建筑类专业英语

UNIT ONE

Text History of Water Supply

Reading Material A Major Water Pollutants （Ⅰ）

Reading Material B Major Water Pollutants （Ⅱ）

Text Water

Reading Material A Importance of Water

Reading Material B The Nature of Water

Text Water Problems

Reading Material A The Hydrologic Cycle

Reading Material B The Hydrologic Cycle and Water Quality

Text The Purification of Water

Reading Material A Softening of Water

Reading Material B Softening of Water

Text Basic Factors in Water Analysis

Reading Material A Water Testing

UNIT ONE

Text History of Water Supply

Reading Material A Major Water Pollutants （Ⅰ）

Reading Material B Major Water Pollutants （Ⅱ）

UNIT TWO

Text Water

Reading Material A Importance of Water

Reading Material B The Nature of Water

UNIT THREE

Text Water Problems

Reading Material A The Hydrologic Cycle

Reading Material B The Hydrologic Cycle and Water Quality

UNIT FOUR

Text The Purification of Water

Reading Material A Softening of Water

Reading Material B Softening of Water

UNIT FIVE

Text Basic Factors in Water Analysis

Reading Material A Water Testing

Reading Material B The General Physical-chemical Principle of

Water

UNIT SIX

Text Water-supply Engineering

Reading Material A Drainage， Sewerage and Sewage

Reading Material B Water Supply

UNIT SEVEN

Text Plumbing——Background and Status

Reading Material A Basic Principles of Plumbing

Reading Material B Sources of Water

UNIT EIGHT

Text Microbes as Chemical Machines

Reading Material A Bacteria

Reading Material B Water Pollution and Its Effect on

Environment

UNIT NINE

Text Groundwater Formation and Its Movement

Readin Material A Sources of Water for Domestic Use

Reading Material B Multi-purpose Hydraulic Projects

UNIT TEN

Text Open Channel Flow

Reading Material A Dam

Reading Material B Rock-fill Dams and Spillway

UNIT ELEVEN

Text Environmental/Sanitary Engineering

Reading Material A Sanitary Engineering

Reading Material B Municipal Engineering

UNIT TWELVE

Text Ecosystem

Reading Material A Problems Due to Plankton-algae

Reading Material B The Death of Microorganisms

UNIT THIRTEEN

Text Factors Responsible for the Burgeoning Air Pollution

Problem

Reading Material A The "Killer Smog"

Reading Material B Economic Loss from Air Pollution

UNIT FOURTEEN

Text Solid Waste Disposal

Reading Material A Where Do Pollution Come from？

Reading Material B Industry Sludges

UNIT FIFTEEN

Text Combating Water Pollution

Reading Material A Ozone

Reading Material B Acid Rain

UNIT SIXTEEN

Text Paving the Way to Excellence in Water Supply System

Reading Material A Control of Data Quality

Reading Material B The Monitoring Approach of the Levels-of-service

Framework

Appendix Ⅰ Vocabulary

Appendix Ⅱ Translation for Reference

Appendix Ⅲ Key to Exercises

《高等学校试用教材：建筑类专业英语·给水排水与环境保护（第1册）》是按国家教委颁布的《大学英语专业阅读阶段教学基本要求》规定编写的专业英语教材。《高等学校试用教材：建筑类专业英语·给水排水与环境保护（第1册）》包括给水历史、水的净化、环境工程、水与大气污染及水力学等方面内容。全书分16个单元，每单元除正课文外，还有两篇阅读材料，均配有必要的注释。正课文还配有词汇表和练习，书后附有总词汇表、参考译文和练习答案。供高等学校本专业学生三年级上学期使用，也可供有关人员自学。

《高等学校试用教材：建筑类专业英语·给水排水与环境保护（第1册）》是高等学校试用教材。教材重视语言技能训练，突出对阅读、翻译和写作能力的培养，以求达到《大学英语专业阅读阶段教学基本要求》所提出的教学目标：“通过指导学生阅读有关专业的英语书刊和文献，使他们进一步提高阅读和翻译科技资料的能力，并能以英语为工具获取专业所需的信息。”

　　教材共分16个单元，内容包括给水历史、水的净化、环境工程、水与大气污染及水力学等方面。
　　本教材不仅适用于在校学生，对于有志提高专业英语阅读能力的建筑行业广大在职工程技术人员，也是一本适用的自学教材。