科技英语教程

Unit 1 Understanding Science

Part I Close Reading

Text A Exploring the Physical Universe： the Scienti.c Method

Part II Extensive Reading

Text B Science and Scienti.c Thinking

Text C The Method of Science

Quotations from Famous Scientists

Unit 2 Robots

Part I Close Reading

Text A How ASIMO Works

Part II Extensive Reading

Text B More Information about ASIMO

Text C The ATHLETE Rover

Quotations from Famous Scientists

Unit 3 Communication

Part I Close Reading

Text A Analog and Digital Communications

Part II Extensive Reading

Text B Speed and Capacity of a Communications Channel

Text C Your Next Phone May Change and Receive Data Through This Incredible Screen

Quotations from Famous Scientists

Unit 4 Electronic Devices

Part I Close Reading

Text A How Bluetooth Works

Part II Extensive Reading

Text B How DNA Computers Will Work

Text C What You Need to Know about Apple’s New iPhone 5

Quotations from Famous Scientists

Access to Scienti.c English （Part I） 科技英语的文体特征及词汇特点概述

Unit 5 Mechanical Design

Part I Close Reading

Text A Introduction to Mechanical Design

Part II Extensive Reading

Text B Manufacturing

Text C Linkages

Quotations from Famous Scientists

Unit 6 Force

Part I Close Reading

Text A Force of Friction

Part II Extensive Reading

Text B It’s Dynamic！ Laws of Motion and Speed

Text C Force Diagrams

Quotations from Famous Scientists

Unit 7 Challenges New Energy Are Facing

Part I Close Reading

Text A Wind Power Found to Affect Local Climate

Part II Extensive Reading

Text B To Make Natural Gas a Good Fuel， Find the “Super Emitters”

Text C New Carbon Capture Plant Turning Emissions into Baking Soda

Quotations from Famous Scientists

Unit 8 Modeling

Part I Close Reading

Text A Models as a Research Tool

Part II Extensive Reading

Text B Economic Models

Text C Exemplifying Theory

Quotations from Famous Scientists

Access to Scienti.c English （Part II） 科技英语的句法特征

Unit 9 Introduction to Algorithms

Part I Close Reading

Text A Introduction to Algorithms

Part II Extensive Reading

Text B Computer Crime

Text C What is Cloud Computing?

Quotations from Famous Scientists

Unit 10 Neuroscience

Part I Close Reading

Text A Sleep： The Brain’s Housekeeper

Part II Extensive Reading

Text B Why Concept Cells?

Text C This Is Your Brain in Meltdown

Quotations from Famous Scientists

Unit 11 Internet of Things

Part I Close Reading

Text A The Internet of Things

Part II Extensive Reading

Text B “Smart” Homes not Far Away

Text C Implications of Advancement in Various Technological Capabilities

Quotations from Famous Scientists

Unit 12 3D Printing

Part I Close Reading

Text A Method and Apparatus for Production of Three-Dimensional Objects by Stereolithography

Part II Extensive Reading

Text B What Is 3D Printing and How Exactly Does It Work?

Text C How 3D Printing Will Turn Manufacturing on Its Head

Quotations from Famous Scientists

Access to Scienti.c English （Part III） 科技英语长句翻译

Unit 13 Navigational Technologies

Part I Close Reading

Text A GPS Overview

Part II Extensive Reading

Text B Basics of Navigation

Text C The Chinese BeiDou Satellite Navigation System

Quotations from Famous Scientists

Unit 14 Sound

Part I Close Reading

Text A Ultrasound

Part II Extensive Reading

Text B Sound Waves

Text C Applications of Sound

Quotations from Famous Scientists

Unit 15 New Materials： Nanomaterials

Part I Close Reading

Text A New Materials： Nanomaterials

Part II Extensive Reading

Text B Nanomaterial Science

Text C Applications of Nanomaterials

Quotations from Famous Scientists

Unit 16 Are Our Genes Safe Any More?

Part I Close Reading

Text A Risk of GMOs and GM Foods to Human Health and the Environment

Part II Extensive Reading

Text B 20 Questions on Genetically Modi.ed （GM） Foods （Excerpts）

Text C Black Death Left a Mark on Human Genome

Quotations from Famous Scientists

Access to Scienti.c English （Part IV） 科技英语写作

Appendix I 词汇表

Appendix II 图形表达法

Appendix III 公式表达法

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