本书作为材料、医药、化工等专业英语教材，主要涉及科技英语的特点和翻译技巧、化学类基本知识和专业文章阅读。学生除了学习掌握本专业所节选的专业英语文章外，还可以将相近专业的专业英语作为选读内容，拓展知识面，提高专业英语的综合水平，培养学生的创新意识与创新能力。

本书内容主要介绍了科技英语的特点和翻译技巧、材料制药化学类基本知识和专业文章阅读三大部分。专业文章阅读分为化学、化学工程与技术、材料科学、高分子材料和制药工程等专业，每个专业节选了适当难点和长短的该专业的英文原版文章。学生除了学习掌握本专业所节选的专业英语文章外，还可以将相近专业的专业英语作为选读内容，拓展知识面，提高专业英语的综合水平，培养学生的创新意识与创新能力。
本书可作为化学类、材料类和制药类相关专业，如应用化学、化学工程与技术、制药工程、无机非金属材料、材料工程、材料化学、高分子材料等学生的专业英语教材，也可以作为相关科技工作者提高专业英语知识的参考书。

黄微雅，台州学院，副教授，研究生导师。长期担任《无机化学》、《物理化学》和《专业英语》等本科生课程教学，参与研究生课程《科研方法**论》的教学。主要研究领域及方向：稀土改性多孔/介孔材料的界面调控及其强化分离过程；铋基半导体及其复合光催化剂的设计、调控及其废水净化等。主持国家自然科学基金1项、参与3项；主持江西省自然科学基金重点项目和面上项目各1项、主持浙江省自然科学基金青年项目1项、主持江西省教育厅教改项目2项，入选台州市“211人才工程”。已在国内外学术期刊发表SCI收录论文20余篇，其中ESI高被引论文2篇。申请发明专利3项，出版专著、教材1部。

Part Ⅰ Scientific English Translating and Writing 001
Unit 1 Brief Introduction to Scientific English 001
Unit 2 Scientific English Translating Methods 010
Unit 3 Writing a Scientific Paper in English 026

Part Ⅱ Basic English Knowledges for Pharmaceutical and Chemical Engineerings 037
Unit 1 General Knowledge of Chemistry 037
Lesson 1 What is Chemistry? 037
Lesson 2 Chemical Bonding 043
Lesson 3 Working in Chemical Lab 045
Unit 2 Nomenclature of Inorganic Compounds 049
Unit 3 Nomenclature of Organic Compounds 059

Part Ⅲ Reading and Comprehension of Scientific Articles 069
Unit 1 Chemical Technology and Engineering 069
Lesson 1 Chemical Industry 069
Lesson 2 Research and Development 072
Lesson 3 Typical Activities of Chemical Engineers 075
Lesson 4 Sources of Chemicals 078
Lesson 5 Basic Chemicals 081
Lesson 6 Ammonia 083
Lesson 7 What is Chemical Engineering? 088
Lesson 8 Unit Operation in Chemical Engineering 091
Unit 2 Materials Science and Engineering 095
Lesson 1 Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering 095
Lesson 2 Solid Materials and Engineering Materials 097
Lesson 3 An Introduction to Metallic Materials 100
Lesson 4 Introduction to Ceramics 102
Lesson 5 Polymeric Composite Materials 107
Lesson 6 Materials and Technology 110
Lesson 7 Introduction to Nanoscale Materials 111
Lesson 8 Applications of Nanomaterials 114
Unit 3 Polymer Science and Engineering 117
Lesson 1 Polymer 117
Lesson 2 What Are Polymers? 121
Lesson 3 Polymer Synthesis 125
Lesson 4 Chain Polymerization and Bulk Polymerization 129
Lesson 5 Molecular Weight and Its Distributions of Polymers 131
Lesson 6 Structure and Properties of Polymers 133
Lesson 7 Functional Polymers 136
Lesson 8 Preparations of Amino Resins in Laboratory 138
Lesson 9 Processing and Fabrication of Thermoplastics 139
Unit 4 Pharmaceuticals Engineering 143
Lesson 1 Production of Drugs 143
Lesson 2 Isolation of Caffeine from Tea 149
Lesson 3 The Chemistry of Insulin 153
Lesson 4 Tablets (The Pharmaceutical Tablets Dosage Form) 156
Lesson 5 Sterile Products 159
Lesson 6 Natural Products 162
Lesson 7 Discovery of Sulfa Drugs 165

References 168

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