CONTENTS 1
Lesson One 1
Text Man-Made Moons 1
Words and Expressions 2
Notes 4
Structures for Tcchnical English:Movements 4
Exercises 5
Text Electricity:The Force That Transformed the World 8
Lesson Two 8
Words and Expressions 10
Notes 12
Structures for Technical English:Force 13
Exercises 14
Lesson Three 17
Text Volcanoes 17
Words and Expressions 20
Notes 22
Structures for Technical English:Quantity 24
Exercises 25
Lesson Four 28
Text Numbers and Mathematics 28
Words and Expressions 30
Notes 32
Structures for Technical English:Ratio 33
Exercises 34
Lesson Five 37
Text Scientific Method and the Method of Science 37
Words and Expressions 39
Notes 40
Structures for Technical English:Classification 42
Exercises 43
Lesson Six 46
Text The Scientific Attitude 46
Words and Expressions 48
Notes 50
Structures for Technical English:Conditions 51
Exercises 53
Text Why Don't We Rust？ 56
Lesson Seven 56
Words and Expressions 58
Notes 60
Structures for Technical English Causation 62
Exercises 63
Lesson Eight 66
Text What Is the Scientific Basis of Sweets？ 66
Words and Expressions 69
Notes 71
Contents 73
Structures for Technical English: 73
Exercises 74
Lesson Nine 77
Text How Do Fluorescent Lamps 77
Function？ 77
Words and Expressions 79
Notes 82
Structures for Technical English:Function 85
Exercises 86
Text Why Do You Have to Have Stitches after an Operation？ 89
Lesson Ten 89
Words and Expressions 90
Notes 93
Structures for Technical English:Reason 94
Exercises…………………………………………（95 ） 99
Lesson Eleven 99
Text Why Do I Seem So Listless All Winter？ 99
Words and Expressions 101
Notes 103
Structures for Technical English:Likelihood 105
Exercises 107
Lesson Twelve 110
Text What Is the Blind Spot？ 112
Words and Expressions 112
Notes 114
Structures for Technical English:Result 115
Exercises 116
Appendix:Key to Exercises 119