本书精选了40篇文章,分为6个主题。各主题分别有6至8篇文章,内在联系紧密,辐射面宽,前沿性强,科技人文相映成趣。在具体教学过程中,老师可根据学生所学专业和兴趣选择**讲授的课文。扩充词汇在博士生语言训练中依然重要,但更重要的是引导学生真正领会词汇的内在含义和正确使用它们。练习编排涉及到的语言面比较广,层次清晰。同时,各课练习的选择既保证相对稳定,又不拘泥于形式。

Science
Text 1 Can We Really Understand Matter ? 1
WRITING · TO THE STUDENTSTo the Students 7
Text 2 How to Go Back in Time? 9
WRITING · SKILLSDefinition 15
Text 3 Supporting Science 18
WRITING · SKILLSExemplification and Illustration 28
Text 4 Why Must Scientist Become More Ethically Sensitive Than They Used to Be ? 30 WRITING · SKILLSComparison, Contrast and Analogy 39
Text 5 Beauty, Charm, and Strangeness: Science as Metaphor 42
WRITING · SKILLSCause and Effect 51
Text 6 Is Science Evil? 53
WRITING · SKILLSDivision and Classification 62
Engineering
Text 7 Engineers’ Dream of Practical Star Flight 66
WRITING · SKILLSGeneralization and Specification 73
Text 8 Blinded by the Light 75
WRITING · SKILLSCombination of Writing Strategies 81
Text 9 Take a Trip into the Future on the Electronic Superhighway 83
WRITING · RHETORICSimile 90
Text 10 Dynamic Negotiation in the Privacy Wars 92
WRITING · RHETORICMetaphor 96
Text 11 Quantum Computing Makes Solid Progress 100
WRITING · RHETORICMetonymy 106
Text 12 Down to the Sea in Robots 108
WRITING · RHETORICSynecdoche 116
Text 13 NANO TECH: Borrowing from Biology to Power the Petite 117
WRITING · RHETORICPersonification 123
Text 14 The Third Culture 125
WRITING · RHETORICHyperbole 134
Language and Culture 
Text 15 The English Language 136
WRITING · RHETORICEuphemism 143
Text 16 Americanism 146
WRITING · RHETORICUnderstatement 154
Text 17 The Norse World 155
WRITING · RHETORICEpigram 164
Text 18 Mediterranean Heritage 165
WRITING · RHETORICParadox 171
Text 19 Beethoven 172
WRITING · RHETORICOxymoron 182
Text 20 The Riddle of Postmodernism 184
WRITING · RHETORICPun 192
Social Life
Text 21 Feminism Is Motherhood 194
WRITING · PRINCIPLESUnity and Coherence 203
Text 22 Domestic Violence in America 205
WRITING · PRINCIPLESEconomy and Clarity 214
Text 23 AfricanAmericans in the Development of Technology 216
WRITING · PRINCIPLESManuscript Form and Style 224
Text 24 If You Really Want to Succeed 228
WRITING · TYPESDescription 235
Text 25 Intelligence Tests 238
WRITING · TYPESNarration 245
Text 26 An Old University Hits the HighTech Roads 250
WRITING · TYPESExposition 258
Life Science 
Text 27 The Genetic Revolution 260
WRITING · TYPESArgumentation 269
Text 28 Gene Tomatoes 272
WRITING · PRACTICAL WRITINGResume 278
Text 29 Keeping up with the Clones 285
WRITING · PRACTICAL WRITINGMemos 290
Text 30 A Book Review 292
WRITING · PRACTICAL WRITINGEmail 298
Text 31 A Book Review 301
WRITING · PRACTICAL WRITINGBook Review 307
Text 32 The New Therapy 310
WRITING · PRACTICAL WRITINGSummary 318
Text 33 Alternative Medicine—the Risks of Untested and Unregulated Remedies 321
WRITING · PRACTICAL WRITINGOutline 330
Economics 
Text 34 Riding the Venture Capital Tiger 334
WRITING · RESEARCH PAPER
Research Paper Writing Process 339
Text 35 When an Internet Company Goes Public, Will Its Stock PriceDictate Strategy ?
WRITING · RESEARCH PAPERResearch Paper Writing Process (Continued) 349
Text 36 No Checks. No Cash. No Fuss ? 351
WRITING · RESEARCH PAPERFormat of a Research Paper 359
Text 37 Better Your Business: Benchmark it 364
WRITING · RESEARCH PAPERSample Research Paper 1 372
Text 38 Jobs in an Age of Insecurity 381
WRITING · RESEARCH PAPERSample Research Paper 2 391
Text 39 The Rise of Intellectual Property Protection in the American University
WRITING · RESEARCH PAPERSample Research Paper 2 (Continued) 407
Text 40 Why Are We So Afraid of Growth ? 410
WRITING · RESEARCH PAPERSample Research Paper 2 (Continued) 424
APPENDIXⅠ KEY TO THE EXERCISES 432
APPENDIXⅡ 课文参考译文 483

学习英语,读写不可分。进入**阶段,读写的作用更加突出,尤其是博士生,对外交流的机会增加,用英语写论文已势在必行,而要写好一篇论文,就必须进行大量阅读。目前,供**阶段使用的读写结合的教材不多,本书作为一种尝试,根据全国《非英语专业研究生英语(**外语)教学大纲》编写,供在校博士生学习英语使用。