本教材以英语学术思维训练为中心，以提高学生学术英语阅读技能为目标，遵循以读促写的原则，重点培养学生做文献阅读笔记、提取关键信息、把握学术语言、识别学术语篇组织结构等阅读技能，从宏观和微观两个层面帮助学生掌握国际通用的学术规范，学会用科学的思维阐述科学问题，讲好科学故事。全书共8个单元，每个单元包括阅读文章和学术思维练习题两个板块，Introduction to Academic English Reading Strategies and Skills部分则对学术英语阅读策略和技能进行了集中阐释。本教材还有配套的PPT课件以及参考答案，读者可登录ftp://ftp.tup.tsinghua.edu.cn下载使用。本教材适用于我国高等院校学术英语课程，也可供对学术英语阅读感兴趣的读者使用。

Unit 1 Nuclear Science and Technology
Text A The Ultimate Battery
Text B Fusion of Minds
Unit 2 Language of Science
Text A Causing Trouble
Text B Welcome to the Fuzzy-Verse
Unit 3 Artificial Intelligence
Text A COVID-19's Al Revolution
Text B Hunting for New Drugs with AI!
Unit 4 Computing Science
Text A Number Crunch
Text B Analogue Comeback
Unit 5 Food Science
Text A Making Life Look and Taste Better
Text B Precision Nutrition
Unit 6 Archeology
Text A The Civilization That Time Forgot
Text B The First Urbanites
Unit 7 Science of Health
Text A Running or Walking
Text B Rethinking Mental Health
Unit 8 Environment and Climate
Text A First, Protect Today's Forests
Text B The Promise and Pitfalls of Trees