Unit 1

 Text Introduction of Civil Engineering

 Reading Material

(1) Structural Engineering

(2) Geoteehnieal Engineering

 Supplement 专业英语的教与学

Unit2

 Text Civil Engineers

 Reading Material

(1) Being a Civil Engineer

(2) Need of Civil Engineers for Adequate Field

 Experience

 Supplement 专业英语的概念

Unit3

 Text Multi-Story Buildings Design

 Reading Material Multi-Story Building Structure

 Supplement 专业英语的文体特点

Unit 4

 Text Framing Systems

 Reading Material Strength, Stiffness, and Drift

 Supplement 专业英语的结构特点(1)

Unit 5

 Text What Happens to Structure When the Ground Moves?

 Reading Material Seismic Considerations

 Supplement 专业英语的结构特点 (2)

Unit 6

 Text Dynamic Analysis on Structures

 Reading Material Undamped System

 Supplement 专业英语的常用句型

Unit 7

 Text The Skyscrapers

 Reading Material High-Rise Buildings

 Supplement 专业英语的词汇特点

Unit 8

 Text Tunneling in Rock

 Reading Material Ground Support with Sprayed Concrete

 Supplement 专业英语中的构词法(1)

Unit 9

 Text NATM in Soft Ground

 Reading Material NATM--New Austrian Tunnelling Method

 Supplement 专业英语中的构词法(2)

Unit 10

 Text Immersed Tunnels

 Reading Material Water-Tightness of the Immersed Tunnel

 Supplement 专业英语中的构词法(3)

Unit 11

 Text Shield Tunneling Method

 Reading Material Tunnelling Projects in Singapore

 Supplement 专业英语中常见数学运算符号的读法与应用

Unit 12

 Text Bridge Factors Acting on a Bridge

 Reading Material

(1) Arch Bridge

(2) Large Span Bridges

 Supplement 专业英语中常见数学表达式的读法

Unit 13

 Text Concrete Beam Bridge

 Reading Material

(1) The Bridges of Tomorrow: A Choice before Us

(2) Traffic Engineering

 Supplement 专业英语中被动语态的使用

Unit 14

 Text Compression Tests of Rocks

 Reading Material

(1) Tensile Strength of Rock

(2) Shear Tests

Supplement 专业英语阅读的基本要素与方法

Unit 15

 Text Stresses in Soils

 Reading Material

(1) Soil Mechanics

(2) Soil Sampling

 Supplement 专业英语阅读的要点与难点

Unit 16

 Text Foundations

 Reading Material Shallow Foundations and Deep Foundations

 Supplement 精读与评读

Unit 17

 Text Soil Properties for Static Pile Capacity

 Reading Material Bearing Capacity from Field Load Tests

 Supplement 初审读

Unit 18

 Text Piles

 Reading Material Soil-Pile Interaction

 Supplement 书的审读

Unit 19

 Text Bearing Capacity of Shallow Foundations

 Reading Material Methods of Improving Site Soils for Foundation Use

 Supplement 书中章节的审读

Unit 20

 Text Earthquakes and Earthquake-Resistant Structures

 Reading Material A New Kind of Earthquake-Resistant Building

 Supplement 浏览文中的要点

Unit 21

 Text Fire Engineering Design of Steel and Composite Buildings

 Reading Material Effect of High Temperature or Fire on Heavy石成金ight Concrete Properties

 Supplement 猜词

Unit 22

 Text Construction Engineering (Ⅰ)

 Reading Material Construction Engineering (Ⅱ)

 Supplement 快速阅读的技巧要点

Unit 23

 Text The fundamental assumptions of Reinforced Concrete

 Reading Material Concrete-Sustained Compression

 Supplement 专业英语的翻译原则和要求

Unit 24

 Text Durability of Concrete

 Reading Material Reinforcing Steels for Concrete

 Supplement 翻译中词义的处理

Unit 25

 Text Introduction to Finite Element Method (Ⅰ)

 Reading Material Introduction to Finite Strip Method

 Supplement 专业术语的基本译法

Unit 26

 Text Introduction of Finite Element Method (Ⅱ)

 Reading Material A New Model for Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis

 Supplement 专业英语翻译中词类的转变

Unit 27

 Text Computer-Aided Materials Selection during Structural Design

 Reading Material Introduction to the Book-Modem Structure Analysis

 Supplement 专业英语翻译中句子成分的转变

Unit 28

 Text Computer-Aided Design and Draft

 Reading Material

(1) CADD Program

(2) Computer Application in Construction

 Supplement 专业英语翻译中词序的转变

Unit 29

 Text Highway Safety Design

 Reading Material Highway Cross Section

 Supplement 专业英语翻译中词的省略

Unit 30

 Text Pavement

 Reading Material Rigid Pavements

 Supplement 专业英语翻译中词的重复

Unit 31

 Text Pavement Design

 Reading Material Pavement Foundation

 Supplement 专业英语翻译中词的增译

Unit 32

 Text Building Configuration: Size and Shape

 Reading Material Safety of Structure

 Supplement 专业英语翻译中被动句的翻译

Unit 33

 Text Quality Control and Quality Assurance

 Reading Material Scheduling and Control of Construction

 Supplement 专业英语翻译中否定句的译法

Unit 34

 Text Roads

 Reading Material Airports

 Supplement 专业英语翻译中强调句的译法

Unit 35

 Text Construction and Building Inspectors (Ⅰ)

 Reading Material Construction and Building Inspectors (Ⅱ)

 Supplement 专业英语翻译中复合句的译法(Ⅰ)

Unit 36

 Text Discussion on the Future of Civil Engineering (Ⅰ)

 Reading Material Discussion on the Future of Civil Engineering (Ⅱ)

 Supplement 专业英语翻译中复合句的译法(Ⅱ)

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