本书具有以下特点：1. 每个单元都是训练阅读能力的一个完整的过程，训练目的明确，配备相应练习。通过周期性反复训练使学生掌握阅读专业文章的正确方法。2. 教材内容安排上，按电子信息类学科细经成八个单元，每个单元突出一个学科领域的知识，这是该教材编写上的一大特色。3. 选材新颖，点面结合。不仅能体现专业知识性还能体现趣味性，同时选取了大量的*新知识和*新的应和实例。4. 每课都提供了各种练习题，既实用又具有针对性，有利于检验学生学习掌握的程度。便于更好进行教学活动。5. 课文中生词的注释标在正文的一侧，利于学生阅读。6. 为了便于扩大学生的专业词汇量，专业词汇将按各单元所涉及的学科内容分别列在各单元结束的地方，这也是该教材的一大特色。
本教材共分八个单元，内容包括电的基本知识与应用、数电与模电、高频技术、电气工程、电器、检测与传感、微处理器技术和自动控制系统。

Unit One Foundation of Electricity
Passage One The History Of Electricity
Passage Two Electric Circuit
Passage Three Thevenin’S 8L Norton~S Theorem
Passage Four Digital Circuits
Passage Five Operational Amplifiers
专业英语语言结构特点
Unit Two Electronic Products
Passage One Ho．w doesa liquid crystal display TV work?
Passage Two How does a washing machine work?
Passage Three Refrigerators
Passage Four Microwave 0vens
Passage Five MP4 User’S Manual(selected)
专业英语翻译技巧
Unit Three Electronic Apparatus and Instrument?
Passage One Electronic Components
Passage Two Analog Instruments and Uses
Passage Three Introductions to Common Digital Instruments
Passage Four Measuring Voltage with Oscilloscopes
Passage Five Computer—based Test Instruments
数字、数学表达式与英文读法
Unit Four Sensors and Transducers
Passage One Basic Knowledge of Transducers
Passage Two The Characteristics and Features of Sensors
Passage Three Sensor Technology
Passage Four Photoelectric Sensor
Passage Five Induction of Sensor Productions
构词法(Ⅰ)英语构词的三种方法
Unit Five Computer Simulation and Aided Design
Passage One Introduction to Computer Simulation
Passage Two CAD 8。CAM
Passage Three Introduction to Protel 99SE
Passage Four What is a VHDL?
Passage Five Applications of EDA in Circuit Experiments
构词法(Ⅱ)名词前缀和后缀
Unit Six Control Technology
Passage One Industrial Bus
Passage Two Microprocessor
Passage Three What is a PLC?
Passage Four Intelligent System
Passage Five Introductions to PID Controllers
构词法(Ⅲ)动词前缀与后缀
Unit Seven Automatic Control System
Passage One Computer Control System
Passage Two MSC一51 On—chip UART
Passage Three The Watchdog
Passage Four Industrial Robots
Passage Five Home Automation
构词法(Ⅳ)形容词、副词前缀与后缀
Unit Eight Communication Engineering
Passage One Communications and Communication System
Passage Two Introduction of GPS
Passage Three The Difference between GSM and CDMA
Passage Four Introduction to Digital Signal Processing
Passage Five Data Communications
构词法(Ⅴ)词尾与词性
附录电子信息类主要专业课程英语名称