英语不仅是国际交流中的重要工具，也是国际上科技信息的重要载体。本书主要取材于国外英文科技文献，在注重科技英语教学的同时，力求内容新颖，反映机电专业的发展。本书编写的宗旨是力图使读者通过使用本书的专业英语课程学习，扩大掌握专业英语词汇，了解科技英语的文体、语法特点，提高快速阅读英文科技资料文献的能力，并且锻炼科技英文写作能力。

本书以机电工程领域的英语文献为教学内容，全书包括：工程材料、金属成形、机械零件、计算机应用、工业设计、数控加工、计算机集成制造、特种加工、机电学与测量系统、汽车、飞机设计、飞机制造、微机电系统、机器人、工业工程等17个单元的教学内容，另外还包括了科技英语翻译、科技英语写作等科技英语技能拓展辅助教学内容。

本书旨在提高学生的专业英语快速阅读理解能力，同时希望能锻炼英文写作能力。

本书适合于理工科大专院校机械工程或机电工程专业的学生学习使用，也可供专业技术人员阅读。

Unit 1 Engineering Materials

 Text 1 Type of Materials

 Text 2 Steel

 Text 3 Polymer

 Text 4 Mechanical Properties of Material

 Free Reading

 Exercise

Unit 2 Material Forming

 Text 1 Metal Forming

 Text 2 sheet Forming

 Text 3 Forging

 Text 4 Injection Molding

 Free Reading

 Exercise

Unit 3 Mechanical Components

 Text 1 Basic Machines and Machine Components

 Text 2 Rolling Element Bearings

 Text 3 Flexible Mechanical Elements

 Text 4 Gear

 Free Reading

 Exercise

Unit 4 Computer Applications Ⅰ

 Text 1 Computers: Getting Started

 Text 2 Computer Aided Design

 Text 3 Computer Aided Engineering

 Text 4 Introduction to New DMU Technology

 Free Reading

 Exercise

Unit 5 Computer Applications Ⅱ

 Text 1 Computer Aided Process Planning

 Text 2 Computer Aided Manufacturing

 Text 3 Computer Aided Quality Control

 Text 4 Agile Manufacturing and Green Product Manufacturing

 Free Reading

 Exercise

Unit 6 Introduction to Industrial Design

 Text 1 What Is Industrial Design?

 Text 2 Fundamental Entry-Level Requirements for Industrial Designers

 Text 3 Design and Culture

 Text 4 Ergonomics

 Text 5 Green Design

 Free Reading

 Exercise

Unit 7 Practice of Industrial Design

 Text 1 Organic Geometry Ⅰ

 Text 2 Organic Geometry Ⅱ

 Text 3 CAD vs. CAID

 Text 4 Studio Tools 10--Computer Aided Industrial Design

 Free Reading

 Exercise

Unit 8 CNC Machines

 Text I The Fundamentals of CNC

 Text 2 How CNC Works

 Text 3 Structures of CNC Machines

 Text 4 Types of CNC Machines

 Free Reading

 Exercise

Unit 9 Computer-Integrated Manufacturing

 Text 1 Activities for Manufacturing Systems

 Text 2 Flexible Manufacturing Systems

 Text 3 Computer-Integrated Manufacturing Technology

 Exercise

Unit 10 Non-Conventional Machine

 Text 1 Electrical Machining Processes

 Text 2 Development Trends of Erosion Machining

 Text 3 Application Areas of RP&M

 Free Reading

 Exercise

Unit 11 Meehatronies and Measurement Systems

 Text 1 Mechatronics

 Text 2 Measurement Systems

 Text 3 Measurement System Response

 Text 4 Sensors for Mechanical Measurements

 Text 5 Temperature Measurement

 Free Reading

 Exercise

Unit 12 Automobile

 Text 1 Fundamentals of Automobile

 Text 2 How an Energy Works

 Text 3 Transmission

 Text 4 Suspension and Steering Systems Operation

 Free Reading

 Exercise

Unit 13 Aircraft Design

 Text 1 Phases of Aircraft Design

 Text 2 Aircraft Conceptual Design

 Text 3 Loads on Aircraft Structural Components

 Text 4 Function of Structural Components

 Free Reading

 Exercise

Unit 14 Aircraft Fabrication

 Text 1 Fabrication of Structural Components

 Text 2 A Flexible Development System for Automated Aircraft Assembly

 Text 3 A New Look at Aircraft Assembly--Friction Stir Welding

       Is the Answer

 Text 4 Verifying Aircraft Assembly with Real-Time Digital hotogrammetry 

 Exercise

Unit 15 MEMS

 Text 1 Introduction to MEMS

 Text 2 Mechanical to Electrical Transduction

 Text 3 MEMS Actuators

 Text 4 Trends in MEMS Technology

 Exercise

Unit 16 Robotics

 Text 1 Robotics

 Text 2 Industrial Robots

 Text 3 Component of a Robot System

 Text 4 Robotic Sensors

 Free Reading

 Exercise

Unit 17 Industry Engineering

 Text 1 Industrial Engineering Education for the 21st Century

 Text 2 Real IE Value

 Text 3 Operations Research

 Text 4 Total Quality Management

 Exercise

Development Skills for Technical English

Appendix

 1 A List of Common British and American Spelling Equivalents

 2 A List of Common Prefixes and Suffixes

Bibliography