本书根据《研究生英语教学大纲》的要求，结合医学类硕士英语教学的特点，以突出实用性，强调语言运用能力为目的而编写。本书共有12个单元，每个单元又包含两篇课文，其中课文一是英语医学文献的研读，旨在培养研究生的阅读和实际应用能力；课文二是科研论文写作指导，目的是提高学生撰写科研论文的水平。

Unit One

 Text 1 Antibiotics

 Text 2 Writing a Scientific Paper：How to Write the Abstract

Unit Two

 Text 1 Cloning：Good Science or Bad Idea？

 Text 2 Writing a Scientific Paper

Unit Three

 Text 1 Common Vaccination

 Text 2 How to Write the Introduction(Ⅰ)

Unit Four

 Text 1 Parkinson’S Disease

 Text 2 How t0 Write the Introduction(Ⅱ)

Unit Five

 Text 1 The Cellular Basis of Immunity

 Text 2 How to Write the Materials and Methods Section

Unit six

 Text 1 The Microbial World

 Text 2 How to Write the Results

Unit Seven

 Text 1 Traditional Chinese Medicine and Diet

 Text 2 How to Write a Discussion

Unit Eight

 Text 1 Caring for Cancer

 Text 2 How to Write an Outline(Ⅰ)

Unit Nine

 Text 1 Old Genes，New Lifestyles，and Future Medicine

 Text 2 How to Write an Outline(Ⅱ)

Unit Ten

 Text 1 Dying to Live

 Text 2 Plagiarism(Ⅰ)

Unit Eleven

 Text 1 Our Place in Nature

 Text 2 Plagiarism(Ⅱ)

Unit Twelve

 Text 1 A Fit Body

 Text 2 Reference Research through Internet Sources

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