科技语篇阅读与翻译

CHAPTER 1 Mysterious Universe 1

Text 1 What Is Astronomy? 2

Text 2 The Solar System 7

Reading Tips 科技语篇的阅读策略 12

Text 3 The Big Bang: It Sure Was Big! 14

Translation Tips 科技语篇的翻译标准 23

CHAPTER 2 Aerospace Engineering 25

Text 1 James Webb Space Telescope26

Text 2 China’s Tiangong Space Station 31

Reading Tips 科技英语的词汇特点 36

Text 3 Ramjet Engine 39

Translation Tips 词义的选择与引申 47

CHAPTER 3 Physical Science49

Text 1 How Maglev Trains Work 50

Text 2 The General Theory of Relativity 55

Reading Tips 科技英语中的数字用法 61

Text 3 The Echo-location in Bats 63

Translation Tips 科技英语倍数的翻译方法 70

CHAPTER 4 Materials Science 73

Text 1 Nanotechnology 74

Text 2 Graphene: The Magic Material 79

Reading Tips 科技英语的句法特点（一） 84

Text 3 Small Lights with Big Potential 87

Translation Tips 否定句的翻译方法 94

CHAPTER 5 Biomedical Science 97

Text 1 Artemisinin: Discovery from the Chinese Herbal Garden 98

Text 2 What Are Heat Shock Proteins? 103

Reading Tips 科技英语的句法特点（二） 108

Text 3 That Others May Live 110

Translation Tips 状语从句的翻译方法 116

CHAPTER 6 Automatic Engineering 119

Text 1 Drone Technology 120

Text 2 3D Printing: What You Need to Know 125

Reading Tips 事实与观点的区别 130

Text 3 Robots in Home and Telerobots 132

Translation Tips 定语从句的翻译方法 139

CHAPTER 7 Artificial Intelligence 141

Text 1 The Future of Information Technology and Arti_cial

Intelligence 142

Text 2 Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality 147

Reading Tips 首/ 尾焦点与尾重原则 153

Text 3 Radio Frequency Identi_cation155

Translation Tips 长难句的翻译方法 162

CHAPTER 8 Energy and Ecology165

Text 1 Why Are Alternative Energy Sources the Future? 166

Text 2 Moving to a Competitive Low-carbon Economy 170

Reading Tips 科技语篇的主述位推进模式 176

Text 3 Of Warming and Warning 178

Translation Tips 科技语篇翻译的衔接与连贯 185

Bibliography189