贺灿文主编的《环境学英语》系《21世纪EAP学术英语系列丛书》环境学英语分册，专为学完大学基础英语的环境学专业和其他对环境学感兴趣的学生编写，作为从大学英语过渡到用英语学习专业课程的衔接性教材。本教材编写的宗旨不在于系统介绍环境学的专门知识，而是通过与环境学相关的热点话题引导学生学习环境学英语，接触一些环境学英语基础词汇，提高英语综合应用能力，从而提升学生自主学习能力并为今后用英语学习专业课程奠定基础。书中所选内容均为环境学科普话题，不需要师生有很强的专业知识准备，也有利于提高学习者的学习积极性。

Unit 1 Global Warming

 1. Search for Background Information

 2. Discuss the Words' Meaning

 3. Listen to the Lecture

 4. Read for Information

Text A Global Warming: Myth or Fact?

Text B Causes, Effects and Solutions of the Global Warming Crisis

 5. Practice for Enhancement

 6. Write an Academic Essay

 7. Make Your Presentation

Unit 2 Pollution

 1. Search for Background Information

 2. Discuss the Words' Meaning

 3. Listen to the Lecture

 4. Read for Information

TextA Noise Pollution

Text B Our Vanishing Night

 5. Practice for Enhancement

 6. Write an Academic Essay

 7. Make Your Presentation

Unit 3 Resource Shortage and Management

 1. Search for Background Information

 2. Discuss the Words' Meaning

 3. Listen to the Lecture

 4. Read for Information

Text A Rising above the Low of Peak Water

Text B Peak Oil Production May Already Be Here

 5. Practice for Enhancement

 6. Write an Academic Essay

 7. Make Your Presentation

Unit 4 Genetically Modified Conservation

 1. Search for Background Information

 2. Discuss the Words' Meaning

 3. Listen to the Lecture

 4. Read for Information

TextA Genetically Modified Conservation

Text B What If Organic Farmers Joined Forces with Genetic Engineers?

 5. Practice for Enhancement

 6. Write an Academic Essay

 7. Make Your Presentation

Unit 5 Coping with Environmental Emergencies

 1. Search for Background Information

 2. Discuss the Words' Meaning

 3. Listen to the Lecture

 4. Read for Information

Text A The Green Cross

Text B When Will We Learn?

 5. Practice for Enhancement

 6. Write an Academic Essay

 7. Make Your Presentation

Unit 6 Sustainable Solutions

 1. Search for Background Information

 2. Discuss the Words' Meaning

 3. Listen to the Lecture

 4. Read for Information

Text A Building on the Fly

Text B Can Cities Feed Us?

 5. Practice for Enhancement

 6. Write an Academic Essay

 7. Make Your Presentation

Appendix 1 Sample Academic Essay

Appendix 2 Glossary

Appendix 3 The 570 Words of the Academic Word List (AWL)