Part 1 Environmental Problems

Unit 1 Text:Global Environmental Issues

Reading Material：Climate Change

Part 2 Water Pollution & Wastewater Treatment

Unit 2 Text:Water Pollution

Reading Material：Wastewater1

Unit 3 Text:Water Pollutants1

Reading Material：Biochemical Oxygen Demand1

Unit 4 Text:Wastewater Treatment Methods and Disposal［Ⅰ］

Reading Material：Treatment of Cyanide Wastewater26

Unit 5 Text:Wastewater Treatment Methods and Disposal［Ⅱ］

Reading Material：Advanced Wastewater Treatment

Unit 6 Text:Extended Aeration Activated Sludge Plant

Reading Material：Types of Decomposition

Part 3 Air Pollution & Control

Unit 7 Text:Principal Air Pollutants

Reading Material：Global Air Pollution Problems

Unit 8 Text：Photochemical Smog51

Reading Material：How Does Smog Affect Us?

Unit 9 Text：Particulate Removal

Reading Material：What is Acid Rain and What Causes It?

Unit 10 Text：Control of Gaseous Pollutants

Reading Material：Measures to Improve Air Quality

Unit 11 Text：Biofiltration：A New Technology of Air Pollution Control［Ⅰ］

Reading Material：Biofiltration：A New Technology of Air

Pollution Control［Ⅱ］

Part 4 Solid Wastes & Disposal

Unit 12 Text：Types of Solid Wastes

Reading Material：Health Impacts of Solid Waste

Unit 13 Text：Solid Waste Management

Reading Material：Handling Household Hazardous Waste

Unit 14 Text：How to Compost

Reading Material：Recycling and Reuse

Part 5 Soil and Soil Pollution

Unit 15 Text:Soil and Soil Pollution

Reading Material：Land Degradation

Part 6 Other Pollution & Control Technologies

Unit 16 Text:Noise Pollution

Reading Material：Effects of Noise on Health and WellBeing

Unit 17 Text:Thermal Pollution

Reading Material：Radioactive Waste

Part 7 Environmental Monitoring113

Unit 18 Text:Identify the Indoor Air Quality Problems

Reading Material：Indoor Air Quality Concerns

Unit 19 Text:Biological Oxygen Demand Monitoring

Reading Material：Chemical Oxygen Demand(COD)and Dissolved

Oxygen(DO)Testing Procedures

Part 8 Environmental Policy & Management

Unit 20 Text:Environmental Management Systems

Reading Material：Water Quality Standards

Part 9 Environmental Impact Assessment

Unit 21 Text:Environmental Impact Assessment

Reading Material：Environmental Assessment as a Project

Management Tool

Part 10 Environmental Sustainable Development

Unit 22 Text:Sustainable Development

Reading Material：Envisioning a Sustainable Future

Glossary of Terms

Appendixes

Part Ⅰ Reading Training

Part Ⅱ Translation Training

Part Ⅲ Listening Training

Part Ⅳ Speaking Training

Part Ⅴ Writing Training

《环境专业英语(第2版教育部高职高专规划教材)》(作者刘亚珍、谭慧明)分为10部分(Parts)，22单元(Units)，每个单元均由课文和阅读材料组成。课文和阅读材料选自原版英文教科书、著作、期刊等。主要内容包括：环境问题；水污染及控制工程；大气污染及防治；固体废物及处理方法；其他污染及控制技术；环境监测；环境法规；环境质量评价；环境的可持续发展。每篇课文均配有单词、注释和练习题。教材设置专业术语词汇表(英文解释)和附录，附录中的内容包括了读、译、听、说、写五大技巧，供师生参考使用。

《环境专业英语(第2版教育部高职高专规划教材)》为高职高专环境类专业的教材，也可供同等英语程度环境技术人员或相近领域人员使用。

《环境专业英语(第2版教育部高职高专规划教材)》(作者刘亚珍、谭慧明)保留了第一版教材中的经典内容和主要编写思路；删除了第一版教材中第十六单元和第十八单元中关于环境监测和美国环境空气质量标准的内容，补充了室内空气质量问题和环保政策等方面的内容，反映了当前空气污染防治领域中最突出的环境问题，体现了以人为本的选材理念；删除了第一版教材中第二十单元中关于清洁生产方面的内容，补充了环保政策等方面的内容，体现了的新的环保政策与法规对环境监测和治理等方面的指导意义，有利于培养学生的环保意识，提升其职业素质；第二版教材增选了人们普遍关注的环境热点问题，如土壤污染和大气污染防控新技术等方面的内容；调整了部分习题的编号与内容，使其内容与课文内容和新的环保理念更加匹配。

本书由刘亚珍、谭慧明编写。