科技英语阅读教程

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丛书名：高校专门用途英语 (ESP) 系列教材

• 作者：陈勇,廖华英
• 出版时间：2017/8/1
• ISBN：9787302479178
• 出 版 社：清华大学出版社

• 中图法分类：N43 
• 页码：347
• 纸张：胶版纸
• 版次：1
• 开本：32开

内容简介

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。

编辑推荐

      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。

目 录

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