本教程系具有强烈时代气息和体现现代科技英语特色的大学英语阅读教材。课文题材广泛,信息量大,内容新颖,并融思想性、趣味性、可读性和实用性于一体。每单元语篇语言规范,篇幅适中,由浅入深,循序渐进,有利教学,便于自学。每篇英语课文均配有语言点和汉译文(Language Points and Chinese Translations)以及练习(Exercises),全书最后还配有五套实践练习题(Practice Exercises)和参考答案,目的是引导读者领会课文重点,掌握常用的现代科技英语专业词汇和短语,通过一定的翻译实践提高科技英语的阅读理解与翻译能力。本教程主要使用对象为高等学校和高等职业技术学院理工类专业和英语专业高年级学生,也可供科技工作者、理工类专业人员或具有中级英语水平以上的广大英语爱好者学习或培训使用。
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章节目录:
Unit 1Web Life Today1
(第1单元今天的网络生活)
Lesson 1Diversifying Your Web Life in One Place2
Lesson 2WWW—Woven Deep into Our Lives7
Lesson 3The Web Lifestyle13
Lesson 4Prospects of the Web18
Unit 2WWW and Web Technology22
(第2单元万维网和网络技术)
Lesson 5World Wide Web23
Lesson 6How the Internet Works28
Lesson 7Waves from Space34
Lesson 8Marketing on the Internet38
Unit 3Information Technology43
(第3单元信息技术)
Lesson 9Information Technology44
Lesson 10Speeding on the Data Highway47
Lesson 11Catching the Third Wave50
Lesson 12Chinas Reform and Information Technology Industry54
Unit 4Computer Science and Technology59
(第4单元计算机科学和技术)
Lesson 13End of the PC Era60
Lesson 14Bill Gates Speech to Tsinghua University64
Lesson 15The Next Revolution in Computers70
Lesson 16Virtual Reality Technology77
Unit 5Green Revolution84
(第5单元绿色革命)
Lesson 17Green Revolution——Clean Cars and Energy85
Lesson 18Alternative Energy Sources——Solar and Wind Power91
Lesson 19The Trouble with Biofuels95
Lesson 20The Next Green Revolution: GMOs100
Unit 6Biotechnology and Cloning105
(第6单元生物工程和克隆)
Lesson 21The Biotech Century106
Lesson 22What Are Biorhythms?111
Lesson 23The Age of Cloning115
Lesson 24Scientific Researches on Bodys Rhythms122
Unit 7Robots126
(第7单元机器人)
Lesson 25Robot Wars: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence127