博士研究生英语读写教程

Science

Text 1 Can We Really Understand Matter ? 1

WRITING · TO THE STUDENTSTo the Students 7

Text 2 How to Go Back in Time? 9

WRITING · SKILLSDefinition 15

Text 3 Supporting Science 18

WRITING · SKILLSExemplification and Illustration 28

Text 4 Why Must Scientist Become More Ethically Sensitive Than They Used to Be ? 30 WRITING · SKILLSComparison, Contrast and Analogy 39

Text 5 Beauty, Charm, and Strangeness: Science as Metaphor 42

WRITING · SKILLSCause and Effect 51

Text 6 Is Science Evil? 53

WRITING · SKILLSDivision and Classification 62

Engineering

Text 7 Engineers’ Dream of Practical Star Flight 66

WRITING · SKILLSGeneralization and Specification 73

Text 8 Blinded by the Light 75

WRITING · SKILLSCombination of Writing Strategies 81

Text 9 Take a Trip into the Future on the Electronic Superhighway 83

WRITING · RHETORICSimile 90

Text 10 Dynamic Negotiation in the Privacy Wars 92

WRITING · RHETORICMetaphor 96

Text 11 Quantum Computing Makes Solid Progress 100

WRITING · RHETORICMetonymy 106

Text 12 Down to the Sea in Robots 108

WRITING · RHETORICSynecdoche 116

Text 13 NANO TECH: Borrowing from Biology to Power the Petite 117

WRITING · RHETORICPersonification 123

Text 14 The Third Culture 125

WRITING · RHETORICHyperbole 134

Language and Culture 

Text 15 The English Language 136

WRITING · RHETORICEuphemism 143

Text 16 Americanism 146

WRITING · RHETORICUnderstatement 154

Text 17 The Norse World 155

WRITING · RHETORICEpigram 164

Text 18 Mediterranean Heritage 165

WRITING · RHETORICParadox 171

Text 19 Beethoven 172

WRITING · RHETORICOxymoron 182

Text 20 The Riddle of Postmodernism 184

WRITING · RHETORICPun 192

Social Life

Text 21 Feminism Is Motherhood 194

WRITING · PRINCIPLESUnity and Coherence 203

Text 22 Domestic Violence in America 205

WRITING · PRINCIPLESEconomy and Clarity 214

Text 23 AfricanAmericans in the Development of Technology 216

WRITING · PRINCIPLESManuscript Form and Style 224

Text 24 If You Really Want to Succeed 228

WRITING · TYPESDescription 235

Text 25 Intelligence Tests 238

WRITING · TYPESNarration 245

Text 26 An Old University Hits the HighTech Roads 250

WRITING · TYPESExposition 258

Life Science 

Text 27 The Genetic Revolution 260

WRITING · TYPESArgumentation 269

Text 28 Gene Tomatoes 272

WRITING · PRACTICAL WRITINGResume 278

Text 29 Keeping up with the Clones 285

WRITING · PRACTICAL WRITINGMemos 290

Text 30 A Book Review 292

WRITING · PRACTICAL WRITINGEmail 298

Text 31 A Book Review 301

WRITING · PRACTICAL WRITINGBook Review 307

Text 32 The New Therapy 310

WRITING · PRACTICAL WRITINGSummary 318

Text 33 Alternative Medicine—the Risks of Untested and Unregulated Remedies 321

WRITING · PRACTICAL WRITINGOutline 330

Economics 

Text 34 Riding the Venture Capital Tiger 334

WRITING · RESEARCH PAPER

Research Paper Writing Process 339

Text 35 When an Internet Company Goes Public, Will Its Stock PriceDictate Strategy ?

WRITING · RESEARCH PAPERResearch Paper Writing Process (Continued) 349

Text 36 No Checks. No Cash. No Fuss ? 351

WRITING · RESEARCH PAPERFormat of a Research Paper 359

Text 37 Better Your Business: Benchmark it 364

WRITING · RESEARCH PAPERSample Research Paper 1 372

Text 38 Jobs in an Age of Insecurity 381

WRITING · RESEARCH PAPERSample Research Paper 2 391

Text 39 The Rise of Intellectual Property Protection in the American University

WRITING · RESEARCH PAPERSample Research Paper 2 (Continued) 407

Text 40 Why Are We So Afraid of Growth ? 410

WRITING · RESEARCH PAPERSample Research Paper 2 (Continued) 424

APPENDIXⅠ KEY TO THE EXERCISES 432

APPENDIXⅡ 课文参考译文 483