Unit 1 Mathematics 1
Text A What is Mathematics,Anyway? 1
Exercises 5
Text B The Long Road to Calculus 6
Exercises 10
Text C Mathematics at Forefront of Gulf War 11
Exercises 12
Unit 2 Physics 14
Text A The Science of Matter,Space and Time 14
Exercises 17
Text B Light and Heat 18
Exercises 20
Unit 3 Chemistry 21
Text A What is Chemistry? 21
Exercises 24
Text B An Introduction to Organic Chemistry 25
Exercises 28
Unit 4 Mechanical Engineering 29
Text A Advanced Manufacturing Technology 29
Exercises 31
Text B Continuous Manufacture 32
Exercises 34
Unit 5 Electronic Engineering 36
Text A The New Generation of Advanced Process Control 36
Exercises 40
Text B Power System Control in Next Century 41
Exercises 46
Unit 6 Electronic Engineering 48
Text A Basic Knowledge of Electronics 48
Exercises 50
Text B The Transistor and Its Basic Circuit 51
Exercises 52
Unit 7 Computer Science 54
Text A Computer and its Kind 54
Exercises 56
Text B Central Processing Unit(CPU) 57
Exercises 60
Unit 8 Network Engineering 62
Text A Computer Network 62
Exercises 64
Text B Intemet and Remote Access 65
Exercises 68
Unit 9 Information Technology 70
Text A Information Technology 70
Exercises 71
Text B Satellite Communication 72
Exercises 73
Text C Plug-and-Play Robots 74
Exercises 77
Unit 10 Energy Science 79
Text A Renewable Energy 79
Exercises 84
Text B Fuel for the Future 85
Exercises 87
Unit 11 Petrochemistry 89
Text A What is Petrochemistry? 89
Exercises 92
Text B Brief Introduction to Essential Oil Chemistry 93
Exercises 95
Text C Petrochemistry in Everyday Life 96
Exercises 99
Unit 12 Textile Technology 100
Text A The New Textile Technology 100
Exercises 108
Unit 13 Materials Science 109
Text A Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering 109
Exercises 110
Text B Materials Science 111
Exercises 118
Unit 14 Nanotechnology 120
Text A Nanotechnology 120
Exercises 125
Text B Machine-Phase Nanotechnology 126
Exercises 130
Unit 15 Medical Science 132
Text A AIDS(Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) 132
Exercises 136
Text B Nasal Solution Joins SARS Race 137
Exercises 139
Unit 16 Life Science 141
Text A Scientific Researches on Body's Rhythms 141
Exercises 142
Text B What Are Biorhythms? 143
Exercises 145
Unit 17 Bioengineering 146
Text A The Biotech Century 146
Exercises 148
Text B The Biological Switchboard 149
Exercises 151
Unit 18 Gene Technology 152
Text A First Transplant of Non-human Gene 152
Exercises 153
Text B The Age of Cloning 154
Exercises 157
Unit 19 Bionics 159
Text A Applied Bionics 159
Exercises 160
Text B Don't Swat That Fly.It's A Spacecraft! 161
Exercises 163
Unit 20 Ecology 165
Text A Introduction to Ecology 165
Exercises 166
Text B Importance of Wetlands 167
Exercises 169
Unit 21 Environmental Technology 171
Text A Solar Wind Hammers the Ozone Layer 171
Exercises 173
Text B Wastewater Treatment 174
Exercises 177
Unit 22 Urban Planning and Development 179
Text A Urban Planning 179
Exercises 181
Text B Post-Modernism and Urban Planning 183
Exercises 189
Unit 23 Communication and Transportation 191
Text A Floating Trains:What a Way to Go 191
Exercises 194
Text B Electric Traction 195
Exercises 199
Unit 24 Auto Industry 201
Text A The History and Future of Automobile Industry 201
Exercises 204
Text B Automobile Structure 205
Exercises 208
Unit 25 Aeronautics and Space Technology 210
Text A Downsized Spacecraft for the New Millennium 210
Exercises 211
Text B Piggy-backs in Space 212
Exercises 214
Unit 26 Oceanography 216
Text A Oceanography and Ocean Ramifications 216
Exercises 219
Text B Oceans at Risk 220
Exercises 222
Unit 27 Military Science 224
Text A A Third Generation of Nukes 224
Exercises 227
Text B "Star Trek"Shields to Protect Supertanks 228
Exercises 230
附录Ⅰ 科技英语翻译ABC 232
附录Ⅱ 常用科技英语缩略语 245
附录Ⅲ 常用数学符号的英语表达 265
附录Ⅳ 常用度量衡单位英汉对照表 270
Reference 274