ContentsLesson One 1Text��Installation Steps of a Desktop Board 1New Words 4Sentence Explanations 5Grammar��Word-formation in the Computer Fields 5Exercises���� 8Skill Training��Conversation at an Office 8Exercises��II�� 9Reading Materials��A����Information Technology 9Reading Materials��B����Commonly Used Computer Terms 10Lesson Two 12Text��Peripherals 12New Words 16Sentence Explanations 17Grammar��The Parts of Speech and Their Use 18Exercises���� 21Skill Training��Key Words 21Exercises���� 21Reading Materials��A����The Features of CD-RW Drive 22Reading Materials��B����Commonly Used Computer Terms 22Lesson Three 24Text��Learn a Language Online 24New Words 26Sentence Explanations 27Grammar��Verbs and the Components of a Sentence 27Exercises���� 29Skill Training��Abstract 30Exercises���� 32Reading Materials��A����China Races to Supplant India in Software 32Reading Materials��B����Commonly Used Computer Terms 34Lesson Four 35Text��Internet Morals Watchdog Guards Against Viruses as Well 35New Words 38Sentence Explanations 38Grammar��The Tenses 39Exercises���� 42Then and Now 42Skill Training��Business Card 43Exercises���� 46Reading Materials (A)��Don��t Bug Me! 46Reading Materials��B����Commonly Used Computer Terms 47Lesson Five 48Text��How the Internet Works 48New Words 50Sentence Explanations 51Grammar��The Passive Voice 52Exercises���� 53Skill Training��Superscription 53Exercises���� 55Reading Materials��A����Google ���� Leading Role of Internet 55Reading Materials��B����Commonly Used Computer Terms 57Lesson Six 58Text��Voice Recognition Not Science Fiction 58New Words 61Sentence Explanations 62Grammar��The Subjunctive Mood 63Exercises���� 65Skill Training��Notice 67Exercises���� 68Reading Materials��A����Using a Modem 68Reading Materials��B����Commonly Used Computer Terms 70Lesson Seven 71Text��Using Ants as Models for New Distributed Systems 71New Words 74Sentence Explanations 74Grammar��The Infinitive 75Exercises���� 76Skill Training��The Structure of a Letter 78Exercises���� 81Reading Materials��A����End of the PC Era 81Reading Materials��B����Commonly Used Computer Terms 82Lesson Eight 84Text��A New Programming Language ���� Java 84New Words 86Sentence Explanations 88Grammar��Past Participle and Present Participle 88Exercises���� 89Skill Training��Commonly-used Opening Sentences and Closing Sentences of Letters 91Exercises���� 92Reading Materials��A����A Mobile Computer Team Services Sick Machines 92Reading Materials��B����Commonly Used Computer Terms 94Lesson Nine 95Text��Plug-and-Play Robots 95New Words 98Sentence Explanations 99Grammar��Gerund 100Exercises���� 101Skill Training��Letter Writing 102Exercises���� 104Reading Materials��A����A Guide to Computers and Plug-ins on the Internet 104Reading Materials��B����Commonly Used Computer Terms 106Lesson Ten 107Text��Caught in the Web of the Internet 107New Words 111Sentence Explanations 112Grammar��Non-finite Forms of Verbs 113Exercises���� 114Skill Training��Introduction to Company Organizations 115Exercises���� 116Reading Materials��A����Eleven Commandments by Bill Gates 117Reading Materials��B����Commonly Used Computer Terms 118Lesson Eleven 119Text��Hackers Are Enemy Number One on the Internet 119New Words 121Sentence Explanations 122Grammar��Noun Clause 122Exercises���� 124Skill Training��Invitation Card 126Exercises���� 127Reading Materials��A����The Information Superhighway: From Expectation to Realization 127Reading Materials��B����Commonly Used Computer Terms 129Lesson Twelve 131Text��The Challenges of Using Search Agents to Perform Research on the World Wide Web 131New Words 134Sentence Explanations 135Grammar��Adjective Clause 135Exercises���� 137Skill Training��Job Interview 138Exercises���� 139Reading Materials��A����Safe Sex for Your Computer 139Reading Materials��B����Commonly Used Computer Terms 141Lesson Thirteen 143Text��Bill Gates Speech to Tsinghua University 143New Words 146Sentence Explanations 146Grammar��Adverbial Clauses 147Exercises���� 149Skill Training��Resume 151Exercises���� 154Reading Materials��A����Help! How Do I Set Up and Send an Online Resume? 154Reading Materials��B����Commonly Used Computer Terms 156Lesson Fourteen 158Text��The Ancient History of the Internet 158New Words 162Sentence Explanations 162Grammar��Inverted Word-order 163Exercises���� 164Skill Training��Personal Statement 166Exercises���� 167Reading Materials��A����Father of Internet Surprised by 600 Million Followers 167Reading Materials��B����Commonly Used Computer Terms 168Lesson Fifteen 170Text��XP��s Do-It-Yourself Security 170New Words 172Sentence Explanations 173Grammar��Complex Sentences Analysis 173Exercises���� 175Skill Training��Advertisement 175Exercises���� 176Reading Materials��A����One Number Gets It All����Phone, Fax or Voice Mail 177Reading Materials��B����Commonly Used Computer Terms 179Lesson Sixteen 181Text: Talk of Cooperation Is Out as the Software Industry Prepares for Another Period of Sweeping Change 181New Words 184Sentence Explanations 184Grammar��Samples of Complex Sentences Analysis 186Exercises���� 187Skill Training��Agreement��Contract�� 187Exercises���� 190Reading Materials��A����Just Imagine��What Computers Can��t Do�� 190Reading Materials��B����Commonly Used Computer Terms 192Reference Translation and Answers 194Complex Exercises 270Bibliography 279