本书是根据《大学英语教学大纲》（理工科本科用）专业阅读部分的要求编写的。全书共分为9个部分（Part),每个部分含若干个单元（Unit)。其中第1部分由4个Unit组成，介绍环境科学与工程概述和历史；第2部分由5个Unit组成，介绍水污染来源种类、水化学、积压种污水处理技术、处理单元设备等等。第3部分由5个Unit组成，介绍大气化学和空气污染及其防治；第4部分由5个Unit 组成，为固体废弃物处理及处置方法；第5部分由5个Unit组成，介绍土壤污染及控制技术；第6部分由5个Unit组成，介绍环境监测，包括水样采集程序、水质指标及分析；第7部分由5个Unit组成，为环境生态学，介绍生态系统与生物多样性、生态恢复的方法等；第8、9部分作为拓展，分别介绍环境科学与工程专业科技英语的特点及翻译技巧以及学术性论文的摘要写作要领。全书最后为附录，使环境科学与工程专业的学生能够更好地阅读、翻译专业文献，深入学习，并提高实际应用英语的能力。

        本书可作为普通高等院校环境科学、环境工程或相关专业的教材，也可供同等英语程度环境科学工作者及环境工程师或相关领域的科技人员使用。

目录

Part 1 General Introduction to Environmental Science and Engineering

　Unit 1 Components and Subcomponents of Environment

　Unit 2 Environmental Stresses—Causes, Classification and Impact

　Unit 3 Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development 

　Unit 4 Environmental Engineering As a Tool For Managing the Human Environment

Part 2 Water Pollution and Wastewater Treatment

　Unit 1 Water Problems

　Unit 2 Types of Water Supply and Classification of Water Contaminants

　Unit 3 Water Pollution and Water Pollutant

　Unit 4 Municipal Sewage Treatment 

　Unit 5 Principle of Wastewater Treatment 

Part 3 Air Pollution and Control Technology

　Unit 1 Composition,Structure and Pollution of the Atmosphere

　Unit 2 Major Air Pollutants

　Unit 3 Global Warming: the Greenhouse Effect 

　Unit 4 Conventional Technology of Air Pollution Control

　Unit 5 Control of SO2—Absorption Techniques 

Part 4 Solid Wastes and Disposal

　Unit 1 Municipal Solid Waste Generation, Recycling and Disposal in the United States 62

　Unit 2 Economic and Environmental Evaluations of Waste Treatment and Disposal Technologies for Municipal Solid Waste 

　Unit 3 Solid Waste Treatment and Disposal: Effects on Public Health and Environmental Safety 

　Unit 4 Integrated Technologies For Solid Waste Monitoring System 

　Unit 5 Municipal Solid Waste Management in China 

Part 5 Soil 

　Unit 1 Soil Resource

　Unit 2 Soil Pollution

　Unit 3 Phytoremediation of Heavy Metal Contaminated Soils 

　Unit 4 Soil Degradation: an Ecosystem Service Perspective

　Unit 5 Arsenic in the Soil Environment 

Part 6 Environmental Monitoring

　Unit 1 Design of Environmental Monitoring Programs 

　Unit 2 Water Sampling Procedures 

　Unit 3 Important Parameters in Water Monitoring

　Unit 4 Determination of Chemical Oxygen Demand 

　Unit 5 Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry Monitoring

Part 7 Environmental Ecology 

　Unit 1 Environmental Ecology

　Unit 2 Biology and Environment

　Unit 3 Conditions and Resources: Major Determinants of Ecology

　Unit 4 Ecological Balance 

　Unit 5 Methods to Restore Ecosystem Environment

Part 8 EST (English of Science and Technology)Features and Translating Skills 

Part 9 Abstract Writing of Scientific Research Paper 

Appendixes 

附录1 数学符号及数学公式 

附录2 环境优先污染物