本教材分五部分：第一部分为土木工程专业基础知识，涉及力学、建筑材料、测量、工程合同、招投标等方 面内容；第二部分为现代道路及交通工程专业知识；第三部分为桥梁工程方面内容，所选课文和阅读材料均取 自近期英文原版书刊，内容基本覆盖了道路、桥梁与交通工程设计、施工、管理各环节的常用专业词汇及新成 就、新技术；第四部分为翻译方法与技巧，通过大量例句，阐述科技英语翻译的基本原则、特点和实用的翻译技 巧；第五部分介绍英文摘要和致谢词写作的基本知识。 为了便于学习者使用，每课或每节后均配有一定数量的练习，书后附有疑难语句的注释和参考答案。 本书为道路、桥梁及交通工程专业英语教材，面向高等院校土木工程专业学生，也可供有关专业技术人员 学习参考。

CONTENTS
Part I General Knowledge
Lesson l Careers in Civil Engineering
Reading Material Specialties in Transportation Engineering
Lesson 2 Modern Buildings and Structural Materials
Reading Material Structural Materials
Reading Material Aerial Photography
Lesson 4 Prestressed Concrete
Reading Material High Performance Concrete
Lesson 5 Philosophy of Structural Design
Reading Material Structural Analysis
Lesson 6 Civil Engineering Contracts
Reading Material FIDIC Tendering Procedure
Part II Highway and Traffic Engineering
Lesson7 Transportation Systems
Reading Material Highway Functional Classification
Reading Material Highway Cross Section
Lesson 9 Design of the Alignment
Reading Material Computer Application in Highway Design
Lesson 10 Grade Separations and Interchanges
Reading Material (1) Highway Drainage Structures
Reading Material (2) Computer Models for Highway Drainage
Reading Material Highway Safety Design
Lesson 15 Highway Construction(l)
Reading Material Highway Construction(2)