科技英语

目　录

unit 1　health　1
text a　a serious problem for child athlete　2
text b　nicotine　8
text c　main energies for the body　12

unit 2　biology　21
text a　climate change will hit genetic diversity　22
text b　gene-therapy enzymes make unpredicted errors　29
text c　could stem cells recuse an endangered species?　33

unit 3　 building academic vocabulary　40

unit 4　informantion science　55
text a　siri, why aren’t you smarter?　56
text b　google closes in on doubleclick deal　62
text c　selling expertise on the internet for extra cash　68

unit 5　space　76
text a　shuttle’s end spells change at nasa　77
text b　commercial space flight is a game-changer　83
text c　let’s mine asteroids——for science and profit　88

unit 6　reading academic papers　95

unit 7　psychology　109
text a　opting out of overoptimism　110
text b　using the mind to fight diseases　117
text c　dreams　122

unit 8　new-tech　 129
text a　bloomberg terminal　130
text b　imax　137
text c　bloomberg’s plan for world domination　141

unit 9　 doing academic research　146

unit 10　ecology　 154
text a　us launches eco-network　155
text b　can we replant the planet’s rainforests?　162
text c　to save trees, fighting one alien insect with others　168

unit 11　business administration　175
text a　dropping shopping　176
text b　the business of survival　184
text c　workers earn money on the job for losing weight　190

unit 12　reporting academic work　196

参考文献　210