基於新信息技術的計算機英語（簡體書）

本書面向高職高專計算機及相關專業學生，全面介紹了計算機專業的基礎英語知識，內容涉及計算機發展史、計算機硬件、操作系統、應用軟件、編程語言、互聯網、信息安全等主題。
全書共7個單元，每單元均分為情景對話、閱讀材料和擴展閱讀三部分，旨在提高學生在學習和職場環境下的英語會話水平。本書從詞匯、句法和結構等方面入手，加強學生專業文獻讀、譯和寫方面的基本應用技巧，並補充計算機小知識閱讀材料，培養學生用英文解決計算機相關問題的能力。
本書可作為國內各類高職高專院校信息技術、計算機應用、計算機信息管理、軟件技術、網絡管理等專業的教學用書，也可作為IT行業技術人員和計算機愛好者的參考用書。

Unit 1 An Overview of Computers 1
Section 1 Situational Dialogue：Computer Debate 1
Section 2 Reading Material: Instruction to the Development of Computers 2
Section 3 Reading Material: Classification of Computers Systems 6
Section 4 Extended Reading: What are the Benefits of Computers in School? 10
Section 5 Extended Reading: What are the Advantages of Computers in Business? 11
Section 6 Extended Reading: Commencement Speech at Stanford Given by Steve Jobs 13

Unit 2 Computer Hardware 19
Section 1 Situational Dialogue：Teens and Computers 19
Section 2 Reading Material: The Hardware 20
Section 3 Reading Material: The Motherboard 25
Section 4 Extended Reading: How Bluetooth is Making Our Lives Easier 28
Section 5 Extended Reading: Alibaba Group will Invest $15B into a New Global Research and
Development Program 29
Section 6 Extended Reading: 10 Ways to Make a Computer Move Faster 30

Unit 3 Operating System 33
Section 1 Situational Dialogue：System Crash 33
Section 2 Reading Material: Operating System 35
Section 3 Reading Materia: An Overview on the Most Commonly-used OS 39
Section 4 Extended Reading: Android Operating System 43
Section 5 Extended Reading: Comparison between Linux and Windows 44
Section 6 Extended Reading: Should You Upgrade or Repair Your Computer? 46

Unit 4 Application Software 49
Section 1 Situational Dialogue：A Job Interview 49
Section 2 Reading Material: Instruction to the Computer Application Software 51
Section 3 Reading Material: Using the Speak Feature in Office 2010 53
Section 4 Extended Reading: The Office 2010 Suite will be Released 58
Section 5 Extended Reading: Microsoft Teams Challenges Slack for Office Dominance 60
Section 6 Extended Reading: The Way Ahead: Innovating Together in China―by William H. Gates 61

Unit 5 Programming Language 65
Section 1 Situational Dialogue：Call about Courses of Computer Programming 65
Section 2 Reading Material: Introduction to Programming Language 66
Section 3 Reading Material: The C Programming Language 69
Section 4 Extended Reading: What is the “Java language”? 73
Section 5 Extended Reading: Object-oriented Programming 74
Section 6 Extended Reading: How to Learn a Programming Language 76

Unit 6 Network and Internet 83
Section 1 Situational Dialogue：About Going Online 83
Section 2 Reading Material: Instruction to the Network 84
Section 3 Reading Material: Instruction to the Internet 87
Section 4 Extended Reading: How to Use the Internet 91
Section 5 Extended Reading: Set up an FTP between Two Computers 95
Section 6 Extended Reading: To Be Completely Anonymous on the Internet 101

Unit 7 Information Security 104
Section 1 Situational Dialogue：Computer Hackers 104
Section 2 Reading Material: Computer Viruses 105
Section 3 Reading Material: The Ways to Protect Information Security 109
Section 4 Extended Reading：What Does a Data Security Manager Do? 112
Section 5 Extended Reading：How to Create a Secure and Stable Windows System 113
Section 6 Extended Reading：Create a Perfect Password: Ten Easy Steps to Stay Secure 114

Appendix Index of Basic Vocabulary 118
References 136