《环境工程专业外语理论》课程教学大纲

1、环境工程专业外语课程教学大纲课程英文名称：Professional English for Environmental Engineering课程编号：133991140课程类别：专业课课程性质：选修课学 分：2 学 时：32（其中：讲课学时：32 实验学时：0 上机学时：0 ）适用专业：环境工程开课部门： 环资学院一、课程教学目的和课程性质本课程是环境工程专业高年级学生的选修课，是环境工程基础知识与基础英语的总结与综合， 是学生毕业后从事科学研究、对外交流的必备技能。 本课程的目的是通过本课程的教学使学生在学习了环境工程专业基础知识、基础理论等相关专业基础课程的基础上，掌握环境工程的专业术语

2、、表达方法，使学生能够借助工具书阅读本专业文献，培养学生运用专业英语的基本能力。二、本课程与相关课程的关系本课程学生应先学习大学英语和环境保护概论，此外水污染控制工程、大气污染控制工程、无机化学、有机化学课程有助于本课程的学习。三、课程的主要内容及基本要求Unit 1 Environmental science and engineering（2 class hours）Knowledge pointnatural science, environmental science, environmental engineering.focusConcept of environmental sc

3、ience and environmental engineering.difficultyThe relation between natural science and environmental science, engineering and environmental engineering.basic requirementRemember the concept of environmental science and environmental engineering, and learn to tell the differences.applicationList the

4、disciplines you have learned, and tell which one belongs to natural science.Unit 2 Environmental Problems（4 class hours）Knowledge pointenvironment, ecosystem, pollution sources, environmental pollution.focusConcept of environment and ecosystem, natural and man-made pollution sources.difficultyWhat a

5、re environmental problems, and its impact on human.basic requirementUnderstand the concept of environment and ecosystem. Major environmental problems: acid rain, greenhouse effect, ozone hole, climatic anomaly, species extinction. application Discussion: how to conduct research and what can we do to

6、 alleviate environmental pollutionScientific research, to do a good job of a research that unfamiliar to you. When you want to alleviate environmental pollution, for example, to reduce carbon dioxide emission, what will you do.Understand the process to conduct research. Talk in groups about how to a

7、lleviate environmental pollution.Unit 3 Carrying capacity and ecosystem services theory（2 class hours）Knowledge pointCarrying capacity of environment or an ecosystem is the threshold limit of use of that system without damaging the system. Ecosystem services are the conditions and processes through

8、which natural ecosystems, and the species that make them up, sustain and fulfill human life. The theory are important to EIA.focusWhat are carrying capacity and ecosystem services. How do people use nature, and how much do people use? difficultyHow do carrying capacity adjust population.basic requir

9、ementRemember the concept of carrying capacity and ecosystem services. Talk in groups about how to alleviate environmental pollution. Understand what services we can obtain from ecosystem.applicationDescribe the relation between carrying capacity and population according to the change curve.Unit 4 E

10、nvironmental protection in Japan（2 class hours）Knowledge pointEnvironment deterioration in the 1950s to 1970s in Japan. Four big pollution diseases of Japan. Measures to protect environment.focusItai-itai disease, cadmium, Yokkaichi asthma, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, Minamata disease, difficu

11、ltyWhy environmental protection in China is difficult? What we can learn from environmental protection in Japan. basic requirementRemember four big pollution diseases of Japan and the causes. applicationWhat can we learn from Japan about environmental protection.Unit 5 Conventional Technology of Air

12、 pollution Control（4 class hours）Knowledge pointThe principal means for control of particulate emissions from industrial sources are cyclones, electrostatic precipitators, fabric filters, and scrubbers.focuscentrifugal force, dew point, Venturi, ion.difficultyHow do Venturi scrubbers work. basic req

13、uirement Understand the structure and principle of the air pollution control equipments.applicationExplain how pulse-jet bag filter works.Unit 6 The Green House Effect and Global Warming（6 class hours）Knowledge pointGreenhouse effect is due primarily to water vapor and carbon dioxide, which have str

14、ong infrared absorption bands. Changes in atmospheric levels of either or both of these gases would, affect the amount of heat or long-wave infrared trapped within the greenhouse and thus determine global climate.focusGreenhouse gases, global warming, climatic anomaly.difficultyWhy greenhouse effect

15、 can cause extreme cold weather. basic requirement Understand the relationship between structure and principle of the air pollution control equipments.application Discussion and report: the mechanism of extreme cold weather caused by greenhouse effectWatch the film the day after tomorrow, and work i

16、n teams to prepare a report about the mechanism of extreme cold weather caused by greenhouse effect.Unit 7 Water purification（2 class hours）Knowledge pointThe purification of water has developed into an elaborate and sophisticated technology. However, the general approaches to purification should be

17、 comprehensible, and in some cases even obvious, from a general understanding of the nature of water pollution.focusThe hydrologic cycle and water availability, groundwater supplies, surface water supplies, water transmission.difficultyCoagulation and flocculation, filtration, reverse osmosis. basic

18、 requirement Understand water characteristics, water disposal, treatment, Primary treatment, Secondary treatment, Tertiary treatment, Disinfection.applicationIf you are having a field trip and dont have enough clean water, what can you do to purify water from river?Unit 8 Water treatment processes（4

19、 class hours）Knowledge pointWater treatment operations fulfill one or more of three key tasks removal of particulate substances such as sand and clay, organic matter, bacteria, and algae; removal of dissolved substances such as those causing color and hardness; and removal or destruction of pathogen

20、ic bacteria and viruses.focusSources of water pollution, elements of aquatic ecology, biodegradation, aerobic and anaerobic, decomposition, effect of pollution on streams, effect of pollution on lakes, heavy metals and toxic substances, effect of pollution on oceans.difficultyBiodegradation, aerobic

21、 and anaerobic decomposition. basic requirement Remember the terms: dissolved oxygen, biochemical oxygen demand, chemical oxygen demand, turbidity, color and odor, pH, alkalinity, solids, nitrogen, phosphates, bacteriological measurements, viruses, heavy metals, trace toxic organic compounds.applica

22、tionExplain how SWUST wastewater treatment plant works.Unit 9 Biological wastewater treatment（4 class hours）Knowledge pointApplication of microbial degradation and removal of undesirable constituents in industrial and municipal wastes is not a new concept. It is commonly used process for general was

23、tewater treatment activities.focusActivated sludge, hydraulic retention time (HRT), sludge residence time (SRT), an activated sludge system consists of an equalization basin, a settling tank, an aeration basin, a clarifier, and a sludge recycle line, autotrophic bacteria, heterotrophic bacteria.diff

24、icultyHow do activated sludge system treat wastewater.basic requirement Understand the wastewater treatment process in the activated sludge system, and can explain the process by a diagram.applicationExpound how activated sludge works in SBR process.Unit 10 Solid waste disposal（2 class hours）Knowled

25、ge pointKnowledge of the sources and types of solid wastes, along with data on the composition and rates of generation, is basic to the design and operation of the functional elements associated with the management of solid wastes.focusThe advantages of incineration, heat recovery and reuse from mun

26、icipal solid waste incineration, incineration without heat recovery, difficultyThe advantages and disadvantages of incineration.basic requirement Understand solid and hazardous waste may be treated or processed prior to final disposal, and the methods to treat solid and hazardous wastes.applicationV

27、isit Mianyang municipal solid waste landfill, and diagrammatize the structure.学时分配知识单元理论学时Unit 1 Environmental science and engineering2Unit 2 Environmental Problems4Unit 3 Carrying capacity and ecosystem services theory2Unit 4 Environmental protection in Japan2Unit 5 Conventional Technology of Air pollution