计算机英语 3
Unit 1: My Computer
(我的电脑)
Section A
Computer Overview
I. Introduction
A computer is an electronic device that can receive a set of instructions,
numeric(al)
/ nj u:5merik(El) / or program, and then carry out this program by performing calculations on
a. 数字的;数值的 numerical data or by manipulating other forms of information.
manipulate
1
/ mE5nipjUleit / The modern world of high technology could not have come about
v. 操作;处理 except for the development of the computer. Different types and sizes of
transaction
computers find uses throughout society in the storage and handling of data,
/ trAn5zAkF En /
n. 交易;业务;事 from secret governmental files to banking transactions to private
务(处理) household accounts. Computers have opened up a new era in manufacturing
1 come about :发生,产生。
4 Computer English
automation through the techniques of automation, and they have enhanced modern
/ 7C:tE5meiF En / communication systems. They are essential tools in almost every field of
n. 自动化
research and applied technology, from constructing models of the universe
enhance / in5hB:ns /
v. 增强 to producing tomorrow’s weather reports, and their use has in itself opened
conjecture up new areas of conjecture. Database services and computer networks
/ kEn5dVektFE / make availa