本书是一本实用性、专业性都很强的水利水电工程英语读物。全书共分32章，每章包括两篇课文(精读、泛读各一篇)。文章由课文，生词(音标、词性、中文意思)，词组(中文意思)，专有名词(中文意思)，注释(对文中复杂的句子、结构等进行解释并译成中文)，思考题和参考译文组成。本书将基础英语、专业英语和专业知识结合起来，并介绍了一些案例。另外，本书后面还附有水利水电工程英语常用词汇。

本书是一本实用性、专业性都很强的水利水电工程英语读物。全书共分32章，每章包括两篇课文(精读、泛读各一篇)。文章由课文，生词(音标、词性、中文意思)，词组(中文意思)，专有名词(中文意思)，注释(对文中复杂的句子、结构等进行解释并译成中文)，思考题和参考译文组成。本书将基础英语、专业英语和专业知识结合起来，并介绍了一些案例。另外，本书后面还附有水利水电工程英语常用词汇。

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本书可供水利水电行业的科技人员、商务人员、管理人员查阅、使用，也可作为大专院校水利水电工程相关专业学生的专业英语教材。

前言

Unit 1

Section 1 Brief Introduction to the World Water

Section 2 Brief Introduction to the World Water Resources 

Unit 2

Section 1 Water Availability and Water Resources Delicit

Section 2 Water Resources and Water Use

Unit 3

Section 1 Basic Characteristics of China’S Water Resources

Section 2 Water Resources

The Water Cycle 

Unit 4

Section 1 Water Environment 

Section 2 Water Pollution

Unit 5

Section 1 Water Pollution

Section 2 Water Pollution

Where Does Wastewater Come from? 

Unit 6

Section 1 What Causes Floods? 

Section 2 Floods

Unit 7

Section 1 Control of Flooding

Section 2 Variability of Flooding

Great Flood of 1993

Unit 8

Section 1 Hydrology

Section 2 What Is Hydrology? 

Unit 9

Section 1 Types of Irrigation

Section 2 Irrigation

Unit 10

 Section 1 Efficient Irrigation Systems：The Flow of the Future 

 Section 2 Irrigation

Unit 11 

Section 1 Pumps and Pumping 

Section 2 Pump

Unit 12

Section 1 Lock／Canal

Section 2 Waterway

Unit 13

Section 1 Canal Lock 

Section 2 Canal

Ship Canal

Unit 14

Section 1 Transportation across Water 

Section 2 Ship Transport

Llnit 15

Section 1 Overflow Spillways

Section 2 Harbor

Unit 16

Section 1 Dam 

Section 2 Dam 

The Aswan Dams

Unit 17

Section 1 Reservoir

Section 2 Reservoir

Unit 18

Section 1 Tunnel 

Section 2 Tunnel 

Thames Tunnel 

Unit 19

Section 1 Bridge

Section 2 Bridge

Golden Gate Bridge

Unit 20

Section 1 Hydroelectricity

Section 2 Water Power

Unit 21

Section 1 Power

Section 2 Energy from Water

Unit 22

Section 1 Pumped Storage Hydroelectricity

Section 2 The Three Gorges Dam Project

Unit 23

Section 1 HOW Tidal Power Plants Work

Section 2 Tidal Power

South Korea to Build World’S Largest Tidal Power Plant

Unit 24

Section 1 Generator

Section 2 Transformer

Unit 25

Section 1 Waterwheel

Section 2 How-Gas Turbine Engines Work

Distribution System Planning

Unit 26

Section 1 Civil Engineering

Section 2 Environmental Engineering

Crane

Unit 27

Section 1 Project Quality Management

Section 2 Project Time Management

Unit 28t

Section 1 Supply Chain Management

Section 2 Inventory Control

Unit 29

Section 1 Industrial Engineering

Section 2 System Integration

Unit 30 

Section 1 Abstract Writing

Section 2 Research Paper Writing

Unit 31 

Section 1 英语阅读技巧漫谈

Section 2 英语翻译技巧漫谈

Unit 32

FIDIC介绍

Appendix I Vocabulary

AppendixⅡPhrases and Expressions

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