Unit2 More about computer Text 1 Guess What It is Lets begin this unit with a riddle. Try to guess what it is? It is like a tv. but it is not a Tv. It is a calculator. but it is more than a calculator. It is not so mysterious, but it is powerful and intelligent. When you want to send or receive e-mail, you have to use it When you want to play electronic games with your partners who are in different cities, you have to use it maybe you can guess it without any hesitation-it is computer. You are right! Why you can gue it so quickly? Because computers are so widely used in our life and society right now. You can find them in schools, in factories, in offices and in personal rooms. People use them for different purposes Office automation and producing automation ning purposes Entertainment Developing new software · Other purposes Now, you have known there are so many situations in which people want to use them. Th are so powerful that they can do so many kinds of things. What is it like? How does it work? How can we operate it? Maybe your mind is now filled with many similar questions. It does not matter, you can understand them if you follow us and learn this book carefully. Follow us 参考译文 让我们以一个谜语来开始这个单元。试着猜出它是什么? 它像一台电视,但又不是电视。 它能做计算器用,但又不仅仅是一个计算器 它并不神奇,但却很强大和聪明。 当你要发送或接收电子邮件的时候,你需要用到它 当你想和你在不同城市的搭档一块打电子游戏时,你必须用到它。 也许你能毫不犹豫地猜出来一—它是计算机。你猜对了。为什么你能这么快地猜出它来 呢?因为当今计算机在我们的生活和社会中应用得非常广泛。你能在学校、工厂、办公室和 个人的房间发现它。人们由于各种各样的原因而使用它们 ·办公自动化和生产自动化 ·学习的目的 娱乐 ·开发新软件Unit 2 More about Computer Text 1 Guess What It is Let’s begin this unit with a riddle. Try to guess what it is? It is like a TV, but it is not a TV. It is a calculator, but it is more than a calculator. It is not so mysterious, but it is powerful and intelligent. When you want to send or receive e-mail, you have to use it. When you want to play electronic games with your partners who are in different cities, you have to use it. Maybe you can guess it without any hesitation—it is computer. You are right! Why you can guess it so quickly? Because computers are so widely used in our life and society right now. You can find them in schools, in factories, in offices and in personal rooms. People use them for different purposes: • Office automation and producing automation • Learning purposes • Entertainment • Developing new software • Other purposes Now, you have known there are so many situations in which people want to use them. They are so powerful that they can do so many kinds of things. What is it like? How does it work? How can we operate it? Maybe your mind is now filled with many similar questions. It does not matter, you can understand them if you follow us and learn this book carefully. Follow us! 参考译文 让我们以一个谜语来开始这个单元。试着猜出它是什么？ 它像一台电视，但又不是电视。 它能做计算器用，但又不仅仅是一个计算器。 它并不神奇，但却很强大和聪明。 当你要发送或接收电子邮件的时候，你需要用到它。 当你想和你在不同城市的搭档一块打电子游戏时，你必须用到它。 也许你能毫不犹豫地猜出来——它是计算机。你猜对了。为什么你能这么快地猜出它来 呢？因为当今计算机在我们的生活和社会中应用得非常广泛。你能在学校、工厂、办公室和 个人的房间发现它。人们由于各种各样的原因而使用它们： • 办公自动化和生产自动化 • 学习的目的 • 娱乐 • 开发新软件