本书紧扣水利工程相关专业进行选材，由28篇课文、28篇阅读材料和科技英语阅读与写作组成。本书可作为高校水利类专业本科生和研究生的专业英语教材或课外阅读材料，也可供从事相关专业的科技人员、工程技术人员、管理人员和教师查阅、使用。

本书紧扣水利工程相关专业进行选材，具有较强的专业性和实用性。全书由28篇课文、28篇阅读材料和科技英语阅读与写作组成。课文由正文、生词(音标、词性、中文释义)和词组或短语(中文释义)组成，其内容包括水资源及其可持续发展、水文循环、水污染、地下水、水法、水需求、灌溉排水、工程材料、衬砌工程、水力发电、水工建筑物、水轮机、水泵、工程施工、工程经济及招投标、科技英语阅读与写作等方面。

本书可作为高校水利类专业本科生和研究生的专业英语教材或课外阅读材料，也可供从事相关专业的科技人员、工程技术人员、管理人员和教师查阅、使用。

前言

Lesson 1 Water Resources of the World

　Reading Material Basic Characteristics of China's Water Resources

Lesson 2 The Hydrologic Cycle

　Reading Material The Water Cycle

Lesson 3 Water Resources for Sustainable Development

　Reading Material Planning for Water Resources Development

Lesson 4 Nature of Water Pollution

　Reading Material The History of Water Pollution

Lesson 5 Underground Water

　 Reading Material Groundwater Occurrences and the Hydrological Cycle

Lesson 6 Legislation and Implementation of Current Basin- wide Problems in China

　Reading Material Water Doctrines in the United States

Lesson 7 Water Requirements

　Reading Material Water: a Crisis of Governance

Lesson 8 Evaporation

　Reading Material Evapotranspiration

Lesson 9 Irrigation

　Reading Material Irrigation Methods

Lesson 10 Operation of Irrigation System

　 Reading Material Methods of Application of Drip Irrigation

Lesson 11 RDl--the New Technique of Water Saving Irrigation Management in China

　 Reading Material Crop Water Use of Onion (Allium cepa L. ) in Turkey

Lesson 12 Irrigation Canals

　Reading Material Canals

Lesson 13 21st Century's Water Saving Agriculture of Beijing

Reading Material Expansion of Irrigated Agriculture within Alabama

Lesson 14 Land Drainage

　Reading Material Interrelation of Irrigation and Drainage

Lesson 15 Type of Revetment

　Reading Material Failure Mechanism of Revetment

Lesson 16 The Properties of Concrete

　Reading Material Concrete

Lesson 17 Basic Concepts of Reinforced Concrete

　 Reading Material Reinforced Concrete

Lesson 18 Hydroelectricity

　 Reading Material China's Hydropower Potenial

Lesson 19 Pumped Storage Hydroelectricity

　Reading Material The Three Gorges Dam Project

Lesson 20 Reservoir

　Reading Material The Grand Three Gorges Project

Lesson 21 Dams

　Reading Material Dam

Lesson 22 Spillways

　Reading Material Overflow Spillways

Lesson 23 Hydraulic Turbines

　Reading Material Waterwheel

Lesson 24 Pumps and Pumping

　Reading Material Pump

Lesson 25 Construction and Equipment

　Reading Material Concrete Construction

Lesson 26 Engineering Economy in Water- Resources Planning ( I)

　Reading Material Engineering Economy in Water- Resources Planning ( II )

Lesson 27 Bidding, Bid Opening and Award of Contract

　Reading Material Construction Contracts

Lesson 28 Critical Water Problem in World

　 Reading Material Proposal for Water Programme New IAP Study on Water Sustainability

科技英语阅读与写作

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