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My ComputerI. Intensive ReadingII. Exercises Text ComprehensionSkill BuildingFast ReadingUnit 2Detailed Detailed ReadingReadingAfter After ReadingReadingBefore ReadingBefore Reading Part I Intensive ReadingBackBackBefore ReadingStudy focusPreparationPreparationMy ComputerBackBackstudy focusBackBack1. Think about the relationship between computers and our life. 2. Try to use words and expressions about computer science. 3. Practice using the structure of “notnor” 4. Learn how to leave messages (留言). 5. Read about the function of screensavers.Pre-reading Preparation: A. Discuss the following questions with your partners. 1. What computer operating systems have you ever used? Mac OS, UNIX, or Windows? 2. Have you ever been troubled by a computer breakdown? How did you feel at the moment? How did you solve the problem then?PreparationPreparationBackBackFor MorekeyBackBackB. Read the following sentences carefully andwork out the meaning of the underlined words and expressions.PreparationPreparationFor More1. I am sorry to inform you that your application has been unsuccessful. 2. Do not send the application via email. 3. My cars quite old, but its still pretty reliable. 4. The government must take action now to stop the rise in violent crimes.keyBackBackPreparationPreparationEnd5. Would you mind keeping an eye on my baby when Im away for a minute? 6. She was very nervous about introducing James to her children, but they warmed to him immediately.translateText StudyPre-ReadingAfter-ReadingpauseBackBackPara. 1a At least once per day, without fail, my computer, like every computer I have ever owned, has some kind of emotional breakdown. It simply stops workingoften when Im not touching it and it puts a message on the screen informing me that an error has occurred. Learning to Love the Computer, Warts and All By Dave BarrytranslateText StudyPre-ReadingAfter-ReadingpauseBackBackPara. 1b It does not say what the error is, nor where it occurred. For all I know, it occurred in New Zealand, and my computer found out about it via the Internet, and became so upset that it could not go on.translateText StudyPre-ReadingAfter-ReadingpausePara. 2 When this happens, I have to turn my computer off and start it up again. When I do, my computer puts a snippy note on the screen informing me that it is scanning its disks for errors, because it was shut down improperly.BackBacktranslateText StudyPre-ReadingAfter-ReadingpausePara. 3 “But I DIDNT DO ANYTHING!” I shout, but my computer ignores me, because it is busy scanning its disks. You just know that if it finds any errors, its going to blame me, even though I dont even know where its disks ARE.BackBacktranslateText StudyPre-ReadingAfter-ReadingpausePara. 4a While my computer is busy, I scan my wart. I have a wart on my right leg. It has been there for many years. I call it Buddy. I keep an eye on Buddy, in case his appearance changes. Ive read that its a bad thing, medically, when a wart Suddenly changes appearance. BackBacktranslateText StudyPre-ReadingAfter-ReadingpausePara. 4b If I ever look down and see that Buddy has turned green and not good-looking any longer, or hes wearing a little pair of Groucho glasses, Ill know its time to take some kind of medical action. Such as quit drinking.BackBacktranslateText StudyPre-ReadingAfter-ReadingpausePara. 5a But my point is that because of computer weirdness,I regularly see an entire mornings worksometimes as many as 18 words get blipped away forever to the Planet of Lost Data. Needless to say, I use Microsoft Windows. Ive been a loyal Windows man since the first version, which required you to write on the screen with crayons.BackBacktranslateText StudyPre-ReadingAfter-ReadingpausePara. 5b Every year or so, Microsoft comes out with a new version, which Microsoft always swears is better and more reliable, and I always buy it. I bought Windows 2.0, Windows 3.0, Windows 3.1415926, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows RSVP, The Best of Windows, Windows Strikes Back, and Windows Lets All Buy Bill Gates a House the Size of Vermont.BackBacktranslateText StudyPre-ReadingAfter-ReadingpausePara. 6 My computers keep having seizures, but I keep buying Windows versions, hoping Ill get lucky. Im like the loser in the nightclub who keeps hitting on the hot babe. His shoes are squishing from the pina colada she poured on him, but hes thinking: “Shes warming up to me!”BackBacktranslateText StudyPre-ReadingAfter-ReadingpausePara. 7 I bring this all up because now Microsoft has a new version out, Windows XP, which according to everybody is the “most reliable Windows ever.” To me, this is like saying that asparagus is “the best vegetable ever.” But still, I am tempted. “Maybe this will be the one,” I say to Buddy, as the two of us wait for the disks to be scanned.(496 words)BackBackMy ComputerAfter ReadingTeam workJokeJokeMusicBackBackTeam workDisc
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