本书共分五个部分。**部分为基础知识,包括专业英语的基本特点、翻译和科技论文的写作。第二部分~第四部分选编了英文文献30篇,其中:第二部分为环境科学与工程概述,第三部分为环境污染与控制技术,第四部分为环境管理与相关政策。第五部分为词汇表,除汇总了选编英文文献的生词和主要专业词汇外,还汇编了环境科学与工程专业相关规范的专业术语词汇,使学习者能够准确掌握专业词汇的英文表达。
本书根据大学英语教学大纲的要求编写,为基础英语的后续课程,可供高等学校环境工程、环境科学及给水排水专业师生作为教学用书或教学参考用书。

Part I The Basic Knowledge 1
Unit 1 The Basic Characters of English for Special Purpose 1
1.1 The Characters of Language 1
1.2 The Characters of Grammar 2
1.3 The Characters of Words and Expressions 3
1.4 The Characters of Structure 5
Unit 2 The Translation of English for Special Purpose 7
2.1 Introduction 7
2.2 Contrast between English and Chinese 9
2.3 Selecting and Extending the Meaning of a Word 12
2.4 Method of Changing the Syntactical Functions 13
2.5 Methods of Adding and Omitting 15
2.6 Translation of Special Sentence Pattern 18
2.7 Translation of Long Sentence 22
2.8 Translation of Subordinate Clause 24
2.9 Translation about Quantity 26
Unit 3 Writing of Scientific and Technical Papers 29
3.1 Stylistic Rules of Papers 29
3.2 Title and Sign 30
3.3 Abstract 31
3.4 Writing and Organizing of the Main Text 34
Part II Introduction to Environmental Engineering 47
Unit 1 What is “The Environment” 47
Unit 2 Introduction to Environmental Science 50
Unit 3 Historical Overview of Hazardous Substance Disposal in the USA 55
Unit 4 Engineering and the Environment 58
Unit 5 Environmental Analysis 62
Unit 6 Studies and Designs 66
Unit 7 Environment—the Human Condition 71
Unit 8 Global Environmental Issues 74
Unit 9 Urban Environmental Problems Transition 77
Unit 10 Extinction of Species 80
Part III Environmental Pollution and Control Technologies 83
Unit 1 Water Pollution and Pollutants 83
Unit 2 Biological Wastewater Treatment 88
Unit 3 Wastewater Treatment Process 93
Unit 4 Sludge Treatment 98
Unit 5 Air Pollution 102
Unit 6 Type and Sources of Air Pollutants 105
Unit 7 Conventional Technology of Air Pollution Control 108
Unit 8 Solid Waste 112
Unit 9 Sources and Types of Solid Wastes 115
Unit 10 Solid Waste Disposal Technology 120
Unit 11 Sound and Noise 123
Unit 12 Noise Control 125
Unit 13 Energy Consumption and Pollution 127
Unit 14 Techniques for Removal Pollutants from Soil 129
Part IV Environmental Management and Policy 132
Unit 1 Environmental Degradation and the Law 132
Unit 2 Environmental Management Systems 137
Unit 3 Environmental Protection and Education in China 141
Unit 4 Solid Waste Management Overview 145
Unit 5 Sustainability and Water Management 149
Unit 6 A New Politics for a New Era — A Political Agenda for the 1990s 152
Part V Words and Phrases 158
Unit 1 Words and Phrases of Literatures 159
Unit 2 Glossary of Environmental Science and Engineering 172
2.1 Words of Environmental Protection 172
2.2 Words of Pollutant 174
2.3 Words of Air Pollution Control Engineering 176
2.4 Words of Water Treatment Engineering 178
2.5 Words of Solid Waste Treatment 183
2.6 Words of Noise Pollution Control 187
2.7 Words of Wild Animals 187
Appendix 189
Appendix 1 Specialized English Affixes Commonly Used 189
Appendix 2 Expression of Mathematical Symbols Commonly Used 192
Appendix 3 Measurements and the Conversion Commonly Used 195
References 196