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《“十三五”普通高等教育本科规划教材 科技英语基础阅读》不仅适合工程专业本科生学习，还可以作为英语专业科技英语类课程的教材或研究生教材，以及英语爱好者的参考书。
作者简介
主编:龚玲莉，王纪红
目录
Preface
Unit 1 Computers and Network
PartⅠ Listening for technology
PartⅡ Reading for exploration
Passage A Wearable Computers Will Transform Language
Passage B Network Security
PartⅢ Watching for discussion
PartⅣ Testing for consolidation
Unit 2 Automation and Robotics
PartⅠ Listening for technology
PartⅡ Reading for exploration
Passage A The Function and ELS Issues of a Robot
Passage B Dyson's Robot Vacuum Has 360—Degree Camera， Tank Treads，Cyclone Suction
PartⅢ Watching for discussion
PartⅣ Testing for consolidation
Unit 3 Energy
PartⅠ Listening for technology
PartⅡ Reading for exploration
Passage A Capturing Value in Global Gas： Prepare Now for an Uncertain Future
Passage B Fact or Fiction： Energy Can Neither Be Created Nor Destroyed？
PartⅢ Watching for discussion
PartⅣ Testing for consolidation
Unit 4 Environmental Science
PartⅠ Listening for technology
PartⅡ Reading for exploration
Passage A The Best Way to Deal With Ocean Trash
Passage B Tropical Forests May Not Combat Climate Change
PartⅢ Watching for discussion
PartⅣ Testing for consolidation
Unit 5 Material Engineering
PartⅠ Listening for technology
PartⅡ Reading for exploration
Passage A "Miracle Material" Graphene One Step Closer to Commercial Use
Passage B Laser—Generated Surface Structures Create Extremely Water—Repellent Metals
PartⅢ Watching for discussion
PartⅣ Testing for consolidation
Unit 6 Civil Engineering
PartⅠ Listening for technology
PartⅡ Reading for exploration
Passage A The Business Case for Smart Building Technology
Passage B Speedy Analysis of Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete
PartⅢ Watching for discussion
PartⅣ Testing for consolidation
Unit 7 Communication Technology
PartⅠ Listening for technology
PartⅡ Reading for exploration
Passage A Generations of Mobile Wireless Communication Networks
Passage B Wireless Companies Put up More "Stealth" Towers
PartⅢ Watching for discussion
PartⅣ Testing for consolidation
Unit 8 Optimizing Health
PartⅠ Listening for technology
PartⅡ Reading for exploration
Passage A The World Is Richer， Fatter， and Not Much Happier
Passage B The Science of Sleep
PartⅢ Watching for discussion
PartⅣ Testing for consolidation
Appendix Referenceanswer
文摘
版权页：
Why you should listen
David MacKay is a professor of Natural Philosophy in the Physics department at the University of Cambridge and chief scientific adviser to the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change.He received a degree in Experimental and Theoretical Physics from Trinity College and a PhD.in Computation and Neural Systems as a Fulbright Scholar at Caltech.In 1992， MacKay was made the Royal Society Smithson Research Fellow at Darwin College at University of Cambridge and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in May 2009.He has also taught at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Cape Town.In 2003， his book Information Theory Inference， and Learning Algorithms was published and， in 2008， he self—published Sustainable Energy—Without the Hot Air.Both books are fully available for free online.
Vocabulary &Notes
1.accessible.If a place or building is accessible to people， it is easy for them to reach it or get into it.If an object is accessible， it is easy to reach.易接近的；可进入的；可理解的
2.fluff.If you fluff something that you are trying to do， you are unsuccessful or you do it badly.把……弄 糟
3.verge.If you are on the verge of something， you are going to do it very soon or it is likely to happen or begin very soon.边，边缘。
《“十三五”普通高等教育本科规划教材 科技英语基础阅读》不仅适合工程专业本科生学习，还可以作为英语专业科技英语类课程的教材或研究生教材，以及英语爱好者的参考书。
作者简介
主编:龚玲莉，王纪红
目录
Preface
Unit 1 Computers and Network
PartⅠ Listening for technology
PartⅡ Reading for exploration
Passage A Wearable Computers Will Transform Language
Passage B Network Security
PartⅢ Watching for discussion
PartⅣ Testing for consolidation
Unit 2 Automation and Robotics
PartⅠ Listening for technology
PartⅡ Reading for exploration
Passage A The Function and ELS Issues of a Robot
Passage B Dyson's Robot Vacuum Has 360—Degree Camera， Tank Treads，Cyclone Suction
PartⅢ Watching for discussion
PartⅣ Testing for consolidation
Unit 3 Energy
PartⅠ Listening for technology
PartⅡ Reading for exploration
Passage A Capturing Value in Global Gas： Prepare Now for an Uncertain Future
Passage B Fact or Fiction： Energy Can Neither Be Created Nor Destroyed？
PartⅢ Watching for discussion
PartⅣ Testing for consolidation
Unit 4 Environmental Science
PartⅠ Listening for technology
PartⅡ Reading for exploration
Passage A The Best Way to Deal With Ocean Trash
Passage B Tropical Forests May Not Combat Climate Change
PartⅢ Watching for discussion
PartⅣ Testing for consolidation
Unit 5 Material Engineering
PartⅠ Listening for technology
PartⅡ Reading for exploration
Passage A "Miracle Material" Graphene One Step Closer to Commercial Use
Passage B Laser—Generated Surface Structures Create Extremely Water—Repellent Metals
PartⅢ Watching for discussion
PartⅣ Testing for consolidation
Unit 6 Civil Engineering
PartⅠ Listening for technology
PartⅡ Reading for exploration
Passage A The Business Case for Smart Building Technology
Passage B Speedy Analysis of Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete
PartⅢ Watching for discussion
PartⅣ Testing for consolidation
Unit 7 Communication Technology
PartⅠ Listening for technology
PartⅡ Reading for exploration
Passage A Generations of Mobile Wireless Communication Networks
Passage B Wireless Companies Put up More "Stealth" Towers
PartⅢ Watching for discussion
PartⅣ Testing for consolidation
Unit 8 Optimizing Health
PartⅠ Listening for technology
PartⅡ Reading for exploration
Passage A The World Is Richer， Fatter， and Not Much Happier
Passage B The Science of Sleep
PartⅢ Watching for discussion
PartⅣ Testing for consolidation
Appendix Referenceanswer
文摘
版权页：
Why you should listen
David MacKay is a professor of Natural Philosophy in the Physics department at the University of Cambridge and chief scientific adviser to the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change.He received a degree in Experimental and Theoretical Physics from Trinity College and a PhD.in Computation and Neural Systems as a Fulbright Scholar at Caltech.In 1992， MacKay was made the Royal Society Smithson Research Fellow at Darwin College at University of Cambridge and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in May 2009.He has also taught at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Cape Town.In 2003， his book Information Theory Inference， and Learning Algorithms was published and， in 2008， he self—published Sustainable Energy—Without the Hot Air.Both books are fully available for free online.
Vocabulary &Notes
1.accessible.If a place or building is accessible to people， it is easy for them to reach it or get into it.If an object is accessible， it is easy to reach.易接近的；可进入的；可理解的
2.fluff.If you fluff something that you are trying to do， you are unsuccessful or you do it badly.把……弄 糟
3.verge.If you are on the verge of something， you are going to do it very soon or it is likely to happen or begin very soon.边，边缘。
| ISBN | 9787512380288 |
|---|---|
| 出版社 | 中国电力出版社 |
| 作者 | 龚玲莉 |
| 尺寸 | 16 |