Unit One 1
Lesson 1 Basic Elements of Windows 1
Lesson 2 Windows Accessories 6
Lesson 3 Microsoft Windows 95 README for Setup 15
Lesson 4 Learning MS-DOS Basics 20
Lesson 5 Creating Drawing with AutoCAD 25
Lesson 6 Viewing the Internet 31
Supplementary Reading 37
Ⅰ Configuring Hardware Devices 37
Ⅱ Protecting Your Computer from Viruses 39
Ⅲ A Tutorial Lesson of AutoCAD-Drawing a Flange 41
Ⅳ How Modems Keep Computers in Touch 47
Ⅴ A Robot about the House 48
Ⅵ From Mozart to Megabytes 50
Ⅶ Applications of CAD 53
Vocabulary for Computers 57
Unit Two 63
Lesson 1 The Atom 63
Lesson 2 The Effect of Catalysts on Reaction Rate 67
Lesson 3 Distillation 71
Lesson 4 Plastics 76
Lesson 5 Thermoplastics 80
Supplementary Reading 85
Ⅰ Catalysis 85
Ⅱ Pyrolysis Processes for Production of Ethylene and Propylene 87
Ⅲ Types of Reactors 89
Ⅳ Water Pollution Control 92
Ⅴ Thermosetting Plastics 94
Word Formation in English for Chemistry 97
Vocabulary for Chemistry 100
Lesson 1 Oil Tomorrow 104
Unit Three 104
Lesson 2 Chemistry as a Natural Science 108
Lesson 3 Types of Reservoir Rock 112
Lesson 4 Drilling for Oil 116
Lesson 5 Fossils and Oil 120
Supplementary Reading 124
Ⅰ Oil Pollution 124
Ⅱ Development of Oil Fields 125
Ⅲ Petroleum 128
Ⅳ Where Does Gasoline Come From? 130
Ⅴ Oil at Baba Gurgur,Iraq 131
Vocabulary for Oil Chemistry 133
Unit Four 136
Lesson 1 The Forms of Energy 136
Lesson 2 The Magic of Energy 141
Lesson 3 Heat and Its Effects 145
Lesson 4 Solar Energy Applications 150
Supplementary Reading 156
Ⅰ How Heat Travels 156
Ⅱ Expansion and Contraction 157
Ⅲ Molecular Theory of Matter 159
Ⅳ Temperatures and Thermometers 160
Vocabulary for Energy Engineering 162
Unit Five 166
Lesson 1 Pen-recorders 166
Lesson 2 Active Noise Control in Enclosures with Detectors 169
Lesson 3 Laser 173
Lesson 4 Industrial Engineering and Automation 176
Supplementary Reading 179
Ⅰ Automatic Production Line 179
Ⅱ Bell Solar Battery 180
Ⅲ High-Level Languages and Packages 181
Ⅳ Software Consideration 183
Vocabulary for Devices and Meters 186
Unit Six 190
Lesson 1 Establishing Trade Relations 190
Lesson 2 Sales Promotion 195
Lesson 3 Contracts 205
Lesson 4 Shipment 213
Lesson 5 Accounting and Its Environment 222
Lesson 6 Adjusting Entries and Completing the Accounting Cycle 226
Ⅰ Income Measurement and Reporting 229
Supplementary Reading 229
Ⅱ Inventory and Cost of Goods Sold 230
Ⅲ Owner's Equity-the Corporation 232
Ⅳ The Securities Exchange 233
Ⅴ Telegrams and Telexes 236
Vocabulary for Business 242
Vocabulary for Accounting 246
Appendix Ⅰ English Extensive Reading Skills 251
Appendix Ⅱ A letter 254
Appendix Ⅲ 参考译文 256