本書共包括20個單元內容和附錄兩大模塊。每個單元含3篇閱讀資料，既有精讀內容又有泛讀文章。內容涉及生物、農牧業、醫藥、食品、計算機等專業的知識和專業詞匯；課文題材廣泛、難易適中、信息量大、內容新穎；課文后配有各種練習題，并附有答案詳析，以檢測鞏固所學知識。
本書附錄精選了生物、畜牧等領域的常用專業詞匯。
本書緊密結合教學實踐，融思想性、趣味性、可讀性和實用性于一體。語言規范、篇幅適中、由淺入深、循序漸進，既利于教學，也便于學生自學。通過系列閱讀，可使學生拓寬視野，了解行業基本知識和發展狀況，培養專業英語閱讀的基本能力。
本書適用于高職高專農林牧漁、生物、食品、專業（商務）英語及相關專業院校的學生和教師。
Unit One (Economics and Trade)
Text A Business and Social Responsibility
Task One : Words to Know
Task Two: Read and Understand the Following Passage
Task Three : Finish the Following Exercises
Text B Business and Your Life
Words to Know
Read the Following Passage and then Answer the Questions Below
Text C How to Succeed in Business?
Unit Two (Economics and Trade)
Text A The Marketing Concept
Task One : Words to Know
Task Two: Read and Understand the Following Passage
Task Three : Finish the Following Exercises
Text B Marketing Is All around Us Unit One (Economics and Trade)
Text A Business and Social Responsibility
Task One : Words to Know
Task Two: Read and Understand the Following Passage
Task Three : Finish the Following Exercises
Text B Business and Your Life
Words to Know
Read the Following Passage and then Answer the Questions Below
Text C How to Succeed in Business?
Unit Two (Economics and Trade)
Text A The Marketing Concept
Task One : Words to Know
Task Two: Read and Understand the Following Passage
Task Three : Finish the Following Exercises
Text B Marketing Is All around Us
Words to Know
Read the Following Passage and Decide Whether the Statements are True ( T) or False (F)
Text C The Importance of Selling
Unit Three (Information Technology)
Text A The Web Lifestyle
Task One : Words to Know
Task Two : Read and Understand the Following Passage
Task Three : Finish the Following Exercises
Text B Internet Service Function
Words to Know
Read the Following Passage and then Answer the Questions Below
Text C What Is Multimedia?
Unit Four (Information Technology)
Text A Safe Sex for Your Computer
Task One : Words to Know
Task Two : Read and Understand the Following Passage
Task Three : Finish the Following Exercises
Text B Computer Crime in America
Words to Know
Read the Following Passage and then Answer the Questions Below
Text C Computer Viruses
Unit Five (Animal Husbandry)
Text A Fish Farming
Task One : Words to Know
Task Two : Read and Understand the Following Passage
Task Three : Finish the Following Exercises
Text B Raising Cows for Milk
Words to Know
Read the Following Passage and then Answer the Questions Below
Text C Rabbits are Easy to Raise
Unit Six (Animal Husbandry)
Text A Feeder Cattle Supplies Rise
Task One : Words to Know
Task Two : Read and Understand the Following Passage
Task Three : Finish the Following Exercises
Text B Raising Sheep
Words to Know
Read the Following Passage and then Answer the Questions Below
Text C National Animal Identification System
Unit Seven (Animal Husbandry)
Text A Animal Husbandry
Task One : Words to Know
Task Two : Read and Understand the Following Passage
Task Three : Finish the Following Exercises
Text B Feed and Forage Production Conditions
Words to Know
Read the Following Passage and then Answer the Questions Below
Text C How to Handle Chicken Safely?
Unit Eight (Food and Nutrition)
Text A The Making of Cheese
Task One : Words to Know
Task Two : Read and Understand the Following Passage
Task Three : Finish the Following Exercises
Text B Vitamins
Words to Know
Read the Following Passage and then Decide Whether the Following Statements are
True (T) or False (F)
Text C How Is Chocolate Made?
Unit Nine (Food and Nutrition)
Text A Household Food Security in the United States, 2005
Task One : Words to Know
Task Two : Read and Understand the Following Passage
Task Three : Finish the Following Exercises
Text B Diets and Their Effects
Words to Know
Read the Following Passage and then Answer the Questions Below
Text C Biodiversity for Food Security
Unit Ten (Food and Nutrition)
Text A Certifying Eligibility in the National School Lunch Program
Task One : Words to Know
Task Two : Read and Understand the Following Passage
Task Three : Finish the Following Exercises
Text B Again U. S. Food Industry Gears Up for Tougher Inspections in Fight against Terror
Words to Know
Read the Following Passage and then Answer the Questions Below
Text C Cloned Animals Safe to Eat
Unit Eleven (Food and Nutrition)
Text A Do Healthy School Meals Cost More?
Task One : Words to Know
Task Two : Read and Understand the Following Passage
Task Three : Finish the Following Exercises
Text B Competitive Foods. Soft Drinks vs Milk
Words to Know
Read the Following Passage and then Answer the Questions Below
Text C National Nutrition Month
Unit Twelve (Biological Engineering)
Text A Microbiology and You
Task One : Words to Know
Task Two : Read and Understand the Following Passage
Task Three : Finish the Following Exercises
Text B Molecular Biology
Words to Know
Read the Following Passage and then Answer the Questions Below
Text C Copying What Comes Naturally
Unit Thirteen (Biological Engineering}
Text A Gene Rustlers
Task One : Words to Know
Task Two : Read and Understand the Following Passage
Task Three : Finish the Following Exercises
Text B Cloning: Good Science or Bad Idea7
Words to Know
Read the Following Passage and then Answer the Questions Below
Text C The Father of Genetics
Unit Fourteen (Biological Engineering)
Text A Biometrie Systems Open the Door
Task One : Words to Know
Task Two : Read and Understand the Following Passage
Task Three : Finish the Following Exercises
Text B The Biological Revolution
Words to Know
Read the Following Passage and then Answer the Questions Below
Text C ECO Resort
Unit Fifteen (Biological Engineering)
Text A Bioseeurity: Protecting Your Livestock and Poultry
Task One : Words to Know
Task Two : Read and Understand the Following Passage
Task Three : Finish the Following Exercises
Text B Global Contamination, Wildlife Health and Biotechnology
Words to Know
Read the Following Passage and then Answer the Questions Below
Text C Global Contamination, Wildlife Health and Biotechnology
Unit Sixteen (Veterinary Science)
Text A Careers in Veterinary Medicine
Task One : Words to Know
Task Two : Read and Understand the Following Passage
Task Three : Finish the Following Exercises
Text B Veterinarian
Words to Know
Read the Following Passage and Decide Whether the Statements Below are True (T)or False (F)
Text C Veterinary Services Careers Program: Leading the Charge to Safeguard Animal Health
Unit Seventeen [ Veterinary Science)
Text A Veterinary Vaccine
Task One : Words to Know
Task Two : Read and Understand the Following Passage
Task Three : Finish the Following Exercises
Text B Avian Influenza
Words to Know
Read the Following Passage and Decide Whether the Statements Below are True ( T)or False (F)
Text C How People Can Protect Themselves and Their Families From Bird Flu
Unit Eighteen (Veterinary Science)
Text A Animal Immune System
Task One : Words to Know
Task Two : Read and Understand the Following Passage
Task Three : Finish the Following Exercises
Text B Antibiotics for Animals
Words to Know
Read the Following Passage and Decide Whether the Statements Below are True ( T)
or False (F)
Text C Foot and Mouth Disease
Unit Nineteen (Veterinary Science)
Text A PRRS Control Strategies
Task One : Words to Know
Task Two : Read and Understand the Following Passage
Task Three : Finish the Following Exercises
Text B Postweaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome
Words to Know
Read the Following Passage and then Answer the Questions Below
Text C Evaluating Your Swine Enterprise
Unit Twenty (Practical Writting)
Text A 6th International Conference on Rabbit Production in Hot Climates
Task One : Read and Understand the Following Conference Announcement
Task Two : Finish the Following Exercises
Text B Invitation for Bids
Task One : Read and Understand the Following Passage
Task Two : Finish the Following Exercises
Text C Theft Deterrent System
Task One : Read and Understand the Following Passage
Task Two : Finish the Following Exercises
Appendix Ⅰ (附錄) Glossary (詞匯表)
Appendix Ⅱ(附錄二) Basic English Vocabulary for Specialties (專業英語基礎詞匯)
Appendix Ⅲ(附錄三) Frequently-Used Prefixes in Scientific Terms (常見科技術語)
Appendix Ⅳ(附錄四) Chinese and English Names of Some Departments and Specialties(各系、專業名稱英漢對照表)
Keys to the Exercises
References (參考文獻)
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