《大学专业英语阅读教程》分水资源与立法、给水工程、废水处理、环境工程与管理4个部分,共32个单元。在内容上有所侧重,以环境工程学科中的水处理为**。每个单元除课文、词汇与注释外,还配有阅读材料与练习。书中内容选自近十年来出版的原版教科书、专著与科技资料。选材上注意专业领域的覆盖面与知识的新颖性,语言方面兼顾文字的规范性与风格的多样化,编排上顾及到难度上的循序渐进与语言课程的教学需要。其中,阅读材料的文字较为简单,内容为课文的补充或配合,有助于提高学生的阅读兴趣,巩固课堂教学的效果。阅读材料附有扼要注释。各单元的练习着重检查学生对课文的理解程度,同时强化对专业术语的记忆和掌握。为便于自学,书后附有练习参考答案。
《大学专业英语阅读教程》适用于大学三年级学生一学年的专业英语学习。除用作专业英语教材外,《大学专业英语阅读教程》还适合有大学四级英语基础的专业技术人员自学英语及在读研究生作阅读材料使用。

PartIWaterResourceandLegislation
Unit1
TheHydrologicCycle
ReadingMaterialAWaterResourcesandHydrology
ReadingMaterialBEnvironmentalEngineeringasaProfession
Unit2
TheWorldFreshWaterResource
ReadingMaterialWaterastheBasisforDevelopment
Unit3
WaterLegislation
ReadingMaterialWaterRights
Unit4
TheNationalSafeDrinkingWaterAct
ReadingMaterialsSafeDrinkingWaterAct--PublicNotification
Unit5
LegislationandRegulationforWaterPollutionControl
ReadingMaterialTheCleanWaterAct
PartIWaterSupply
Unit6
WaterSupplySystem
ReadingMaterialWaterDemand
Unit7
SelectionofWaterTreatmentProcesses
ReadingMaterialRawWaterClassification
Unit8
MixingandFlocculation
ReadingMaterialCoagulation
Unit9
Sedimentation
ReadingMaterialAWaterTreatment
ReadingMaterialBBottledWater
Unit10
Filtration
ReadingMaterialTheHistoryofSandFilters
Unit11
Disinfection
ReadingMaterialBacteriologicalMeasurements
Unit12
DistributionSystemConfigurationandAnalysis
ReadingMaterialDistributionSystemInspectionandMaintenance
Unit13
SelectionofProcessesforWaterTreatmentSludges~
ReadingMaterialRegulationofWaterTreatmentPlantResiduals
Part][WastewaterTreatment
Unit14
WaterPollutantsandTheirSources
ReadingMaterialANonpointSourcePollution--TheNation'sLargest
WaterQualityProblem
ReadingMaterialBBiochemicalOxygenDemand
Unit15
WastewaterCollectionSystems
ReadingMaterialOnsiteWastewaterDisposal
Unit16
ConventionalWastewaterTreatmentProcesses
ReadingMaterialCentralWastewaterTreatment
Unit17
ActivatedSludgeProcesses
ReadingMaterialPretreatmentandPrimaryTreatment
Unit18
BiologicalFilters:
ReadingMaterialARotatingBiologicalContactors
ReadingMaterialBHeavyMetalsRemoval
Unit19
AnaerobicTreatment
ReadingMaterialAnaerobicReactors
Unit20
AdvancedWastewaterTreatment
ReadingMaterialLakeEutrophication
Unit21
SludgeStabilization
ReadingMaterialASludgeThickening
ReadingMaterialBSludgeConditioning
Unit22
SludgeDewatering
ReadingMaterialUltimateDisposal
PartEnvironmentalEngineeringandManagement
Unit23
AirPollutantsSourceandEffect
ReadingMaterialAcidRain
Unit24
AirPollutionLaw
ReadingMaterialSmog
Unit25
TreatmentofAirPollutants
ReadingMaterialAGuidetoIndoorAirQuality
Unit26
CharacterizationofSolidWastes
ReadingMaterialHouseholdHazardousWastes
Unit27
SolidWastesDisposal
ReadingMaterialProduceLessWastebyPracticingthe3Rs
Unit28
SanitaryLandfill
ReadingMaterialAFromDumptowntoRecycleCity
ReadingMaterialBRefuseCollectionandTransferOperations
Unit29
TheProcedureofEnvironmentalImpactAssessment
ReadingMaterialGreenhouseGasesandGlobalWarming
Unit30
ThePurposesofEnvironmentalImpactAssessment
ReadingMaterialTheImportanceofBiodiversity
Unit31
SustainableDevelopmentandSustainability
ReadingMaterialSustainableProductionandUseofChemicals
Unit32
EnvironmentalEconomics
ReadingMaterialEconomicConceptsofEnvironmentalManagement
AppendixIKeytoExercises
AppendixⅡGlossary

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