计算机专业英语教程 作者桑莉君 unit07.pptVIP

UNIT 7Network Essentials COMPETENCIES After you have read this unit, you should be able to: Discuss network and communication. Describe local area, metropolitan area, and wide area network. Name LAN devices and WAN devices. Describe common media. Describe the seven layers of the OSI reference model. Discuss the main function of each layer of the OSI reference model. Text A Network Overview Concept Check What is a network? What is a network topology? List four principal network topologies. Name the different types of networking media. List devices for LAN and for WAN. New Words and Phrases installation n. 安装 converge v. (指物体等)会于一点，向一点会合；聚集 spectacular adj. 引人注目的；出色的；与众不同的 profound adj. 深的；深切的；深远的；极度的；极大的 computational adj. using computers 使用计算机的 interconnected adj. (彼此)有联系的；相互依存的 intricate adj. 复杂的 cardiovascular adj. 心血管的：心血管的，与心血管有关的，侵袭心血管的 New Words and Phrases approach n. 方法；手段 geographic adj. 地理的 metropolitan adj.大城市的 reliable adj. 可信赖的；可靠的 infrared adj. 红外线的 ultraviolet adj. 紫外线的 hierarchical adj. 分层的、分级的、层次的 electromagnetic adj. 电磁的 New Words and Phrases filter v. 过滤 backbone n. 主干网络；主干线路 due to 因为，由于，归于 refer to ….as….. 称……为…… depend on sth. 视某事物而定；取决于某事物 Notes 1. Due to rapid technological progress, these areas are rapidly converging, and the differences between collecting, transporting, storing, and processing information are quickly disappearing. [分析]其中后半句中主语、谓语分别是the differences are quickly disappearing ，而介词短语“between collecting, transporting, storing, and processing information”是主语“the differences”的定语。 Notes 2. The idea that within 20 years equally powerful computers smaller than postage stamps could be mass produced by the millions has become reality. [分析]句中去除修饰成分，句子的主干是The idea has become reality，而“idea”之后的that从句是修饰idea的同位语从句。 Notes 3. The old model of a single computer serving all of the organization’s computational needs has been replaced by one in which a large number of separate but interconnected com