English Reading and Translation Practical Tutorial for Science and Technology

Author: Zhai Tianli
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: This book is characterized by its simplicity and practicality, serving as a professional English textbook for senior undergraduate students in science and engineering disciplines, as well as a reference for. It is meticulously designed and written by teachers with years of experience in teaching basic and professional English at universities. The entire tutorial is divided into 15 units, each consisting of 5 parts. The "Text" section and the "Supplementary Reading" section in the fifth part feature a wide range of materials, covering various professional fields with appropriate difficulty and length. The second, third, and fourth parts are the highlights of the book:
- "Common Expressions in Scientific and Technical English" summarizes practical expressions frequently encountered in scientific and technical literature, such as posing problems, introducing methods, listing examples, and expressing extremes and ratios.
- "Reading Techniques for Scientific and Technical English" introduces commonly used and important reading techniques that distinguish scientific and technical English from everyday English, such as intensive reading skills necessary for accurately understanding materials.
- "Linguistic Features of Scientific and Technical English" summarizes the lexical and grammatical characteristics of scientific and technical English.
- "Translation Techniques for Scientific and Technical English" introduces basic translation methods using rich examples.
Each unit has a clear theme, innovative section design, accompanied by exercises and reference answers, helping readers systematically and comprehensively master the reading, translation, and even writing skills of scientific and technical English.