《北京理工大学“明精计划”学术丛书 理工专业通用学术英语 基础篇》PDF下载

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  • 作  者:叶云屏主编;杨敏,闫鹏飞,沈莉霞副主编;李霄翔主审
  • 出 版 社:北京:北京理工大学出版社
  • 出版年份:2015
  • ISBN:9787568209465
  • 页数:281 页
图书介绍:《理工专业通用学术英语》·基础篇使学生在英语学习目的和方法上实现从通用英语到通用学术英语的根本转变。通过大量真实书面和口头语言材料输入,培养学生用英语获取信息、知识和各学科最新科研成果的兴趣和能力,为学生打开新的知识和智慧的窗口,激发学生对学业发展、科学研究、学术素养等问题的深刻思考和思想交锋,培养优秀科技工作者应具备的品质和素养。阅读材料选自英美通俗化科技期刊或综合期刊科技栏目,内容发人深省,触动人心,从科技教育、文理兼容,到发明创造、信息社会,从科技工作者的工作习惯、思维方式、团队精神,到学术诚信、职业道德等,内容丰富,体裁多样,文体生动,语言流畅,听力材料选自英美大众媒体简短报道和访谈节目,语音标准,语速正常,是语言运用的典范。教学活动围绕输入材料的理解和讨论展开,促进听、说、读、写技能的互补与协调发展。

Unit 1 What Are Your Reasons to Become a Scientist or Engineer? 1

Text Ⅰ 75 Reasons to Become a Scientist 5

Text Ⅱ 100 Reasons to Become a Scientist or Engineer 15

Text Ⅲ English:The Inescapable Language 25

Unit 2 Are Children Born Scientists or Engineers? 35

Text Ⅰ Early Engineering Education 39

Text Ⅱ Why Kids Are Natural-Born Scientists 43

Text Ⅲ The Math Gender Gap Explained 47

Unit 3 What Makes a Successful Scientist or Engineer? 57

Text Ⅰ Habits of Successful Scientists 60

Text Ⅱ Letter to a Young Scientist 66

Text Ⅲ What Is an Engineer's Job? 71

What Makes a Good Engineer 73

Unit 4 Is There a Divide Between Sciences and Humanities? 81

Text Ⅰ Fifty Years on,C.P.Snow's"Two Cultures"Are United in Desperation 86

Text Ⅱ From STEM to STEAM:Science and Art Go Hand-in-Hand 91

Text Ⅲ The Night I Met Einstein 98

Unit 5 What Are the Strategies to Keep Yourselves Motivated? 107

Text Ⅰ Ten Techniques for Activating the Spirit and Reducing Stress 110

Text Ⅱ Strategies to Get Yourselves Motivated 119

Text Ⅲ How to Live Before You Die 125

Unit 6 Why Is Honesty the Best Policy in Science? 135

Text Ⅰ The Ethics of Science 137

Text Ⅱ Honesty 141

Text Ⅲ NSPE(National Society of Professional Engineers)Code of Ethics for Engineers 148

Unit 7 Is Necessity Invention's Mother or Vice Versa? 161

Text Ⅰ Necessity's Mother 165

Text Ⅱ Top 10 Inventions of the 20th Century 169

Text Ⅲ Why Jobs Is No Edison 176

Unit 8 What Are Your Dream Teams Like? 186

Text Ⅰ Teamwork:Tyranny or Happy Marriage? 188

Text Ⅱ Is Your Team Too Big?Too Small?What's the Right Number? 192

Text Ⅲ Why Science Is Better When It's Multinational 197

Unit 9 Should Scientists Change Their Minds? 207

Text Ⅰ On Second Thought 210

Text Ⅱ When Scientists Screw Up 214

Text Ⅲ Why Scientists Seem to Change Their Minds 218

Unit 10 How Has the Digital Age Changed Your Lives? 229

Text Ⅰ People of the Screen 231

Text Ⅱ The Doom of Physical Books? 237

Text Ⅲ The Reading Brain in the Digital Age:The Science of Paper versus Screens 240

Unit 11 Are You a Multitasker or Singletasker? 252

Text Ⅰ Is This the Start of the Multitasking Age? 254

Text Ⅱ Are You Suffering from Digital Device Distraction Syndrome? 262

Text Ⅲ The Myth of Multitasking 265

References 276

Listening Materials Websites 278

致谢 281