TABLE oF CONTENTSPrefaceContribu torsAcknowledgementTo the Te acherUnit 0 Course Introduction 1
Lesson 0.1 In troduction to Scientists'English Project 2
Unit 1 Meeting People 15
Lesson 1.1 Informal Notes and Letters/Purposes for Writing 16
Lesson 1.2 Informal Letters/Introducing Yourself to a Westerner 26
Lesson 1.3 Formal Letters/Cover Letters and Resumes 35
Lesson 1.4 Revising a Draft Letter/Cover Letters and Speed Reading 46
Unit 2 Attending Lectures 55
Lesson 2.1 Pre-lecture Skimming/Cultural Differences in Writing 56
Lesson 2.2 Skirn Reading/Note-taking Skills：Key Words 70
Lesson 2.3 Note-taking/Differences Between Chinese and English Writing 84
Lesson 2.4 Attending a Formal Lecture/Preparing to Write a Short Essay 94
Unit 3 Researching Information 103
Lesson 3.1 Library Research/Writing an Essay 104
Lesson 3.2 Spontaneous and Planned Writing/Language Learning Attitudes 115
Lesson 3.3 Reading Scientific Journals/Documenting Resources 127
Lesson 3.4 Reading Textbooks/Cause and Effect Expressions 138
Unit 4 Team Research 151
Lesson 4.1 Group Interactions/Negotiating 152
Lesson 4.2 Writing a Proposal/Disagreeing Politely 160
Lesson 4.3 Discussion/Prioritizing 172
Lesson 4.4 Formal Meetings/Progress Reports 187
Lesson 4.5 Formal Research Proposals 195
Lesson 4.6 Writing a Formal Research Proposal 213
Unit 5 Preparing Your Report 219
Lesson 5.1 Scientific Publishing/Western Logical Sequencing 220
Lesson 5.2 The Introduction Section/Describing a Diagram 229
Lesson 5.3 The Method Section 238
Lesson 5.4 The Results Section/Argumentation 251
Unit 6 Publishing Research 261
Lesson 6.1 Discussion/Conclusions Section/Introduction to Publishing 262
Lesson 6.2 Selecting Data/Writing the Paper 274
Lesson 6.3 Writing an Abstract/Editing a Draft 279
Lesson 6.4 Refereeing a Paper/Critiquing Politely 285
Lesson 6.5 Refereeing Papers 296
Unit 7 Western Culture 303
Lesson 7.1 Life in the Suburbs/Jobs and Salaries 304
Lesson 7.2 North American Television Culture/Attitudes about Science and Technology 316
Lesson 7.3 Family and Marriage Life / The Scope of Science 328
Lesson 7.4 Cultural Adjustment 340
Culture Appendix 349
Index of Vocabulary and Expressions List 359