本书以3位大学生Mark、Henry和Sophie的学习生活为主要背景, 围绕各章主题展开他们交流的话题, 并在对话中丰富各章主题, 将全书内容巧妙地联系在一起。同时涉及云计算、3D打印、穿戴式技术、大数据、物联网、移动互联网、社交网站和O2O等相关知识。
Contents
Unit 1 Computers and Mobile Devices
Part 1 Listening & Speaking
Dialogue： Buying a New Notebook Computer
Listening Comprehension： John von Neumann
Dictation： The Rise of Mobile Computing： The Getting-Smarter Smartphone
Part 2 Reading and Translating
Section A： Computers to Fit Every Need
Section B： Cloud Computing
Part3 Simulated Writing — Communicating with E-mail and Memos (I)
Unit 2 Hardware
Part 1 Listening & Speaking
Dialogue： How Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Readers Work
Listening Comprehension： Moore's Law
Dictation： Sensors Get Data We Never Had Before
Part 2 Reading and Translating
Section A： Microprocessors
Section B： Dreams of 3-D Printing
Part 3 Simulated Writing — Communicating with E-mail and Memos (II)
Unit 3 Software
Part 1 Listening & Speaking
Dialogue： Making an Electronic Album Using Multimedia Editing Software
Listening Comprehension： New Technology to Replace the Mouse： The Gesture Interface
Dictation： Open Source Software
Part 2 Reading and Translating
Section A： Cloud Software
Section B： Wearable Technology
Part 3 Simulated Writing — Uncovering the Secrets of Clear Writing (I)
Unit 4 Operating Systems
Part 1 Listening & Speaking
Dialogue： Talking about Operating Systems
Listening Comprehension： Android
Dictation： Linus Torvalds and the Software Nobody Knows
Part 2 Reading and Translating
Section A： Roles of an Operating System
Section B： Mobile versus Desktop Operating System
Part 3 Simulated Writing — Uncovering the Secrets of Clear Writing (II)
Unit 5 Computer Programming
Part 1 Listening & Speaking
Dialogue： Getting to Know Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and Java Virtual Machine (JVM)
Listening Comprehension： IDE
Dictation： Ada Lovelace， the First Programmer
Part 2 Reading and Translating
Section A： Programming for the Web and Cloud
Section B： Alan Kay Invents the Future
Part 3 Simulated Writing — Developing Reports and Proposals (I)
Unit 6 Databases
Part 1 Listening & Speaking
Dialogue： Why is big data a challenge
Listening Comprehension： Data Mining
Dictation： Data Warehouse
Part 2 Reading and Translating
Section A： Cloud Databases
Section B： Big Data
Part 3 Simulated Writing — Developing Reports and Proposals (II)
Unit 7 Computer Network and Internet
Part 1 Listening & Speaking
Dialogue： Setting up Wireless Network
Listening Comprehension： IPv6—the Next Generation Internet Protocol
Dictation： Router
Part 2 Reading and Translating
Section A： Arpanet Pioneers Build a Reliable Network Out of Unreliable Parts
Section B： The Internet of Things
Part 3 Simulated Writing — Writing for Employment (I)
Unit 8 The Internet and World Wide Web
Part 1 Listening & Speaking
Dialogue： Knowing the Myth about the Internet
Listening Comprehension： How a World-Shaking Technology Came About： Tim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web
Dictation： How Web Search Engines Work
Part 2 Reading and Translating
Section A： Mobile Internet
Section B： Social Networking Sites
Part 3 Simulated Writing — Writing for Employment (II)
Unit 9 E-commerce
Part 1 Listening & Speaking
Dialogue： Protecting Buyer’s Privacy with Online Payment Services
Listening Comprehension： Social Commerce
Dictation： Mobile Payment
Part 2 Reading and Translating
Section A： Online Checkout and Payment Services
Section B： Why Online2Offline Commerce Is A Trillion Dollar Opportunity
Part 3 Simulated Writing — Writing Professional Letters (I)
Unit 10 Computer Security and Privacy
Part 1 Listening & Speaking
Dialogue： Enhancing Your Computer Security
Listening Comprehension： Hacker and Cracker
Dictation： Trojan Horses
Part 2 Reading and Translating
Section A： Protecting Your Information Online
Section B： Security Attacks
Part 3 Simulated Writing — Writing Professional Letters (II)
Glossary
Abbreviations
Answers（练习答案）
Bibliography
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