生物专业英语

本教材的选材以各生物分支学科的英文原版教材为主，内容选材丰富、知识点较新，各章节内容比例适当、难易程度适中，英语方式表达纯正。在每章开篇通过“本章中文导读”对其各节知识点以及该章节的学习要点进行简要介绍，而且在每章节后使用“NotestotheDifficultSentences”对重要的疑难专业英语知识进行翻译。通过在每篇文章中标注专业词汇的具体位置，使得学生在学习时能更快找到它们在文中的语境，更好地理解其含义及其使用方法。在各章节主讲内容基础上，多以各分支学科的最新研究动态(或热点)为主，增加补充相关材料以提高新颖性和趣味性。本教材为各章节编排了丰富的习题。有为提高学生对专业英语词汇准确理解而设置的“Matching”练习，也有为提高学生专业英语的阅读能力而设置的“TrueorFalse”和“ReadingComprehension”练习，有为提高学生专业英语翻译水平而设置的“TranslationfromEnglishtoChinese”练习，也有为提高学生专业英语写作能力而设置的“TmnslationfromChinesetoEnglish”练习。本书适合作为普通高等院校生物专业的专业英语教材，也可以作为研究生或者出国深造者提高专业英语水平的参考书。

Chapter 1 Introduction to Biology　1.1 What is Biology?　1.2 The Origin of Life　1.3 The Significance of Biology in Your Life　1.4 The History of Biology——Additional ReadingChapter 2 Microbiology　2.1 The Scope and relevance of Microbiology　2.2 The Future of Microbiology　2.3 Prokaryotes, Eukaryotic Microbes and Viruses　2.4 Extreme Microbes——Additional ReadingChapter 3 Cellular Biology　3.1 The Discovery of Cells　3.2 Basic Properties of Cells　3.3 The Concepts in Mammalian Cell Culture——AdditionalReadingChapter 4 Botany——Plant Biology　4.1 The Scope and Importance of Botany　4.2 Flowers, Fruits and Seeds of Plants　4.3 Photosynthesis　4.4 Some Achievements of Transgenic Plants——AdditionalReadingChapter 5 Zoology——Animal Biology　5.1 What is Zoology?　5.2 Tissues, Organs and Organ Systems of Animals　5.3 Transgenic Animals——Additional ReadingChapter 6 Molecular Genetics　6.1 Gene and Chromosomes　6.2 Functional structure of a gene　6.3 Gene Expression　6.4 Essentials for Genetic Engineering——Additional ReadingChapter 7 Biochemistry　7.1 Enzymes　7.2 Metabolism　7.3 Energy Transformation　7.4 Protein crystallization——Additional ReadingChapter 8 Ecology　8.1 What is Ecology?　8.2 Ecosystems　8.3 Biodiversity——Additional ReadingChapter 9 Biotechnology　9.1 Biotechnology　9.2 Recombinant DNA Technology　9.3 Recombinant Protein Expression　9.4 Bioalcohols——Additional ReadingChapter 10 Genomics　10.1 The First Sequenced Genomes　10.2 The Functional Genomics　10.3 Proteomics　10.4 Bioinformatics——Additional ReadingAppendix Ⅰ Answers to ExercisesAppendix Ⅱ Index of Professional Words and Phrases参考文献