机械设计制造及其自动化专业英语PDF电子书下载

Chapter 1 Know about Your Major 1

1.1 An Overview of Majors/Programs in Universities All Over the World 1

1.2 Extended Exercise—Know about Your Knowledge of Mechanical Engineering 7

1.3 Extended Exercise Recognize Yourself 7

Chapter 2 Know about the History of Mechanical Design and Manufacturing 10

2.1 Fire is Stronger than Blood and Water—Steam Power 10

2.2 The History of the Design Process 14

Chapter 3 The Way to Read and Understand Professional Literature 18

3.1 Reading Experience Ⅰ：Developing Vocabulary Exercises 18

3.1.1 Picking out the Professional Words 18

3.1.2 Types of Context Clues 24

3.1.3 Context Clues in Specialized Vocabulary 30

3.1.4 Using the Word Structural Analysis to Understand Professional Words 34

3.1.5 Oral Vocabulary 44

3.2 Reading ExperienceⅡ：Developing Comprehension Skills 50

3.2.1 Levels of Comprehension 51

3.2.2 Reading for Main Ideas and Details 51

3.2.3 Reading for Organization 60

3.3 Reading ExperienceⅢ：Developing Graphics Exercises 66

3.3.1 Types of Graphs and How to Read Them 67

3.3.2 Types of Charts and How to Read Them 72

3.3.3 Types of Illustrations and How to Read Them 80

3.4 Reading Experience Ⅳ：Developing Integral Technical Reading Skills 85

3.4.1 Reading and Analyzing the Materials 85

3.4.2 Using a Text Analysis Chart 90

Chapter 4 Learning Professional English Anytime，Anywhere 94

4.1 Ad from Magazine 94

4.2 News—The World's Lightest Material 94

4.3 How to Read a Function/Formula 97

4.3.1 How to Read Simple Symbols and Equations 97

4.3.2 How to Read Symbols and Equations in Calculus 101

4.4 How to Read Engineering Drawing 103

4.4.1 Information Blocks 103

4.4.2 Zone Letters and Numbers 106

4.4.3 Notes and Specifications 106

4.4.4 Lines on a Drawing 108

4.4.5 Some Examples of Engineering Drawing 109

Chapter 5 English in Experiments 113

5.1 Interesting Experiment—Mechanical Hand Build up Mission 113

5.2 Student Writing Guided-Lab Report 118

5.2.1 Before You Begin 118

5.2.2 How to Write a Lab Report 121

Chapter 6 Different Ways to Use Professional English 131

6.1 How to Write an Abstract for a Scientific Paper 131

6.2 How to Deal With Difficult Sentences 133

6.3 How to Write Personal Résumé 139

6.3.1 Self-analysis 139

6.3.2 Interests and Skills 143

6.3.3 Identifying Jobs 145

6.3.4 Writing Your Résumé 146

6.4 How to Write Business Letters 152

References 156