教材遵循大纲，面向教学和课堂，结合多年教学经验，给出详细且具有针对性的讲解，强调语言运用能力的培养。所选用语言材料部分来自于权威期刊(如Nature和Science)1999年后的专家最新论著，语言规范，观点新颖，信息量大。全书共分9个单元，每单元4个部分，分别包括中级阅读、高级阅读、翻译技巧和写作，满足38～160学时的教学任务，可针对不同教学需要选用。教材可用于专升本、本科、研究生和工程硕士等不同层次的教学，也可供在职人员自修参考。

全书共分9个单元，每单元4个部分，分别包括中级阅读、高级阅读、翻译技巧和写作，满足38～160学时的教学任务，可针对不同教学需要选用。

UNlT 1

 PART A Text(Vanishing Aral Sea) 

 PART B Supplementary Reading(Birds：Descendants of Dinosaurs)

 PART C Translation(专用名词翻译规则)

 PART D Writing(文体结构和特点)

UNIT 2

 PART A Text(Taking Responsibility)

 PART B Supplementary Reading(the Coming Age of Water Scarcity)

 PART C Translation(词义引申)

 PART D Writing(标题的写作)

UNIT 3

 PART A Text(Historical Basis ofPollution)

 PART B Supplementary Reading(Snowball Earth)

 PART C Translation(词性转换)

 PART D Writing(摘要的写作)

UNlT 4

 PART A Text(ISO 14000)

 PART B Supplementary Reading(Electric Vehicles：Conflict over Goals)

 PART C Translation(词序调整)

 PART D Writing(正文的写作)

UNIT 5

 PART A Text(Application of Sustainability Strategies)

 PART B Supplementary Reading(Active Noise Contr01)

 PART C Translation(词量增减)

 PART D Writing(致谢)

UNIT 6

 PART A Text(Green Design)

 PART B Supplementary Reading(How Water Allocated)

 PART C Translation(被动句的译法)

 PART D Writing(文中和文后著录)

UNIT 7

 PART A Text(Selection ofContainer Size)

 PART B Supplementary Reading(Nature's Vicious Cyclel

 PART C Translation(否定句的译法)

 PART D Writing(图表作文训练)

UNIT 8

 PART A Text(Biological Phosphorus Removal)

 PART B Supplementary Reading(Global Warming)

 PART C Translation(长句的译法)

 PART D Writing(申请信)

UNIT 9

 PART A Text(History of the Activated Sludge Process)

 PART B Supplementary Reading(Why We'll Never Run off Oil?)

 PART C Translation(汉译英技巧)

 PART D Writing(个人简历)

APPENDICES

 Key to Exercises

 Chinese Version

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