Practical English for Technology: Suitable for College and High School Students, Technicians, and Technical Cadres

Author: Qin Huo Hui
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: This book systematically introduces the core content of scientific and technical English, enabling readers to understand moderately difficult English-language books, journals, and scientific materials with the help of a dictionary after completing it, achieving a scientific and technical English reading ability comparable to that of college English. The book is divided into three main parts: (1) "Basic Knowledge," designed for self-study and serving as preparation for subsequent content; (2) "Key Learning Content," divided into four units with a total of 21 lessons, including texts, grammar, vocabulary learning, and reading materials. It systematically introduces the most fundamental and important grammatical content of scientific and technical English, employing an easy-to-learn and effective, unique teaching method tailored to the thinking patterns of engineering students and scientific workers; (3) "Scientific and Technical English Reading Materials and Annotations," selected from U.S. middle school chemistry and physics textbooks, with extremely detailed annotations to review and reinforce learned linguistic phenomena. The guiding principle of this book's compilation is to ensure that readers can fully comprehend all its content without the guidance of a teacher. It can serve as both a textbook and a self-study tutorial, suitable for vocational school students, college students, higher vocational college students, scientific and technical cadres, and a broad range of scientific and technical workers. The book is also accompanied by a corresponding study guide, available for readers' optional use.