本书涵盖了数学、物理、化学、计算机与信息工程、能源科学、农学、植物学、机械工程、电气工程、石油化学工程、汽车工程、通信工程、环境工程等18个基础学科和工程领域，为学习者提供了较全面且选择性广的阅读素材。每篇文章都加以注释，课后附有练习，便于学习者检查学习效果并巩固所学内容。学习者通过学习能具备阅读科学与工程英语文献资料的能力。
本书可作为英语、商务英语等专业的本科、高职高专以及成人教育的教学用书，也可供非英语专业学生作为拓展课程教材使用。

Unit 1 Mathematics
Text A Mathematics
Text B Applied Mathematics
Unit 2 Physics
Text A The science of Matter.Space and Time
Text B End of the Smashed Phone Screen?Self—healing Glass Discovered by Accident
Unit 3 Chemistry
Text A What Is Chemistry
Text B New Clues Could Help Scientists Harness the Power of Photosyn
thesis
Unit 4 Mechanical Engineering
Text A Mechanical Engineering Overview
Text B Mechanical Engineering
Unit 5 Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Text A Electrical Engineering
Text B Basic Electronics Concepts and Theory
Unit 6 Agriculture
Text A Labor Mobility and the Rural Exodus
Text B The Traditional Organization of Farming
Unit 7 Plants and Animals
Text A Early Human Societies and Their PIants
Text B The Traveling Exotic Animal Protection Act
Unit 8 Computer Science
Text A Supplemental Skills for Success in 3D
Text B Cyberterrorism：Latest Threat to National Computer Security
Unit 9 Information and Communication Technology
Text A An Introduction to Information Technology(IT)
Text B Parent Connection Goals Are Best Served by Technology
Unit 10 Energy Science
Text A All Types of Coal Are Not Created Equal
Text B Energy for Future Presidents
Unit 11 Petrochemistry
Text A Crude Oil
Text B Petrochemistry
Unit 12 Aeronautics
Text A NASA’s Chief Scientist：The Futu re of Space Exploration Is International Partnerships
Text B A“Starshade”Could Help NASA Find Other Earths Decades Ahead of SchedUle
Unit 13 Auto Industry
Text A The Major Problem with Cheap Electric Cars
Text B The Dangers of an Exploding Car Battery
Unit 14 Communication and Transportation
Text A Apple Watch Retrospective：One Year Later
Text B High Speed Trains
Unit 15 Digital Technology
Text A Digital Spies
Text B How to Take Advantage of Mobile Apps for Monitoring Your
Unit 16 Ecology
Text A Ecology of Transgenic Crops
Text B Keystone Species and Their Role in Ecology
Unit 17 OceanOgraphy
Text A An Introduction to OceanOgraphy
Text B Ocean Waves
Unit 18 Environmental Technology
Text A How to Stop Humans from Filling the World with Trash
Text B Surviving on Earth
科技英语翻译
第一节 科技英语翻译概率
第二节 译品的类型
第三节 科技文本与翻译
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