本教材主要適用于已完成基礎(chǔ)階段學(xué)習(xí)的高等學(xué)校理工科本科生,為應(yīng)用提高階段的必修課和選修課教材,也可用作研究生教學(xué)或工程技術(shù)人員的外語(yǔ)培訓(xùn)教材。全套教材由專業(yè)教師和英語(yǔ)教師合作編寫而成。它以英國(guó)語(yǔ)言學(xué)家H.G.Widdowson的交際法理論為依據(jù),著重解決語(yǔ)言運(yùn)用能力的培養(yǎng)問題,使學(xué)生將基礎(chǔ)已掌握的英語(yǔ)語(yǔ)言知識(shí)和技能在自己的專業(yè)領(lǐng)域中得到進(jìn)一步實(shí)踐和應(yīng)用,從而達(dá)到以英語(yǔ)為工具獲取和交流信息的教學(xué)目的。《新世紀(jì)理工科英語(yǔ)教程:電氣與電子工程(學(xué)生用書)》是為電氣與電子工程及相關(guān)專業(yè)本科生編寫的專業(yè)英語(yǔ)(SBE)教材。 全書分20個(gè)單元,每單元由Reading and Comprehension,Reading and Practice和Reading and Translation 3部分組成。書后附Glossary供查閱。課文選材面向21世紀(jì),力求反映時(shí)代特色,并摘自國(guó)外原版教材、文選、論著、會(huì)議論文、實(shí)用文件和報(bào)刊等。內(nèi)容涉及電氣與電子工程及相關(guān)專業(yè)的基本物理概念、基礎(chǔ)工程知識(shí)、發(fā)展簡(jiǎn)史、重大發(fā)明創(chuàng)造、人物傳記、重要組織機(jī)構(gòu)簡(jiǎn)介以及學(xué)科發(fā)展動(dòng)向等。《新世紀(jì)理工科英語(yǔ)教程:電氣與電子工程(學(xué)生用書)》閱讀總量約100000詞,總生詞 量約1000。授課時(shí)教師應(yīng)注重對(duì)學(xué)生進(jìn)行讀、聽、寫、說、譯綜合技能的訓(xùn)練和交際能力的培養(yǎng)。學(xué)生宜在課前做好預(yù)習(xí)。由于閱讀量和練習(xí)量較大,教師可按學(xué)生的實(shí)際情況安排教學(xué),對(duì)教材進(jìn)行有選擇的使用。
UNIT ONE Reading and Comprehension Electrical Engineering: An Overview Reading and Practice The Electronic Age Reading and Translation Electricity UNIT TWO Reading and Comprehension New Device Concepts: Where Do They Fit In? Reading and Practice The Power Diode Reading and Translation Digital Logic UNIT THREE Reading and Comprehension Power and Energy Reading and Practice Sources of Energy Reading and Translation Power System Voltage UNIX FOUR Reading and Comprehension Power Electronics -- Keeping Pace with Society Reading and Practice Power Electronic Converters Reading and Translation Introduction to Power Electronics UNIT FIVE Reading and Comprehension Computer Control (I) Reading and Practice Computer Control (II) Reading and Translation Plant-Wide Supervision and Control UNIT SIX Reading and Comprehension Equipment Used at Substations Reading and Practice Power Transmission and Distribution Reading and Translation Potential Power Sources UNIT SEVEN Reading and Comprehension How Powerful Can Microchips Be? Reading and Practice How Small Can an Electrical Circuit Be? Reading and Translation Where Will Nanotechnology Take Us? UNIT EIGHT Reading and Comprehension A Significant Shift to Solid-State Digital Techniques Reading and Practice The Classification of Control Techniques Reading and Translation Control Systems Engineering UNIT NINE Reading and Comprehension Definition of Intelligence Reading and Practice Intelligent Control Perspective (I) Reading and Translation Intelligent Control Perspective (II) UNIT TEN Reading and Comprehension AC-DC Converters Reading and Practice The Inverters Reading and Translation Choppers UNIT ELEVEN Reading and Comprehension The CAPM/CAE Interface Within the CIM System Approaches in Medi-um-Sized Companies Reading and Practice Modern Manufacturing Systems Reading and Translation The Future: Information-Based Manufacturing UNIT TWELVE Reading and Comprehension Overview of Fiber Sensor Developments Reading and Practice Advantages of Fiber Optic Temperature Measurement Reading and Translation Sensors and Instrumentation UNIT THIRTEEN Reading and Comprehension Measurement Systems Reading and Practice Instruments Reading and Translation The Nature of Data UNIT FOURTEEN Reading and Comprehension Signals, Systems, and Signal Processing Reading and Practice Digital Signal Processing System Reading and Translation Speech Coding UNIT FIFTEEN Reading and Comprehension Historical Development of Communication (I) Reading and Practice Historical Development of Communication (II) Reading and Translation Data Communications UNIT SIXTEEN Reading and Comprehension Bermuda Triangle: Myth or Reality? (I) Reading and Practice Bermuda Triangle: Myth or Reality? (II) Reading and Translation Rover Finds Evidence of Water UNIT SEVENTEEN Reading and Comprehension Communication Practices Unique to the Gulf War (I) Reading and Practice Communication Practices Unique to the Gulf War (II) Reading and Translation Electro-Optics Technology UNIT EIGHTEEN Reading and Comprehension Robotics Reading and Practice Robot Reading and Translation Advanced Robotic Technology UNIT NINETEEN Reading and Comprehension A Brief History of the Electronic Car Reading and Practice The Car of Today Reading and Translation If We Can Send a Man to the Moon, Why Cant We Make a Decent Electric Car? UNIT TWENTY Reading and Comprehension Michael Faraday and the Classical Field Theory Reading and Practice James Clerk Maxwell and the Electromagnetic Field Reading and Translation Heike Kamerlingh Onnes and Superconductivity GLOSSARY