科技英语ESTEnglishforScienceandTechnologyWangYanrongQuestionstoanalyze•Whatisscience?•Whatistechnology?•Whatisthefundamentaldifferencebetweenthem?•WhatistheEnglishforscienceandtechnology?Whatisscience?•Theintellectualandpracticalactivityencompassingthesystematicstudyofthephysicalandnaturalworldthroughobservationandexperiment.Whatistechnology?•Theapplicationofscientificknowledgeforpracticalpurposes,especiallyinindustry.Whatisthefundamentaldifferencebetweenthem?•Theformeristodiscoverthephysicalornaturaltruthsandlawswhichareexisting.•Thelatteristomake,produce,invent,innovateinorcreatesomethingnew.WhatisEST?•Languageactuallyusedbyscientistsandtechniciansintheirwork.•Representsalinguisticvarietywithitsowncharacteristicfeatures.•Isusedtodescribephysicalandnaturalphenomena,andtheapplicationoftheminproductiveactivities.