理工专业通用学术英语(提升篇)/北京理工大学明精计划学术丛书

叶云屏主编的这本《理工专业通用学术英语（提 升篇）》主要培养学生的语篇能力和思辨能力。阅读 材料为能源、交通、宇航、自动化、环境、气候变化 、基因工程、身心健康等学科的通俗化学术文章，内 容前沿，信息量大。文章结构复杂，但脉络清晰，构 思严谨，文笔流畅，具有重要语篇教学价值。每个单 元的阅读材料和听力材料的主题相关，先读后听，有 利于对听力材料的理解。教学活动和练习设计从分析 语篇层面的功能基调、交际目的、信息结构和修辞策 略入手，围绕理解、提炼、分析、利用信息的技能培 养而展开，提高理解与产出的互动强度，将思辨能力 和语言产出能力培养融为一体。

Unit 1 The Hydrogen Economy Text I Fuel Cells Text II The Impossibility of Rapid Energy Transitions Text III Filling up with Hydrogen Unit 2 Space Exploration Text I The Unearthly Landscapes of Mars: The Red Planet Is No Dead Planet Text II Chariots in the Sky Text III Space Explorations Around the World Unit 3 Clean Energy Text I The Green Job Text II Is It Time to Stop Putting Food in Our Cars? Text III Hot Rocks, Cool Technology Unit 4 Evolution Text I Who Was More Important: Lincoln or Darwin? Text II Are We Still Evolving? Text III The Nature of Emotions Unit 5 Mind and Brain Text I The Value of Positive Emotions Text II Why We Sleep Text III Facing Darkness Unit 6 Climate Change Text I Carbon Dioxide and the Climate Text II A Cheap and Easy Plan to Stop Global Warming Text III Ecological Responses to Climate Change on the Antarctic Peninsula Unit 7 Automation Text I Automation on the Job Text II Avoiding the Digital Dark Age Text III Farmerbots: A New Industrial Revolution Unit 8 Genetic Engineering Text I Seeds of Concern Text II GM Crops: Battlefield Text III Impacts of Genetically-Modified Crops and Seeds on Farmers Unit 9 Design: the Artist v,s. the Engineer Text I A History of Scholarship on American Automobile Design Text II Ford the Engineer and Ford the Artist: A Complex Henry Ford Text III Is Software Art or Engineering? Unit 10 Epidemics Text I Influenza Text II The Fear of the Known Text III Lethal Girl of Livestock References Listening Materials Websites