PARTⅠENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLICY 1
Passage1 The Development of Environmental Policy in China 1
Reading Marerial 1 Environmental Policy and Regulation in the United States 14
Passage2 The Field of Environmental Science 24
Reading Material2 The Interrelated Nature of Environmental Problem 26
PARTⅡ ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS WE ARE FACING 33
Passage3 Pollution Is a Dirty Word 33
Reading Material3 Humans Have Been a Disaster 37
Passage4 Natural Disaster and Global Ecological Environment 40
Reading Material4 Hurricane,Landslide and Subsidence 44
Passage5 Water Pollution 47
Reading Material5 Drought 50
Passage6 Ocean-the Regulator of Heat on the Earth 52
Reading Material6 The Immigrant of a Country and a Disappearing Sea 56
Passage7 Air Pollution 59
Reading Material7 Three Problems of Air Pollution 61
Passage8 Deforestation 65
Reading Material8 The Greatest Extinction 69
Passage9 Endangered Species:Birds 72
Reading Material9 Vanishing Breed 76
Passage10 Population Growth and Tragedy 77
Reading Material10 Population Problem in Some Countries 80
Passage11 Noise Pollution 85
Reading Material11 Air Affects State of Mind 86
PARTⅢ THE NATURE AND EFFECT OF POLLUTION 88
Passage12 The Nature of Air Pollution 88
Reading Material12 Indoor Air Pollutants 91
Passage13 Effect of Air Pollution on Human Health 94
Reading Material13 Visibility and Odor 100
Passage14 Effect of Air Pollution ln Animal,Plant and Material 102
Reading Material14 Effect of Air Pollution on Climate 104
Passage15 The Nature of Water Pollution 107
Reading Material15 Transfer and Size of Water Pollutants 110
Passage16 Biological and Chemical Oxygen Demand 113
Reading Material16 The pH of Water 115
Passage17 The Nature of Solid Waste 119
Reading Material17 Hazardous Solid Wastes 121
Passage18 Radiation Exposure and Thermal Pollution 123
Reading Material18 Atomic Structure 126
Passage19 The Nature of Pesticides 128
Reading Material19 Effect of Pesticides Pollution 131
Passage20 Methods of Treating Air Pollutant 133
PARTⅣ POLLUTION CONTROL ENGINEERING 133
Reading Material20 Wet Scrubbers 143
Reading Material21 A Study on Desulfurization Technique 148
Passage21 Treatment Methods of Wastewater 154
Reading Material22 Treatment of Paper Black Liquor 158
Reading Material23 MBR System for Treatment of Oily Wastewater 161
Reading Material24 Techniques for Removal of Hexavalent Chromium 165
Passage22 Methods of Treating Industrial Solids 171
Reading Material25 Solid Wastes of Organic Chemical Industry 176
Reading Material26 Radioactive Waste Disposal 180
Reading Material27 Recovery of Wolframite From Slime by Flotation 183
Passage23 Disposal and Recycling of Municipal Solid Waste 189
Reading Material28 Recycling in Switzerland 195
Reading Material29 Iron-Based Battery 198