本书面向高职高专计算机及相关专业的英语课程,全面介绍了计算机专业的基础英语知识,内容涉及计算机发展史、计算机硬件、操作系统、应用软件、程序语言、互联网、信息安全、大数据、人工智能、云计算等主题。
全书共10个单元,每单元均分为情景对话、阅读材料和扩展阅读三部分。情景对话旨在提高学生在学习和职场环境下的英语会话水平;阅读材料从篇章、词汇、句法和结构等方面入手,加强学生专业文献读、写、译方面的基本应用技巧;扩展阅读补充计算机小知识阅读材料,培养学生用英文解决计算机相关问题的能力。
本书可作为高职高专院校信息技术、计算机应用、计算机信息管理、软件技术、网络管理等专业的教材,也可作为IT行业技术人员和计算机爱好者的参考书。
计算机已经成为人们常用的一种工具,而计算机英语作为用户与计算机交互的主要语言,也已成为用户需要学习和掌握的重要知识。计算机专业英语属于专门用途英语,是计算机及计算机相关专业的专业基础课。教育部高教司高职处与全国高职高专大学英语教育指导委员会明确规定,专门用途英语在教学中必须强调以应用能力为主线的思想,“以应用为目的,以够用为度,以实用为主”,重视培养学生实际使用英语进行交际的能力。
本书是在2019年第一版的基础上修订而成的,此版主要特色如下:
(1) 切合学生实际,内容形式多样,在编写过程中注重学生的接受能力,主要体现在篇幅和语言表达上。
(2) 内容覆盖面尽可能广。为使学生在学习英语的同时了解计算机应用领域的一些基础知识,本书精选了来自英文教程、杂志或网站等的相关资料,主要包括知识概述、应用、专业分析、科技新闻等。
(3) 在组织形式上,每单元引入相关的情景对话,培养学生在生活、学习和工作中运用英语进行专业交际的能力;加强计算机专业英语基本的读、写、译能力,让学生在掌握基本必备知识的前提下学会举一反三、自主学习。
全书共10个单元,内容围绕计算机发展史、计算机硬件、操作系统、应用软件、程序语言、互联网、信息安全、大数据、人工智能、云计算等方面展开。每单元均由情景对话、阅读材料和扩展阅读组成。
本书可作为国内各类高职高专院校的软件技术、信息技术、计算机应用、计算机信息管理、网络管理等专业的教材,也可作为IT行业技术人员和计算机爱好者的参考用书。
本书由黄利红、胡宇晴、曾琴担任主编,彭玲、黄煜、周海珍、易兰英担任副主编,马庆担任主审。黄利红编写了第1、2、8章,胡宇晴编写了第3章,曾琴编写了第4、6章,彭玲编写了第7章,张海良编写了第5章,周海珍编写了第9章,易兰英编写了第10章。左向荣、马娜、张东英、陈梅、张海良、刘群等也参与了本书的编写。
由于编者水平有限,书中难免有不妥之处,恳请广大读者批评指正,提出宝贵意见和建议。编者的电子邮箱为48735920@qq.com。
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Unit 1 An Overview of Computers 1
Section 1 Situational Dialogue 1
Text Computer Debate 1
Section 2 Reading Material 2
Text A Instruction to the Development of Computers 2
Text B Classification of Computer Systems 6
Section 3 Extended Reading 10
Text A What Are the Benefits of Computers in School? 10
Text B What Are the Advantages of Computers in Business? 11
Text C Commencement Speech at Stanford Given by Steve Jobs 13
Unit 2 Computer Hardware 18
Section 1 Situational Dialogue 18
Text Teens and Computers 18
Section 2 Reading Material 19
Text A The Hardware 19
Text B The Motherboard 23
Section 3 Extended Reading 27
Text A How Bluetooth Is Making Our Lives Easier 27
Text B Alibaba Group Will Invest $15B into a New Global Research and
Development Program 28
Text C 10 Ways to Make a Computer Move Faster 29
Unit 3 Operating System 32
Section 1 Situational Dialogue 32
Text System Crash 32
Section 2 Reading Material 34
Text A Operating System 34
Text B An Overview on the Most Commonly-used OS 38
Section 3 Extended Reading 42
Text A Android Operating System 42
Text B Comparison Between Linux and Windows 43
Text C Should You Upgrade or Repair Your Computer? 45
Unit 4 Application Software 48
Section 1 Situational Dialogue 48
Text A Job Interview 48
Section 2 Reading Material 50
Text A Instruction to the Computer Application Software 50
Text B Using the Speak Feature in Office 2010 52
Section 3 Extended Reading 57
Text A The Office 2010 Suite Will be Released 57
Text B Microsoft Teams Challenges Slack for Office Dominance 59
Text C The Way Ahead: Innovating Together in China-by William H. Gates 60
Unit 5 Programming Language 64
Section 1 Situational Dialogue 64
Text Call About Courses of Computer Programming 64
Section 2 Reading Material 65
Text A Introduction to Programming Language 65
Text B The C Programming Language 68
Section 3 Extended Reading 71
Text A What Is the Java Language? 71
Text B Object Oriented Programming 72
Text C How to Learn a Programming Language 75
Unit 6 Network and Internet 82
Section 1 Situational Dialogue 82
Text About Going Online 82
Section 2 Reading Material 83
Text A Instruction to the Network 83
Text B Instruction to the Internet 86
Section 3 Extended Reading 90
Text A How to Use the Internet 90
Text B Set Up an FTP Between Two Computers 95
Text C To Be Completely Anonymous on the Internet 101
Unit 7 Information Security 103
Section 1 Situational Dialogue 103
Text Computer Hackers 103
Section 2 Reading Material 104
Text A Computer Viruses 104
Text B The Ways to Protect Information Security 108
Section 3 Extended Reading 111
Text A What Does a Data Security Manager Do? 111
Text B How to Create a Secure and Stable Windows System 112
Text C Create a Perfect Password: Ten Easy Steps to Stay Secure 113
Unit 8 Big Data 117
Section 1 Situational Dialogue 117
Text Discussion of Data 117
Section 2 Reading Material 118
Text A Big Data 118
Text B About Big Data 122
Section 3 Extended Reading 126
Text A More About Big Data 126
Text B Uses of Big Data 128
Text C Overview of Big Data 131
Unit 9 AI 135
Section 1 Situational Dialogue 135
Text Talk About Design of Hybrid Vehicle 135
Section 2 Reading Material 136
Text A Artificial Intelligence 136
Text B AI: What It Is, and What It Isn’t 140
Section 3 Extended Reading 143
Text A Artificial Intelligence and Space Travel: The Future of Exploration 143
Text B How Artificial Intelligence may Change Our Lives? 145
Unit 10 Cloud Computing 148
Section 1 Situational Dialogue 148
Text A Job Interview 148
Section 2 Reading Material 150
Text A What Is Cloud Computing? 150
Text B About Virtualization Technology 158
Section 3 Extended Reading 161
Text A What Is Parallel Computing? 161
Text B Distributed System 162
Text C Grid Computing 164
Appendix Index of Basic Vocabulary 166
References 184