钟理主编的《环境科学与工程专业英语(第3版)》分为八个部分（PART）。每个部分含若干个单元（Unit），共42个单元。每个单元由一篇课文和一篇阅读材料组成。阅读材料提供与课文相应的背景知识或课文的续篇，以进一步拓宽课文的内容，根据课文内容，配有相应的练习题、注释和词汇表。课文和阅读材料均选自原版英文教科书、科技报告、著作、专业期刊、国际会议论文集等，题材较广，从纵横两个方面覆盖环境科学与工程专业的相关内容。

钟理主编的《环境科学与工程专业英语(第3版)》共分为八个部分（PART）。每个部分含若干个单元（Unit），共42个单元。每个单元由一篇课文和一篇阅读材料组成，共计84篇。课文和阅读材料均选自原版英文教科书、科技报告、著作、专业期刊、国际会议论文集等。其中第一部分1～4，介绍环境科学与工程概述和历史；第二部分5～11，介绍大气化学和空气污染及其防治；第三部分12～19，介绍水污染来源种类、水化学、各种污水处理技术、处理单元设备等；第四部分20～23，为固体废物及处理方法；第五部分24～27，介绍其他污染及控制技术；第六部分28～35，为环境管理，包括介绍环境影响及其评价、环境监控和分析及采样程序、环境政策与策略；第七部分36～38，生态系统与生态群落，介绍环境生物与生态圈，环境生态学，生态与生命系统等；第八部分39～42，作为拓展，介绍绿色化学与技术，清洁生产，环境与可持续发展、清洁生产工艺及其绿色化学过程。每篇课文均配有与课文相对应的练习，主要以主观练习题为主，包括阅读与词汇练习，英译汉与汉译英，用英语回答问题及写出课文或某一段落的summary等。为便于学生自学，《环境科学与工程专业英语(第3版)》每课配有单词和词组表，并对课文的难点做必要的注释，全书最后附有总词汇表。

《环境科学与工程专业英语(第3版)》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，是高等学校环境科学、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。

PART 1 INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

Unit 1Text：What are Environmental Science and Engineering？

Reading Material：Environmental Science

Unit 2Text：Environmental Engineering

Reading Material：Studying the Environment

Unit 3Text：What is Waste Reduction/Waste Minimization?

Reading Material：The City Environment

Unit 4Text：Environmental Analysis

Reading Material：Analytical Technique and Methodology

Part 2 ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND AIR POLLUTION& CONTROL

Unit 5Text：Chemistry of the Atmosphere

Reading Material：Reactions of Atmospheric Nitrogen and its Oxides

Unit 6Text：Atmospheric Particles

Reading Material：Reactions of Atmospheric Sulfur Compounds

Unit 7Text：Introduction to Environmental Chemistry of the Atmosphere

Reading Material：Oxidation Process in the Atmosphere

Unit 8Text：Type and Sources of Air Pollutants［Ⅰ］

Reading Material：Type and Sources of Air Pollutants［Ⅱ］

Unit 9Text：Indoor Air Quality

Reading Material：Gas and Vapor Control Technology

Unit 10Text：New Technologies of Air Pollution Control［Ⅰ］

Reading Material：New Technologies of Air Pollution Control［Ⅱ］

Unit 11Text：Effects f Air Pollution

Reading material：Control of Air Pollution by Oxidation

PART 3 WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT

Unit 12Text：Water Pollution and Pollutants

Reading Material：Wastewater

Unit 13Text：Pollution of Inland Waters and Oceans

Reading Material：Water Supply

Unit 14Text：Water Purification

Reading Material：Principles of Wastewater Treatment

Unit 15Text：Water Treatment Processes

Reading Material：Chemistry of Freshwaters

Unit 16Text：Biological Wastewater Treatment ［Ⅰ］

Reading material：Biological Wastewater Treatment［Ⅱ］

Unit 17Text：Ion Exchange

Reading Material：Precipitation

Unit 18Text：Oxidation of Wastewater［Ⅰ］

Reading Material：Oxidation of Wastewater ［Ⅱ］

Unit 19Text： Unit Operations of Pretreatment

Reading Material：Unit Processes of Secondary Treatment

PART 4 SOLID WASTES AND DISPOSAL

Unit 20Text：Sources and Types of Solid Wastes

Reading Material：Quantities of Wastes

Unit 21Text：Everybody's Problems——Hazardous Waste

Reading Material：Hazardous Waste Defined and the National Program to

Control Hazardous Wastes

Unit 22Text：Methods of Waste Disposal

Reading Material：Incineration of Hazardous Waste in the USA

Unit 23Text：Disposal of Solid Wastes

Reading Material：Materials and Energy Recovery

PART 5 OTHER POLLUTION AND CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES

Unit 24Text：Sound and Noise

Reading Material：Tone and the Decibel Scale

Unit 25Text：Noise Control［Ⅰ］

Reading Material：Noise Control［Ⅱ］

Unit 26Text： Global Change

Reading Material： Soil Erosion

Unit 27Text：Thermal Pollution

Reading Material：How to Put Waste Heat to Good Use

PART 6 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Unit 28Text：Summary of Environmental Impact Assessment（EIA）

Reading material：Introduction to Methods for Environmental Impact

Assessment

Unit 29Text：Impact of Wastewater Effluents on Water Quality of River

Reading Material：The Aims and Objectives of Environmental Impact

Assessment

Unit 30Text：Environmental Impact Assessment of Air Quality

Reading Material：Identification and Prediction of Air Quality Changes

Unit 31Text： The Role of Environmental Monitoring in Pollution Science

Reading Material： Environmental Chemical Processes and Chemicals

Unit 32Text：Monitoring Air Quality in Mountains——Designing An Effective Network

Reading Material：Design Environmental Databases for Statistical Analysis

Unit 33Text：Sampling Sediment and Soil

Reading Material：EMAP Overview-Objectives，Approaches，and Achievements

Unit 34Text：Pollution Control Strategies［Ⅰ］

Reading Material：Pollution Control Strategies［Ⅱ］

Unit 35Text：A New Politics for a New Era——A Political Agenda for the1990s

Reading Material：Hazardous Waste Management

PART 7 THE BIOSPHERE:ECOSYSTEMS AND BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES

Unit 36Text：Life and the Biosphere

Reading Material：Nutrient Cycles for Ecosystem

Unit 37Text：Ecology

Reading Material：Industrial Ecology for Sustainable Resource

Utilization

Unit 38Text：Ecology and Life Systems

Reading Material：The Five Major Components of an Industrial

Ecosystem

PART 8 ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND CREEN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Unit 39Text：Green Science and Technology

Reading Material：Green Chemistry

Unit 40Text：Sustainability

Reading Material：Newer Synthetic Methods

Unit 41Text：Clean Technologies through Microbial Processes for Economic

Benefits and Sustainability［Ⅰ］

Reading Material：Alternate Solvents

Unit 42Text：Wastewater Treatment，Greenhouse Gas Mitigation and Hydrogen

Production Using Microalgae［Ⅰ］

Reading Material：Wastewater Treatment，Greenhouse Gas Mitigation and Hydrogen Production Using Microalgae［Ⅱ］

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