本书主要内容包括园林导论、园林历史、园林设计及规划、园林植物造景、园林工程和机械。每课主要由课文,相应参考译文,阅读材料组成。为了加深学生对课文的理解,每课都配有相应的阅读理解资料,而阅读材料是与课文相关的文章,是课文的拓展部分,以加深学生对一些专业理论、观点的全面理解。
本书旨在帮助读者提高园林专业英语文献的阅读理解能力,同时加强专业英语的翻译、写作、交流能力。另一方面,通过对本教材的学习和阅读,也可以巩固和拓展读者的专业知识。
本书可作为园林、景观及其相关专业学生的英语教材,也可供上述相关专业的教师、科研人员参考。

Lesson 1 THE PRACTICE AND THEORY OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
Readomg Material:Toward a new historiography and new practices
Lesson 2 THE CONCEPTUAL DEFINITION AND PROFESSION OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
Readomg Material: What on earth is a garden
Lesson 3 HUMANISM AND THE LANDSCAPE
Readomg Material: Currents of fashion: The transformation of the italian garden in france
Lesson 4 POWER AND GLORY: THE GENIUS OF LE NSTRE AND THE GRANDEIIR OF THE BAROQUE
Readomg Material:French garden style
Lesson 5 CHINA GARDEN
Readomg Material: Two main forms of chinese garden
Lesson 6 JAPAN GARDEN
Readomg Material:The influence of chinese on japanese garden
Lesson 7 LANDSCAPE DESIGNING
Readomg Material: Design professions
Lesson 8 THE PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
Readomg Material: General principles
Lesson 9 ELEMENTS OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
Readomg Material: Visible landscape
Lesson 10 COLOUR THEORY APPLIED TO THE GARDEN
Readomg Material: Taste
Lesson 11 NATURAL ENRICHMENT ITEMS
Readomg Material: Man-made enrichment items
Lesson 12 THE SITE PLANNING PROCESS
Readomg Material: Small public squares
Lesson 13 AXIAL CHARACTERISTICS
Readomg Material: The symmetrical plan
Lesson 14 PRICING THE PROPOSED DESIGN
Readomg Material: The difference between cost and price
Lesson 15 PLANT DESIGN
Readomg Material: The fragrance and texture property of plant (Ⅰ)
Lesson 16 THE BASIC CONSIDERATIONS OF PLANT DESIGN
Readomg Material: The fragrance and texture property of plant (Ⅱ)
Lesson 17 BASIC PRINCIPLES OF PLANT DESIGN
Readomg Material: The color property of plant
Lesson 18 PLANTS AND SURROUNDINGS
Reading Matal: Plant design process
Lesson 19 LANDSCAPE ENGINEERING
Readomg Material: Site development guidelines
Lesson 20 ENCLOSURE MATERIALS
Readomg Material : Boundaries
Lesson 21 LAWN CARE EQUIPMENT
Readomg Material: Fertilizer distributors
Lesson 22 SEEDLING EQUIPMENT
Readomg Material: Glasshouse equipment
Lesson 23 THE SMALL WATER GARDEN
Reading Material:Landscape mirror: the attractiveness of reflecting water
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