本书共分18个单元,内容涉及到电子信息行业多数领域(如通信、电信、光电子、微电子、自动化、计算机等)的新技术。每个单元包括三篇文章,Passage A、Passage B为精读部分,Passage C为泛读部分,供读者自学。为了帮助读者深入领会文章内容,精读部分给出了文中较为难懂的单词、短语的中文释义,对文章中的长句和难句进行剖析,并在文章后面配有一定量的练习题,便于读者对文章内容的理解和掌握。通过对本书的学习,可以使读者掌握一定量的专业英语词汇及术语,了解科技文献的表达特点,提高阅读和理解原始专业英语文献的能力与速度,掌握英语翻译技巧,开阔视野。
本书可作为电子信息类部分专业大学本科生的专业英语教材,也有助于提高信息产业工程技术人员的专业英语水平。

Unit One Optical Fiber Communication
Passage A The General System
Passage B Advantages of Optical Fiber Communication
Passage C Fiber-optics Communication
Unit Two Telecommunications
Passage A Evolution of Telecommunication Networks
Passage B Telecommunications
Passage C Telecommunications: a brief historical review
Unit Three Data Communications
Passage A Data Communications
Passage B Characteristics of Communication Channels
Passage C Communication Equipment and Software
Unit Four Mobile Communications
Passage A GSM ( Global System for Mobile Communication)
Passage B Cellular Mobile Telephone System
Passage C The Radio Communication System
Unit Five ISDN
Passage A Introduction of ISDN
Passage B ISDN Multimedia Services
Passage C ISDN Evolution and its Benefits
Unit Six Multimedia
Passage A What Is Multimedia?
Passage B Characteristics
Passage C Multimedia
Unit Seven Images and Televisions
Passage A Fundamental Concepts
Passage B Compression/Decompression Techniques
Passage C Television
Unit Eight Auxiliary Storage
Passage A CD and CD-ROM
Passage B Hard Disks and Optical Disks
Passage C Introduction to CD-ROM
Unit Nine Microelectronics
Passage A Introduction to Microelectronics
Passage B The Simple Atom, Conductors, Insulators and Semiconductors
Passage C Diode and Transistor
Unit Ten Lasers
Passage A What is a Laser?
Passage B Introduction: Super-tool
Passage C Lasers
Unit Eleven A Laser Bestiary: Different Types of Lasers
Passage A Crystal and Glass Lasers
Passage B Liquid Lasers; the Free-electron Laser and the X-ray Laser
Passage C Gas Lasers
Unit Twelve Database
Passage A Database: A Better Way to Manage and Organize Data
Passage B DBMS and Data Independence, Integrity, Security
Passage C Database System and Three Data Models
Unit Thirteen Network
Passage A Computer Networks (1)
Passage B Computer Networks (2)
Passage C Network
Unit Fourteen Artificial Intelligence
Passage A Artificial Intelligence
Passage B Expert Systems and Robotics
Passage C Development of AI
Unit Fifteen Neural Network
Passage A Neural Network Applications
Passage B The Issues
Passage C Introduction to Neural Networks
Unit Sixteen Others (Ⅰ)
Passage A Evolution of the Access Network
Passage B Intelligent Network Concept
Passage C What Is Internet?
Unit Seventeen Others (Ⅱ)
Passage A Microwave Radio System
Passage B Introduction to Broadband Telecommunications
Passage C Careers in Electronics
Unit Eighteen Others (Ⅲ)
Passage A Satellite Fundamentals
Passage B ATM
Passage C LANs and ATM