杨登新、李婧主编的《水利英语(附光盘修订版21世纪职业教育行业英语)》完全基于实际工作过程来设计，对没有任何工作经历的高职院校的学生来说会有一定的距离感。为了降低学生的畏难情绪，我们对材料的难度和长度进行了控制，视听材料比较简短，听力练习和课文内容每篇长度控制在100—200个单词左右，对话材料控制在5—7个话轮，函电控制在100个单词左右，生词率和复现率也根据学生实际做了调整，真正使教材做到“实用为主、够用为度”，全面保障课堂教学的实际效果。

Unit I INVITING TO BIDS
WARM UP
LISTEN & TALK
Listening Practice
Talking Practice
READ & WRITE
Reading Practice
READ Introduction of Bids
READ ON Procedures of Bids
READ MORE How Much Water Is There on the Earth?
Writing Practice
REVIEW & PRACTICE
Unit 2 SUBMITTING THE BIDS
WARM UP
LISTEN & TALK
Listening Practice
Talking Practice
READ & WRITE
Reading Practice
READ A Bid Form
READ ON Form of Tender
READ MORE The Water Cycle
Writing Practice
REVIEW & PRACTICE
Unit 3 WINNING THE BIDS
WARM UP
LISTEN & TALK
Listening Practice
Talking Practice
READ & WRITE
Reading Practice
READ SINOHYDRO Wins the First Project in Poland
READ ON Notification of Award
READ MORE Types of Floods
Writing Practice
REVIEW & PRACTICE
Unit 4 SIGNING THE CONTRACT
WARM UP
LISTEN & TALK
Listening Practice
Talking Practice
READ & WRITE
Reading Practice
READ POWERCHINA Signs Two More Contracts for Overseas
Projects
READ ON What Is a Contract?
READ MORE The Yellow River
Writing Practice
REVIEW & PRACTICE
Unit 5 CONSTRUCTION
WARM UP
LISTEN & TALK
Listening Practice
Talking Practice
READ & WRITE
Reading Practice
READ Construction Begins on Big Hydro Project
READ ON The Xiangjiaba Project
READ MORE Hydropower's Golden Opportunity
Writing Practice
REVIEW & PRACTICE
Unit 6 TRIAL OPERATION
WARM UP
LISTEN & TALK
Listening Practice
Talking Practice
READ & WRITE
Reading Practice
READ Hydro-solar Power Station Starts Trial Operation
READ ON Tibetan Mega-dam Begins Operation
READ MORE The Three Gorges Dam
Writing Practice
REVIEW & PRACTICE
Unit 7 COMPLETING AND HANDING OVER
WARM UP
LISTEN & TALK
Listening Practice
Talking Practice
READ & WRITE
Reading Practice
READ The Issue of Final Completion Certificate
READ ON Certificate and Payment in FIDIC Conditions
READ MORE Engineering Management
Writing Practice
REVIEW & PRACTICE
Unit 8 PUTTING INTO OPERATION
WARM UP
LISTEN & TALK
Listening Practice
Talking Practice
READ & WRITE
Reading Practice
READ Kamchay Hydro Dam to Be Put into Operation by Late November
READ ON Chinese-built Biggest Dam in Cambodia to Start Operation in November
READ MORE Building the World's First Hydro Nation
Writing Practice
REVIEW & PRACTICE
Glossary
Reference