本教程由8个单元构成。针对黑龙江八一农垦大学43个主要的本科涉农专业，精选24篇阅读材料（每篇不少于1000词），所选材料体现专业性、时代性和一定的科普性。有关阅读、写作、翻译技巧介绍分布在不同单元并配有相应的联系，练习题型与最新的四、六级考试主要题型一致。每篇文章前配有Pre-readingquestions，启发学生思考，带着问题阅读；文章后after-readingquestions，便于学生检查阅读效果；每篇文章后均配有专业词汇和短语的释义。本教程附有词表、练习答案和解析。

Unit 1 Forestry and Organic Farming
Passage 1 Cancer-fighting Drugs Also Help Plants Fight Disease
Passage 2 From Household Farmers to Organic Exporters
Passage 3 Reforestation: More Than Just Planting Trees
Unit 2 Horticulture and Agriculture Development
Passage 1 Will Grassland Soil Weather a Change
Passage 2 Top Leaders Join Together for Agriculture Development
Passage 3 How to Grow and Care for Rosemary Plants
Unit 3 Agricultural Economics
Passage 1 Food Security Rests on Trade
Passage 2 Agricultural Economics and Its Origins
Passage 3 What Is the Future of Global Food, Agriculture and Fisheries System
Unit 4 Life Sciences
Passage 1 Biological Engineering
Passage 2 Biotechnologies Can Be Used in Medicine and Agriculture
Passage 3 How Does Bioprinting Work
Unit 5 Animal Medicine
Passage 1 Arm Your Pet Against Dental Disease
Passage 2 An Introduction to Veterinary Medicine
Passage 3 Go away, Leptospirosis
Unit 6 Animal Science
Passage 1 Animal Consciousness and Ethics
Passage 2 Romantic Love of Animals
Passage 3 Animals Can Really Think
Unit 7 Food Science
Passage 1 Food Safety
Passage 2 Highlights of the Final Food Nutrition Facts Label
Passage 3 Packaging Engineering
Unit 8 Agricultural Modernization
Passage 1 AI in Agriculture Market
Passage 2 Agricultural Robot
Passage 3 Center Pivot Irrigation
Glossary
Translation of Reading Passages
Key to the Exercises