本书作者来自一线项目研发人员及一线教师，在结合自身教学经验和学生反馈信息的基础上，对内容构成进行了精心组织。全书共8个单元，内容围绕计算机发展史、计算机硬件、操作系统、计算机软件、软件开发、数据结构、互联网和多媒体应用等方面展开。为方便教学，本书还附有参考译文和练习答案。

本书贯彻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以“应用为目的，以够用为度，以实用为主”的方针，旨在培养高职高专院校计算机各专业学生实际使用英语进行交际的能力，培养学生逐步具备以英语为工具进行专业学科交流、在职业范围内运用英语的能力。

本书面向高职高专计算机及相关专业英语课程，全面介绍了计算机专业的必备英语知识，内容涉及计算机发展史、计算机硬件、操作系统、计算机软件、软件开发、数据结构、互联网和多媒体应用等主题。

全书共8个单元，每单元分为情景对话、课文、重点技巧和阅读材料四部分，提高学生在学习和职场环境下的英语会话水平，从篇章、词汇、句法和结构等方面入手，加强学生专业文献读、译和写方面的基本应用技巧，并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。

本书适合国内各类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、网络管理等专业教学使用，也可作为IT行业技术人员和计算机爱好者的参考用书。

前言

Unit One Introduction to Computers

 Section One: Situational Dialog

Computer Festival

 Section Two: Passages

Passage A: Evolution of Computers

Categories of Computers

Development of Computers

Passage B: Computers and Our Life

 Section Three: Skill in Focus

Computer English Reading, Part 1

 Section Four: Extended Reading

Getting More Comfortable with Computers

Part I of Commencement Speech at Stanford Given by Steve Jobs

Part II of Commencement Speech at Stanford Given by Steve Jobs

Tips for common PC problems

Unit Two Computer Hardware

 Section One: Situational Dialog

Shopping for a Computer

 Section Two: Passages

Passage A: A Guide on the Main Components in a PC

Passage B: Introducing Common Peripherals

 Section Three: Skill in Focus

Computer English Reading, Part 2

 Section Four: Extended Reading

Part III of Commencement Speech at Stanford Given by Steve Jobs

Tips for common PC problems

Unit Three Operation Systems

 Section One: Situational Dialog

System Crash

 Section Two: Passages

Passage A: Categories of Operating System

Passage B: Comparison between Linux and Windows

 Section Three: Skill in Focus

Computer English Reading, Part 3

 Section Four: Extended Reading

Some Changes in Windows 7 Taskbar

Tips for common PC problems

Unit Four Application Software

 Section One: Situational Dialog

My Computer Has Been Attacked by Viruses

 Section Two.' Passages

Passage A: Software Categories

Passage B: Computer Security

 Section Three: Skill in Focus

Computer English Translation, Part 1

 Section Four: Extended Reading

An Introduction to Microsoft Office

Tips for common PC problems

Unit Five Programming Language

 Section One: Situational Dialog

Requirements Analysis

 Section Two: Passages

Passage A: Introduction to Programming Language

Passage B: Object-oriented Programming

 Section Three: Skill in Focus

Computer English Translation, Part 2

 Section Four: Extended Reading

Passage A: Software Engineering

Tips for common PC problems

Unit Six Data Structure

 Section One: Situational Dialog ACM/1CPC

 Section Two: Passages

Passage A: Data Structure

Passage B: Linear Table

 Section Three: Skill in Focus

Computer English Writing, Part 1

 Section Four: Extended Reading Tree

The Queue ADT

Data Warehouse

Tips for common PC problems

Unit Seven Internet

 Section One: Situational Dialog

Internet Shopping

 Section Two: Passages

Passage A: A Brief Introduction to the Internet:

Passage B: Regulating the Internet:

 Section Three: Skill in Focus

Computer English Writing, Part 2

 Section Four: Extended Reading

Safe Shopping on EBay

New Safari Browser Succeeds At Speed., RATS

Tips for common PC problems

Unit Eight Multimedia

 Section One: Situational Dialog

The Concept of Multimedia

 Section Two: Passages

Passage A: What Is Multimedia?

Passage B: Multimedia Applications for the Classroom

 Section Three: Skill in Focus

Computer English Writing, Part 3

 Section Four: Extended Reading

Army Experiments with Multimedia-enabled Helmet Technology

Edit and Save Photos and Videos with Nero Multimedia Suite 10

Tips for common PC problems

附录1 计算机英语术语词汇表

附录2 项目可行性报告及建议范文

附录3 参考答案

附录4 参考译文

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