生物专业英语绪论.ppt

专业英语教学的主要目的是培养学生科技文献的阅读能力和初步的科技论文写作能力。其教学的重点即阅读 与写作。 专业英语词汇的特点表现在： (1)技术词汇多(2)二次技术词汇多(3)特用词多(4)功能词如：介词，连词，短语，代词多 专业词汇的构词法中以派生词最多，合成词其次，有一定量的转换词. 主要体现科技英语的特点（语言精练，逻辑性强，描述客观，其中语言精练是其风格，描述客观是其本质）。 ? Because most plants are able to undergo photosynthesis, they do not depend on other organisms for energy. 长句多（可使句意表达严谨） Biology is such a broad field, covering the minute chemical reactions inside our cells, to broad scale concepts of ecosystems and global climate change. 被动语态使用频繁（描述客观）； It has been found experimentally that the ratio of the amounts of adenine(腺嘌呤） to thymine（胸腺嘧啶）, and the ratio of guanine（鸟嘌呤） to cytosine（胞嘧啶）, are always very close to unity for deoxyribose nucleic acid （DNA） （1） 识记专业词汇，扩大阅读范围 （2） 巩固英语语法基础，掌握科技英语的 语言特点 （3） 针对应用文体加强翻译、写作练习 科技英语语法新编新时代出版社1 BA （Biological Abstracts）；Science (USA)；Nature (GB.) 英汉生物学词典（第三版） 英汉大学生物学词汇 金山词霸 On-Line Biology Book /faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookTOC.html Scope of field in Biology Anatomy The branch of morphology concerned with the gross and microscopic structure of animal, especially humans 解剖学 Biochemistry The study of the chemical substances that occur in living organisms, the processes by which these substances enter into or are formed in the organisms and react with each other and environment, and the methods by which the substances and processes are identified，characterized,and measured （Chemical processes associated with living things. ）生物化学 Biology The science of living organisms, concerned with the study of embryology(胚胎学), anatomy(解剖学), physiology(生理学), cytology(细胞学), morphology(形态学), taxonomy(分类学), genetics, evolution, and ecology .生物学 Biophysics The hybrid science involving the methods and ideas of physics and chemistry to study and explain the structures of living organisms and the mechanics of living processes.生物物理学 Botany The branch of biological science that embraces the study of plants and plant life, including algae; deals with taxonomy, morphology, physiology, and other aspe