《当代科技英语阅读教程》编者（韩孟奇）在多年进行科技英语教学的基础上，从当今世界上著名的科技期刊和网站广泛搜集资料，力求使学生在系统掌握科技英语阅读技能的同时，也能够对最新科技成果及科技英语的发展趋势和特点有一个初步的认识。本书可供本科英语专业学生和理工科学生使用及作为科技英语研究者的语料，教材具有如下特点：收录了反应当今科技动态和成果的文章，可以帮助读者提高英语阅读技能科学素养。

Unit 1 Life Science

Text A How Human Cloning Will Work

Text B Stem Cells

Unit 2 Genetic Science

Text A Can a Baby Have One Father and Two Mothers?

Text B What Can Genes Tell Us?

Unit 3 Health and Medicine

Text A Telemedicine

Text B Would a "Fat Tax" Save Lives?

Unit 4 Transportation

Text A A Solution to Traffic Congestion--Intelligent Highways

Text B Making Waves

Unit 5 New Energy

Text A How Can the Moon Generate Electricity?

Text B Wave Energy

Unit 6 Engineering

Text A Hydropower Plants

Text B Police Robots

Unit 7 Telecommunication

Text A Video Conferencing Cell Phones

Text B Your Cell Phone Can Tell Everything about You

Unit 8 New Facilities

Text A Facial Recognition Systems

Text B The Most Precise Navigation System Ever Invented

Unit 9 Space

Text A Starships of the New Generation

Text B Space Tourism

Unit 10 Animals

Text A A Mysterious Creature--Jellyfish

Text B What Animal Can Stay in the Zoo?

Unit 11 Environment

Text A The Other Greenhouse Effect

Text B Where Does Methane Really Come from?

Unit 12 Computer Science

Text A How to Devise Passwords That Drive Hackers Away

Text B Difference Engine: Time to Move on

Unit 13 Technology

Text A The Military Applications of Virtual Reality

Text B The Application of Augmented Reality

Unit 14 Automobile

Text A How Hydrogen-Boosted Gasoline Engine Works

Text B Cars with Benefits

Unit 15 Innovkation

Text A 10 Inventions That Changed the World

Text B Top 10 Ancient Chinese Inventions

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