大学英语教学大纲规定大学本科(包括理工科和文理科)的英语教学分为基础阶段和专业阅读阶段。专业阅读阶段的任务是：指导学生阅读有关专业的英语书刊和文选，使其进一步提高阅读英语科技资料的能力，并能以英语为工具，获取专业所需要的信息。从实践中我们感到基础阶段学生所接触的语言材料在文体和词汇方面与专业阅读阶段有着较大的差别，而且一般说来学生第五学期刚开始接触专业基础课，他们还缺乏专业知识，直接进行专业阅读尚有一定困难。另外学生在基础阶段学习中所掌握的读、听、写、说四种技能在专业阅读阶段还需得到进一步的巩固和提高。
Focus Reading Series是为解决大学英语从基础阶段过渡到专业阅读阶段的衔接问题而编写的一套系列教材。本系列教材按专业大类分成六个分册：Mechanical Engineering；Electrical and Electronic Engineering；Chemistry and Chemical Engineering；Computer Engineering；Materials Science和Power Engineering。教师可按学生所学专业选用对口的分

UnitOne
I.ReadingandComprehension:TheScienceofMechanics
I.ReadingandPractice:TheSimpleMachines
i.ReadingandTranslation
1)DefinitionsofMachine
2)PrecisionMechanismstructures
UnitTwo
I.ReadingandComprehension:MachineDesign
I.ReadingandPractice:WorkingDrawings
i.ReadingandTranslation.
1)Blueprint
2)ToolDesign
UnitThree
I.ReadingandComprehension:Mechanisms
I.ReadingandPractice:Linkages
I.ReadingandTranslation
1)Cams
2)SpaceLinkage
UnitFour
I.ReadingandComprehension:Keys,SplinesandPins
I.ReadingandPractice:Screw
|.ReadingandTranslation:
1)Pins
2)Keys
UnitFive
I.ReadingandComprehension:WeldingandRiveting
I.ReadingandPractice:MethodsofJoiningMetalArticles
I.ReadingandTranslation
1)TheImportanceofWelding
2)Stresses
UnitSix
I.ReadingandComprehension.Shafts
I.ReadingandPractice:Gears
|.ReadingandTranslation:
1)V-belts
2)ChainDrives
UnitSeven;
I.ReadingandComprehension:TypesofVibration
I.ReadingandPractice:TransducersinInstrumentation
I.ReadingandTranslation:
1)NoiseLevels
2)Springs
UnitEight
I.ReadingandComprehension:IntroductiontoHydraulicControlSystems
I.ReadingandPractice.LubricationofBearings
|.ReadingandTranslation:
1)Bearings
2)Seals
UnitNine
I.ReadingandComprehension:MeasuringTools
I.ReadingandPractice.InterpretationandMeasurementofDimensions
I.ReadingandTranslation:
1)GeneralInformationonSurfaceRoughness
2)GeneralInformationonTolerance
UnitTen
I.ReadingandComprehension:Materials
I.ReadingandPractice:HeatTreatment
I.ReadingandTranslation:
1)IronandSteel
2)AluminiumanditsAlloys
UnitEleven
ReadingandComprehension:Casting
ReadingandPracticeBendingandForming
ReadingandTranslation.
1)TheForgingProcess
2)Electrolysis
UnitTwelve
I.ReadingandComprehension:ClassificationofMachineTools
I.ReadingandPractice:MotionsinMachineTools
.ReadingandTranslation:
I)TheLathe
2)LaserandItsApplications
UnitThirteen
I.ReadingandComprehension:DynamicEngineering
I.ReadingandPractice:Power
I.ReadingandTranslation:
I)SteamTurbines
2)ThePetrolEngine
UnitFourteen
I.ReadingandComprehension:CAD/CAMDefined
ReadingandPractice:ComputerandComputerGraphics
I.ReadingandTranslation:
I)BinarySystemforComputers
2)GeneralConsiderationsinRobotApplications
UnitFifteen
I.ReadingandComprehension:ManufacturingEngineering
1.ReadingandPractice:Mechanization
I.ReadingandTranslation:
I)ManufacturingEngineeringSystems
2)SystemInterpretationofProcessData
Glossary

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