PART Ⅰ BASIC KNOWLEDGE 1
Unit 1 Basic Characters of English for Special Purpose 1
1.1 Characters of Language 1
1.2 Characters of Grammar 2
1.3 Characters of Words and Expressions 3
1.4 Characters of Structure 5
Unit 2 Translation of English for Special Purpose 8
2.1 Introduction 8
2.2 Contrast between English and Chinese 10
2.3 Selecting and Extending the Meaning of a Word 13
2.4 Method of Changing the Syntactical Functions 15
2.5 Methods of Adding and Omitting 17
2.6 Translation of Special Sentence Pattern 20
2.7 Translation of Long Sentence 24
2.8 Translation of Subordinate Clause 25
2.9 Translation about Quantity 28
Unit 3 Writing of Scientific and Technical Papers 30
3.1 Stylistic Rules of Papers 30
3.2 Title and Sign 31
3.3 Abstract 32
3.4 Writing and Organizing of the Main Text 35
PART Ⅱ WATER AND WATER RESOURCE 48
Unit 1 Nature of Water 48
Unit 2 Water Resources 52
Unit 3 Hydrologic Cycle 58
Unit 4 Watershed Protection 62
Unit 5 China’s Water Resource Management System 67
Unit 6 Ways to Save Water 71
Unit 7 The Safe Drinking Water Act 76
Unit 8 Acid Rain 81
Unit 9 Use of Rainwater 86
PART Ⅲ WATER SUPPLY 91
Unit 1 Water Supply System 91
Unit 2 History of New York City’s Water Supply System 95
Unit 3 Water Treatment Process 98
Unit 4 Coagulation and Flocculation 102
Unit 5 Sedimentation Processes 105
Unit 6 Slow Sand Filter 109
Unit 7 Disinfection 113
Unit 8 Water Distribution System Infrastructure Analysis 118
Unit 9 EPANET-A Powerful Tool to Analyze Water Distribution System 122
Unit 10 Centrifugal Pump 126
Unit 11 Open Channel Flow 130
PART Ⅳ WASTEWATER TREATMENT 134
Unit 1 Water Pollution and Its Effect on Environment 134
Unit 2 Water Pollution and Society 139
Unit 3 Wastewater Collection System 146
Unit 4 Wastewater Treatment Processes 149
Unit 5 Activated Sludge Process 154
Unit 6 Advanced Wastewater Treatment 158
Unit 7 Recycle And Reuse of Domestic Wastewater 163
Unit 8 Sludge Treatment and Disposal 167
PART Ⅴ WORDS AND PHRASES 172
Unit 1 Words and Phrases of Literatures 173
Unit 2 Glossary of Water Supply and Drainage Engineering 184
APPENDIX 204
Appendix 1 Specialized English Affixes Commonly Used 204
Appendix 2 Expression of Mathematical Symbols Commonly Used 206
Appendix 3 Measurements and the Conversion Commonly Used 209
REFERENCES 210