本书在第一版基础上修订，选取了“能源、社科、计算机、环境、金融、太空、经济、生命科学、交通、健康保健”等10个领域的内容，紧跟时代步伐，通过英语阅读了解相关的科技发展动态。从而真正实现英语的工具作用。本书共分10个单元，每个单元都由简介、问题导入、课文（3篇）、练习、科技翻译讲解和练习、科技写作讲解和练习组成。教材融合了听、说、读、写、译多种功能。

                                                   Unit 1 Sources of Energy  
Text A Petroleum  
Text B Is Nuclear Energy a Fuel with a Future?  
Text C World Energy Scenario and Sustainable Energy  
Listening Practice (1)  
Translation Practice (1)  
Writing Practice (1)  
Unit 2 Social Science  
Text A Making the Best of a Good Job  
Text B Make a Powerful Interview Impact by Controlling the Intangibles  
Text C The Winner’s Guide to Success?  
Listening Practice (2)  
Translation Practice (2)  
Writing Practice (2)  
Unit 3 Artificial Intelligence and Big Data  
Text A From Science Fiction to Reality: The Evolution of Artificial Intelligence  
Text B Facebook, User Privacy, and Data Responsibility  
Text C The Past, Present and Future of Big Data in Marketing  
Listening Practice (3)  
Translation Practice (3)  
Writing Practice (3)  
Unit 4 The Environment  
Text A Can We Make Garbage Disappear?  
Text B Is Hothouse Earth Avoidable?  
Text C How Technology Is Leading Us to New Climate Change Solutions
Listening Practice (4)  
Translation Practice (4)  
Writing Practice (4)  
Unit 5 Economy  
Text A Will Growth Make Us Happy?  
Text B Five Key Trends Shaping Your Financial Future
Text C Markets Are in Chaos: Control the One Thing You Can  
Listening Practice (5)  
Translation Practice (5)  
Writing Practice (5)
Unit 6 Space Exploration  
Text A Our Picture of the Universe  
Text B Should We Colonise Space?
Text C The Big Bang: It Sure Was Big  
Listening Practice (6)  
Translation Practice (6)  
Writing Practice (6)  
Unit 7 Business Administration
Text A Managerial Caricatures
Text B What Is Corporate Social Responsibility?  
Text C What Are the Most Important Aspects of a Business?  
Listening Practice (7)  
Translation Practice (7)  
Writing Practice (7)
Unit 8 Bioscience
Text A Is Our Future Really Written in Our Genes?
Text B Researchers Say Human Brain Is Still Evolving  
Text C Why Your Summer Might Be Full of Mosquitoes  
Listening Practice (8)  
Translation Practice (8)  
Writing Practice (8)  
Unit 9 Transportation  
Text A 10 New Technological Features That Might Come Standard
in Your Future Car  
Text B China’s High-Speed Rail Development (Excerpt)  
Text C Flying Taxis, Urban Aviators
Listening Practice (9)  
Translation Practice (9)  
Writing Practice (9)  
Unit 10 Health  
Text A Several Steps to a Better Brain (I)  
Text B Several Steps to a Better Brain (II)  
Text C Squatting and Kneeling May Be Better for Your Health than Sitting  
Listening Practice (10)  
Translation Practice (10)  
Writing Practice (10)  

张英莉，中国石油大学（华东）文学院副教授，硕士生导师，曾荣获胜利育才奖，中国石油大学劳动模范，中国石油大学优秀教师。毕业于浙江大学，获外国语言文学硕士学位。研究方向为外国语言学与应用语言学。主要从事大学英语教学和外国语言学及应用语言学的教学和研究工作。在《外语与外语教学》、《山东外语教学》等杂志上公开发表论文近10篇，主编或参编各种教材、教辅20余部。