当代科技英语阅读教程

Unit 1 Life Science
Text A How Human Cloning Will Work
Text B Stem Cells
Unit 2 Genetic Science
Text A Can a Baby Have One Father and Two Mothers？
Text B What Can Genes Tell Us？
Unit 3 Health and Medicine
Text A Telemedicine
Text B Would a "Fat Tax" Save Lives？
Unit 4 Transportation
Text A A Solution to Traffic Congestion——Intelligent Highways
Text B Making Waves
Unit 5 New Energy
Text A How Can the Moon Generate Electricity？
Text B Wave Energy
Unit 6 Engineering
Text A Hydropower Plants
Text B Police Robots
Unit 7 Telecommunication
Text A Video Conferencing Cell Phones
Text B Your Cell Phone Can Tell Everything about You
Unit 8 New Facilities
Text A Facial Recognition Systems
Text B The Most Precise Navigation System Ever Invented
Unit 9 Space
Text A Starships of the New Generation
Text B Space Tourism
Unit 10 Animals
Text A A Mysterious Creature——Jellyfish
Text B What Animal Can Stay in the Zoo？
Unit 11 Environment
Text A The Other Greenhouse Effect
Text B Where Does Methane Really Come from？
Unit 12 Computer Science
Text A How to Devise Passwords That Drive Hackers Away
Text B Difference Engine： Time to Move on
Unit 13 Teclmoiogy
Text A The Military Applications of Virtual Reality
Text B The Application of Augmented Reality
Unit 14 Automobile
Text A How Hydrogen—Boosted Gasoline Engine Works
Text B Cars with Benefits
Unit 15 Innovtation
Text A 10 Inventions That Changed the World
Text B Top 10 Ancient Chinese Inventions
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