本教材的阅读材料主要选材于经典的国外原文教材、国外学术著作和期刊;为了增加学习趣味性,增加了新的网络信息和流行的机械类专业杂志的内容。内容的选择既考虑了专业知识的常见性,又兼顾专业英语教学过程与基础英语的过渡,选用语言地道、形式多样但不涉及过于繁杂和深奥理论的文献。通过学习本教材,读者可掌握通过多种渠道(包括专业学术期刊,硕士、博士论文,机械类全英文报刊,机械产品广告,通过网络视频和文字发布的新科研成果,与机械设计制造相关的新闻报道等等)扩展专业英语知识的方法,十分适合在现今发达的网络和数字化信息平台下获取新的专业英语知识。
本教材分为六章,每一章围绕一个主题展开,**章介绍本专业,第二章介绍机械设计制造史,第三章介绍如何阅读及理解专业文献,第四章介绍随时随地学习专业英语,第五章介绍实验中的英语,第六章介绍以多种方式使用专业英语。其中第三章可以从学习阅读及理解专业文献的角度,以章节形式进行;也可以从传统的机械设计制造领域分类的角度,以TOPIC形式进行。这将给使用本教材的教师提供多种可选择的教学方案,并通过课后练习的方式,引导教师、学生及使用本教材自学的读者学习如何阅读及理解英文专业

Chapter 1Know about Your Major(1)
1.1An Overview of Majors/Programs in Universities All over the
World(1)
1.2Extended Exercise—Know about Your Knowledge of Mechanical
Engineering(7)
1.3Extended Exercise—Recognize Yourself(7)
Chapter 2Know about the History of Mechanical Design and
Manufacturing(10)
2.1Fire is Stronger than Blood and Water—Steam Power(10)
2.2The History of the Design Process(14)
Chapter 3The Way to Read and Understand Professional Literature(18)
3.1Reading Experience Ⅰ: Developing Vocabulary Exercises(18)
3.1.1Picking out the Professional Words(18)
3.1.2Types of Context Clues(24)
3.1.3Context Clues in Specialized Vocabulary(30)
3.1.4Using the Word Structural Analysis to Understand
Professional Words(34)
3.1.5Oral Vocabulary(44)
3.2Reading Experience Ⅱ: Developing Comprehension Skills(50)
3.2.1Levels of Comprehension(51)
3.2.2Reading for Main Ideas and Details(51)
3.2.3Reading for Organization(60)
3.3Reading Experience Ⅲ: Developing Graphics Exercises(66)
3.3.1Types of Graphs and How to Read Them(67)
3.3.2Types of Charts and How to Read Them(72)
3.3.3Types of Illustrations and How to Read Them(80)
3.4Reading Experience Ⅳ: Developing Integral Technical Reading
Skills(85)
3.4.1Reading and Analyzing the Materials(85)
3.4.2Using a Text Analysis Chart(90)
Chapter 4Learning Professional English Anytime, Anywhere(94)
4.1Ad from Magazine(94)
4.2News—The World’s Lightest Material(94)
4.3How to Read a Function/Formula(97)
4.3.1How to Read Simple Symbols and Equations(97)
4.3.2How to Read Symbols and Equations in Calculus(101)
4.4How to Read Engineering Drawing(103)
4.4.1Information Blocks(103)
4.4.2Zone Letters and Numbers(106)
4.4.3Notes and Specifications(106)
4.4.4Lines on a Drawing(108)
4.4.5Some Examples of Engineering Drawing(109)
Chapter 5English in Experiments(113)
5.1Interesting Experiment—Mechanical Hand Build up Mission(113)
5.2Student Writing GuidedLab Report(118)
5.2.1Before You Begin(118)
5.2.2How to Write a Lab Report(121)
Chapter 6Different Ways to Use Professional English(131)
6.1How to Write an Abstract for a Scientific Paper(131)
6.2How to Deal With Difficult Sentences(133)
6.3How to Write Personal Résumé(139)
6.3.1Selfanalysis(139)
6.3.2Interests and Skills(143)
6.3.3Identifying Jobs(145)
6.3.4Writing Your Résumé(146)
6.4How to Write Business Letters(152)
References(156)

本书内容的选择既考虑了专业知识的常见性,又兼顾专业英语教学过程与基础英语的过渡,选用语言地道、形式多样但不涉及过于繁杂和深奥理论的文献。通过学习本教材,读者可掌握通过多种渠道(包括专业学术期刊,硕士、博士论文,机械类全英文报刊,机械产品广告,通过网络视频和文字发布的新科研成果,与机械设计制造相关的新闻报道等等)扩展专业英语知识的方法,十分适合在现今发达的网络和数字化信息平台下获取新的专业英语知识。本书可作为高等院校机械类、近机类专业“机械工程专业英语”课程的教材,也可作为机械类相关专业教师和工程技术人员的教学参考书。