本教材分五部分，**部分为土木工程专业基础知识，涉及力学、建材、测量、工程合同、招投标等方面内容。第二部分为现代道路及交通工程专业知识。第三部分为桥梁工程方面内容，所选课文和阅读材料均取自近期英文原版书刊，内容基本覆盖了道路、桥梁与交通工程设计、施工、管理各环节的常用专业词汇及新成就、新技术。第四部分翻译方法与技巧，通过大量例句，阐述科技英语翻译的基本原则、特点和实用的翻译技巧。第五部分介绍英文摘要和致谢词写作的基本知识。
为了便于学习者使用，每课或每节后均配有一定数量的练习，书后附有疑难语句注释和参考答案。
本书为道路、桥梁及交通工程专业英语教材，面向高等院校土木工程专业学生，也可供有关专业技术人员学习参考。

Part Ⅰ General Knowledge
Lesson 1 Gareers in Civil Engineering
Reading Material Specialties in Transportation Engineering
Lesson 2 Modern Buildings and Structural Materials
Reading Material Structural Materials
Lesson 3 Techniques for Highway Surveys
Reading Material Remote Sensing Techniques
Lesson 4 Prestressed Concrete
Reading Material Plain, Reinforced, and Prestressed Concrete
Lesson 5 Philosophy of Structural Design
Reading Material Structural Analysis
Lesson 6 Civil Engineering Contracts
Reading Material FIDIC Tendering Procedure
Part Ⅱ Highway and Traffic Engineering
Lesson 7 Transportation Systems
Reading Material Highway Types
Lesson 8 Highway Location
Reading Material Highway Cross Section
Lesson 9 Design of the Alignment
Reading Material Computer Application in Highway Design
Lesson 10 Grade Separatin and interchanges
Reading Material Intersections
Lesson 11 Pavement
Reading Material Pavement Design
Lesson 12 Bituminous Surface Courses
Reading Material Soil Stabiliztion
Lesson 13 Drainage for Road and Airports
Reading Material (1) Computer Models for Highway Drainage
Peading Material (2) Surface Drainage
Lesson 14 Freeways
Reading Material Highway Safety Design
Lesson 15 Road Construction
Reading Materia Pavement Maintenance and Strenghening
Lesson 16 Transportation Management Systems
Reading Materia Urban Transportation Planning
Part Ⅲ Bridge Engineering
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Part Ⅳ 科学翻译的方法与技巧
Part Ⅴ 摘要和献词