本书在选材上注重趣味性、信息性、时代性和前瞻性,力求做到寓知识性、科学性和思想性于阅读实践中。全书内容丰富,题材广泛,涉及专业面宽,涵盖化学、机械、生物工程、计算机信息等学科领域中的基本概念、常规性知识以及科学技术在生活各领域中的运用和最新科技成果的介绍。通过精心编排的阅读材料,帮助学生熟悉各类文章尤其是科普文章的文体特点、科技英语的常用表达方式并掌握科技英语的常用词汇和专业术语,提高对篇章结构与信息的分析、推断、概括的理性思维水平,从而为能顺利阅读相关专业原版资料、查阅国外文献打下良好的基础。本书还通过系列写作讲座,对学生进行构思、立题、描写、叙述、说明等基础写作训练,尤其侧重于实用文体的写作指导(例如个人简历、求职或求学信函等)和学术论文的写作指导(实验报告、开题报告、学位论文等),以适应硕士研究生在本学科内进行对外交流的需要。本书分为上下两册。 本书可作为高等院校各专业的硕士研究生教材使用,还可作为英语爱好者的参考用书。
样章试读
目录
Part A TEXT(Science and the Scientific Attitude)
Part B SUPPLEMENTARY READING(Self-Discipline:Persistence)
Part C GUIDED WRITING(Gathering Ideas for Writing)
Unit Two
Part A TEXT(Research Reports for Business and Technical Writing)
Part B SUPPLEMENTARY READING(Take Your Project Work Seriously)
Part C GUIDED WRITING(Writing Strategy:Creating an Outline)
Unit Three
Part A TEXT(Engineering)
Part B SUPPLEMENTARY READING(The Nature of Chemistry)
Part C GUIDED WRITING(Achieving Paragraph Coherence with Transitions)
Unit Four
Part A TEXT(What Is"Mechatronics"?)
Part B SUPPLEMENTARY READING(Cool and Efficient LED Lights:Their Time Is Now)
Part C GUIDED WRITING(Narrative Writing)
Test 1
Unit Five
Part A TEXT(Willpower)
Part B SUPPLEMENTARY READING(10 Ways to Instantly Build Self Confidence)
Part C GUIDED WRITING(Descriptive Writing)
Unit Six
Part A TEXT(Synergy of East and West for Greater Creativity)
Part B SUPPLEMENTARY READING(5 Types of Books that Increase Intelligence)
Part C GUIDED WRITING(Diagram Description)
Unit Seven
Part A TEXT(Global Climate Change)
Part B SUPPLEMENTARY READING(Global Climate Change)
Part C GUIDED WRITING( Expository Writing)
Unit Eight
Part A TEXT(The Tech Revolution Has Just Begun)
Part B SUPPLEMENTARY READING(The Coming Age of Talking Computers)
Part C GUIDED WRITING(Argumentative Writing)
Test 2
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