本教材旨在提高学生科技英语论文的阅读理解能力和综合分析能力，使其熟悉科技词汇、了解科技论文的文体结构，培养其科技英语读、写、译的能力。教材共分10个单元，每个单元包括阅读、语法和翻译3个部分，内容涵盖科技论文写作的基本格式、常用语法、常见错误及修改方法。教材中第1、2单元简要介绍科技论文的基本特点、阅读要点和写作技巧；第3至第8单元，分别从科技论文写作中的空间描述、时间顺序和逻辑关系等方面进一步介绍常见科技英语论文的阅读方法和写作技巧；第9和第10单元分别介绍留学申请的注意事项和科技论文摘要的基本写法。
本教材适合作为土木工程、工程力学、地质工程、岩土与地下工程等相关理工类专业的本科生和研究生的教学及参考用书。

UNIT 1 Introduction
PART 1 Characteristics of English for Science and Technology
PART 2 Grammar
UNIT 2 Basic Reading and Writing Training
PART 1 Text Reading
PART 2 Grammar: the Usage of Articles
PART 3 Key Points for Translation
UNIT 3 Sports Science
PART 1 Text Reading
PART 2 Grammar: Common Errors
PART 3 Translation:Space
UNIT 4 Statistic Analysis
PART 1 Focus on Writing
PART 2 Grammar : Punctuations
PART 3 Translation : Cause and Result
UNIT 5 Description for Structure
PART 1 Text Reading
PART 2 Focus on Writing: the Writing Process
PART 3 Translation : Condition
UNIT 6 Construction Planning
PART 1 - Text Reading
PART 2 Focus on Writing:Clarify and Conciseness
PART 3 Translation:Concessive Clause
UNIT 7 Geotechnical Engineering
PART 1 Text Reading
PART 2 Grammar: Grammatical Sentence
PART 3 Translation : Comparison
UNIT 8 Numerical Method
PART 1 Text Reading
PART 2 Grammar: Unified Coherent Paragraph
PART 3 Translation : Measurement
UNIT 9 Application Letter Writing
PART 1 Focus on Writing: Formal Letters in English
PART 2 Grammar: the Usage of Verbs
PART 3 Translation : Time
UNIT 10 Academic Writing Notes
PART 1 How to Write an Abstract
PART 2 Focus on Writing: Improve Readability
PART 3 Translation: Quantity and Example