Next Generation Internet Protocol
Dictation: Router
Unit 8 The Internet
Unit 9 E-Commerce
Unit 10 Computer Security
Unit 11 Software Engineering
Unit 12 The Future of Computer
Glossary
Abbreviations
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