本书以机电工程领域的英语文献为教学内容，全书包括：工程材料、金属成形、机械零件、计算机应用、工业设计、数控加工、计算机集成制造、特种加工、机电学与测量系统、汽车、飞机设计、飞机制造、微机电系统、机器人、工业工程等17个单元的教学内容，另外还包括了科技英语翻译、科技英语写作等科技英语技能拓展辅助教学内容。
　　本书旨在提高学生的专业英语快速阅读理解能力，同时希望能锻炼英文写作能力。
　　本书适合于理工科大专院校机械工程或机电工程专业的学生学习使用，也可供专业技术人员阅读。

Unit 1 Engineering Materials
　Text 1 Type of Materials
　Text 2 Steel
　Text 3 Polymer
　Text 4 Mechanical Properties of Material
　Free Reading
　Exercise
Unit 2 Material Forming
　Text 1 Metal Forming
　Text 2 sheet Forming
　Text 3 Forging
　Text 4 Injection Molding
　Free Reading
　Exercise
Unit 3 Mechanical Components
　Text 1 Basic Machines and Machine Components
　Text 2 Rolling Element Bearings
　Text 3 Flexible Mechanical Elements
　Text 4 Gear
　Free Reading
　Exercise
Unit 4 Computer Applications Ⅰ
　Text 1 Computers: Getting Started
　Text 2 Computer Aided Design
　Text 3 Computer Aided Engineering
　Text 4 Introduction to New DMU Technology
　Free Reading
　Exercise
Unit 5 Computer Applications Ⅱ
　Text 1 Computer Aided Process Planning
　Text 2 Computer Aided Manufacturing
　Text 3 Computer Aided Quality Control
　Text 4 Agile Manufacturing and Green Product Manufacturing
　Free Reading
　Exercise
Unit 6 Introduction to Industrial Design
　Text 1 What Is Industrial Design?
　Text 2 Fundamental Entry-Level Requirements for Industrial Designers
　Text 3 Design and Culture
　Text 4 Ergonomics
　Text 5 Green Design
　Free Reading
　Exercise
Unit 7 Practice of Industrial Design
　Text 1 Organic Geometry Ⅰ
　Text 2 Organic Geometry Ⅱ
　Text 3 CAD vs. CAID
　Text 4 Studio Tools 10--Computer Aided Industrial Design
　Free Reading
　Exercise
Unit 8 CNC Machines
　Text I The Fundamentals of CNC
　Text 2 How CNC Works
　Text 3 Structures of CNC Machines
　Text 4 Types of CNC Machines
　Free Reading
　Exercise
Unit 9 Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
　Text 1 Activities for Manufacturing Systems
　Text 2 Flexible Manufacturing Systems
　Text 3 Computer-Integrated Manufacturing Technology
　Exercise
Unit 10 Non-Conventional Machine
　Text 1 Electrical Machining Processes
　Text 2 Development Trends of Erosion Machining
　Text 3 Application Areas of RP&M
　Free Reading
　Exercise
Unit 11 Meehatronies and Measurement Systems
　Text 1 Mechatronics
　Text 2 Measurement Systems
　Text 3 Measurement System Response
　Text 4 Sensors for Mechanical Measurements
　Text 5 Temperature Measurement
　Free Reading
　Exercise
Unit 12 Automobile
　Text 1 Fundamentals of Automobile
　Text 2 How an Energy Works
　Text 3 Transmission
　Text 4 Suspension and Steering Systems Operation
　Free Reading
　Exercise
Unit 13 Aircraft Design
　Text 1 Phases of Aircraft Design
　Text 2 Aircraft Conceptual Design
　Text 3 Loads on Aircraft Structural Components
　Text 4 Function of Structural Components
　Free Reading
　Exercise
Unit 14 Aircraft Fabrication
　Text 1 Fabrication of Structural Components
　Text 2 A Flexible Development System for Automated Aircraft Assembly
　Text 3 A New Look at Aircraft Assembly--Friction Stir Welding Is the Answer
　Text 4 Verifying Aircraft Assembly with Real-Time Digital hotogrammetry
　Exercise
Unit 15 MEMS
　Text 1 Introduction to MEMS
　Text 2 Mechanical to Electrical Transduction
　Text 3 MEMS Actuators
　Text 4 Trends in MEMS Technology
　Exercise
Unit 16 Robotics
　Text 1 Robotics
　Text 2 Industrial Robots
　Text 3 Component of a Robot System
　Text 4 Robotic Sensors
　Free Reading
　Exercise
Unit 17 Industry Engineering
　Text 1 Industrial Engineering Education for the 21st Century
　Text 2 Real IE Value
　Text 3 Operations Research
　Text 4 Total Quality Management
　Exercise
Development Skills for Technical English
Appendix
　1 A List of Common British and American Spelling Equivalents
　2 A List of Common Prefixes and Suffixes
Bibliography