officer Automation

Dialogue

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[Dialogue 1]

A: I think I need to learn how to type.

B: Don't you know how to already?

A:Well, I can type ,but I have to look at the keys.

B: Doesn't that slow you down?

A: It does, and now that so much work is done on the computer, it affects the way I do my job.

Dialogue 2

A:Did you say you're going to the computer store this afternoon?

B:Yes, Did you want me to pick something up for you?

A:Yeah, Could you pick up some floppies?

B:Sure ,1.4 Meg double density?

A:Right ,Get me 10 of them.

Dialogue 3

A:What's that sound?

B: Oh, my computer's new screen saver plays music. Do you like it?

Dialogue 4

A: When you're looking for something on the web, what search engine do you usually use?

B: I usually use several different search engines at the same time.

Different sites are registered with different search engines, and different engines use different logic to search.

so they will all turn up different results.

Professional Terms

passage

摘要：文章训练

Vocabularies

Productivity n.

Clerical a.

Managerial a.

Assistant a.

Implement v.

Video display

Initially ad.

Secretarial a.

Focus n.

Principal a.

Emphasize v.

Transmit v.

Disposal n.

Satellite n.

Recognition n.

Goal n.

Synthesis n.

Manually ad.

Substantially ad.

Passages

Officeautomation is the application of computer and communications technology toimprove the productivity of clerical and managerial office workers.

The majorfunctional components of an office automation system include.

Text processing,electronic mail, information storage and retrieval, personal assistancefeature, and task management.

These may beimplemented on various types of hardware and usually include a video displayterminal.

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 secretarialpersonnel.

Notes

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These were mainly developed to do word processing and record processing.

More recently ,attention has also been focused on systems which directly support the principals(managers and professional workers.)

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.

The list includes telephone and computer system electronic mail, word processing.

desktop publishing ,database management systems ,two way cable TV.

office-to-office satellite broadcasting ,on-line database services ,and voice recognition and synthesis.

Each of these components is intend to automate a task or function that is presently performed manually.

Experts agree that the goal can be accomplished when

1.The computer,communication and office equipment are networked and

2. 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.