本书满足高校行业英语发展需要，内容切合行业实际，体现了英语教学的实用性、职业性和发展性。本书共分八个单元，涉及水坝、溢洪道、水电站、水利工程建筑、灌溉运行和水文化等主题。每个单元包括听力、会话、阅读、词汇、应用文写作等模块，切实培养和提高学生的语言实际运用能力。本书既可作为高等本专科院校的水利水电等专业的专业英语教材，也可以作为相关行业的培训教材，供专业人员自学使用。

1、将通用英语和专业英语相结合，体现了英语学习的实用性、职业性和发展性。2、涵盖水坝、溢洪道、水电站、水利工程建筑、灌溉运行、水文化等六大主题。3、内容丰富，练习形式多样，有利于开展课堂教学和培养资助学习能力。3、可作为水利水电专业大学英语课程的教材。

序言

Unit One

Section One Section Two Section Three

Passage A Passage B

Section Four

Unit Two

Section One Section Two Section Three

Passage A Passage B

Section Four

Unit Three

Section One Section Two Section Three

Passage A Passage B

Section Four

Water................................................1

Speaking................................................................. 1

Listening................................................................. 2

Reading ..................................................................5

Treasuring Water ...................................................................5

The Water Resources of China and SNWTP......................9

Writing..................................................................13

Three Gorges Dam........................... 17

Speaking...............................................................17

Listening...............................................................19

Reading ................................................................21

Three Gorges Dam (Ⅰ)........................................................21

Three Gorges Dam (Ⅱ).........................................................25

Writing..................................................................29

Dams (Ⅰ).................................................... 33

Speaking...............................................................33

Listening...............................................................35

Reading ................................................................37

A Gravity Dam......................................................................37

An Arch Dam ........................................................................41

Writing..................................................................45

Unit Four

Section One Section Two Section Three

Passage A Passage B

Section Four

Unit Five

Section One Section Two Section Three

Passage A Passage B

Section Four

Unit Six

Section One Section Two Section Three

Passage A Passage B

Section Four

Dams (Ⅱ).................................................... 49

Speaking...............................................................49

Listening...............................................................51

Reading ................................................................53

The Embankment Dam.......................................................53

The Inflatable Dam .............................................................57

Writing..................................................................62

Spillways................................................... 65

Speaking...............................................................65

Listening...............................................................67

Reading ................................................................69

A Normal Channel Spillway ................................................69

A Side Channel Spillway .....................................................74

Writing..................................................................77

Hydroelectricity.................................. 81

Speaking...............................................................81

Listening...............................................................83

Reading ................................................................85

Hydroelectricity ....................................................................85

The Three Gorges Hydropower Station ...........................90

Writing..................................................................93