本书是“十一五计划”教学改革推广教材之一,分为三个部分,第一部分是基础篇,内容广泛,有世界著名科学家的故事,有著名高等学府的介绍,还有不同领域的科普知识,这部分旨在培养学生的阅读速度,扩大知识面;第二部分为扩展篇,主要介绍了和计算机相关的知识,有多媒体知识、网络技术等;第三部分为专业篇,主要涉及和电力行业相关的知识,本部分可视为基础英语学习阶段和专业英语学习阶段的衔接篇。为便于学生通过阅读掌握术语和相关知识,进行自主学习,每课都配有译文。本教材可作为泛读教材,也可作为基础英语的配套教材。
Unit One
Text A Alfred Nobel--A Man of Contrasts
Text B He Led a Useful Life
Unit Two
Text A Alexander Graham Bell
Text B The Laser
Unit Three
TextA Oxidation
Text B Radar
Unit Four
Text A This is M.I.T.
Text B Educational Resources at M.I.T.
Unit Five
Text A Water Supplies--A Growing Problem
Text B The Great Changes of the Surface of the Earth
Unit Six
Text A What Is Artificial Intelligence?
Text B Science and the Future
Unit Seven
Text A Selecting a Personal Computer System
Text B Multimedia
Unit Eight
Text A Database
Text B Computer Viruses
Unit Nine
Text A Introduction to Control Engineering
Text B Applications of Automatic Control
Unit Ten
Text A What Is Electricity?
Text B Electricity and Electronics
Unit Eleven
Text A Electric Power System
Text B Electric System Monitoring
Unit Twelve
Text A Hydro-electric Power
Text B Direct Current Generators and Motors
Unit Thirteen
Text A How a Coal-fired Power Plant Works
Text B Fossil-fuel Boilers for Electric Utilities
Unit Fourteen
Text A Nuclear Power Plants
Text B Solar Energy
Unit Fifteen
Text A Electric Power Substations and Transformers
Text B Computers and the Electric Power Indutry