21世纪大学英语(职业本科版)阅读教程3

本书是职业本科英语阅 读教材，围绕不同主题编排 了丰富的阅读材料。全书共 设8个单元，涉及人工智能 发展、电子垃圾、海洋生物 保护、社会习俗、情绪健康 、应对气候变化、塑料污染 和空间技术等主题。每个单 元包含3篇阅读文章 及“Reflection and Extension”板块，如Unit1探 讨人工智能发展，有关于心 理学家推动AI、研究者助力 AI获取事实、AI是否使人变 笨等文章；Unit2聚焦电子 垃圾，涵盖其回收情况、AI 加剧电子垃圾危害、电动汽 车电池回收等内容。书后还 设有5套测试题以及练习参 考答案，有助于学生巩固所 学知识，提升英语阅读能力 和对不同领域知识的了解。

Unit 1 Development of AI Text A How Psychologists Kick-Started AI by Studying the Human Mind Text B How Researchers Are Helping AIs Get Their Facts Straight Text C Is AI Making Us Stupider? Reflection and Extension Unit 2 E-waste Text A What Happens When E-waste Is Recycled? Text B A Rising Tide of E-waste, Made Worse by AI, Threatens Our Health, the Environment and the Economy Text C Can Electric Vehicle Batteries Be Recycled? Reflection and Extension Unit 3 Protecting Marine Life Text A How Satellites Are Mapping the Future of Turtle Conservation Text B Saving Bluefin Tuna Text C The Race to Protect Pacific Whales Reflection and Extension Unit 4 Societal Practice Text A Places Around the World That Opt Out of Daylight Savings — and Why Text B What It Is Like to Live in the Happiest Country on Earth Text C The Story of Red Envelopes Reflection and Extension Unit 5 Emotional Well-Being Text A Guides for Emotion Control Text B Artificial Intelligence Is Driving a New Wave of Self-Help Bots Text C Noise Pollution Makes Us Anxious and Stressed Reflection and Extension Unit 6 Tackling Climate Change Text A Global Breakthrough to Tackle Shipping Emissions Text B Heat Pumps and EVs — How to Fight Climate Change from Home Text C Mushy Ice and Lost Kit Reflection and Extension Unit 7 Plastic Pollution Text A Paper Straws Suck Text B Plastic Pyrolysis — Chemists Explain a Technique Attempting to Tackle Plastic Waste by Bringing the Heat Text C “Will You Buy Fewer Plastic Bottles?” A Simple Question Can Change Our Behaviour Reflection and Extension Unit 8 Space Technology Text A Food Tastes Bland in Space Text B 3D Printing Will Help to Make Homes and Tools on the Moon and Mars Text C Private Space Stations Are Coming Reflection and Extension Test 1 Test 2 Test 3 Test 4 Test 5 Suggested Answers to the Exercises