本教程适合全日制工程硕士研究生英语教学。教程共8个单元，每个单元分A和B两个部分，A
课文后设有配合课文理解的练习题和引导学生自主学习的Learning Strategy，B课文后配有练习题及
Writing Tips。本程教程的课文内容选材体现了多样化的原则，从人文到科技都有涉猎，内容贴近现
实，具有启示作用。
近年以来我国的全日制工程硕士研究生人数逐年大量增加，亟需一种针对他们特殊需求的英语教程。全国工程硕士专业学位研究生教育指导委员会成立课程专家小组，委托本教程编写组编写出版《全日制工程硕士研究生英语读写教程》。本教程将以阅读带动写作的形式编写。素材均来自工程类各个主要大类的外文书刊，以介绍性的题材为主，这样可以确保英文的地道，并可以引导工程硕士研究生更好地阅读其本专业的英文文献。此外，本教程着重培养工程硕士研究生的学术写作能力。
Contents
Unit 1 Development of
Technology.............1
Text A Cars of the
Future..............................................2
Learning Strategy Preview: Learn About a
Text Before Really Reading It......................................11
Text B The Third Industrial
Revolution........................12
Writing Tips Tips on Research Paper Writing
(1) Selecting a Topic....................................18
Unit 2 Education........................................21
Text A Why Doing a PhD Is Often a Waste of
Time?....................................................22
Learning Strategy Compare and Contrast
Related Readings: Explore Likenesses and
Differences Between Texts to Understand Them
Better...................................32
Text B A New App Helps
Parenting.............................33
Writing Tips Tips on Research Paper Writing
(2) Doing Exploratory Research...................41
Unit 3 Internet..........................................43
Text A The Internet Gets
Physical...............................44
Learning Strategy Synthesize Ideas to Draw
Conclusions.............57
Text B Europe Weighs Tough Law on Online
Privacy...................................................58
Writing Tips Tips on Research Paper Writing
(3) Evaluating Sources.................................66
Unit 4 Environmental
Concerns.................69
Text A Life Without Nukes
..........................................70
Learning Strategy Outline and Summarize:
Identify the Main Ideas and Restate Them in
Your
Own Words..............................................82
Text B Breathing Is
Believing.......................................83
Writing Tips Tips on Research Paper Writing
(4) Note-taking............................................90
Unit 5
Discovery........................................93
Text A The Myth of the Innovator
Hero......................94
Learning Strategy Set Up Your Reading
Rate..............................107
Text B What Really Makes Us
Fat..............................107
Writing Tips Tips on Research Paper Writing
(5) Composing the Research Paper...........114
Unit 6 Nature and Human
Society...........117
Text A El Ni.o ..........118
Learning Strategy Four Types of Reading
Skills: Skimming, Scanning, Extensive Reading,
Intensive
Reading...........................................130
Text B Temperaments and Communication
Styles....................................................131
Writing Tips Tips on Research Paper Writing
(6) Footnotes and Endnotes......................138
Unit 7 Life
Science...................................141
Text A Genes on the
March......................................142
Learning Strategy Ask Questions Before You
Read.....................153
Text B Hard Math: Adding Up Just How Little
We Actually Move..............................154
Writing Tips Tips on Summary
Writing...............................160
Unit 8 Ecology.........................................163
Text A Groundwater Depletion Accelerates
Sea-Level Rise.......................................164
Learning Strategy Distinguish Main Ideas
from Supporting Ones...............................................173
Text B International Agency Calls for
Action on Natural Gas Safety..........................174
Writing Tips Tips on Writing an
Abstract............................182
Answer
Key...................................................187
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