Unit One A Friend or a Spy-Computer

I Warm-up

II Text Reading

Part A: Personal Computers Are Changing the World

Part B: Can You Trust Your Computer?

III Further Reading: How Bill Gates Works

Unit Two Fundamentals of Computer Hardware

I Warm-up

II Text Reading

Part A: What Is the Computer Hardware?

Part B: How Microprocessors Work

III Further Reading: The Business Benefits of New Computer Hardware

Unit Three Traffic Cop-Operating System

I Warm-up

II Text Reading

Part A: The Most Popular Software

Part B: Summary of Operating Systems

III Further Reading: Top 10 Reasons to Get Windows XP Home Edition

Unit Four Office Automation

I Warm-up

II Text Reading

Part A: A New Office

Part B: Office Automation

III Further Reading: Office 2007

Unit Five A Magic World-Internet

I Warm-up

II Text Reading

Part A: A Magic World--Internet

Part B: Videonet

III Further Reading: Trip Online

Unit Six Multimedia

I Warm-up

IX Text Reading

Part A: What Is Multimedia?

Part B: Interactive Multimedia

III Further Reading: Artificial Intelligence

Unit Seven An Electronic Meeting Place--Website

I Warm-up

II Text Reading

Part A: Create Your Own Web Page

Part B: Web Design Tips

III Further Reading: Five Most Common Web Design Mistakes

Unit Eight Electronic Trade

I Warm-up

II Text Reading

Part A: Paperless Trade--Electronic Commerce

Part B: The Ebay Business

III Further Reading: Seven Ways to Make Money with Electronic Trade

Unit Nine The Attractive Video Games

I Warm-up

II Text Reading

Part A: Video Games

Part B: Counter-Strike (CS)

III Further Reading: Video Games' Effect on Children

Unit Ten Computer Virus and Security

I Warm-up

II Text Reading

Part A: Computer Virus

Part B: Fight Fire with Fire

III Further Reading: Top 10 Computer Virus Threats in 2007

Glossary

Appendix

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