Unit 1 1
Text A Landmarks of Modern Science(1) 1
Text B Landmarks of Modern Science(2) 12
Preparing Technical Articles for Publication 16
Unit 2 21
Text A The Finding Devices in a Scientific Reference Book 21
Text B Nanometer and New Superconductive Material 31
Unit 3 37
Text A The Modern Popular Science 37
Text B Modern Managing Technology 45
Writing Scientific Essays 49
Unit 4 53
Text A From GATT to WTO—The Institutionalization of World Trade(Ⅰ) 53
Text B From GATT to WTO—The Institutionalization of World Trade(Ⅱ) 63
Unit 5 69
Text A New Horizon for Tomorrow's Electrical and Electronic Engineering 69
Text B World Wide Web 78
Appeal to Readers 81
Practice ExerciseⅠ 85
Text A Scientific Knowledge and the Young Scientist 99
Unit 6 99
Text B Measurement of Electricity and Electric Units 104
Unit 7 109
Text A Vision 2020 109
Text B Global Water Shortage 117
Improving Oral Presentations 124
Unit 8 127
Text A The AAAS Meeting 127
Text B EI Ni？o and Air Pollution 132
Text A E-Business(1) 137
Unit 9 137
Text B E-Business(2) 143
Authenticity Beats Eloquence 148
Unit 10 153
Text A Virtual Reality Technology 153
Text B Taking Responsibility for the Survival of Humankind 160
Practice Exercise Ⅱ 165
Test Yourself 177
Key to Exercises 190
Glossary 208