生物学专业英语教程

Part Ⅰ Base Components 基础篇 3

Unit 1 Cell 3

Lesson 1 Cell structure 3

Lesson 2 Chemical composition of cells 7

Lesson 3 Structure and function of DNA 11

Unit 2 Microorganism 15

Lesson 4 Types of microorganisms 15

Lesson 5 Applications of microorganisms 19

Lesson 6 Evolution and morphology of viruses 21

Unit 3 Plant 25

Lesson 7 Plant evolution 25

Lesson 8 Primary and secondary growth in plants 28

Lesson 9 Plant life cycles 30

Lesson 10 Natural and artiificial methods of asexual reproduction in plants 33

Unit 4 Animal 36

Lesson 11Characteristics of the animal kingdom 36

Lesson 12 Methods of animal reproduction 39

Lesson 13 Constructing an animal phylogenetic tree 41

Unit 5 Ecology 45

Lesson 14 Food chains and food webs 45

Lesson15Ecosystem dynamics 47

Lesson 16 Climate change and biodiversity 49

Unit 6 Biotechnology 52

Lesson 17 Basic techniques to manipulate genetic material 52

Lesson 18 Genetically modiified organisms 55

Lesson 19 Basic techniques in protein analysis 58

Part Ⅱ Promotion Components 提升篇 63

Unit 7 Cell studies 63

Lesson 20 Mechanisms of plant cell division 63

Lesson 21 Browning phenomena in plant cell cultures 64

Lesson 22 Cell mechanics 66

Lesson 23 Stem cell research： trends and perspectives on the evolving international landscape 67

Lesson 24 Suicide of aging cells prolongs life span in mice 70

Lesson 25 Nobel honors discoveries on how cells eat themselves 72

Unit 8 Microorganism studies 75

Lesson 26 Human adaptation to arsenic-rich environments 75

Lesson 27 Your poor diet might hurt your grandchildren’s guts 76

Lesson 28 Antibiotic use and its consequences for the normal microbiome 78

Lesson 29 The global ocean microbiome 81

Lesson 30 Gut microbes give anticancer treatments a boost 83

Lesson 31 Zika virus kills developing brain cells 86

Unit 9 Plant studies 89

Lesson 32 Abiotic and biotic stress combinations 89

Lesson 33 Does climate directly influence NPP globally？ 91

Lesson 34 The effects of enhanced UV -B radiation on plants 93

Lesson 35 Sulfur deificiency-induced repressor proteins optimize glucosinolate biosynthesis in plants 94

Lesson 36 Fine roots—functional deifinition expanded to crop species 97

Lesson 37 Plants can gamble， according to study 100

Unit 10 Animals studies 103

Lesson 38 Marine defaunation： animal loss in the global ocean 103

Lesson 39 Tiny DNA tweaks made snakes legless 104

Lesson 40 How Earth’s oldest animals were fossilized 107

Lesson 41 Why do zebras have stripes？ 109

Lesson 42 Tiny microbe turns tropical butterfly into male killer 111

Lesson 43 Dogs recognize dog and human emotions 113

Unit 11 Ecology studies 115

Lesson 44 The next century of ecology 115

Lesson 45 Ninety-nine percent of the ocean’s plastic is missing 117

Lesson 46 Earth’s lakes are warming faster than its air 118

Lesson 47 Strong invaders are strong defenders—implications for the resistance of invaded communities 120

Lesson 48 Global warming favours light-coloured insects in Europe 122

Lesson 49 Carbon dioxide supersaturation promotes primary production in lakes 123

Part Ⅲ Scientiific Writing and Publishing in English 英语科技论文写作与发表 127

Unit 12 Common problems and corresponding suggestions in document indexing 127

Lesson 50 Common problems in document indexing 127

Unit 13 Composition and writing of English scientiific papers 133

Lesson 51 Composition of English scientiific papers 133

Lesson 52 Title， author and contact information of the paper 134

Lesson 53 The writing skills of abstract and keywords 136

Lesson 54 The writing skills of the introduction 140

Lesson 55 The writing skills of materials and methods 143

Lesson 56 The writing skills of results， discussions and conlusions 148

Lesson 57 The writing skills of acknowledgements and references 152

Unit 14 Contributions and publishing skills of English scientific papers 156

Lesson 58 How to select the periodicals 156

Lesson 59 Submission process and modiification process 159

References 167

Appendix 170

Appendix Ⅰ Common biology core vocabulary 170

Appendix Ⅱ Research Paper Example 176