本书以培养学生的机电专业英语能力为宗旨。全书共分七个部分，包括科普短文、机械零件、机构和机器、设计、机床和加工、制造系统、测试和教育。本书紧密贴合学生所学的专业基础课和专业课内容，为配合提高学生的自学能力，每篇课文配有注释、课后练习、参考译文和习题答案。本书强调专业性和实用性，实现了从书本知识到工作岗位专业英语实际应用的过渡。本书可作为全国高等院校机电工程、机械设计制造及其自动化、机械工程及自动化、工业工程等专业学生的教材，也可作为上述及相关专业工程技术人员的参考书。

全书共分七个部分，包括科普短文、机械零件、机构和机器、设计、机床和加工、制造系统、测试和教育。本书紧密贴合学生所学的专业基础课和专业课内容，为配合提高学生的自学能力，每篇课文配有注释、课后练习、参考译文和习题答案。本书强调专业性和实用性，实现了从书本知识到工作岗位专业英语实际应用的过渡。

Part I Short Articles about Science

and Technology

Unit 1

 What is a PLC ?

Unit 2

 CNC Machining

Unit 3

 What is PID Control ?

Unit 4

 Robot Chauffeurs

Unit 5

 Automatic Doors

Unit 6

 Ford's Assembly Line

Unit 7

 Tire

Unit 8

 Fahrenheit and Celsius

Part II Components, Mechanisms

  and MachinerY

Unit 1

 Shafting

 Read More Couplings, Clutches, Shafts and Springs

Unit 2

 Lubrication

 Read More Application of Lubricants

Unit 3

 Motors

 Read More Rare-Earth Servomotors

Unit 4

 Isolating Unwanted Vibration

 Read More Passage One Reducing Industrial-fan Vibration

Passage Two Installation

Unit 5

 Gear Mechanisms

 Read More Gear Trains and Their Classification

Unit 6

 Compressor

 Read More Principles of Refrigeration

Unit 7

 Layout of an Automobile

 Read More How Diesel Engines Work and Operation.,,

Unit 8

 Robot

 Read More Robotics

Part III Design

Unitl

 Important Considerations before Initiating Machine Design

 Read More Factors in Design

Unit 2

 Design Process

 Read More Mechanical Design

Unit 3

 Computer-Aided Design

 Read More Putting Designers' smarts in Mechanical CAD

Unit 4

 Engineering Graphics

 Read More AutoCAD

Unit 5

 Creative Design of Mechanism Systems

 Read More Setting the Stage for Good Machine

Design -- MotionControl

Part IV Machining and Machine Tools

Part V Manufacturing System

Part VI Testing

Part VII Education

Appendix I Product Specification

Appendix II Abstract