前言 1
Unit 1 1
Section 1 Brief Introduction to the World Water 1
Section 2 Brief Introduction to the World Water Resources 4
Unit 2 8
Section 1 Water Availability and Water Resources Deficit 8
Section 2 Water Resources and Water Use 10
Unit 3 15
Section 1 Basic Characteristics of China's Water Resources 15
Section 2 Water Resources 24
The Water Cycle 32
Unit 4 38
Section 1 Water Environment 38
Section 2 Water Pollution 47
Unit 5 55
Section 1 Water Pollution 55
Section 2 Water Pollution 64
Where Does Wastewater Come from? 71
Unit 6 74
Section 1 What Causes Floods? 74
Section 2 Floods 79
Unit 7 89
Section 1 Control of Flooding 89
Section 2 Variability of Flooding 94
Great Flood of 1993 98
Unit 8 106
Section 1 Hydrology 106
Section 2 What Is Hydrology? 109
Unit 9 113
Section 1 Types of Irrigation 113
Section 2 Irrigation 117
Unit 10 121
Section 1 Efficient Irrigation Systems:The Flow of the Future 121
Section 2 Irrigation 128
Unit 11 134
Section 1 Pumps and Pumping 134
Section 2 Pump 140
Unit 12 144
Section 1 Lock/Canal 144
Section 2 Waterway 146
Section 1 Canal Lock 150
Unit 13 150
Section 2 Canal 156
Ship Canal 160
Unit 14 163
Section 1 Transportation across Water 163
Section 2 Ship Transport 165
Unit 15 169
Section 1 Overflow Spillways 169
Section 2 Harbor 173
Unit 16 176
Section 1 Dam 176
Section 2 Dam 183
The Aswan Dams 186
Section 1 Reservoir 189
Unit 17 189
Section 2 Reservoir 194
Unit 18 197
Section 1 Tunnel 197
Section 2 Tunnel 200
Thames Tunnel 204
Unit 19 207
Section 1 Bridge 207
Section 2 Bridge 216
Golden Gate Bridge 223
Unit 20 228
Section 1 Hydroelectricity 228
Section 2 Water Power 233
Section 1 Power 236
Unit 21 236
Section 2 Energy from Water 246
Unit 22 251
Section 1 Pumped Storage Hydroelectricity 251
Section 2 The Three Gorges Dam Project 254
Unit 23 264
Section 1 How Tidal Power Plants Work 264
Section 2 Tidal Power 268
South Korea to Build World's Largest Tidal Power Plant 271
Unit 24 277
Section 1 Generator 277
Section 2 Transformer 281
Section 1 Waterwheel 284
Unit 25 284
Section 2 How Gas Turbine Engines Work 288
Distribution System Planning 290
Unit 26 299
Section 1 Civil Engineering 299
Section 2 Environmental Engineering 303
Crane 311
Unit 27 315
Section 1 Project Quality Management 315
Section 2 Project Time Management 320
Unit 28 324
Section 1 Supply Chain Management 324
Section 2 Inventory Control 329
Section 1 Industrial Engineering 334
Unit 29 334
Section 2 System Integration 339
Unit 30 345
Section 1 Abstract Writing 345
Section 2 Research Paper Writing 349
Unit 31 353
Section 1 英语阅读技巧漫谈 353
Section 2 英语翻译技巧漫谈 359
Unit 32 373
FIDIC介绍 373
Appendix Ⅰ Vocabulary 401
Appendix Ⅱ Phrases and Expressions 439
参考文献 453