周幼华主编的这本《气象科技英语阅读》是南京信息工程大学语言文化学院“气象科技英语”系列教材之二,是继《气象科技英语翻译》之后又一部关于气象科技英语类教材。本教材主要选编气象类、环境类有关天气、气候、海洋、人文气象等科技英语教学和研究的阅读文献。教材的编写主要根据气象科技英语文体、人文气象和语言特点,依据气象科技英语阅读的策略和方法,注重气象科技英语、人文气象英语语篇的阅读和理解。文章力求通俗易懂,富有知识性、多样性和实用性。
周幼华主编的这本《气象科技英语阅读》主要选编气象类、环境类有关天气、气候、海洋、人文气象等科技英语教学和研究的阅读文献。文章体裁有论述文、说明文、描写文等;教材的编写主要根据气象科技英语文体、人文气象和语言特点,依据气象科技英语阅读的策略和方法,注重气象科技英语、人文气象英语语篇的阅读和理解。所选文章篇幅适当、难易有梯度、题材多样。内容注重气候现象与天气变化、气象与农业、环境与食品、人类与自然、人文气象英语以及相关的气象、环境、海洋等富有科技英语特点的文章。文章力求通俗易懂,富有知识性、多样性和实用性。《气象科技英语阅读》可供英语专业本科生、大气科学、环境科学等专业本科生、研究生使用,也可供对气象科技英语、人文气象英语感兴趣的读者使用。
Unit One
Text Ⅰ The Santa Ana
Text Ⅱ Meteorology(气象学)
Unit Two
Text Ⅰ Ships in the Desert (Edited)
Text Ⅱ Climate Regions(气候区)
Unit Three
Text Ⅰ Face to Face with Hurricane Camille
Text Ⅱ Storms(风暴)
Unit Four
Text Ⅰ Weather: You Like It or Not
Text Ⅱ Thomas Jefferson: Founding Father or Weatherman?
Unit Five
Text Ⅰ Noah's Flood
Text Ⅱ Why the Sun Never Sets on the British Isles
Unit Six
Text Ⅰ Global Warming: What We Don' t Know
Text Ⅱ Layers of the Atmosphere & Energy in the Atmosphere
Unit Seven
Text Ⅰ The Dust-Blanketed Land
Text Ⅱ Predicting the Weather
Unit Eight
Text Ⅰ Slower Living for a Rooted Future
Text Ⅱ Guilt-free Sushi
Unit Nine
Text Ⅰ The Catlin Arctic Survey: A Melting Ocean
Text Ⅱ Food That Travels Well
Unit Ten
Text Ⅰ How Can Humanity Avoid or Reverse the Dangers Posed by a Warming Climate?
Text Ⅱ Cloud-talk Decoded: Physics and Lasers Read Honeycomb Cloud Pattern
Unit Eleven
Text Ⅰ The Road to Effective Mitigation of Green House Effect
Text Ⅱ The Greenhouse Effect
Unit Twelve
Text Ⅰ Impact on Agriculture, Food Supply and Human Health
Text Ⅱ Weather Hazards in Agriculture
Unit Thirteen
Text Ⅰ Climate Change Is Beginning to Disrupt Agriculture
Text Ⅱ EPA Rejects Challenges on Greenhouse Gas Threat
Unit Fourteen
Text Ⅰ The Rainbow
Text Ⅱ Solar Wind
References
Reference Keys to Text Comprehension Ⅰ & Ⅱ of Each Unit