PART 1 ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM 1
Unit 1 Text:Global Environmental Issues 1
Reading Material:Climate Change 5
PART 2 WATER POLLUTION AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT 8
Unit 2 Text:Water Pollution 8
Reading Material:Wastewater 13
Unit 3 Text:Water Pollutants 17
Reading Material:Biochemical Oxygen Demand 21
Unit 4 Text:Wastewater Treatment Methods and Disposal［Ⅰ］ 24
Reading Material:Treatment of Cyanide Wastewater 29
Unit 5 Text:Wastewater Treatment Methods and Disposal［Ⅱ］ 31
Reading Material:Advanced Wastewater Treatment 36
Unit 6 Text:Extended Aeration Activated Sludge Plant 41
Reading Material:Types of Decomposition 45
PART 3 AIR POLLUTION AND CONTROL 47
Unit 7 Text:Principal Air Pollutants 47
Reading Material:Global Air Pollution Problems 52
Unit 8 Text:Photochemical Smog 57
Reading Material:How Does Smog Affect Us? 61
Unit 9 Text:Particulate Removal 65
Reading Material:What is Acid Rain and What Causes it? 68
Unit 10 Text:Control of Gaseous Pollutants 73
Reading Material:Measures to Improve Air Quality 78
PART 4 SOLID WASTES AND DISPOSAL 81
Unit 11 Text:Types of Solid Waste 81
Reading Material:Health Impacts of Solid Waste 84
Unit 12 Text:Solid Waste Management 87
Reading Material:Handling Household Hazardous Waste 91
Unit 13 Text:How to Compost 95
Reading Material:Recycling and Reuse 99
PART 5 OTHER POLLUTION AND CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES 102
Unit 14 Text:Noise Pollution 102
Reading Material:Effects of Noise on Health and Well-Being 106
Unit 15 Text:Thermal Pollution 108
Reading Material:Radioactive Waste 112
PART 6 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING 115
Unit 16 Text:Monitoring 115
Reading Material:Sampling and Testing Procedures 118
Unit 17 Text:Biological Oxygen Demand Monitoring 122
Reading Material:Chemical Oxygen Demand(COD)and Dissolved Oxygen(DO)Testing Procedures 125
Unit 18 Text:The National Ambient Air Quality Standards 128
PART 7 ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND MANAGEMENT 128
Reading Material:Water Quality Standards 132
PART 8 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT 136
Unit 19 Text:Environmental Impact Assessment 136
Reading Material:Environmental Assessment as a Project Management Tool 140
PART 9 ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 143
Unit 20 Text:Clean Production 143
Reading Material:Envisioning a Sustainable Future 147
Glossary of terms 154
APPENDIXES 168
Part Ⅰ Reading Training 168
Part Ⅱ Translation Training 176
Part Ⅲ Listening Training 191
Part Ⅳ Speaking Training 196
Part Ⅴ Writing Training 201