Preface
Chapter 1 Reading Materials of Life Sciences
Unit 1 Introduction to Biology
1.1 The Significance of Biology in Human Life
1.2 The History of Biology
1.3 The Characteristics of Living Things
1.4 The Importance of Biology
1.5 Future Direcitons in Biology
1.6 Famous Scientists in Biology
Unit 2 Biomacromolecules
2.1 Introduction to Biomacromolecules
2.2 Four Classes of Important Biomacromolecules
Unit 3 Cell Structures and Functions
3.1 Introduction to Cells and Cell Biology
3.2 Basic Cell Structures
3.3 Several Important Cell Structures and Their Functions
Unit 4 Cell Division, Culture and Animal Cloning
4. 1 Cell Division and Its Functions
4.2 Cell Culture and Its Applications
4. 3 Cloning
Unit 5 Transfer of Genetic Information and Its Regulation
5. 1 The Central Dogma
5.2 DNA Replication
5.3 DNA Transcription
5.4 Translation
5. 5 Regulation of Gene Expression
Unit 6 Genetic Laws and Disorders
6. 1 Laws of Genetics
6.2 Genetic Disorders
Unit 7 Microbes and Their Uses
7. 1 Breif Introduction to Microbes and Microbiology
7.2 Important Microbes
7.3 Microbial Uses
Unit 8 Plants and Their Uses
8. 1 Plants and Botany
8. 2 Main Types of Green Plants and Their Characteristics
8.3 Uses of Plants
Unit 9 Animals and Their Uses
9. 1 Animals and Zoology
9.2 Animal Structures
9.3 Uses of Animals
Unit 10 GMF and Biosafety
10. 1 Biotechnology and Its Main Types
10.2 Genetically Modified Organism GMO
10.3 Genetically Modified Foods GMF
10.4 GMF Biosafety
Unit 11 Biodiversity and Its Conservation
11.1 Ecology, Its Branches and Applications
11.2 Biodiversity
11.3 Human Benefits from Biodiversity
11.4 Biodiversity Crisis
11.5 Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Development
Unit 12 Technologies and Applications of Aquaculture
12.1 Aquaculture
12.2 Fish Aquaculture
12.3 Shrimp Farming
12.4 Turtle Farming
12. 5 Oyster Farming
12.6 Algaculture
Unit 13 Bioinformatics and Genomics
13. 1 Bioinformatics
13.2 Genomics and Its Main Branches
Chapter 2 Translation Techniques of English for Science and
Technology EST
Unit 1 Writing Rules of English Articles for Science and
Technology and Examples
1.1 Characteristics of EST Words
1.2 Characteristics of EST Sentences
1.3 Characteristics of EST Discourses
Unit 2 General Idioms and Examples
2.1 Words as Idioms
2.2 Phrases as Idioms
2.3 Sentence Patterns as Idioms
Unit 3 The Translation Rules and Examples of English Articles
for Science and Technology
3.1 Translate English into Chinese
3.2 Translate Chinese into English
Chapter 3 Writing Techniques of English Articles for Science and
Technology
Unit 1 English Articles for Science and Technology and Their
Types
1.1 English Articles for Science and Technology
1.2 The Types of English Articles for Science and Technology
Unit 2 The Characteristics of English Articles for Science and
Technology
2.1 Technicality
2.2 Creativity
2.3 Scientificness
2.4 Accuracy
2.5 Popularity and normalization
2.6 Objectivity
2.7 Figures and Tables, Formulae and Signs
Unit 3 Basic Formats of English Articles for Science and
Technology
3.1 Basic Formats of English Articles for Bachelor
3.2 Basic Formats of Research Paper
Unit 4 Writing Procedures and Technologies of English Articles
for Science and Technology
4.1 Selected Topic and Title of EST
4.2 Preparation of EST
4.3 Writing of EST
4.4 Example Analysis
Keys
Appendix
References