全书分9部分20单元,每个单元均由课文和阅读材料组成,主要内容包括:环境问题、水污染及控制工程、大气污染及**、固体废物及处理方法等。

本书是为高职高专环境专业高年级学生编写的环境专业英语教材。
本书的编写宗旨是力求将环境知识和专业英语的学习与高年级英语学习融为一体,既培养和提高学生阅读英语原著和报刊的能力,又向学生提供广泛的环境专业知识及有关的英语知识。全书分为9个PART,每个PART根据内容不同含1~5个Unit,每个Unit含1篇课文和1篇阅读材料。全书共有20篇课文,20篇阅读材料,以英语语言难易程度为序。课文选材广泛,涉及环境专业诸多方面,如环境问题、污染**、环境监测与评价、环境管理、环境法规等,均选自近年来英、美等国的环境专业的期刊、文献;课文注释中解释了有关环境专业术语及背景知识;课文练习精练实用。希望本教材能够帮助高职高专环境专业学生及英语爱好者更好、更快地阅读环境专业文章,并拓宽知识面。
本书由辽宁石化职业技术学院李居参主编,承德石油高等专科学校孙乃有、黄河水利职业技术学院扈畅、辽宁石化职业技术学院司颐和刘亚珍分别编写了部分课文、阅读教材、练习题和注释。本教材是三所院校五位教师共同劳动的结晶。全书*后由李居参统稿,由渤海大学外语学院李素荣主审。
本教材涉及内容较广,可能出现错漏,希望读者不吝指正,使本书在使用过程中不断得到改进。

PART 1ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM1
Unit 1Text:Global Environmental Issues1
Reading Material:Climate Change5

PART 2WATER POLLUTION AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT8
Unit 2Text:Water Pollution8
Reading Material:Wastewater13
Unit 3Text:Water Pollutants17
Reading Material:Biochemical Oxygen Demand21
Unit 4Text:Wastewater Treatment Methods and Disposal [Ⅰ]24
Reading Material:Treatment of Cyanide Wastewater29
Unit 5Text:Wastewater Treatment Methods and Disposal [Ⅱ]31
Reading Material:Advanced Wastewater Treatment36
Unit 6Text:Extended Aeration Activated Sludge Plant41
Reading Material:Types of Decomposition45

PART 3AIR POLLUTION AND CONTROL47
Unit 7Text:Principal Air Pollutants47
Reading Material:Global Air Pollution Problems52
Unit 8Text:Photochemical Smog57
Reading Material:How Does Smog Affect Us?61
Unit 9Text:Particulate Removal65
Reading Material:What is Acid Rain and What Causes it?68
Unit 10Text:Control of Gaseous Pollutants73
Reading Material:Measures to Improve Air Quality78

PART 4SOLID WASTES AND DISPOSAL81
Unit 11Text:Types of Solid Waste81
Reading Material:Health Impacts of Solid Waste84
Unit 12Text:Solid Waste Management87
Reading Material:Handling Household Hazardous Waste91
Unit 13Text:How to Compost95
Reading Material:Recycling and Reuse99

PART 5OTHER POLLUTION AND CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES102
Unit 14Text:Noise Pollution102
Reading Material:Effects of Noise on Health and WellBeing106
Unit 15Text:Thermal Pollution108
Reading Material:Radioactive Waste112

PART 6ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING115
Unit 16Text:Monitoring115
Reading Material:Sampling and Testing Procedures118
Unit 17Text:Biological Oxygen Demand Monitoring122
Reading Material:Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) and Dissolved Oxygen(DO)Testing Procedures125

PART 7ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND MANAGEMENT128
Unit 18Text:The National Ambient Air Quality Standards128
Reading Material:Water Quality Standards132

PART 8ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT136
Unit 19Text:Environmental Impact Assessment136
Reading Material:Environmental Assessment as a Project Management Tool140

PART 9ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT143
Unit 20Text:Clean Production143
Reading Material:Envisioning a Sustainable Future147
Glossary of terms154

APPENDIXES168
Part ⅠReading Training168
Part ⅡTranslation Training176
Part ⅢListening Training191
Part ⅣSpeaking Training196
Part ⅤWriting Training201
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