本书为《动力工程》（Power Engineering）分册，供动力工程及相关专业的大学本科生用作专业英语及大学第五、六学期的教材。全书材料选自国外原版教材、文选、论著、会议论文、实用文件、报刊杂志等。内容涉及动力工程各相关专业的基本物理概念、基础工程知识、发展简史或重大发明创造、人物传记、重要组织机构简介以及发展动向。

UNIT ONE

Reading and Comprehension

 Oil and Water -- Drilling in the Gulf (Ⅰ)

Reading and Practice

 Oil and Water -- Drilling in the Gulf (Ⅱ)

Reading and Translation

 Solar Power

UNIT Two

Reading and Comprehension

 Hybrids Get Hot

Reading and Practice

 High Bred Hybrids

Reading and Translation

 Effects of Air Pollution

UNIT THREE

Reading and Comprehension

 Supersonic Is Back Quietly (Ⅰ)

Reading and Practice

 Supersonic Is Back Quietly (Ⅱ)

Reading and Translation

 Waterpower

UNIT FOUR

Reading and Comprehension

 Fundamentals of Energy

Reading and Practice

 Energy Resources

Reading and Translation

 Energy Needs

UNIT FIVE

Reading and Comprehension

 Development of Diesel Engines

Reading and Practice

 Diesel Revisited

Reading and Translation

 Diesel Engines

UNIT SIX

Reading and Comprehension

 A Low Pollution Engine Solution (Ⅰ)

Reading and Practice

 A Low Pollution Engine Solution (Ⅱ)

Reading and Translation

 能源选择

 Floating Trains: What a Way to Go (Ⅰ)

UNIT SEVEN

Reading and Comprehension

 Water Turbines

Reading and Practice

 Waterwheels

Reading and Translation

 水轮机技术发展史

 Impulse Turbines

UNIT EIGHT

Reading and Comprehension

 Wind Turbines

Reading and Practice

 Windmills

Reading and Translation

 水轮机——应用及其他

 Jet Propulsion

UNIT NINE

UNIT TEN

UNIT ELEVEN

UNIT TWELVE

UNIT THIRTEEN

UNIT FOURTEEN

UNIT FIFTEEN

UNIT SIXTEEN

UNIT SEVENTEEN

UNIT EIGHTEEN

UNIT NINETEEN

UNIT TWINTY

PRACTICAL WRITING

GLOSSARY