Unit 1 Outline of Electric Power Industry

 Part Ⅰ Reading Passages

Passage A Electric Power Industry

Passage B Opinions about the Future of the U.S. Power lndustry

 Part Ⅱ Reading Skills Understanding the main ideas - Topic Sentences

 Part Ⅲ PracticalWriting Job Advertisements

 Part Ⅳ Electric Power Standard Thesaurus

Unit 2 State Grid Corporation of China and Smart Grid

 Part Ⅰ Reading Passages

PassageA State Grid Corporation of China

Passage B Smart Grid: Trends in Power Market

 Part Ⅱ Reading Skills Understanding the Reference

 Part Ⅲ PracticalWriting LetterofJobApplication

 Part Ⅳ Electric Power Standard Thesaurus

Unit 3 New Energy Generation

 Part Ⅰ Reading Passages

Passage A Kinds of New Energy Generation

Passage B Solar Energy

 Part Ⅱ Reading Skills Skimming and Scanning

 Part Ⅲ Practical Writing Resume

 Part Ⅳ Electric Power Standard Thesaurus

Unit 4 Operation of Electric Power System

 Part Ⅰ Reading Passages

Passage A Power Quality

Passage B Electrical Load and Load Curve

 Part Ⅱ Reading Skills Skimming and Scanning

 Part Ⅲ Practical Writing Letter of Inquiry

 Part Ⅳ Electric Power Standard Thesaurus

Unit 5 Electric PawerNetwork

 Part Ⅰ Reading Passages

Passage A Electric Grid

Passage B China Steps Up in Building UHV Power Line

 Part Ⅱ Reading Skills Skimming and Scanning

 Part Ⅲ Practical Writing Letter of Quotation

 Part Ⅳ Electric Power Standard Thesaurus

Unit 6 Power Transmission and Transformation

 Part Ⅰ Reading Passages

Passage A Transmission Lines

Passage B Smart Substations: Still a Long Way to Go

 Part Ⅱ Reading Skills Skimming and Scanning

 Part Ⅲ Practical Writing Letter of Order

 Part Ⅳ Electric Power Standard Thesaurus

Unit 7 Power Supply and Distribution

 Part Ⅰ Reading Passages

Passage A Rural Power Supply Using Rural Waste

Passage B Advanced Distribution Automation

 Part Ⅱ Reading Skills Reading Carefully

 Part Ⅲ Practical Writing Business Prospectus

 Part Ⅳ Electric Power Standard Thesaurus

Unit 8 Protection and Control of Power System

 Part Ⅰ  Reading Passages

Passage A Computer Relaying

Passage B How to Be a Power System Dispatcher

 Part Ⅱ Reading Skills Reading Carefully

 Part Ⅲ PracticalWriting How to Write a Report

 Part Ⅳ Electric Power Standard Thesaurus

Unit 9 Electric Equipment

 Part Ⅰ Reading Passages

Passage A Transformer Types

Passage B Circuit Breakers

 Part Ⅱ Reading Skills Reading Carefully

 Part Ⅲ Practical Writing How to Write Summary of Papers

 Part Ⅳ Electric Power Standard Thesaurus

 U nit 10 Power Enterprises and Power Market

 Part Ⅰ Reading Passages

Passage A Power Enterprise

Passage B Power Market

 Part Ⅱ Reading Skills Reading Carefully

 Part Ⅲ Practical Writing Format of Scientific Papers

 Part Ⅳ Electric Power Standard Thesaurus

Key to the Units

Key to Unit 1

Key to Unit 2

Key to Unit 3

Key to Unit 4

Key to Unit 5

Key to Unit 6

Key to Unit 7

Key to Unit 8

Key to Unit 9

Key to Unit 10

New Words and Expressions

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