Computer Office Automation and English Listening: A Comprehensive Analysis of Efficiency and Skill Enhancement
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DescriptionLearning English is not only about mastering grammar and vocabulary, but more importantly, being able to use it naturally in real-life situations. However, the sentences in textbooks are often too formal and quite different from everyday expressions. To speak authentic and natural English, one needs exposure to real-life conversations. Here, we have selected frequently used English expressions in daily life, covering social, work, and travel scenarios. These will help you move away from “textbook English” and learn the expressions that native speakers truly use. Below is this issue of "Computer English Office Automation." Keep practicing, and let your English become closer to real life!
Dialogue 1 I think I need to learn how to type. Then do you know how to already? Well, I can type, but I have to look at the keys. Does that feel you done? It does. And now that so much work is done on the computer, it affects the way I do my job.Dialogue 2 Did you say you're going to the computer store this afternoon? Yes. Did you want me to pick something up for you? Yeah. Could you pick up some floppies? Sure. 1.4 max double density? Right. Get me 10 of them.
Dialogue 3 What's that sound? Oh, my computer is new screen-free of play music. Do you like it?
Dialogue 4 When you're looking for something on the web, what search engine do you usually use? I usually use several different search engines at the same time. Different files are registered with different search engines. And different engines use different floppies to search. So they will all turn off different results.
Passage (Part 1) Office Automation is the application of computer and communication technology to improve the productivity of clerical and managerial office workers. The major functional components of an office automation system include text processing, electronic mail, information store and retrieval, personal assistance features, and task management. These may be implemented on various types of hardware and usually include a video display terminal, a keyboard for input, and a hard copy output device for letter quality printing. Initially, systems sold by major manufacturers were aimed at clerical and secretarial personnel. These were mainly developed to do word processing and record processing. More recently, attention has also been focused on systems which directly support the principles, managers, and professional workers.
Passage (Part 2) Such systems emphasize the managerial communications function. Electronic mail and filing permit a user to compose and transmit a message on an office automation system. Today's organizations have a wide variety of office automation hardware and software components at their disposal. That list includes telephone and computer systems, electronic mail, word processing, desktop publishing, database management systems, two-way cable TV, office-to-office satellite broadcasting, online database services, and voice recognition and synthesis. Each of these components is intended to automate a task or function that is presently performed manually.
Passage (Part 3) Experts agree that the goal can be accomplished when, first, the computer communication and office equipment are networked, and second, an office worker can easily access the entire system through a personal computer sitting on his or her desk. Then it will be possible to change substantially the way people work in an office.
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Listening Comprehension- transmit
verb
1. broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
e.g. We cannot air this X-rated song
Synonym: airsendbroadcastbeam
2. send from one person or place to another
e.g. transmit a message
Synonym: transfertransportchannelchannelizechannelise
3. transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
e.g. Sound carries well over water
The airwaves carry the sound
Many metals conduct heatSynonym: impartconductconveycarrychannel
4. transfer to another
e.g. communicate a disease
Synonym: conveycommunicate
- engine
noun
1. motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
2. an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc.
e.g. medieval engines of war
3. a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks
Synonym: locomotivelocomotive enginerailway locomotive
4. something used to achieve a purpose
e.g. an engine of change
- productivity
noun
1. the quality of being productive or having the power to produce
Synonym: productiveness
2. (economics) the ratio of the quantity and quality of units produced to the labor per unit of time
- recognition
noun
1. designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body
e.g. he was unable to make his motion because he couldn't get recognition by the chairman
2. the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering
e.g. a politician whose recall of names was as remarkable as his recognition of faces
experimental psychologists measure the elapsed time from the onset of the stimulus to its recognition by the observerSynonym: identification
3. coming to understand something clearly and distinctly
e.g. a growing realization of the risk involved
a sudden recognition of the problem he faced
increasing recognition that diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic diseasesSynonym: realizationrealisation
4. an acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid
e.g. the recognition of the Rio Grande as a boundary between Mexico and the United States
5. approval
e.g. give her recognition for trying
he was given credit for his work
give her credit for tryingSynonym: credit
6. the explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country
e.g. territorial disputes were resolved in Guatemala's recognition of Belize in 1991
7. (biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape
e.g. molecular recognition drives all of biology, for instance, hormone and receptor or antibody-antigen interactions or the organization of molecules into larger biologically active entities
8. the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
e.g. the partners were delighted with the recognition of their work
she seems to avoid much in the way of recognition or acknowledgement of feminist work prior to her ownSynonym: acknowledgmentacknowledgement
- typist
noun
1. someone paid to operate a typewriter
- substantially
adv
1. to a great extent or degree
e.g. I'm afraid the film was well over budget
painting the room white made it seem considerably (or substantially) larger
the house has fallen considerably in value
the price went up substantiallySynonym: wellconsiderably
2. in a strong substantial way
e.g. the house was substantially built
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