Contents
         Unit1
         I. Scientiflc Reading: Welding
         II. Access to Scientific English
         III. Semi-Scientific Word Study
         (1) Negligible, Considerable Substantial
         (2) Melt, Molten Smelt
         (3) Property
         (4) Bring about, Produce Cause Give rise to
         (5) Critical
         (6) Conducive
         IV. Practical Usage of Some Pattems
         (1) Maximum and Minimum
         (2) Contents
         V SapplemeBtary Readings and Exereises
         Reading 1 Air Bearings
         Reading 2 Ozone Depletion and Cancer
         Unit2 I. Scientific Reading: Centrifugal Govemors
         II. Access to Scientific English
         III. Semi-Scientific Word Study
         (1) Contact
         (2) House, Accommodate
         (3) Resist, Withstand
         (4) Advantage
         IV. Practical Usage of Some Pattems
         (1) The use of will oan asd may-
         (2) Classification
         V Supplementary Readings and Exercises
         Reading 1 The Birth of Stars
         Reading 2 Landing on Venus
         Unit3 1 Scientific Reading: The Petrol Engine
         II. Access to Scientific English
         III. Semi-Scieutific Word-Study.
         (1) Adopt
         (2) Apply
         (3) Exploit, Utilize, Employ
         (4) Efficiency
         (5) Attain, Achieve
         IV. Practical Usage of Some Pattems
         (1) Methods
         (2) Should
         V Supplementary Readings and Exercises
         Reading 1 The Costs of Safety
         Reading 2 Technology for Tunnellers
         Unit 4
         I. Scientific Reading: The Jet Engine
         II. Access to Scientific English
         III. Semi-Scientific Word Study
         (1) Admit, Introduce
         (2) Speed, Rate
         (3) Capacity
         (4) Evolve
         (5) Generate
         (6) Develop
         IV. Practical Usage of Some Pattems
         (1) Purpose
         (2) Requirements and Necessity
         V Supplementary Readings and Exercises
         Reading 1 Agronomy in Guatemala
         Reading 2 Patents and Inventions
         Unit 5
         I. Scientific Reading: Radioactivity
         II. Access to Scientific English
         III. Semi-Scientific Word Study
         (1) Produce, Product, Production
         (2) Consume Consumption
         (3) Inject
         (4) Eliminate, Get rid of
         (5) Devise, Device, Instrument Apparatus
         IV. Practical Usage of Some Pattems
         (1) Explanation of cause
         (2) Problems, Difficulties and Solution
         V Supplementary Readings and Exercises
         Reading 1 Fireballs
         Reading 2 Genes in Action
         Unit6
         I. Scientific Reading: Chain Reaction
         II. Access to Scientific English
         III. Semi-Scientific Word Study
         (1) Tend, Apt, Inclined
         (2) Impinge on, Encounter
         (3) Deflect, Refract, Reflect
         (4) Diverge Gonverge
         (5) Induce Aspirate
         (6) Expel, Exhaust, Eject, Discharge
         (7) Propagate, Distribute
         IV. Practical Usage of Some Pattems
         Ratio and Proportion
         V Supplementary Readings and Exercises
         Reading 1 The Schoolroom in the Sky
         Reading 2 Brightening up the Dashboard
         Unit7
         I. Scientiflc Reading: Conductors and Conductivity
         II. Access to Scientific Engiish
         III. Semi-Scientific Word Study
         (1) Supply, Provide, Fit
         (2) Equip, Install
         (3) Allow for, Compensate for
         (4) Work, Function, Operate, Run
         (5) Control, Regulate
         IV Practical Usage of Some Pattems
         (1) Results
         (2) Contrast
         V Supplementary Readings and Exercises
         Reading 1 Solar Physics
         Reading 2 The Brain Under Stress
         Unit8
         I. Scientific Reading: Liquid Pumps
         II. Access to Scientific English
         III. Semi-Scientific Word Study
         (1) Perform
         (2) Limit, Restrict, Impair, Impose
         (3) Effective
         (4) Factor
         (5) Stable Stabilize
         (6) Maintain
         IV. Practical Usage of Some Pattems
         (1) It is + adj + to
         (2) It (is) + adj + that
         V Supplementary Readings and Exercises
         Reading 1 Automating Transport
         Reading 2 Homes for Refugees
         Unit9
         I. Scientific Reading: Road Foundations
         II. Access to Scientific English
         III. Semi-Scientific Word Study
         (1) Dispose of
         (2) Affect (v); Effect (n)
         (3) Deteriorate, Improve
         (4) Potential
         (5) Pipe, Tube, Rod
         (6) Erode Corrode
         IV. Practical Usage of Some Pattems
         Measurement and Calculations
         V Supplementary Readings and Exercises
         Reading 1 Mycology and Food Storage
         Reading 2 Do Tranquilizers Cause Birth Defects?
         Unit 10
         1. Scientific Reading: Suspension Bridges
         II. Access to Scientific English
         III. Semi-Scientific Word Study
         (1) Value, Evaluate
         (2) Subject, Subjected, Submit, Undergo Suffer
         (3) Proceed, Procedure, Process
         (4) Agree, Accord Conform Comply Consistent
         (5) Modify
         (6) Transform
         IV. Practical Usage of Some Pattems
         (1) In that . . ( points of view etc )
         (2) Consider, Neglect
         V. Supplementary Readings and Exercises
         Reading 1 The Biological Clock
         Reading 2 An End to Soil Problems
         Key to Supplementary Readings and Exercises
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