Unit 1 An Overview of Computers 1Section 1 Situational Dialogue：Computer Debate 1Section 2 Reading Material: Instruction to the Development of Computers 2Section 3 Reading Material: Classification of Computers Systems 6Section 4 Extended Reading: What are the Benefits of Computers in School? 10Section 5 Extended Reading: What are the Advantages of Computers in Business? 11Section 6 Extended Reading: Commencement Speech at Stanford Given by Steve Jobs 13Unit 2 Computer Hardware 19Section 1 Situational Dialogue：Teens and Computers 19Section 2 Reading Material: The Hardware 20Section 3 Reading Material: The Motherboard 25Section 4 Extended Reading: How Bluetooth is Making Our Lives Easier 28Section 5 Extended Reading: Alibaba Group will Invest $15B into a New Global Research and Development Program 29Section 6 Extended Reading: 10 Ways to Make a Computer Move Faster 30Unit 3 Operating System 33Section 1 Situational Dialogue：System Crash 33Section 2 Reading Material: Operating System 35Section 3 Reading Materia: An Overview on the Most Commonly-used OS 39Section 4 Extended Reading: Android Operating System 43Section 5 Extended Reading: Comparison between Linux and Windows 44Section 6 Extended Reading: Should You Upgrade or Repair Your Computer? 46Unit 4 Application Software 49Section 1 Situational Dialogue：A Job Interview 49Section 2 Reading Material: Instruction to the Computer Application Software 51Section 3 Reading Material: Using the Speak Feature in Office 2010 53Section 4 Extended Reading: The Office 2010 Suite will be Released 58Section 5 Extended Reading: Microsoft Teams Challenges Slack for Office Dominance 60Section 6 Extended Reading: The Way Ahead: Innovating Together in China—by William H. Gates 61Unit 5 Programming Language 65Section 1 Situational Dialogue：Call about Courses of Computer Programming 65Section 2 Reading Material: Introduction to Programming Language 66Section 3 Reading Material: The C Programming Language 69Section 4 Extended Reading: What is the “Java language”? 73Section 5 Extended Reading: Object-oriented Programming 74Section 6 Extended Reading: How to Learn a Programming Language 76Unit 6 Network and Internet 83Section 1 Situational Dialogue：About Going Online 83Section 2 Reading Material: Instruction to the Network 84Section 3 Reading Material: Instruction to the Internet 87Section 4 Extended Reading: How to Use the Internet 91Section 5 Extended Reading: Set up an FTP between Two Computers 95Section 6 Extended Reading: To Be Completely Anonymous on the Internet 101Unit 7 Information Security 104Section 1 Situational Dialogue：Computer Hackers 104Section 2 Reading Material: Computer Viruses 105Section 3 Reading Material: The Ways to Protect Information Security 109Section 4 Extended Reading：What Does a Data Security Manager Do? 112Section 5 Extended Reading：How to Create a Secure and Stable Windows System 113Section 6 Extended Reading：Create a Perfect Password: Ten Easy Steps to Stay Secure 114Appendix Index of Basic Vocabulary 118References 136

本书面向高职高专计算机及相关专业学生，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、编程语言、互联网、信息安全等主题。全书共7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，旨在提高学生在学习和职场环境