《水利英语》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。

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