●Unit 1 Introduction to Earth Science
● Passage A The Science of Geology
● Reading Skills Vocabulary in Context
● Passage B Earth System Science
●Unit 2 Earth History and Life Evolution
● Passage A Dating Rocks and Fossils Using Geologic Methods
● Reading Skills Signpost Language (Reading Road Map)
● Passage B Fossil Files--"The Palaeobiology Database
●Unit 3 Plate Tectonics and Earth Structure
● Passage A Continental Drift: an Idea Before Its Time
● Reading Skills Signpost Language
● Passage B Plate Tectonics
●Unit 4 Mineral and Rock
● Passage A Mineral
● Reading Skills Examples as Contextual Clues
● Passage B Classification of Rocks
●Unit 5 Geomorphology and Geography
● Passage A Geological Process--Weathering and Erosion
● Reading Skills Recognising Differences Between Facts and Opinions
● Passage B Disappearing Delta......
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賴小春、汪衛紅主編的《地學英語閱讀教程(地學英語閱讀繫列教材)》擬作為《大學英語》的繫列教材之一,提供給地學相關專業學生在第三和四學期使用。主要選取普通地質學方面的英文資料,以英語教材的形式編寫。