本书是高等职业技术院校建筑工程相关专业的专业英语教材。全书共12
个单元,以Buildillg Construction为主线贯穿其中,每个单元有一个主题
,包括2~4幅插图、两篇课文和相应的习题,书后还附有一套房屋建筑图纸
.本书选材新颖,语育规范,点面结合,编排独特,实用性强,突出了建筑
工程专业的实际需求。
本书可供高职高专院校以及成人类院校建筑工程类专业的学生使用,也
可供本科应用技术方向的学生使用。

Introduction Civil Engineering and Its Career
Unit 1 Making Buildings
Part Ⅰ Illustrated Words and Concepts
Part Ⅱ Passages
Passage A Designing Buildings
Passage B Building Systems
Unit 2 Construction Process
Part Ⅰ Illustrated Words and Concepts
Part Ⅱ Passages
Passage A Stages of a Single House Construction(Part 1)
Passage B Stages of a Single House Construction(Part 2)
Unit 3 Foundations
Part Ⅰ Illustrated Words and Concepts
Part Ⅱ Passages
Passage A Foundations and Loads
Passage B Foundation Structure
Unit 4 Brick Mmnry
Part Ⅰ Illustrated Words and Concepts
Part Ⅱ Passages
Passage A Brick Masonry
Passage B Wall Types
Unit 5 Steel Frame Construction
Part Ⅰ Illustrated Words and Concepts
Part Ⅱ Passages
Passage A The Construction Process(Fabrication)
Passage B The Construction Process(Erection)
Unit 6 Concrete Construction
Part Ⅰ Illustrated Words and Concepts
Part Ⅱ Passages
Passage A Making and Placing Concrete
Passage B Handling and Placing Concrete
Unit 7 Sitecast Concrete
Part Ⅰ Illustrated Words and Concepts
Part Ⅱ Passages
Passage A Casting a Concrete Slab on Grade
Passage B Casting a Concrete Wall
Unit 8 Preeast Concrete
Part Ⅰ Illustrated Words and Concepts
Part Ⅱ Passages
Passage A Precast Concrete Structural Elements and Assembly Concepts
Passage B Precast Concrete and Its Uniqueness
Unit 9 Cladding system
Part Ⅰ Illustrated Words and Concepts
Part Ⅱ Passages
Passage A The Design Requirements for Cladding
Passage B The Curtain WaU
Unit 10 Interior Finishes
Part Ⅰ Illustrated Words and Concepts
Part Ⅱ Passages
Passage A Interior Finishes

Passage B Interior Finish Systems
Unit 11 Drawing Reading
Part Ⅰ Illustrated Words and Concepts
Part Ⅱ Passages
Passage A Three View Drawing
Passage B Reading a Set of Blueprints
Unit 12 Construction Surveying
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本教材共有12个单元,以Building Construction为其主线,每个单元都围绕着一个主题进行,配有2~4幅插图,两篇课文,每篇课文都控制在800词左右,内容包括建造程序、基础工程、砌体结构、钢结构、混凝土结构、混凝土现浇和预制结构以及围护结构和建筑设备等。附录中配有一套房屋建筑图纸。本教材中的习题针对性强,除了针对理解课文的问答题、讨论题以外,还编写了对专业术语的学习理解和应用性习题,如专业术语的提示性互译、中英句子上下文情景互译等,以增强学生的表达能力。每个单元末尾还列出了数个有关该单元主题的机构及其参阅网站。