本书共8个单元,每个单元由2篇课文组成,每篇课文配有讨论题和翻译等练习,以巩固军事英语词汇和知识,同时列出与课文主题相关的图书、网址,方便学员自主学习。
本教程紧紧围绕军事主题,选材新颖,内容广泛,涵盖了军事发展史、各军兵种知识、军事训练、军事条令条例、武器、高科技装备、军事理论、军事力量、军事机构、军事院校、军事人物、常规作战、现代战争、军事新闻、军事基地、高技术战争、情报战、心理战、未来军事转型等,具有较强的可读性。通过阅读,学员既可以了解外军的基本建制和军事高科技,掌握大量的军事术语、缩略语等英文表达方式,还有助于提高阅读理解能力,掌握必要的阅读技巧。
本教程既适合军队院校作为大学英语一、二年级的泛读教材,也适合承担国防生培养计划的高校作为选修课教材,并可供喜爱军事的广大读者选用。
Unit 1
Text A On Balance. New Technology and Traditional Skills
Text B Merits of US Military Transformation and Demerits of Saddam
Unit 2
Text A Success and Considerations for Improvement
Text B Failure and Considerations for Improvement
Unit 3
Text A The Basic Principles of United Nations Peacekeeping
Text B Peacekeeping--A Rising Role for China's PLA
Unit 4
Text A The Impact of National Missile Defense on Russia and Nuclear Security
Text B NMD, TMD, Arms Control
Unit 5
Text A Peace Mission 2007 and the S. C. O. Summit
Text B Military Exchanges with Foreign Countries
Unit 6
Text A Europe Steps up Piracy Controls
Text B Chinese Warships' Escorting Operations off Somali Coast
Unit 7
Text A Space Surveillance Network Sensor Development,Modification, and Sustainment Programs
Text B Insecurity in Space
Unit 8
Text A Unmanned Aircraft Get Smarter
Text B Persistence Imperative
Key to the Exercises