本书作为科技英语读本，所选材料新，大多为近年来正式刊物上发表的反映各学科最新发展的文章。材料覆盖面广，涉及包括基础学科到科技新领域的27个学科。以脚注形式对每篇文章中的疑难词语进行比较详细的注释。每篇文章后都配有有助于加深理解和巩固学习的练习。书中还介绍了科技英语翻译的知识和技巧。本书可用作高校英语专业学生的科技英语课程教材，也可用作科普英语读本。

本书所选材料新、覆盖面广，涉及包括基础学科到科技新领域的27个学科。每个学科为一个单元，文中对涉及到的疑难词语进行了详细的注释，并且文后配有练习。本书可用作为高校英语专业学生的教材，亦可用作科普英语读本。

Unit 1 Mathematics

 Text A What is Mathematics, Anyway?

 Exercises

 Text B The Long Road to Calculus

 Exercises

 Text C Mathematics at Forefront of Gulf War

 Exercises

Unit 2 Physics

 Text A The Science of Matter, Space and Time

 Exercises

 Text B Light and Heat

  Exercises

Unit 3 Chemistry

  Text A What is Chemistry?

  Exercises

  Text B An Introduction-to Organic Chemistry

  Exercises 

Unit 4 Mechanical Engineering

  Text A Advanced Manufacturing Technology

  Exercises

  Text B Continuous Manufacture

  Exercises

Unit 5 Electronic Engineering

  Text A The New Generation of Advanced Process Control

  Exercises

  Text B Power System Control in Next Century

  Exercises

Unit 6 Electronic Engineering

  Text A Basic Knowledge of Electronics

  Exercises

  Text B The Transistor and Its Basic Circuit

  Exercises

Unit 7 Computer Science

  Text A Computer and its Kind

  Exercises

  Text B Central Processing Unit(CPU)

  Exercises

Unit 8 Network Engineering

  Text A Computer Network

  Exercises

  Text B Internet and Remote Access

  Exercises

Unit 9 Information Technology

  Text A Information Technolog

  Exercises

  Text B Satellite Communication

  Exercises

  Text C Plug-and-Play Robots

  Exercises

Unit 10 Energy Science

 Text A Renewable Energy

 Exercises

 Text B Fuel for the Future

 Exercises

Unit 11 Petrochemistry

 Text A What is Petrochemistry?

 Exercises

 Text B Brief Introduction to Essential Oil Chemistry "

 Exercises

 Text C Petrochemistry in Everyday Life

 Exercises

Unit 12 Textile Technology

 Text A The New Textile Technology

 Exercises

Unit 13 Materials Science

 Text A Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering

 Exercises

 Text B Materials Science

 Exercises

Unit 14 Nanotechnology

 Text A Nanotechnology

 Exercises

 Text B Machine-Phase Nanotechnology

 Exercises

Unit 15 Medical Science

 Text A AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome)

 Exercises

 Text B Nasal Solution Joins SARS Race

 Exercises

Unit 16 Life Science

 Text A Scientific Researches on Body's Rhythms

 Exercises

 Text B What Are Biorhythms?

  Exercises

Unit 17 Bioengineering

  Text A The Biotech Century

  Exercises

  Text B The Biological Switchboard

  Exercises

Unit 18 Gone Technology

  Text A First Transplant of Non-human Gone

  Exercises

  Text B The Age of Cloning

  Exercises

Unit 19 Bionics

  Text A Applied Bionics

  Exercises

  Text B Don' t Swat That Fly. It's A Spacecr~fft!

  Exercises

Unit 20 Ecology

  Text A Introduction to Ecology

  Exercises

  Text B Importance of Wetlands

  Exercises

Unit 21 Environmental Technology

  Text A Solar Wind Hammers the Ozone Layer

  Exercises

  Text B Wastewater Treatment

  Exercises

Unit 22 Urban Planning and Development

  Text A Urban Planning

  Exercises

  Text B Post-Modernism and Urban Planning

  Exercises

Unit 23 Communication and Transportation

  Text A Floating Trains: What a Way to Go

  Exercises

  Text B Electric Traction

  Exercises

Unit 24 Auto Industry -

 Text A The History and Future of Automobile Industry

 Exercises

 Text B Automobile Structure

 Exercises

Unit 25 Aeronautics and Space Technology

 Text A Downsized Spacecraft for the New Millennium

 Exercises

 Text B Piggy-backs in Space

 Exercises

Unit 26 Oceanography

 Text A Oceanography and Ocean Ramifications

 Exercises 

 Text B Oceans at Risk

 Exercises 

Unit 27 Military Science

Text A A Third Generation of Nukes

Exercises 

Text B“Star Trek”Shields to Protect Supertanks

Exercises 

附录I 科技英语翻译ABC

附录Ⅱ 常用科技英语缩略语

附录Ⅲ 常用数学符号的英语表达

附录Ⅳ 常用度量衡单位英汉对照表

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