本教材有以下特色：
第一，本书选取社会生活不同领域科技发展的文章，选材涵盖多个学科，融知识性、思想性、思辨性、趣味性、时代感和科技文化内涵于一体，培养学生的人文和科学素养；
第二，选篇经典、语言规范、语言练习形式多样，提高学生的科技英语读写能力以及英语综合运用能力；
第三，突出思辨能力和英语自主学习能力的培养，引导学生敏于感知、勤于思考、乐于学习、善于沟通，激发学生内在的学习动机并提高合作学习的能力。
本教材适用于理工类大学非英语专业高年级学生。

Unit I Sources of Energy
Text A Petroleum
Text B Is Nuclear Energy a Fuel with a Future?
Text C World Energy Scenario and Sustainable Energy
Listening Practice (1)
Translation Practice (1)
Writing Practice (1)
Unit 2 Social Science
Text A Making the Best of a Good Job
Text B Make a Powerful Interview Impact by Controlling the Intangibles
Text C The Winner's Guide to Success
Listening Practice (2)
Translation Practice (2)
Writing Practice (2)
Unit 3 Artificial Intelligence and Big Data
Text A From Science Fiction to Reality: The Evolution of Artificial Intelligence
Text B Facebook, User Privacy, and Data Responsibility
Text C The Past, Present and Future of Big Data in Marketing
Listening Practice (3)
Translation Practice (3)
Writing Practice (3)
Unit 4 The Environment
Text A Can We Make Garbage Disappear?
Text B Is Hothouse Earth Avoidable?
Text C HowTechnology Is Leading Us to New Climate Change Solutions
Listening Practice (4)
Translation Practice (4)
Writing Practice (4)
Unit 5 Economy
Text A Will Growth Make Us Happy?
Text B Five KeyTrends ShapingYour Financial Future
Text C MarketsAre in Chaos: Control the One ThingYou Can
Listening Practice (5)
Translation Practice (5)
Writing Practice (5)
Unit 6 Space Exploration
Text A Our Picture of the Universe
Text B ShouldWe Colonise Space?
Text C The Big Bang: It SureWas Big
Listening Practice (6)
Translation Practice (6)
Writing Practice (6)
Unit 7 Business Administration
Text A Managerial Caricatures
Text B What Is Corporate Social Responsibility?
Text C What Are the Most Important Aspects of a Business?
Listening Practice (7)
Translation Practice (7)
Writing Practice (7)
Unit 8 Bioscience
Text A Is Our Future ReallyWritten in Our Genes?
Text B Researchers Say Human Brain Is Still Evolving
Text C WhyYour Summer Might Be Full of Mosquitoes
Listening Practice (8)
Translation Practice (8)
Writing Practice (8)
Unit 9 Transportation
Text A 10 New Technological Features That Might Come Standard
in Your Future Car
Text B China's High-Speed Rail Development (Excerpt)
Text C Flying Taxis, Urban Aviators
Listening Practice (9)
Translation Practice (9)
Writing Practice (9)
Unit 10 Health
Text A Several Steps to a Better Brain (I)
Text B Several Steps to a Better Brain (11)
Text C Squatting and Kneeling May Be Better forYour Health than Sitting
Listening Practice (10)
Translation Practice (10)
Writing Practice (10)