目录
●Unit 1 Approaching Science
Text A What Is Science
Text B Science and Human Life
Unit 2 Science Literacy
Text A Freshman Chemistry Was Never Like This
Text B Scientific Literacy: What It Is, Why It's Important, and Why We don't Have It
Unit 3 Chemical Science
Text A Tiny Pieces of Matter
Text B Chemistry Way, Way Below Zero
Unit 4 Science as Inquiry
Text A A Brief History of Inquiry: From Dewey to Standards
Text B Inquiry in Science and in Classrooms
Unit 5 Science as Human Endeavor
Text A The Humble Scientist
Text B Vindicating Science-By Bringing It Down
Unit 6 Physical Science
Text A The Big Bang
Text B The Structure of Physics
Unit 7 Life Science
Text A Human Biological Adaptability
Text B Tracing the Origins of Humans
Unit 8 Earth and Space Science
Text A How Did Earth and Other Planets Form
Text B The Age of Earth
Unit 9 Science and Technology
Text A Artificial Intelligence
Text B The Measured Life
Unit 10 Science: Past and Future
Text A The End of Evolutionary Biology
Text B Science Especially About the Future
内容介绍
本书参照国际通用的科学教育内容标准,包含科学概念与过程、科学探究、物理、生命科学、地球与空间科学、科技、科学以及科学的历史与本质等。本书共10个单元,每个单元分为Text A和Text B,共20篇文章。本书充分实现了内容和语言相融合的教学理念,在有效提升学生英语语言能力的同时,还有助于培养学生的科学探究精神以及批判和创新思维意识,从而助力科技创新人才的培养。本书每个单元配套单元小测验,读者可先扫描封底的“文泉云盘防盗码”解锁资源后,再扫描书中对应处的二维码获取资源,登录清华大学出版社“文泉考试”平台进行线上测验。
本书可作为本科高年级及研究生英语阅读类课程的主干教材,也可作为通识类选修课程的教材,还可以作为对科学感兴趣,又希望切实提高英语水平的学生的课外读物。