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本文评述了Brian Paltridge和Sue Starfield主编的《专门用途英语手册》一书,这是专门用途英语(English for specific purposes,简称ESP)领域的又一力作。该书内容翔实,结构合理,对ESP和语言技能的关系、ESP的研究领域、ESP教学和ESP研究视角和方法进行了全面探讨。本文首先指明了该书出版的背景和目标读者,然后对全书的主要内容进行了介绍,并作出了简要评论,希望通过对该书的评介,国内学者能对ESP研究有更加深入的了解,从而推动中国ESP研究和ESP教学的进一步发展。
This article reviews the book English for Specific Purpose (ESP), edited by Brian Paltridge and Sue Starfield, a book dedicated to English for specific purposes. The content of the book is informative and well-structured. The book discusses the relationship between ESP and language skills, ESP research areas, ESP teaching and ESP research perspectives and methods. This paper firstly points out the background and target readers of this book, and then introduces the main contents of the book and makes a brief comment, hoping that through the book review, domestic scholars can have a deeper understanding of ESP research and thus Promote ESP research in China and further development of ESP teaching.