该教材从水利工程基础专业术语英文释义入手，通过各类水利工程的设计﹑施工及运行等方面英文专业论述，系统梳理水利工程专业术语的英文释义及科技论文写法。本书内容主要分为6个单元，共46篇课文与相关阅读材料，涉及水利工程领域各个专业，包括水文与水资源﹑水利水电工程﹑港口航道工程以及水利施工管理等相关内容。书中的英文原文来源于国外水利工程专业经典教材，加以最新前沿学术论文成果介绍，注重培养学生阅读专业英文文献能力与科技英文论文撰写技巧，从而为培养国际视野的工科复合型人才提供语言基础。
UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING 1Lesson 1 Water Resources 1Lesson 2 Physical Properties and Equations of Hydraulics 9Lesson 3 Soil Mechanics 19Lesson 4 River Dynamics 28专业术语释义与科技英语写法 35UNIT II WATER WORK 39Lesson 1 Reservoirs and Dams 39Lesson 2 Waterway 47Lesson 3 Port Engineering 56Lesson 4 Irrigation and Drainage 65科技英语动词时态及翻译技巧 72UNIT III TYPICAL HYDRAULIC PROJECT 77Lesson 1 The Three Gorges Dam 77Lesson 2 Hoover Dam and Aswan Dam 88Lesson 3 The Saint Lawrence Seaway 96Lesson 4 Expansion of the Panama Canal 104科技英语名词化结构 110UNIT IV MEASURMENTS IN HYDRAULIC WORK 115Lesson 1 Physical River Model 115Lesson 2 Field Measurements 122Lesson 3 Numerical Model 132Lesson 4 GIS and Big Data 141水利工程专业基础术语英文词汇集锦（1） 147UNIT V CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING 151Lesson 1 Building Materials 151Lesson 2 Surveying 157Lesson 3 Construction Engineering 163Lesson 4 Engineering Economy 169水利工程专业基础术语英文词汇集锦（2） 174UNIT VI CHALLENGE FOR HYDRAULIC ENGINNERING 176Lesson 1 Climate Change in River System 176Lesson 2 Environmental Consideration in Inland Navigation 184Lesson 3 Hydroecology and Ecohydrology: Challenges and Future Prospects 189专业论文英文写作方法分析 196
