笨笨龙：Hi，各位新朋友、老朋友大家好，很高兴与大家相聚在“Computer English”！小龙我也是奉阿Sir的旨意来此客串一把，希望大家多捧场、多关照！OK，“地盘”有限，闲话少说，今天就来看看英语中的“电脑”和“硬件”。

　　Computer and Hardware

　　In Chinesethe computer has a well-known graceful name——″electrical brain″for the working process of a computer is similar to a human brain very much.In Englishher name is″computer″.

　　A studentWhat should be included in a computer﹖

　　笨笨龙In appearance外观a microcomputer has four simple and apparent显然的parts①

　　②③and④.In other wordsif you own these four partsyou would exactly have a computer.

　　笨笨龙A computer system is composed(组成) of hardware and software in the course过程of its working mode.If we compare the hardware to human bodythe software would be the soul灵魂.For examplethe four parts above are the hardwarethe″Mirosoft office″is the software.

　　笨笨龙Hardware consists of inputprocessing and output devices.The basic input device on a computer system is③.④is an input device tooin computer operationa hand-held locator operated by moving it on a flat surface.④generally contains a control ball or a pair of wheels.③inputs dataor programs into the computer. The processing device executes (处理，执行)and stores programs and data.②an output device of the computerserves as a window on the processing device. It allows users to view its contents. A printer is also an output device of the computer.

　　EverybodyYesI seethank you very much.

　　幸运抢答

　　笨笨龙：OK，读完以上短文，再加上图片说明，你一定能轻松地说出组成电脑的四个部分的名称。呵呵，到这儿，笨笨龙可要考考你了——你能在文中标号处填写出这四个部分的英文名称吗？赶快将答案写在信封背面，寄往：(400013)重焓杏逯星致?号课堂内外杂志社《中学生电脑》编辑部“电脑英语”栏目组(收)，笨笨龙会在来信中抽出幸运获奖者，并寄去一份惊喜！赶快行动吧！

　　单词与对话

　　Download下载

　　下载是指通过国际互联网，将另一台计算机上的信息复制到自己计算机内的操作。

　　AWhat are you doing on the net﹖

　　BI＇m downloading a file.

　　AWhat is downloading﹖

　　BOKyou make a copy of the information that you need into your own from the other computer through the Internet.

　　A：你现在在网上干什么？

　　B：我在下载文件。

　　A：什么叫下载？

　　B：就是通过国际互联网，将另一台计算机上的信息复制到自己的计算机里来。