本书是高等院校水利水电工程、农业水土工程、水文与水资源等专业本科生和研究生的专业英语教材。内容分为7个单元,涉及水利工程领域的各个专业,包括水文与水资源、水环境、灌溉排水、水工建筑物、水电站、工程施工、水土保持、水利经济以及科技论文写作等相关内容。每个单元后附有科技英语翻译技巧,第七单元讲解科技论文的英语写作方法,提高科技英语阅读、翻译与写作的水平。
本书也可作为从事相关专业的工程技术人员、管理人员和教师了解专业知识、提高英语水平的辅助阅读材料。

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前言
UNIT Ⅰ HYDROLOGY AND WATER RESOURCES
Lesson 1 The Hydrologic Cycle
Lesson 2 Floods
Lesson 3 Soil Water
Lesson 4 Groundwater
Lesson 5 Water Resources
科技英语翻译技巧(1) 词义的引申与确定
UNIT Ⅱ WATER ENVIRONMENT AND WATER QUALITY
Lesson 1 Water Environment
Lesson 2 Water Quality
Lesson 3 Water Pollution
Lesson 4 Water Treatment
Lesson 5 Water and Soil Conservation
科技英语翻译技巧(2) 增词法、重复法与省略法
UNIT Ⅲ IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE
Lesson 1 Evapotranspiration
Lesson 2 Irrigation Methods
Lesson 3 Irrigation Canals
Lesson 4 Drainage
Lesson 5 Drainage for Salinity Control
科技英语翻译技巧(3) 被动语态的翻译
UNIT Ⅳ WATER CONSERVANCY ENGINEERING
Lesson 1 Reservoirs
Lesson 2 Dams
Lesson 3 Spillways
Lesson 4 Tunnels
Lesson 5 Bridges
Lesson 6 The Three Gorges Project
科技英语翻译技巧(4) 否定结构
UNIT Ⅴ HYDROPOWER STATION AND EQUIPMENT
Lesson 1 Hydropower Station
Lesson 2 Turbines
Lesson 3 Pumping Stations
Lesson 4 General Arrangement of a Hydraulic Station
Lesson 5 Auxihary Equipment
科技英语翻译技巧(5) 从句的翻译
UNIT Ⅵ HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION AND MANAGEMENT
Lesson 1 Building Materials
Lesson 2 Surveying
Lesson 3 Construction Engineering
Lesson 4 Project Quality Management
Lesson 5 Engineering Economy in Water Resourees Planning
科技英语翻译技巧(6) 长句与难句的翻译
UNIT Ⅶ 科技论文的英语写作要求与方法
APPENDIX 英语构词法常识
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