Unit 1 The Fundamentals of
Computers
Part 1 Reading and Translating
Section A Cloud Computing
Section B Tomorrow Never Knows
Part 2 Simulated Writing: Memo
Part 3 Listening and Speaking
Dialogue: Buying a New Notebook
Computer
Listening Comprehension: Roadrunner
Dictation: John von Neumann
Unit 2 Computer Hardware
Part 1 Reading and Translating
Section A Wearable Technology
Section B 3-D Printing
Part 2 Simulated Writing: Notices
Part 3 Listening and Speaking
Dialogue: Referring to Websites or Online
Forum for Microsoft Developer
Listening Comprehension: Intel
Dictation: Father of the Mouse -- Doug
Engelbart
Unit 3 Computer Software
Part 1 Reading and Translating
Section A Cloud Software
Section B Shared Virtual Spaces
Part 2 Simulated Writing: Report
Part 3 Listening and Speaking
Dialogue: Making an Electronic Album Using
Multimedia Editing Software
Listening Comprehension: The Software
Giant -- Microsoft
Dictation: Embedded Systems
Unit4 Operating System
Part 1 Reading and Translating
Section A Mobile versus Desktop Operating
Systems
Section B Linus Torvalds and the Software
Nobody Knows
Part 2 Simulated Writing: Meeting Minutes-'
Part 3 Listening and Speaking _
Dialogue: Choosing a Linux Distribution and
Free Trials for Free Software
Listening Comprehension: Open Source
Software
Dictation: Apple Mac OS
Unit 5 Computer Programming
Part 1 Reading and Translating
Section A Mobile App Development
Section B The Future of Programming
Part 2 Simulated Writing: Outline
Part 3 Listening and Speaking
Dialogue: Getting to Know Java Runtime
Environment (JRE) and Java Virtual
Machine (JVM)
Listening Comprehension: IDE
Dictation: Ada Lovelace, the First
Programmer
Unit 6 Databases
Part 1 Reading and Translating
Section A Cloud Database
Section B Big Data
Part 2 Simulated Writing: Summary
Part 3 Listening and Speaking
Dialogue: Installing Oracle Database
Software
Listening Comprehension: Data Mining
Dictation: Data Warehouse
Unit 7 Local Area Network
Part 1 Reading and Translating
Section A Ethernet(802.3)
SectionB Wi-Fi (802.11)
Part 2 Simulated Writing: Instructions
Part 3 Listening and Speaking
Dialogue: Setting up Wireless Network
Listening Comprehension: IPv6--the Next
Generation Internet Protocol
Dictation: Router
Unit 8 The Internet and the World
Wide Web
Part 1 Reading and Translating
Section A Arpanet Pioneers Build a Reliable
Network Out of Unreliable Parts
Section B Social Networking Sites
Part 2 Simulated Writing: Proposal
Part 3 Listening and Speaking
Dialogue: Enhancing Your Computer
Security
Listening Comprehension: History of
Google
Dictation: How Web Search Engines
Work
Unit 9 E-Commerce
Part 1 Reading and Translating
Section A JeffBezos Takes Amazon into the
Cloud
Section B E-Commerce Tomorrow: The
Never-Ending Game
Part 2 Simulated Writing: E-mail
Part 3 Listening and Speaking
Dialogue: Protecting Buyers' Privacy with
Online Payment Services
Listening Comprehension: Online
Shopping
Dictation: eBay -- Global Buying Hub
Unit 10 Computer Security
Part 1 Reading and Translating
Section A Computer Virus: Delivery, Infection,
and Avoidence
Section B Evolving Technology, Evo
Security
Part 2 Simulated Writing: Business Letter
Part 3 Listening and Speaking
Dialogue: Using Anti-virus Software
Listening Comprehension: Hacker and
Cracker
Dictation: Trojan Horses
Unit 11 Software Engineering
Part 1 Reading and Translating
Section A How Software Engineering
Work
Section B People and the Way They Bu
Systems
Part 2 Simulated Writing: Resume
Part 3 Listening and Speaking
Dialogue: Using Object-Oriented Analysi
Design Method
Listening Comprehension: Extreme
Programming
Dictation: Unified Modeling
Language (UML)
Unit 12 DigitialWorld
Part 1 Reading and Translating
Section A Mobile Internet
Section B The Internet of Things
Part 2 Simulated Writing: Cover Letter
Part 3 Listening and Speaking
Dialogue: Interview
Listening Comprehension: Quantum
Computer
Dictation: Native XML Database
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