1、专业英语课程教学大纲课程名称（中文/英文）：专业英语/ Professional English 课程编码：12024009 课程类型：专业选修课课程性质：专业课 适用范围：04 地理信息系统学分数：2 先修课程：大学英语地理信息系统学时数：36 其中：实验/实践学时：0 课外学时：0考核方式：考查 制订日期：2004 年 制订单位：广州大学地理科学学院 审核者： 夏丽华执笔者：冯艳芬一、教学大纲说明1.课程的地位、作用和任务该课程属于地理信息系统专业基础课之一，通过该课程的学习，学生基本能掌握常用的地理信息系统专业词汇，能查阅相关的外文资料，阅读简单的外文文献，能进行简单的英文摘要撰写。本课
2、程的任务主要为：（1） 增加学生专业词汇量（2） 介绍专业文献阅读的技巧（3） 加强对英文长句翻译的训练（4） 介绍论文英文摘要的写法（5） 介绍专业在国际上的发展趋势2.课程教学的目的和要求能让学生在学完二年大学英语的基础上，增加专业方面的词汇，同时了解本专业在英文上的表达方式，通过本课程的学习，学生能掌握较多的专业词汇，能根据教学的要求查阅简单的外文专业文献，基本能够读懂文献中的主要方法与主要内容，同时能为四年级论文的撰写打下基础，介绍论文英文摘要的写法。要求：掌握 500 个专业词汇，能基本完成对专业长句中译英或英译中的翻译，基本能读懂专业文献。3.课程教学方法与手段该课程采用多媒体结合
3、传统教学的方式进行授课，多媒体的使用主要是结合专业的需要，演示多种系统，加深学生对专业软件中专业词汇的认识与应用，传统教学方面主是结合词汇的记忆、句子的翻译、范文的讲解等方面进行。4.课程与其它课程的联系学习该课程需要学生有一定的基础英语水平，最好能达到大学英语四级，同时已学完地理信息系统课程。此课程对以后专业主干课程的学习（尤其是专业软件的使用）打好了基础，学生能利用本课程的技能进行相关文献的查阅，并进行论文英文摘要的撰写。5.教材与教学参考书教材：地理信息系统专业英语教程（自编）教学参考书：1.地理信息系统名词审定委员会.地理信息系统名词.北京：科学出版社，20022.中国人民解放军总装备
4、部军事训练教材编辑工作委员会.科技英语翻译实用教程.北京：国防工业出版社，20033.郑福裕.科技论文摘要编写指南.北京：清华大学出版社，20034.夏宗国，李京，李小文等.英汉地球空间信息科学与技术词汇.北京：科学出版社，20005.王秉钧，郭正行.科技英汉、汉英翻译技巧.天津：天津大学出版社，1999二、课程的教学内容、重点与难点Lesson one WHAT IS GIS?(1) What do you need to use GIS?(2) How to use GIS?(3) Why use GIS?(4) How to do GIS analysis(5) Data for you
5、 GISKey points:1.why use GIS2.data for GISDifficult points1.How to do GIS analysisLesson two Spatial data infrastructure : on the road to twenty-first century economic successKey points:1.What is SDI and NSDIDifficult points1.The relationship between SDI and GISLesson three Geomatics and digital ear
6、th(2)geo-spatial information science(3)the digital earth(4)geomatics is the mathematical foundation of digital earth(5)NSDI is fundamental construction of the digital earth(6)ConclusionsKey points:1.The conception of geomatics2.NSDI and digital earthDifficult points1.The mathematical foundation of d
7、igital earth2.The fundamental construction of the digital earthLesson four Abstract learning(1)The papers title(2)the author(3)the department of author(4)abstract(5)key words(6)referenceKey points:1.title2.abstract3.referenceDifficult points1.title2.abstractLesson five OpenGIS(1)the problem: Geoproc
8、essing non-interoperability (2)the openGIS specification(3)what will the openGIS specification do(4)how will the openGIS specification benefit developers, managers ,and usersKey points:1.non-interoperability2.the openGIS specificationDifficult points1. how will the openGIS Specification benefit the
9、usersLesson six GIS data models(1) the fundamentals of a GIS(2) the diverse application of GIS(3) three representations of the world(4) modeling surfaces(5) modeling imaged or sampled data(6) modeling discrete featuresKey points:1.the fundamentals of GIS2.three representations of the world Difficult
10、 points1. modeling surfaces Lesson seven: The structure of geographic data(1)the catalog and connection to data(2)the geodatabase,dataset, and feature class(3)ArcInfo workspaces and coverage(4)Maps and layers(5)Comparing the structure of vector datasets(6)Comparing feature geometry in vector dataset
11、sKey points:1.the geodatabase,dataset, and feature class 2.Maps and layers3.Comparing the structure of vector datasets Difficult points1. ArcInfo workspaces and coverage 三、学时分配教学内容 各教学环节学时分配章节 主要内容讲授实验讨论习题课外其它小计采用何种多媒体教学手段Lesson oneWHAT IS GIS? (1) What do you need to use GIS?(2) How to use GIS?2 2L
12、esson oneWHAT IS GIS?(3) Why use GIS?(4) How to do GIS analysis(5) Data for you GIS4 4Lesson twoSpatial data infrastructure : on the road to twenty-first century economic success4 4Lesson three Ge Geomatics and digital earth(1)geo-spatial information science(2)the digital earth4 4Lesson three Geomat
13、ics and digital earth: (3)geomatics is the mathematical foundation of digital earth(4)NSDI is fundamental construction of the digital earth(5)Conclusions4 4Lesson fourAbstract learning(1) The papers title(2) the author(3)the department of author2 2多媒体授课与传统教学方式相Lesson fourAbstract learning(4)abstract
14、(5)key words(6)reference2 迅猴百度文库批量上传下载刷分全能助手软件 http:/ 结合多媒体授课与传统教学方式相结合Lesson five OpenGIS(1) the problem: Geoprocessing non-interoperability (2) the openGIS specification(3) what will the openGIS specification do(4) how will the openGIS specification benefit developers, managers ,and users4 4Lesson
15、 six GIS data models(1)the fundamentals of a GIS(2) the diverse application of GIS2 2Lesson six GIS data models (3)three representations of the world(4)modeling surfaces2 2Lesson six GIS data models(5)modeling imaged or sampled data(6)modeling discrete features2 2Lesson seven The structure of geographic data(1)the catalog and connection to data(2)the geodatabase,dataset, and feature class(3)ArcInfo workspaces and coverage2 2Lesson seven The structure of geographic data(4)Maps and layers(5)Comparing the structure of vector datasets(6)Comparing feature geometry in vector datasets2 2合计 36 36
