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
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 toaccompli