English for Specialized Science and Technology

What is the design of this book?
This book has 47 chapters. Each chapter is an article that models a scientific or technical essay and is followed by several sets of exercises designed to help the reader identify vocabulary specific to scientific and technology writing.

What is the purpose of this book?
The aim of this book is to help students develop basic skills in reading science and technology related publications, including essays, magazines, reports, etc.

Using context clues and word analysis, the reader will engage in discovering meaning and use of 15-20 subject-related words in each article. By working through each chapter of this book, the student will enhance his or her vocabulary skills and analytical reading skills.

esides vocabulary and reading skill development, this textbook also provides
excellent resources for research on current scientific and technical topics.

What is the content of this book?
Contained in this book are 47 chapters of information about some of the most recent and exciting topics in the scientific and technical area. It includes Green Building, Biomedical Engineering, Hybrid Cars, Stem Cells, Semiconductors and Energy Efficiency, Nanomanufacturing, Mobile Computing, Food Biotechnology, Renewable Energy, Climate Change, Spacecraft Systems, Light Pollution, and Mars etc.

《科技英文閱讀＆練習》針對大專院校科技英文課程和理工及應外相關科系學生的需求，特別精心撰寫而成。

全書共47篇文章，主題各異，領域豐富而多元，內容敘述詳盡，用字遣詞專業而富教育性。搭配全彩版面設計，輔以彩色插圖，提升學習效率，是最佳的科技英文學習材料。

全書架構先進行文章閱讀，再做Exercise進行自我評量。Exercise的測驗內容以字彙字根字首練習為主，搭配閱讀理解測驗，幫助評估英語的各項能力，並學習科技專門字彙，加強科技英語的實力。