本教程適合全日制工程碩士研究生英語教學。教程共8個單元，每個單元分A和B兩個部分，A
課文后設有配合課文理解的練習題和引導學生自主學習的Learning Strategy，B課文后配有練習題及
Writing Tips。本程教程的課文內容選材體現了多樣化的原則，從人文到科技都有涉獵，內容貼近現
實，具有啟示作用。
近年以來我國的全日制工程碩士研究生人數逐年大量增加，亟需一種針對他們特殊需求的英語教程。全國工程碩士專業學位研究生教育指導委員會成立課程專家小組，委托本教程編寫組編寫出版《全日制工程碩士研究生英語讀寫教程》。本教程將以閱讀帶動寫作的形式編寫。素材均來自工程類各個主要大類的外文書刊，以介紹性的題材為主，這樣可以確保英文的地道，并可以引導工程碩士研究生更好地閱讀其本專業的英文文獻。此外，本教程著重培養工程碩士研究生的學術寫作能力。
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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