周延清、陈晓春主编的《普通生物学专业英语》引进国外优秀生命科学教材进行生物学专业英语的双语教学工作的确能够让学生了解和借鉴国际先进的研究成果和技术，提高学生生物学专业英语阅读、会话、视听和写作等综合语言能力。

周延清、陈晓春主编的《普通生物学专业英语》是作者根据生物学双语教学实践与科研中查阅、撰写生物学专业英语文章的经验体会写成的一部简明生物学专业英语教材，包括生物学专业知识与技术、科技英语翻译技巧和科技论文写作技巧三章内容。第一章分为13个单元，涵盖生物学介绍、生物化学、细胞生物学、分子生物学、细胞工程、动物学、植物学、微生物学、遗传学、生态学、基因工程、水产养殖学、生物信息学和基因组学方面的内容。各单元后都附有英汉对照词汇表和练习题，每隔两个单元有一次口语表达活动。第二章包括科技英语行文规范、习惯表达法、翻译原则和实例方面的内容。第三章包括科技论文的定义、类型、特点、基本格式和写作步骤与技巧方面的内容。书后附有习题答案、各单元选段的英译汉范例及主要参考文献。本书体现了生物学基础知识和新技术的统一性、可读性、实用性和指导性，突出科技英语写作特点，注重中英文翻译技巧与应用，图文并茂。

《普通生物学专业英语》可作为高等院校本科生的生物学专业英语教材和非生物学专业学生的生物选修课教材，也可供生物学相关专业教师、研究生以及科研与管理人员参考使用。

Preface

Chapter 1 Reading Materials of Life Sciences

 Unit 1 Introduction to Biology

1.1 The Significance of Biology in Human Life

1.2 The History of Biology

1.3 The Characteristics of Living Things

1.4 The Importance of Biology

1.5 Future Direcitons in Biology 

1.6 Famous Scientists in Biology

 Unit 2 Biomacromolecules

2.1 Introduction to Biomacromolecules

2.2 Four Classes of Important Biomacromolecules

 Unit 3 Cell Structures and Functions

3.1 Introduction to Cells and Cell Biology

3.2 Basic Cell Structures

3.3 Several Important Cell Structures and Their Functions

 Unit 4 Cell Division, Culture and Animal Cloning

4. 1 Cell Division and Its Functions

4.2 Cell Culture and Its Applications

4. 3 Cloning

 Unit 5 Transfer of Genetic Information and Its Regulation

5. 1 The Central Dogma

5.2 DNA Replication

5.3 DNA Transcription

5.4 Translation

5. 5 Regulation of Gene Expression

 Unit 6 Genetic Laws and Disorders

6. 1 Laws of Genetics

6.2 Genetic Disorders

 Unit 7 Microbes and Their Uses

7. 1 Breif Introduction to Microbes and Microbiology

7.2 Important Microbes

7.3 Microbial Uses

 Unit 8 Plants and Their Uses

8. 1 Plants and Botany

8. 2 Main Types of Green Plants and Their Characteristics

8.3 Uses of Plants

 Unit 9 Animals and Their Uses

9. 1 Animals and Zoology

9.2 Animal Structures

9.3 Uses of Animals

 Unit 10 GMF and Biosafety

10. 1 Biotechnology and Its Main Types

10.2 Genetically Modified Organism (GMO)

10.3 Genetically Modified Foods (GMF)

10.4 GMF Biosafety

 Unit 11 Biodiversity and Its Conservation

11.1 Ecology, Its Branches and Applications

11.2 Biodiversity

11.3 Human Benefits from Biodiversity

11.4 Biodiversity Crisis

11.5 Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Development

 Unit 12 Technologies and Applications of Aquaculture

12.1 Aquaculture

12.2 Fish Aquaculture

12.3 Shrimp Farming

12.4 Turtle Farming

12. 5 Oyster Farming

12.6 Algaculture

 Unit 13 Bioinformatics and Genomics

13. 1 Bioinformatics

13.2 Genomics and Its Main Branches

Chapter 2 Translation Techniques of English for Science and Technology (EST)

 Unit 1 Writing Rules of English Articles for Science and Technology and Examples

1.1 Characteristics of EST Words

1.2 Characteristics of EST Sentences

1.3 Characteristics of EST Discourses

  Unit 2 General Idioms and Examples

2.1 Words as Idioms

2.2 Phrases as Idioms

2.3 Sentence Patterns as Idioms

 Unit 3 The Translation Rules and Examples of English Articles for Science and Technology

3.1 Translate English into Chinese

3.2 Translate Chinese into English

Chapter 3 Writing Techniques of English Articles for Science and Technology

  Unit 1 English Articles for Science and Technology and Their Types

1.1 English Articles for Science and Technology

1.2 The Types of English Articles for Science and Technology

 Unit 2 The Characteristics of English Articles for Science and Technology

2.1 Technicality

2.2 Creativity

2.3 Scientificness

2.4 Accuracy

2.5 Popularity and normalization

2.6 Objectivity

2.7 Figures and Tables, Formulae and Signs

 Unit 3 Basic Formats of English Articles for Science and Technology

3.1 Basic Formats of English Articles for Bachelor

3.2 Basic Formats of Research Paper

 Unit 4 Writing Procedures and Technologies of English Articles for Science and Technology

4.1 Selected Topic and Title of EST

4.2 Preparation of EST

4.3 Writing of EST

4.4 Example Analysis

Keys

Appendix

References