本教材的选材与编写原则就是在注重教材科学性、系统性的同时,把文章的理论性与实践性,知识性与趣味性,条理性与生动性,抽象理论与具体方法结合起来。本教材依据非英语专业大学生的特点,以反映前沿科学研究的特点和贴近现实生活的案例,生动诠释翻译理论和文化差异等概念,介绍科技英语语言特色、技能培养方法、西方文化知识等,*终提高学生文化素养和语言应用的综合能力。
本书每个阅读单元包括3篇文章,涉及科技发展的一些*新领域。在学习过程中,学生将会了解到诸如交通技术、信息高速公路、宇宙探险、纳米技术和机器人繁衍等方面的*新进展,以及*新的英文杂志、期刊和报纸的相关信息;补充阅读选材范围广泛,包括百科全书、会议论文等;课后练习分10个不同的类型;练习答案、词汇和词组注解、课文译文与难句释义和每篇课文的音频文件等,都以课件的方式刻录在附赠的光盘中,既便于教师备课、讲课,又方便学生预习或开展第二课堂活动。

Unit 1
Text A A Robot in Every Home (I)
Text B Healthy Homes
Text C A Robot in Every Home (11)
Unit 2
Text A Genetically Modified Foods: Are They Safe?
Text B The Deceit Behind Global Warming
Text C Artificial Intelligence in the Game of Go
Unit 3
Text A Technology vs. Terrorism
Text B The Hard Science of Making Videogames
Text C Current Economic Problems
Unit 4
Text A The Race to 100 MPG
Text B A Remarkable Discovery in Materials Science
Text C The Blog in the Corporate Machine
Unit 5
Text A Screen Printing
Text B Fasten Your Seat Belt: This Science Can Be a Thrill
Text C Addictive Nicotine
Unit 6
综合练习(本单元内容请见光盘)
Unit7
Text A Materials
Text B A Future Vehicle
Text C Why Memories Play a Big Role
Unit 8
Text A The Whole House Machine
Text B Future Memories
Text C Bet for Uneven Seas: Try Oil
Unit 9
TextA Solar Energy
Text B Fuel for the Future
Text C Oceans at Risk
Unit 10
Text A The New Generation of Management
Text B The Little Scooter that Could
Text C What is Wavelets?
Unit 11
Text A Intelligent Transport System 2008
Text B The World's Greatest Green Inventions
Text C Euro
Unit 12
综合练习(本单元内容请见光盘)