全书包括20单元，每单元有A、B两篇课文及补充阅读材料。A篇为各单元中心内容，配有详尽的课文翻译和针对提高语言基本能力的练习，力求帮助学生完成从医学科普英语学习到医学专业英语学习的过渡；B篇则是为提高学生的泛读能力所设，训练学生快速准确理解重要事实和把握文章组织脉络，从而提高其阅读能力和效率。在满足其今后拓宽学习范围，加大阅读强度的基本需要基础上，指明其短期学习目标及方向；C篇的主要内容为临床常见病，以期扩大学生的阅读视野，培养自主学习兴趣。

《大学医学英语》为学习者提供了丰富的医学专业英语阅读材料，配以一系列旨在提高语言运用能力的练习，构建了现代医学英语阅读的学习框架。本书既强调大学英语基础教学，又兼顾医学专业英语教学改革和创新的要求，帮助学生从大学英语基础学习阶段平稳过渡到专业英语学习的应用提高阶段，培养学生在专业领域的语言运用能力。

Unit 1 INTRODUCTION

 Text A Human Body

 Text B Cells,Tissues and Organs

 Supplementary Reading Growth and Developmem

 Word Building 体区系统常见术语构词法

 Learn More 医学英语的词汇来源

Unit 2 THE SKELETAL SYSTEM

 Text A The Skeleton

 Text B Bones

 Supplementary Reading Disorders of Bones and Joints

 Word Building 部分疾病名称的构词法

 Learn More 医药卫生人员的英汉称谓对照表

Unit 3 THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM

 Text A The Muscles

 Text B Skeletal Muscles

 Supplementary Reading Common Muscle Disorders and Diseases

 Word Building 数字系统常见术语构词法

 Learn More 医院科室英文名称

Unit 4 THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM

 Text A The Heart and Blood Vessels

 Text B Coronary Heart Disease

 Supplementary Reading When Falling Down Isn’t Funny

 Word Building 基础医学部分常用术语构词法

 Learn More 病历中常见的英文缩写

Unit 5 THE RESPIRATORY sYSTEM

 Text A The Respiratory System

 Text B Respiratory Disorders and Diseases

 Supplementary Reading Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome(SARS)

 Word Building 呼吸系统与药物治疗系统常用术语构词法

 Learn More 不同种类医院的英译

Unit 6 THE DlGESTIVE SYSTEM

 Text A The Digestive System

 Text B Diseases of Digestive System

 Supplementary Reading Infectious Gastroenteritis

 Word Building 消化及内分泌系统部分术语构词法

 Learn More 医学英语的发音特点

Unit 7 THE URINARY SYsTEM

 Text A Common Knowledge of the Urinary System

 Text B Urinalysis

 Supplementary Reading Kidney Failure and Dialysis

 Word Building 颜色系统常用词构词法

 Learn More 处方中常见的缩略语

Unit 8 THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM

 Text A The Endocrine System

 Tlext B The Endocrine Glands

 Supplementary Reading Diagnosing the Undiagnosed with Diabetes

 Word Building 性状系统常用词构词法

 Learn More 常见医学研究机构

Unit 9 THE NERVoUS SYSTEM

 Text A The Nervous System

 Text B The Central Nervous System

 Supplementary Reading Diseases ofthe Nervous System

 Word Building　神经系统及生理系统部分术语构词法

 Learn More　抗生素药物的英文名称

Unit 10 THE REPRODUCTlVE SYSTEM

 Text A The Male Reproductive System

 Text B The Female Reproductive System

 Supplementary Reading Sexually Transmitted Diseases

 Word Building 生殖泌尿系统术语构词法

 Learn More 医学论文摘要写作中常用词(组)和表达方式

Unit 11 PREGNANCY

 Text A ReliefofPain in Labor

 Text B Hypertensive Disorders During Pregnancy

 Supplementary Reading Education and Health of Pregnant Women

 Essay Writing　英语医学文章的结构

Unit 12 THE SKIN

 Text A The Skin

 Text B Derivative Structures of the Skin and the Glands

 Supplementary Reading The Man—Made Skin

 Essay Writing 英语医学文章标题的撰写(一)

Unit 13 OPHTHALMOLOGIY

 Text A Eyes and vision

 Text B Cataracts

 Supplementary Reading Glaucoma

 Essay Writing　英语医学文章标题的撰写(二)

Unit 14 PHYSICAL EXAMlNATION

 Text A Physical Examination

 Text B Modes of the Physical Examination

 Supplementary Reading Pulse-taking

 EssayWriting　英语医学文章摘要的写作要求(一)

Unit 1 5 MEDICAL DOCUMENTS

 Text A A Sample ofComplete History

 Text B Presentation OfCase

 Supplementary Reading The Pharmacist Intervention Report

 Essay Writing　英语医学文章摘要的写作要求(二)

Unit 16 AIDS

 Text A HIV and AIDS

 Text B Infeeffort and Immunization

 Supplementary Reading AIDS：Global Lessons from a GIobal Epidemic

 Essay Writing　英语医学文章摘要的写作要求(三)

Unit 17 CANCER

 Text A Cancer

 Text B Twins Shed Light on the Causes of Cancer

 Supplementary Reading Foods that Fight Cancer

 Essay Writing　英语医学文章摘要的写作要求(四)

Unit 18 MEDICINE

 Text A Drugs

 Text B Adverse Drug Reactions

 Supplementary Reading Nuclear Medicine

 Essay Writing　英语医学文章摘要的写作要求(五)

Unit 19 TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE

 Text A Yin and Yang(1)

 Text B Yin and Yang(2)

 Supplementary Reading Safe Use ofHerbal Medicine

 Essay Writing　英语医学文章摘要的写作要求(六)

Unit 20 MEDICAL SERVICES

 Text A World's First Digital Hospital

 Text B Fatal Flows—Doctors on the Move

 Supplementary Reading Giving the Gift ofLife

 Essay Writing　英语医学论文正文的写作要求

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