CONTENTS 1
LESSON ONE 1
TEXT:GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING（地球物理勘探） 1
NEW WORDS AND SPECIALIZED PHRASES 2
IDIOMS AND EXPRESSIONS 5
NOTES TO THE TEXT 6
EXERCISES 7
READING MATERIAL:IMPORTANCE OF SEISMIC WORK（地震工作的重要性） 10
TEXT:GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING IN VARIOUS AREAS（不同地区的地球物理勘探） 12
LESSON TWO 12
NEW WORDS AND SPECIALIZED PHRASES 13
IDIOMS AND EXPRESSIONS 16
NOTES TO THE TEXT 16
EXERCISES 17
READING MATERIAL:FIELD METHODS FOR LAND SURVEYS（陆地勘测的野外方法） 20
LESSON THREE 22
TEXT:GRAVITY SURVEYS（重力勘探） 22
NEW WORDS AND SPECIALIZED PHRASES 23
NOTES TO THE TEXT 25
IDIOMS AND EXPRESSIONS 25
EXERCISES 27
READING MATERIAL:GRAVITATIONAL PROSPECTING（重力勘探） 29
LESSON FOUR 31
TEXT:NEW METHOD HELPS TO REFINE SUBSURFACE INTERPR- 31
ETATIONS（有助于精细地下解释的新方法） 31
NEW WORDS AND SPECIALIZED PHRASES 33
IDIOMS AND EXPRESSIONS 37
NOTES TO THE TEXT 37
EXERCISES 38
READING MATERIAL:EFFECTIVE SURVEYS（有效的勘测） 41
LESSON FLVE 43
TEXT:SEISMIC REFLECTION METHOD（地震反射波法） 43
NEW WORDS AND SPECIALIZED PHRASES 45
IDIOMS AND EXPRESSIONS 47
NOTES TO THE TEXT 48
EXERCISES 50
READING MATERIAL:BASIC FIELD ARRANGEMENT（基本的野外排列） 53
TEXT:MODERN SEISMIC TECHNOLOGY FOR LAND ACQUISITI-ON（现代陆上采集地震技术） 55
LESSON SIX 55
NEW WORDS AND SPECIALIZED PHRASES 57
IDIOMS AND EXPRESSIONS 60
NOTES TO THE TEXT 60
EXERCISES 61
READING MATERIAL:3-D ACQUISITION（三维采集） 64
LESSON SEVEN 66
TEXT:MULTICHANNEL PROCESSING（多道处理） 66
NEW WORDS AND SPECIALIZED PHRASES 68
IDIOMS AND EXPRESSIONS 70
NOTES TO THE TEXT 71
EXERCISES 72
READING MATERIAL:STA TIC AND SPHERICAL DIVERGENCE CORRECTIONS（静校正和球面发散校正） 74
LESSON ELGHT 76
TEXT:GEOLOGIC INTERPRETATION OF REFLECTION DA TA（反射资料的地质解释） 76
NEW WORDS AND SPECIALIZED PHRASES 78
IDIOMS AND EXPRESSIONS 80
NOTES TO THE TEXT 80
EXERCISES 81
READING MATERIAL:SEISMIC INTERPRETATION（Ⅰ）（地震解释［一］） 84
LESSON NINE 86
TEXT:REFLECTION INTERPRETATON（反射波解释） 86
NEW WORDS AND SPECIALIZED PHRASES 88
IDIOMS AND EXPRESSIONS 90
NOTES TO THE TEXT 91
EXERCISES 93
READING MATERIAL:SEISMIC INTERPRETATION（Ⅱ）（地震解释［二］） 96
LESSON TEN 98
TEXT:VERTICAL SEISMIC PROFILING（垂直地震剖面法） 98
NEW WORDS AND SPECIALIZED PHRASES 101
IDIOMS AND EXPRESSIONS 103
NOTES TO THE TEXT 103
EXERCISES 104
READING MATERIAL:VSP DATA PROCESSING（垂直地震剖面数据处理） 106
LESSON ELEVEN 108
TEXT:MODERN 3-D SEISMIC INTERPRETAON（Ⅰ）（现代三维地震解释［一］） 108
NEW WORDS AND SPECIALIZED PHRASES 111
IDIOMS AND EXPRESSIONS 113
NOTES TO THE TEXT 114
EXERCISES 115
READING MATERIAL:A TTRIB UTES AND 3-D VISUALIZATION（属性与三维可视化） 117
LESSON TWELVE 121
TEXT:MODERN 3-D SEISMIC INTERPRETATION（Ⅱ）（现代三维 121
地震解释［二］） 121
NEW WORDS AND SPECIALIZED PHRASES 124
IDIOMS AND EXPRESSIONS 125
NOTES TO THE TEXT 125
EXERCISES 127
READING MATERIAL:ANALYZING REAL DATA IN A VIRTUAL WORLD（在虚拟世界中分析实际数据） 129
LESSON THIRTEEN 132
TEXT:THE NEXT GENERATION IN SEISMIC DEPTH IMAGING（下一代地震深度成象技术） 132
NEW WORDS AND SPECIALIZED PHRASES 134
IDIOMS AND EXPRESSIONS 136
NOTES TO THE TEXT 136
EXERCISES 137
READING MATERIAL:3-D DEPTH MIGRA TION:PARALLEL PROCESSING AND MIGRATION MOVIES（三维深度偏移：并行处理与偏移动画） 140
LESSON FOURTEEN 143
TEXT:4-D SEISMIC IMPROVES RESER VOIR MANAGEMENT DECISIONS（Ⅰ）（四维地震改进油藏管理决策［一］） 143
NEW WORDS AND SPECIALIZED PHRASES 146
IDIOMS AND EXPRESSIONS 148
NOTES TO THE TEXT 149
EXERCISES 150
READING MATERIAL:4-D SEISMIC:THE FOURTH DIMENSION IN RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT（Ⅰ）（四维地震：油藏管理中的第四维［一］） 153
LESSON FIFTEEN 156
TEXT:4-D SEISMIC IMPROVES RESER VOIR MANAGEMENT DECISIONS（Ⅱ）（四维地震改进油藏管理决策［二］） 156
NEW WORDS AND SPECIALIZED PHRASES 159
IDIOMS AND EXPRESSIONS 160
NOTES TO THE TEXT 161
EXERCISES 162
READING MATERIAL:4-D SEISMIC:THE FOURTH DIMENSION IN RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT（Ⅱ）（四维地震：油藏管理中的第四维［二］） 165
LESSON SIXTEEN 169
TEXT:NETWORK-BASED SEISMIC SERVICES（基于网络的地震服务） 169
NEW WORDS AND SPECIALIZED PHRASES 171
IDIOMS AND EXPRESSIONS 173
NOTES TO THE TEXT 173
EXERCISES 175
READING MATERIAL:SEISMIC DA TA COMPRESSION（地震数据压缩） 177
TEXT:AN INTERPRETER'S GUIDE TO SEISMIC-DERIVED ACO-USTIC IMPEDANCE DATA（Ⅰ）（地震声阻抗数据解释指南［一］） 180
LESSON SEVENTEEN 180
NEW WORDS AND SPECIALIZED PHRASES 182
IDIOMS AND EXPRESSIONS 184
NOTES TO THE TEXT 184
EXERCISES 185
READING MATERIAL:ACOUS TMPEDANCE INVERSION PIT-FALLS AND SOME FUZZY ANALYSIS（声阻抗反演的陷阱与模糊分析） 187
LESSON EIGHTEEN 190
TEXT:AN INTERPRETER'S GUIDE TO SEISMIC-DERIVED ACO-USTIC IMPEDANCE DATA（Ⅱ）（地震声阻抗数据解释指南［二］） 190
NEW WORDS AND SPECIALIZED PHRASES 193
NOTES TO THE TEXT 194
IDIOMS AND EXPRESSIONS 194
EXERCISES 195
READING MATERIAL:MOVING TO A LA YERED IMPEDANCE CUBE:ADVANTAGES OF 3-D STRATIGRAPHIC INVERSION（步入层阻抗数据体：三维地层反演的优势） 198
LESSON NINETEEN 201
TEXT:EVOLUTION OF SEISMIC TECHNOLOGY（I）（地震技术的进展［一］） 201
NEW WORDS AND SPECIALIZED PHRASES 204
IDIOMS AND EXPRESSIONS 206
NOTES TO THE TEXT 206
EXERCISES 207
READING MATERIAL:CHALLENGES DIRECT FUTURE OF GEO-PHYSICS（Ⅰ）（地球物理学今后面临的挑战［一］） 210
LESSON TWENTY 214
TEXT:EVOLUTION OF SEISMIC TECHNOLOGY（Ⅱ）（地震技术的进展［二］） 214
NEW WORDS AND SPECIALIZED PHRASES 217
IDIOMS AND EXPRESSIONS 218
NOTES TO THE TEXT 218
EXERCISES 220
READING MATERIAL:CHALLENGES DIRECT FUTURE OF GEO-PHYSICS（Ⅱ）（地球物理学今后面临的挑战［二］） 222
附录一 课文参考译文 226
附录二 练习题答案 260
附录三 词汇总表 272
附录四 习语和短语总表 314
附录五 石油地球物理勘探实用英语口语300句 320
附表一 地质年代与地层时序表 342
附表二 地质时代符号表 347
附表三 地质图常用符号表 348
附表四 常用单位换算表 352
附表五 国外主要石油地球物理勘探公司及相关专业公司一览表 357
附表六 石油地球物理勘探及相关专业常用英文期刊一览表 359
参考文献 361