《环境科学与工程英语》属于大学专门用途英语系列教材，依据以内容为依托的教学理念编写，将特定的学科内容与英语语言学习相结合，帮助学生实现在英语语境下对学科知识的有效输出和应用，提高他们在专业学习和未来职业生涯中所需要的语言技能、学术技能和学术素养。
选篇介绍相关学科的基本知识和前沿信息，兼具知识性和可读性；专业知识和语言技能兼顾，重视对知识内容的内化和思考以及对专业表达和学术词汇的灵活应用；通过思辨训练和学术研究任务帮助学生提高思辨能力，习得学术规范，培养学术研究能力。

Unit 1 Environmental science and engineering
Text A Studying environmental science: definition,scope and importance
Text B What is environmental engineering and what do environmental engineers do?
Unit 2 Air pollution
Text A Air pollution: causes and solutions
Text B How air pollution works on different scales
Unit 3 Water pollution
Text A Water pollution: an introduction
Text B Solutions to water pollution
Unit 4 Soil pollution
Text A What is soil pollution?
Text B Reducing soil pollution and erosion
Unit 5 Solid waste and disposal
Text A Solid waste disposal in the U.S.
Text B Better solid waste disposal
Unit 6 Waste recycling
Text A Recycle more? Or...recycle better?
Text B Single stream recycling
Unit 7 Ecosystems
Text A Major types of ecosystems
Text B What is ecology?
Unit 8 Environmental protection
Text A Principles and approaches of environmental protection
Text B Environmental degradation: Causes and effects