这是硕士研究生英语必修课教材。全书共分十二个单元，每个单元含精读课文、生词与短语列表、课文注释、词汇详解、构词法、课文阅读理解、词汇拓展、完形填空、阅读技巧及练习、写作技巧、翻译技巧及练习等内容，适用于研究生英语教学。

本书适合高等学校硕士研究生、研究生课程进修班学员作为教材使用，也可供中等以上英语水平的读者自学进修。

Unit One Science

 Text 1 Can We Really Understand Matter?

Writing·To the Students

Writing·Strategy·Definition

 Text 2 Physics Awaits New Options as Standard Modelldies

Writing·Strategy·Exemplification and Illustration

 Texl 3 Supporting Science

writing。Strategy·Comparison，Contrast，and Analogy

 Text 4 Whv M ust Scientists Become More Ethically Sensitive Than They Used to Be?

writing·Strategy Cause and Effect

 Text 5 Beauty，Charm，and Strangeness：Science as Metaphor

writing·Strategy。Division and Classification

 Text 6 ls Science Evil?

Writing·Strategy·Generalization and Specification

Writing·Stmtegy·Combination of Writing Strategies

Unit Two Engineering

 Text 7 Engineers’Dream of Practical Star Flight

Writing·Rhetoric·Simile and Metaphor

 Text 8 Blinded by the Flight

Writing·Rhetoric·Metonymy and Synecdoche

 Text 9 Quantum Weirdness

Writing·Rhetoric·Hyperbole and Understatement

 Text 10 Down to the Sea in Robots

Writing·Rhetoric·Personification

Writing·Rhetoric Epigram

 Text 11 NANO TECH: Borrowing from Biology to Power the Petite

Writing ·Rhetoric ·Pun and Euphemism

 Text 12 The Third Culture

Writing ·Rhetoric ·Paradox and Oxymoron

Unit Three Language and Culture

 Text 13 The English Language 

Writing ·Principle ·Unity and Coherence

Writing ·Principle ·Economy and Clarity

 Text 14 Americanism

Writing ·Principle ·Manuscript Form and Style

 Text 15 The Norse World 

Writing ·Type ·Narration

Writing ·Type ·Description

 Text 16 Mediterranean Heritage

Writing ·Type ·Exposition

Writing ·Type ·Argumentation

 Text 17 Beethoven

Writing ·Practical Writing ·Application Letter

Writing ·Practical Writing ·Resume

 Text 18 The Riddle of Postmodernism

Writing ·Practical Writing ·Letter of Introduction

Writing ·Practical Writing ·Letter of Recommendation

Unit Four Sociat Lif

 Text 19 The Disposable American Layoff and Their Consequences

Writing ·Practical Writing ·Book Review

Writing ·Practical Writing ·Summary

 Text 20 Domestic Violence in America

Writing ·Practical Writing ·Abstract

Writing ·Practical Writing ·Outline

 Text 21 African-Americans in the Development of Technology

Writing ·Research Paper ·Writing Process ( Ⅰ )

 Text 22 The Art of Leadership

Writing ·Research Paper ·Writing Process ( Ⅱ )

 Text 23 Intelligence Tests

Writing ·Research Paper ·Format of a Research Paper

 Text 24 An Old University Hits the High-Tech Roads

Writing ·Research Paper ·Sample Research Paper

Writing ·Research Paper ·Ph. D. Dissertation Format

Unit Five Life Science

 Text 25 The Genetic Revolution

Translation ·Introduction

 Text 26 Gene Tomatoes

Translation ·Literal Translation and Free Translation

 Text 27 The Perils of Cloning

Translation ·Diction ( Ⅰ )

 Text 28 A Book Review

Translation ·Diction ( Ⅱ )

 Text 29 A Book Review

Translation ·Conversion ( Ⅰ )

 Text 30 Alternative Medicine -- The Risks of Untested and Unregulated Remedies

Unit Six Economics

Translation ·Conversion (Ⅱ)

 Text 31 Riding the Venture Capital Tiger

Translation ·Amplification ( Ⅰ )

 Text 32 When an Internet Company Goes Public, Will Its Stock Price Dictate Strategy?

Translation ·Amplification ( Ⅱ )

 Text 33 No Checks. No Cash. No Fuss?.

Translation ·Omission ( IⅠ )

 Text 36 Why Are We So Afraid of Growth?

Translation ·Restructuring ( Ⅱ)

Unit Seven Management

 Text 37 Fundamentals of Scientific Management

Translation ·Affirmative & Negative ( Ⅰ )

 Text 38 The Management Myth

Translation ·Affirmative & Negative ( Ⅱ )

 Text 39 The Foundation and Challenges of Human Resource Management

Translation ·The Passive voice ( Ⅰ )

 Text 40 The Nature and Purpose of Project Management

Translation ·The Passive Voice( Ⅱ )

 Text 41 The Five Stages of Crisis Management

Translation ·Nominal Clauses

 Text 42 Do Women Make Better Managers?

Translation ·Chinese Complex Sentences

Unit Eight Law

 Text 43 The Nature and Significance of Constitutional Theories

Translation ·Attributive Clauses ( Ⅰ )

 Text 44 Crime, Politics, and the Constitution: The Allocation of Power

Translation ·Attributive Clauses ( Ⅱ )

 Text 45 Lay's Conviction Is Gone With Him

Translation ·Adverbial Clauses ( Ⅰ )

 Text 46 States' Power to Protect Ideas: Constitutional Preemption

Translation ·Adverbial Clauses ( Ⅱ )

 Text 47 Setting the Rules for Stem Cell Donors

Translation ·Long Sentences ( Ⅰ )

 Text 48 Lawmakers Seek Action after Ruling on Detainees

Translation ·Long Sentences (Ⅱ)