本书专门为科技英语教程编写。全书共分为12个单元, 涉及核能与核辐射、机器人与人工智能、教育研究、地质与地球科学、生物技术、行为I科学、材料学、工程学、计算机科学、信息技术、网络安全、科学与社会等较为热门的专业领域。
本书所有文章均选自国外*新*前沿的工科类核心期刊,让学生接触*真实的语料,同时也能让学生身临其境,掌握科技英语与普通英语在各方面的差距,让学生能够将英语与专业相结合,提高语言应用能力,是科技英语专业以及工科类学生提高英语水平不可多得的好教材。
Unit 1 Nuclear Power and Nuclear Radiation ……………………… 1
Part I Intensive Reading ………………………………………………… 1
Text A The Swallows of Fukushima .....................................................1
Part II Extensive Reading ……………………………………………… 15
Text B Laser Fusion, with a Difference .............................................15
Text C Five Years On from Fukushima .............................................21
Unit 2 Robots and Artifi cial Intelligence …………………………… 27
Part I Intensive Reading ……………………………………………… 27
Text A Robots with Heart ...................................................................27
Part II Extensive Reading ……………………………………………… 38
Text B Launch the Nanobots .............................................................38
Text C Should We Fear Supersmart Robots? ...................................42
Unit 3 Education Research …………………………………………… 46
Part I Intensive Reading ……………………………………………… 46
Text A A New Vision for Testing .........................................................46
Part II Extensive Reading ……………………………………………… 61
Text B The Science of Learning ........................................................61
Text C Rebooting MOOC Research ..................................................69
Unit 4 Geology and Geoscience ……………………………………… 75
Part I Intensive Reading ……………………………………………… 75
Text A The Oldest Rocks on Earth ....................................................75
Part II Extensive Reading ……………………………………………… 89
Text B Fossil GPS .............................................................................89
Text C The Birth of the Geological Map ............................................96
Unit 5 GM Technology ……………………………………………… 100
Part I Intensive Reading ………………………………………………100
Text A Editing the Mushroom ..........................................................100
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Part II Extensive Reading ……………………………………………… 116
Text B The American Chestnut’s Genetic Rebirth ........................... 116
Text C Saltwater Solution ................................................................124
Unit 6 Behavioral Science …………………………………………… 130
Part I Intensive Reading ………………………………………………130
Text A Good Habits, Bad Habits ......................................................130
Part II Extensive Reading ………………………………………………144
Text B Baby Talk .............................................................................144
Text C Conquer Yourself, Conquer the World .................................152
Unit 7 Material Science ……………………………………………… 162
Part I Intensive Reading ………………………………………………162
Text A Outshining Silicon.................................................................162
Part II Extensive Reading ………………………………………………176
Text B Beyond Graphene ................................................................176
Text C Using All Energy in a Battery ...............................................183
Unit 8 Engineering …………………………………………………… 187
Part I Intensive Reading ………………………………………………187
Text A Birth of a Rocket ...................................................................187
Part II Extensive Reading ………………………………………………201
Text B Shape-Shifting Things to Come ...........................................201
Text C Bottoms Up ..........................................................................209
Unit 9 Computer Science …………………………………………… 218
Part I Intensive Reading ………………………………………………218
Text A Extra Sensory Perception.....................................................218
Part II Extensive Reading ………………………………………………230
Text B The Search for a New Machine ...........................................230
Text C Just Add Memory .................................................................240
Unit 10 Information Technology ……………………………………… 248
Part I Intensive Reading ………………………………………………248
Text A Mind Games .........................................................................248
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Part II Extensive Reading ………………………………………………261
Text B The Case of Stolen Words ...................................................261
Text C The Tech Jungle ..................................................................268
Unit 11 Cyber Security ………………………………………………… 271
Part I Intensive Reading ………………………………………………271
Text A Saving Big Data from Itself ...................................................271
Part II Extensive Reading ………………………………………………282
Text B How to Survive Cyberwar ....................................................282
Text C In Tech We Don’t Trust ........................................................288
Unit 12 Science and Society ………………………………………… 291
Part I Intensive Reading ………………………………………………291
Text A Our Transparent Future ........................................................291
Part II Extensive Reading ………………………………………………304
Text B Privacy and Human Behavior in the Age of Information ......304
Text C What the “Right to Be Forgotten” Means for Privacy
in a Digital Age .....................................................................315
Appendix 常见数字、数字符号和数学式英语表达 …………………… 322
Answer Keys 参考答案 ………………………………………………… 326