本书紧扣水利工程相关专业进行选材,具有较强的专业性和实用性。全书由28篇课文、28篇阅读材料和科技英语阅读与写作组成。课文由正文、生词(音标、词性、中文释义)和词组或短语(中文释义)组成,其内容包括水资源及其可持续发展、水文循环、水污染、地下水、水法、水需求、灌溉排水、工程材料、衬砌工程、水力发电、水工建筑物、水轮机、水泵、工程施工、工程经济及招投标、科技英语阅读与写作等方面。
本书可作为高校水利类专业本科生和研究生的专业英语教材或课外阅读材料,也可供从事相关专业的科技人员、工程技术人员、管理人员和教师查阅、使用。

前言
Lesson 1 Water Resources of the World
Reading Material Basic Characteristics of China's Water Resources
Lesson 2 The Hydrologic Cycle
Reading Material The Water Cycle
Lesson 3 Water Resources for Sustainable Development
Reading Material Planning for Water Resources Development
Lesson 4 Nature of Water Pollution
Reading Material The History of Water Pollution
Lesson 5 Underground Water
Reading Material Groundwater Occurrences and the Hydrological Cycle
Lesson 6 Legislation and Implementation of Current Basin- wide Problems in China
Reading Material Water Doctrines in the United States
Lesson 7 Water Requirements
Reading Material Water: a Crisis of Governance
Lesson 8 Evaporation
Reading Material Evapotranspiration
Lesson 9 Irrigation
Reading Material Irrigation Methods
Lesson 10 Operation of Irrigation System
Reading Material Methods of Application of Drip Irrigation
Lesson 11 RDl--the New Technique of Water Saving Irrigation Management in China
Reading Material Crop Water Use of Onion (Allium cepa L. ) in Turkey
Lesson 12 Irrigation Canals
Reading Material Canals
Lesson 13 21st Century's Water Saving Agriculture of Beijing
Reading Material Expansion of Irrigated Agriculture within Alabama
Lesson 14 Land Drainage
Reading Material Interrelation of Irrigation and Drainage
Lesson 15 Type of Revetment
Reading Material Failure Mechanism of Revetment
Lesson 16 The Properties of Concrete
Reading Material Concrete
Lesson 17 Basic Concepts of Reinforced Concrete
Reading Material Reinforced Concrete
Lesson 18 Hydroelectricity
Reading Material China's Hydropower Potenial
Lesson 19 Pumped Storage Hydroelectricity
Reading Material The Three Gorges Dam Project
Lesson 20 Reservoir
Reading Material The Grand Three Gorges Project
Lesson 21 Dams
Reading Material Dam
Lesson 22 Spillways
Reading Material Overflow Spillways
Lesson 23 Hydraulic Turbines
Reading Material Waterwheel
Lesson 24 Pumps and Pumping
Reading Material Pump
Lesson 25 Construction and Equipment
Reading Material Concrete Construction
Lesson 26 Engineering Economy in Water- Resources Planning ( I)
Reading Material Engineering Economy in Water- Resources Planning ( II )
Lesson 27 Bidding, Bid Opening and Award of Contract
Reading Material Construction Contracts
Lesson 28 Critical Water Problem in World
Reading Material Proposal for Water Programme New IAP Study on Water Sustainability
科技英语阅读与写作
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