本书共有10个单元，内容涉及船型、性能、结构、控制、设计、建造、试航、离岸工程、水下工程和法规与规范。每一单元内有翻译讲座、习题和范文，最后还附有试卷样本、自测试卷和总词汇表。本书可用作大专院校船舶与海洋工程专业学生用专业英语教材，也可供广大造船工作者阅读和参考。

Unit 1 Ship Types
　Lecture 1 The Criterion of Translation
Unit 2 Ship Performances
　Lecture 2 The Treatment of Words
Unit 3 Structural Strength
　Lecture 3 Translation of Emphatic Sentences
Unit 4 Ship Control
　Lecture 4 Translation of Negatives
Unit 5 Ship Design
　Lecture 5 Translation of Passive Voice
Unit 6 Ship Manufacturing
　Lecture 6 Translation of Attributive Clauses
Unit 7 Sea Trials
　Lecture 7 Translation of the Conditionals
Unit 8 Offshore Structures
Lecture 8 Completion and Translation of Sentences with Omission
Unit 9 Undersea Work Tasks
Lecture 9 Analysis and Translation of Long Sentences
Unit 10 Rules and Regulations
Lecture 10 Writing an Abstract or a Tractate
Annex Ⅰ Test Papers and Answers
Annex Ⅱ Glossary of English in Ship and Ocean Engineering