unit9 v2.ppt

信息管理专业英语教程 人民邮电出版社 Unit 9 Management Information Systems New Words New Words New Words New Words Phrases evolve from 由...进化 rather than 胜于 consist of 由...组成 so that 所以,因要,以至于 stand for 代表,代替,做...的候选人 refer to 查阅,提到,谈到,打听 in some way 在某些方面 such as 例如...,象这种的 punch-card 穿孔卡片 chief financial officer 财务总监,首席财务官 for instance 例如 raw material 原料 Abbreviations MIS (management information system) 管理信息系统 IBM (International Business Machines) 商用机器公司 PC (Personal Computer) 个人计算机 Text 请老师朗读并讲解课文 Notes [1] In the 1960s and 70s, it became necessary to formalize an educational approach to systems for business so that individuals and work groups and businesses who crossed boundaries in the various operations of business could have appropriate information. 本句中，it是形式主语，真正的主语是动词不定式短语to formalize an educational approach to systems for business，so that individuals and work groups and businesses who crossed boundaries in the various operations of business could have appropriate information是一个目的状语从句，修饰不定式to formalize。在该从句中，who crossed boundaries in the various operations of business是一个定语从句，修饰和限定businesses。 Notes [2] Management is the process of allocating an organizations inputs, including human and economic resources, by planning, organizing, directing, and controlling for the purpose of producing goods or services desired by customers so that organizational objectives are accomplished. 本句中，by planning, organizing, directing, and controlling是一个介词短语，作方式状语。for the purpose of producing goods or services desired by customers作目的状语。desired by customers是一个过去分词短语，作定语，修饰和限定goods or services。so that organizational objectives are accomplished是一个目的状语从句。 Notes [3] Almost two hundred years later, Charles Babbage, a professor of mathematics at Cambridge University in England, wanted to make a machine that would compute mathematical tables. 本句中，a professor of mathematics at Cambridge University in England作Charles Babbage的同位语，对其进行补充说明。that would compute mathemati