本书是关于“科技英语读写”方面知识的阅读教学专著，本书分两大部分：第一部分是Reading your way into technical writing，由11个单元组成，是教材的主体；第二部分 Extending your scope of reading，由11篇文章组成，供学生进行课外阅读。

第一部分每个单元由Objectives；Preparing for reading；Surveying；Reading；Analyzingmacro structure；Grasping essential points；Understanding language feathres；Organizingdetails；Responding to the text和Writing 10大块内容构成。

Reading your way into tecnical

Unit 1 Getting Started: Identifying and Solving a Problem Ten Techniques for Activating the Spirit and Reducing Stress

Unit 2 Examining the Nature of a Familiar Phenomenon TV Addiction Versus Substance Dependence

Unit 3 Analyzing and Preventing a Disease Influenza

Unit 4 Explaining a Mechanism Why We Sleep: A Biological Perspective

Unit 5 Presenting and Illustrating an Argument Global Versus Local Issues in Noise Control Policy

Unit 6 Offering a Critical Review Hotel Design

Unit 7 Debating a New Technology Seeds of Concern

Unit 8 Drawing Inferences and Framing Hypotheses The Unearthly Landscapes of Mars: the Red Planet Is No Dead Planet

Unit 9 Testing a Hypothesis The Value of Positive Emotions

Unit 10 Applying a Clean Technology Fuel Cells

Unit 11 Undertaking a Research Project Assessing the Attitudes and Behaviors of Pedestrians and Drivers in Traffic Situations

Part two

Extending your scope o~ reading

 1. Engineering Education

 2. The Nature of Emotions

 3. Fighting HIV with HIV

 4. Aging: A Biological Perspective

 5. The Problems with Relying on Technology

 6. As One Door Closes

 7. Technology and the Humanities

 8. Framing Hypotheses: A Cautioncry Tale

 9. The Kindness of Strangers

 10. Non-medical Lasers: Everyday Life in a New Light

 11. Driver Inattention, Driver Distraction and Traffic Crashes

Key to part one

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