Yinchuan Energy InstituteEnglish for Civil Engineering Lesson 1 Civil Engineering【学习目的】通过本课的学习，要求掌握本课生词表以及课文中涉及到的常用专业词汇，能通顺地翻译全文，并且掌握一种翻译方法。【学习重点】长句和难句的翻译。【学习建议】学会利用工具书，课后多练习，掌握最基本的翻译技巧，即，首先找出每个句子的主干部分（主语、谓语、宾语），然后再把其他部分添加进去。I. Main idea of the textCivil engineering is one of the oldest engineering specialties. Depending on thetype of project, civil engineering is subdivided into a number of technical specialties.Theyarestructuralengineering,waterresourcesengineering,geotechnicalengineering,environmentalengineering,transportationengineering,pipelineengineering, construction engineering, community and urban planning, photogrametry,surveying, and mapping, engineering management, and engineering teaching. Eachspecialty has its special purposes. But they must be coordinated in order toaccomplish a project.土木工程是最老的工程专业之一。根据工程的类型，土木工程被细分为许多技术专业。它们是结构工程、水资源工程、岩土工程、环境工程、运输工程、管道工程、施工工程、社区和城市规划、摄影测量学、勘测和制图、工程管理和工程教学。每个专业都有特殊的用途。但是为了完成一项工程，必须把它们协调在一起。II. Learning focuses1. Important words and phrasespredominate 统治，占优势specification 说明书，清单supervise 监督，管理subcontractor 转包商toxic 有毒的precisely 精确的coordinate 协调derive from 起源于2. Specialized termsgeotechnical 岩土工程的asphalt 沥青aluminum 铝fill 填方excavate 开挖plotting 测绘，标图- 1 -Yinchuan Energy InstituteEnglish for Civil Engineeringsettlement 沉降drainage system 排水系统3. Difficult sentences1) Environmental specialists study the project’s impact on the local area：thepotential for air and groundwater pollution ，the project’s impact on local animal andplant life，and how the project can...
