基于新信息技术的计算机英语（第二版）课件 黄利红 Unit 6 Network and Internet---Unit 10 Cloud Computing .pptx

Section1SituationalDialogue

Section2ReadingMaterial

Section3ExtendedReading

Section1SituationalDialogue

AboutGoingOnlineA:CanIuseyourlaptopforawhile?B:Sure,goahead.A:Oh,isntyourcomputerWiFicapable?B:Yes,itis.Youwantgoonline?TherearenoWiFihotspotsaround.A:Ohmy,nointernetaccessiskillingme.B:Cantyouwaittillyougethome?Thenyoucansurftheinternetusingthebroadband,wirelessconnectionorwhateveryoulike.A:No,Imnotfeelingmyself.Ijustwanttocheckmye-mails,visitmyfavoritewebsitesandchatwithmyfriends.B:NowIsee,youmustbesufferingfromdiscomgoogolation.A:Whatdoesthatmean?Theresnothingwrongwithme.B:Well,thetermdiscomgoogolationcomesfromdiscombobulateandgoogle.Becausefloodsofinformationarejustamouseclickaway,netusersareverylikelytobecomeaddictedtotheweb.A:Thatsalright.Ijustcantbearlosingtrackofallthelatestinformation.Italmostdrivesmecrazy.

B:Then,youreprobablyaddicted.

Section2ReadingMaterial

InstructiontotheNetworkAnetworkisagroupoftwoormorecomputersystemslinkedtogether.Therearemanytypesofcomputernetworks,includingLocal-AreaNetworks(LANs)：Thecomputersaregeographicallyclosetogetherthatis,inthesamebuilding,(seeFigure6-1).ALocal-AreaNetwork(LAN)isacomputernetworkthatspansarelativelysmallarea.MostLANsareconfinedtoasinglebuildingorgroupofbuildings.LANsarecapableoftransmittingdataatveryfastrates,muchfasterthandatacanbetransmittedoveratelephoneline；butthedistancesarelimited,andthereisalsoalimitonthenumberofcomputersthatcanbeattachedtoasingleLAN.

Wide-AreaNetworks(WAN)：Thecomputersarefartherapartandareconnectedbytelephonelinesorradiowaves.Acomputernetworkthatspansarelativelylargegeographicalarea.Typically，aWANconsistsoftwoormoreLANs.ComputersconnectedtoaWANareoft