A.Reading Materials

Unit 1 Engineering and Engineer

1.1 Engineering

1.2 Mechanical Engineering

1.3 The Main Tasks of an Engineer

Unit 2 Computer Knowledge

2.1 Computer

2.2 Programming Languages

2.3 Computer Viruses

Unit 3 Mechanics Foundation

3.1 Basic Concepts in Mechanics

3.2 Mechanical Properties of Metals

3.3 Machines and Work

Unit 4 Materials and Heat Treatment

4.1 Metallic and Nonmetallic Materials

4.2 Iron and Its Production

4.3 Heat Treatment of Steel

Unit 5 Hot-Working Processes

5.1 Pressure Die Casting

5.2 Forging

5.3 Welding

Unit 6 Machining and Machine Tools

6.1 Metal-Cutting Process

6.2 Machine Tools

6.3 Lathe

Unit 7 Friction and Mechanisms

7.1 Friction

7.2 Mechanisms

7.3 Gears

Unit 8 Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer

8.1 The Nature ofThermodynamics

8.2 Heat Transfer

8.3 Necessity of Studying Heat Transfer

9.1 Fluid

Unit 9 Fluid and Fluid-Power System

9.2 Fluid-Power System(Ⅰ)

9.3 Fluid-Power System(Ⅱ)

Unit 10 Machine Design and CAD/CAM

10.1 Machine Design

10.2 Computer Aided Design

10.3 CAD/CAM

11.1 Dimensioning

Unit 11 Dimension and Measurement

11.2 Dimensional Tolerances and Surface Roughness

11.3 Measurement

Unit 12 Machine Parts

12.1 Springs

12.2 Bearings(Ⅰ)

12.3 Bearings(Ⅱ)

Unit 13 Mechanical Devices

13.1 Gearbox

13.2 Clutch

13.3 Differential

Unit 14 Power Machinery

14.1 Locomotives(Ⅰ)

14.2 Locomotives(Ⅱ)

14.3 The Internal Combustion Engine

Unit 15 Mechatronics and Robots

15.1 Mechatronics

15.2 Industrial Robots(Ⅰ)

15.3 Industrial Robots(Ⅱ)

B.Appendixes

一、科技英语的特点

二、科技英语词汇构词常识

(一)英语单词的构成

(二)科技英语词汇中常用的前缀

(三)科技英语词汇中常用的后缀

三、科技英语翻译概述

Vocabulary

References