第一部分 专业英语的特点 1
第二部分 生物学专业英语词汇与阅读 5
Chapter 1 Life and Biology 7
Lesson 1 The Origin of Life(生命的起源) 8
Lesson 2 Fundamental Concepts in Biology(生物学基本概念) 10
Lesson 3 Cells:the Basic Unit of Life(细胞:生命的基本单元) 12
EXERCISE ONE 15
Chapter 2 The Macromolecules of Life 17
Lesson 4 Carbohydrate(碳水化合物) 18
Lesson 5 Lipids(脂类) 20
Lesson 6 Proteins(蛋白质) 22
Lesson 7 Nucleic Acid(核酸) 24
EXERCISE TWO 26
Chapter 3 Microbe:the Indispensable Members of Biological Universe 31
Lesson 8 Fungi(真菌) 32
Lesson 9 Bacteria:Organisms Familiar to Us(细菌:我们所熟悉的生物) 34
Lesson 10 Viruses(病毒) 36
EXERCISE THREE 38
Chapter 4 The Biology of Organisms 43
Lesson 11 Plant Organs and Tissues(植物器官和组织) 44
Lesson 12 Plant Hormones(植物激素) 47
Lesson 13 Plant Mineral Nutrition(植物矿质营养) 50
Lesson 14 Gas Exchange in Animals(动物的气体交换) 53
Lesson 15 Animal Behavior(动物的行为) 57
Lesson 16 Organization of the Nervous System and the Transmission of Nerve Impulse(神经系统的构成和冲动的传递) 59
Lesson 17 The Immune Response(免疫反应) 62
Lesson 18 Energy Transformation:Photosynthesis and Respiration(能量的传递:光合合作用和呼吸作用) 65
Lesson 19 Heredity and Variation(遗传和变异) 68
Lesson 20 Transmission of Genetic Information(遗传信息的传递) 70
Lesson 21 Biotic Components of the Ecosystem(生态系统的生物组成) 72
EXERCISE FOUR 75
Chapter 5 The Basis of Biological Engineering 83
Lesson 22 Techniques of Macromolecules Purification(大分子纯化技术) 84
Lesson 23 Altered Regulatory Genes and Cancer(改变的调节基因和癌) 87
Lesson 24 Recombinant DNA Technology(重组DNA技术) 89
Lesson 25 DNA Fingerprinting(DNA指纹技术) 91
Lesson 26 Tissue Culture Techniques(组织培养技术) 94
Lesson 27 Transgenic Animals(转基因动物) 96
Lesson 28 Genetic Engineering in Plants(植物基因工程) 98
EXERCISE FIVE 100
第三部分 英语科技论文写作与翻译 103
1 科技论文写作的基本要求 105
2 科技论文写作的基本要素及其翻译特点 105
Appendix Ⅰ:A List of Common Biological Terms 113
Appendix Ⅱ:Abbreviations Often Appeared in Biology 133
Appendix Ⅲ:Common Prefixs in Biology 136
Appendix Ⅳ:Answers to Exercises 139
Appendix Ⅴ:References 150