Unit One：Introduction to Computers 计算机专业英语教材.ppt

Passage Four： How to Keep Your PC Stable Sixth，avoid the temptation to try to fix something that isnt broken. If your system is running well，theres no need to install a utility program that claims to make it run better or more reliably. 第六，避免试图修补本没有损坏的软件。如果电脑系统运行良好，你就没有必要安装据称能使你的系统运行得更好或更稳定的功能性软件程序。 Passage Four： How to Keep Your PC Stable Seventh，do prepare for disaster. No matter how well your system runs when you get it，the day will come when it will need to be replaced. Hopefully，you will replace it because the technology has become outdated，but you may need to replace it also because the hard drive crashes or you begin experiencing problems that no one can figure out. Thats why its important to back up your important files regularly. Whether you use a tape backup device or a CD-RW drive，its important to map out a regular backup schedule and to stick to it. 第七，一定要防患于未然。无论最初你的操作系统运行得多么好，终究会有一天你需要重新安装你的计算机，但愿你重新安装仅是因为技术过时了，但也可能是因为硬件崩溃或是开始遇到没有人能够解决的问题，这就是经常给重要文件做备份重要的原因。不管你是用软盘备份还是用光盘刻录机备份，重要的是要制订一份经常备份的时间表，并坚持执行它。 Passage Four： How to Keep Your PC Stable Exercises Ⅰ. Match the items listed in the following two columns. 1. disk space a. 随机访问内存 2. virtual memory b. 磁盘空间 3. RAM c. 共享程序 4. operating system d. 虚拟内存 5. shareware programs e. 操作系统 6. utility program f. 硬盘驱动器 7. hard drive g.实用程序 Passage Four： How to Keep Your PC Stable Exercises Ⅱ. Mark the following sentences with true or false according to the passage. 1. All Windows users know that system instability is a fact of life. 2. Windows can sets aside “virtual memory” to help manage your system. 3. Avoid installing shareware programs. 4. No-name products always cheaper and sometimes just as reliable as name-brand products 5. Anytime theres no need to install a utility program that claims to make it run better or more reliably. Passage Four： How to Keep Your PC Stable Exercises Ⅲ. Translation. 1. Yet you can minimize the glitches that you experience with your computer