環(huán)境工程專業(yè)英語（第二版）

Contents

PART 1 INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING1

Unit 1 Text: Environmental Engineering1

Reading Material: Studying the Environment4

Unit 2 Text: Historical Overview of Hazardous Substance Disposal in the USA8

Reading Material: The City Environment11

Unit 3 Text: What is Waste Reduction/Waste Minimization"para" label-module="para">

Reading Material: Waste Minimization in the Chemical

Industry--A Case Study19

Unit 4 Text: Environmental Analysis25

Reading Material: Analytical Technique and Methodology28

PART 2 AIR POLLUTION & CONTROL32

Unit 5 Text: Type and Sources of Air Pollutants[I]32

Reading Material: Type and Sources of Air Pollutants[II]34

Unit 6 Text: Effects on Climate and Ecological Environment[I]37

Reading Material: Effects on Climate and Ecological Environment[II]41

Unit 7 Text: Conventional Technology of Air pollution Control44

Reading Material: Gas and Vapor Control Technology48

Unit 8 Text: New Technologies of Air Pollution Control[I]50

Reading Material: New Technologies of Air Pollution Control[II]54

Unit 9 Text: Effects of Air Pollution57

Reading material: Control of Air Pollution by Oxidation60

PART 3 WATER POLLUTION AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT63

Unit 10 Text: Water Pollution and Pollutants63

Reading Material: Wastewater66

Unit 11 Text: Pollution of Inland Waters and Oceans69

Reading Material: Water Supply73

Unit 12 Text: Water Purification78

Reading Material: Principles of Wastewater Treatment81

Unit 13 Text: Water Treatment Processes85

Reading Material: USWastewater Treatment--Past and Present89

Unit 14 Text: Biological Wastewater Treatment [I]91

Reading material: Biological Wastewater Treatment[II]95

Unit 15 Text: Ion Exchange99

Reading Material: Precipitation104

Unit 16 Text: Oxidation of Wastewater[I]108

Reading Material: Oxidation of Wastewater [II]111

Unit 17 Text: Unit Operations of Pretreatment116

Reading Material: Unit Processes of Secondary Treatment120

PART 4 SOLID WASTES AND DISPOSAL123

Unit 18 Text: Sources and Types of Solid Wastes123

Reading Material: Quantities of Wastes127

Unit 19 Text: Everybody’s Problems--Hazardous Waste130

Reading Material: Hazardous Waste Defined and the National Program

to Control Hazardous Wastes134

Unit 20 Text: Methods of Waste Disposal137

Reading Material: Incineration of Hazardous Waste in the USA140

Unit 21 Text: Disposal of Solid Wastes144

Reading Material: Materials and Energy Recovery148

PART 5 OTHER POLLUTION AND CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES152

Unit 22 Text: Sound and Noise152

Reading Material: Tone and the Decibel Scale154

Unit 23 Text: Noise Control[I]156

Reading Material: Noise Control[II]157

Unit 24 Text: Energy Consumption and Pollution162

Reading Material: Use of Solar Energy164

Unit 25 Text: Thermal Pollution166

Reading Material: How to Put Waste Heat to Good Use167

PART 6 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT169

Unit 26 Text: Summary of EIA169

Reading material: Introduction to Methods for

Environmental Impact Assessment172

Unit 27 Text: Impact of Wastewater Effluents on Water Quality of River177

Reading Material: The Aims and Objectives of Environmental

Impact Assessment179

Unit 28 Text: Environmental Impact Assessment of Air Quality185

Reading Material: Identification and Prediction of Air Quality

Changes187

PART 7 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING190

Unit 29 Text: Monitoring Air Quality in Mountains--Designing190

Reading Material: Design Environmental Databases for Statistical

Analysis194

Unit 30 Text: Combining Accuracy Assessment of Land-Cover Maps with

Environmental Monitoring Programs[I]199

Reading Material: Combining Accuracy Assessment of Land-Cover

Maps with Environmental Monitoring Programs[III]204

Unit 31 Text: Sampling Sediment and Soil209

Reading Material: EMAP Overview-Objectives, Approaches,

and Achievements213

PART 8 ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND MANAGEMENT218

Unit 32 Text: A New Politics for a New Era--A Political Agenda for

the 1990s218

Reading Material: Hazardous Waste Management224

Unit 33 Text: Pollution Control Strategies[I]228

Reading Material: Pollution Control Strategies[II]230

Unit 34 Text: Solid Waste Management Overview235

Reading Material: Management of Nuclear Wastes239

PART 9 ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT243

Unit 35 Text: Clean Technologies through Microbial Processes for Economic

Benefits and Sustainability[I]243

Reading Material: Clean Technologies through Microbial Processes

for Economic Benefits and Sustainability[II]247

Unit 36 Text: Introduction to Green Chemical Syntheses and Processes251

Reading Material: Water as Solvent for Organic and Material

Synthesis255

Unit 37 Text: Wastewater Treatment, Greenhouse Gas Mitigation and

Hydrogen Production Using Microalgae[I]259

Reading Material: Wastewater Treatment, Greenhouse Gas Mitigation

and Hydrogen Production Using Microalgae[II]263

GLOSSARY268 2100433B

《環(huán)境工程專業(yè)英語》是根據(jù)《大學英語教學大綱》（理工科本科用）專業(yè)閱讀部分的要求編寫的，供理工科大學環(huán)境工程或相關(guān)專業(yè)學生使用，也可供同等英語程度環(huán)境工程師或相關(guān)領(lǐng)域的科技人員使用。

全書共分為九個部分（Part）共37個單元。每個單元由一篇課文和一篇閱讀材料組成，共計74篇。課文和閱讀材料均選自原版英文教科書、科技報告、著作、專業(yè)期刊、國際會議論文集等。其中第一部分介紹環(huán)境工程概述和歷史；第二部分介紹空氣污染及其防治；第三部分介紹水污染的來源和種類、各種污水處理技術(shù)、處理單元設(shè)備等；第四部分為固體廢物及處理方法；第五部分介紹其他污染及控制技術(shù)；第六部分為環(huán)境影響及其評價；第七部分介紹環(huán)境監(jiān)控、分析及采樣程序；第八部分介紹環(huán)境政策與管理策略；第九部分作為拓展，介紹環(huán)境與可持續(xù)發(fā)展、清潔生產(chǎn)工藝及其綠色化學過程。每篇課文均配有與課文相對應的練習，主要以主觀練習題為主，包括閱讀與詞匯練習，英譯漢與漢譯英，用英語回答問題及寫出課文或某一段落的summary等。為便于學生自學，本書每課配有單詞和詞組表，并對課文的難點作必要的注釋，全書最后附有總詞匯表。

《環(huán)境工程專業(yè)英語》旨在提高環(huán)境專業(yè)學生的專業(yè)文獻閱讀和應用水平，書中介紹了環(huán)境工程領(lǐng)域涉及的水、大氣的污染與控制，固體廢物的全過程管理，有害廢物的處理處置，噪聲及其控制，環(huán)境影響評價，環(huán)境立法，環(huán)境與可持續(xù)發(fā)展等內(nèi)容，并簡要介紹了當今環(huán)境保護方面的新科技。編者根據(jù)教學中學生易犯的錯誤在書中有重點地解釋說明，具有很強的針對性。書后的單詞表注有該詞在正文中的首次出處，便于檢索。

《環(huán)境工程專業(yè)英語》適用于高等院校環(huán)境工程專業(yè)本科生作教材用，也可供環(huán)境工程專業(yè)研究生及相關(guān)專業(yè)人員使用。

《環(huán)境工程專業(yè)英語》是根據(jù)《大學英語教學大綱》（理工科本科用）專業(yè)閱讀部分的要求編寫的，供理工科大學環(huán)境工程或相關(guān)專業(yè)學生使用，也可供同等英語程度環(huán)境工程師或相關(guān)領(lǐng)域的科技人員使用。

全書共分為九個部分（Part）共37個單元。每個單元由一篇課文和一篇閱讀材料組成，共計74篇。課文和閱讀材料均選自原版英文教科書、科技報告、著作、專業(yè)期刊、國際會議論文集等。其中第一部分介紹環(huán)境工程概述和歷史；第二部分介紹空氣污染及其防治；第三部分介紹水污染的來源和種類、各種污水處理技術(shù)、處理單元設(shè)備等；第四部分為固體廢物及處理方法；第五部分介紹其他污染及控制技術(shù)；第六部分為環(huán)境影響及其評價；第七部分介紹環(huán)境監(jiān)控、分析及采樣程序；第八部分介紹環(huán)境政策與管理策略；第九部分作為拓展，介紹環(huán)境與可持續(xù)發(fā)展、清潔生產(chǎn)工藝及其綠色化學過程。每篇課文均配有與課文相對應的練習，主要以主觀練習題為主，包括閱讀與詞匯練習，英譯漢與漢譯英，用英語回答問題及寫出課文或某一段落的summary等。為便于學生自學，本書每課配有單詞和詞組表，并對課文的難點作必要的注釋，全書最后附有總詞匯表。

《全國高職高專規(guī)劃教材:環(huán)境工程專業(yè)英語》供相關(guān)專業(yè)的高職高專學生試用，并在教學實踐中修訂與完善。