计算机专业英语(第二版) 教学课件 作者 吴群 吴坚 Lesson Fifteen.pptVIP

专业英语 Lesson Fifteen ? Key point: complex sentences ? Difficult points: writing complex sentences ? Requirement: By the end of this lesson, you should be able to have a good command of analysis of complex sentences and translation of them ? computer terms given in the lesson ? By the end of this lesson, you should be able to explain Windows XP in details ?? write advertisements XP’s Do-It-Yourself Security Abstract: This article introduces Windows XP which is an operating system designed by Microsoft and can offer solid protection. Key words: Windows XP; Microsoft; solid security New Words GUI (Graphical User Interface) n. 图形用户接口 Windows NT (New Technology) n. 视窗软件新技术 compatibility n. 兼容性 extensibility n. 扩展性 front and center （美俚）快出来！ 快出来！ off-limits a. 禁止入内的 hit return v. 回送；确定 start off with v. 从……开始； 用……开始 nuisance n. 损害；讨厌的东西 （或事情，或人） distinction n. 区别；界限 access n. 进入；通路 substitute n. 代替人；代替物； 代用品 vulnerable a. 易受攻击的；脆弱的 sophisticated a. 高级的；尖端的 install v. 灌输 obscure a. 不清楚的；隐匿的 sacrifice v. 献出；亏本售出 shell out v. （口）花费；付出 default n. 默认值；预置值 Sentence Explanations Microsoft products have long been criticized for sacrificing security in the interest of convenience, and nowhere has this been more true than in consumer operating systems. 微软的产品长期以来一直因追求使用方便却牺牲安全性而受到批评，其供消费者使用的操作系统更是如此。 此句是一个并列句。由并列连词and连接了两个并列句，前一句是个简单句，后一句是一个复合句。后一句由于由副词nowhere引起，主句使用了倒装语序，主语this放在了has之后，比较状语从句由more ··· than引起，从句的主语和谓语都省略，只保留了地点状语。 Grammar