Chapter 7 Programming Languages Key points: useful terms and definitions of programming languages Difficult points: describing the differences between compilers and interpreters

Chapter Operating System Key points: Function and structure of Operating System Difficult points: Resource allocation and related functions User interface functions

Chapter 3 Number Systems and Boolean Algebra Key points: useful terms and definitions of Number system and Boolean Algbra Difficult points: Conversion of the Number Systems and Boolean Algbra

Chapter 1 The History and Future of Computers Key points: useful terms and definitions of computers Difficult points: describing the features of computers of each generation

Chapter 13 Computer Graphics Key points: concept of computer graphics Difficult points: Applications of computer graphics

Chapter 11 Database Management Key points: useful terms and definitions of Database Management Difficult points: Classification of the logical structuring techniques of DBMS

一、书信(Letter) 书信(Letter)是用以交涉事务、增进了解、交流思想、 联络感情的工具。书信通常分为事务信件或公函( Business Letter or Official Correspondence)和私人信件(Private Letter) 两大类。英语书信从信封到正文,其写法格式与汉语的不尽 相同,有些方面则是完全不同的。下面将按写英语信的先后 次序,逐条举例作一解说

New Words deadeye: In informal English, dead may mean \precise(ly)\ or accurate(ly)\. ---Bill was dead shot with rifle. The model plane landed dead in the middle of the square

Text-related Issac Bashevinsfadematigsa1) an American short-story writer and novelist. Born in Poland, he came to the USA in 1935. His novels deal most with the heritage, faith,and daily lives of Polish Jews, particularly in the Warsaw Ghetto. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1978

PRE- READING QUESTIONS 1. Can you tell us something about Stevie Wonder according to our text? 2. What does the title mean?