《英语 第4册 理工科用》

Lesson One1

Text:He Led a Useful Life1

Grammar:The Subjunctive Mood(Ⅰ)9

Reading Material:Britain19

Lesson Two22

Text:The Fun They Had22

Grammar:The Participle(Ⅲ)29

Reading Material:Atoms and You35

Lesson Three39

Text:Modern Lighthouses39

Grammar:The Gerund(Ⅱ)45

Reading Material:The Loss of‘Titanic'51

Lesson Four55

Text:“Where Time Began”55

Grammar:The Subjunctive Mood(Ⅱ)61

Reading Material:Our Planet's History67

Lesson Five71

Text:The Long Chain of Evolution71

Grammar:The Preposition and Prepositional Phrases(Ⅱ)77

Reading Material:The Theory of Evolution87

Lesson Six91

Text:The Kraken Arrives91

Reading Material:Man the Menace107

Lesson Seven110

Text:Alfred Nobel—A Man of Contrasts110

Grammar:Ellipsis117

Reading Material:Lincoln's Autobiography125

Lesson Eight130

Text:A Creature of His Times130

Grammar:Inversion137

Reading Material:Setback for Zilchships147

Lesson Nine151

Text:Simple Habits,Deep Thoughts151

Grammar:The Uses of“That”159

Reading Material:Star Wars—and Einstein170

Lesson Ten174

Text:The Wasp and the Spider174

Grammar:The Uses of“It”181

Reading Material:They Seem Almost Human190

Lesson Eleven194

Text:Are There Strangers in Space?194

Grammar:The Uses of“As”201

Reading Material:Other Worlds212

Lesson Twelve215

Text:Physics and the Future(Epilogue to Life Science Physics)215

Reading Material:Preface to Contemporary Physics229

Supplementary Readings234

1．Time Zones and the Date Line234

2．Travelling in the Jungle235

3．Danger—Keep Off!238

4．Digging up History241

5．Introduction243

6．New Wonder in Camaras246

7．Michael Faraday248

8．Atoms251

9．Discovery by Accident254

10．How Computers are Changing Our World258

11．Arriving from Outer Space262

12．How Scientists Solve Problems264

Appendix269

1．Word Formation269

2．A List of Common English and American English Words276

3．Vocabulary280