Unit One
Historical Development of Science and Technology............ 1
Part A Lecture了解科技英语的语言特点 ......................................................................2
Part B Reading Technological Evolution of Humankind ............................................12
Part C Extended Reading Invention of Wheel .................................................................21
Unit Two
Ancient Civilizations............................................................ 25
Part A Lecture提高科技英语阅读理解能力 .....................................................................26
Part B Reading Ancient Technology ..........................................................................................43
Part C Extended Reading Development of Civilization ............................................51
Unit Three
History of Science in Early Cultures.................................... 55
Part A Lecture掌握科技英语文献的阅读方法 .........................................................56
Part B Reading Science in the Greek World..........................................................................76
Part C Extended Reading Plato and Aristotle ...................................................................83
Unit Four
History of Science and Technology in Ancient China......... 87
Part A Lecture确定中心思想 ..........................................................................................88
Part B Reading Science and Technology of the Tang Dynasty ...........................109
Part C Extended Reading Science in Ancient China ................................................119
Unit Five
Science and Technology in the Middle Ages and Renaissance .... 125
Part A Lecture辨认事实与细节.................................................................................................126
Part B Reading Medieval Science and Technology .....................................................141
Part C Extended Reading Johannes Gutenberg and His Invention of
Movable Type Printing .............................................................................................................150
Unit Six
Impact of Science in Europe ............................................. 155
Part A Lecture识别逻辑衔接词.................................................................................................156
Part B Reading New Ideas During the Scientific Revolution ................................166
Part C Extended Reading Science in the Age of Enlightenment ...................180
Unit Seven
Industrial Revolution ......................................... ............. ............. ............................. 185
Part A Lecture识别段落类型 .................... ............ ............ ............ .....................186
Part B Reading The Steam Engine—A New Source of Power ...........................202
Part C Extended Reading Machine Tools ..........................................................................208
Unit Eight
Modern Science and Technology (I).................................. 213
Part A Lecture了解衔接与连贯手段的使用 ...........................................................214
Part B Reading Science and Technology in the Electrical Age ...........................228
Part C Extended Reading Development of Natural Sciences ...........................236
Unit Nine
Modern Science and Technology (II)................................. 247
Part A Lecture猜测词义.......................................................................................................248
Part B Reading Chips and the Internet .................................................................................263
Part C Extended Reading In 1900, They Never Imagined ....................................271
Unit Ten
Modern Development in China ........................................... 283
Part A Lecture推理.............................................................................................................284
Part B Reading Modern Development in China ..........................................................306
Part C Extended Reading Yuan Longping—Father of Hybrid Rice ...............312
Unit Eleven
Scientific Discoveries and Inventions................................ 317
Part A Lecture结论..................................................................................................................318
Part B Reading Technology’s Ubiquitous Reach............................................................333
Part C Extended Reading The Telephone and Its Inventor .................................340
Unit Twelve
Great Men and Women .................................................... 345
Part A Lecture 判定作者的观点、态度和语气 .............................................................346
Part B Reading Three Great Physicists ....................................................................................365
Part C Extended Reading Madame Curie and Radium .........................................374
References......................................................................... 377