內容大鋼
本書為住房和城鄉建設部「十四五」規劃教材。在第一版基礎上，作者更新了部分單元內容，引入了我國最新的土木工程案例，如中國綠色建築、中國港珠澳大橋、「一帶一路」中巴經濟走廊等，旨在提高學生的民族自豪感和愛國熱情，激發學生科技報國的家國情懷和使命擔當，契合「課程思政」的教育理念。
基於「興趣是最好的老師」的理念，全書共包括12個教學單元：緒論、做你自己的工程師、關於港珠澳大橋的N件事、綠色建築、齊心開創共建「一帶一路」美好未來、悉尼歌劇院、世貿大廈為什麼倒塌？飯店人行天橋倒塌、新加坡酒店倒塌、國王十字車站大火、拉伸實驗、為成為土木工程師做準備。每個單元都包括重難點單詞、課堂討論、自我展示、翻譯練習、寫作訓練等活動，全面提高學生的「聽、說、讀、寫」綜合能力。本書還附有二維碼，生動展示學生優秀作業、優秀演講等。
所選材料生動有趣，內容涵蓋建築設計的奇思妙想、結構設計的傳承與創新、設計缺陷引發災難、設計變更引發災難、災難生還者訪談、專家災難調查和災后重建、綠色建築及可持續發展等內容的交叉融合創新。使學生通過工程典範和重返危機現場的視聽學以及土木相關英文報道學習等，深刻理解土木工程師在公眾健康、公共安全、社會文化、法律法規、生態環境等方面應承擔的責任和義務。
本教材可作為高等學校本科生以及研究生專業英語課程教材，教師可以根據學生的具體情況對課時適當調整，有選擇地使用本教材內容。本教材也可供從事土木工程設計、施工、管理以及研究的專業人員參考使用。
本書配備課件，讀者可按本書背面（即封四）的提示進行激活兌換，兌換后可下載課件並觀看其他數字資源。
目錄
Unit 1 Introduction
Teaching Guidance
Ethical Elements and Core Values
1.1 Introduction of Professional English for Civil Engineering
1.2 Characteristics of Scientific and Technical Writing
1.3 Professional English Learning
1.4 Practice Based, Task Driven Pedagogies & Ethics in Civil Engineering
1.5 Idioms and Proverbs
Unit 2 On Being Your Own Engineer
Teaching Guidance
Ethical Elements and Core Values
2.1 Shape Your Own Career
2.2 Opportunities Favor the Prepared Mind
2.3 Civil Engineering Projects Come Out of Sites
2.4 Details Often Make or Break a Project
2.5 Avoid Being a Job-hopper
2.6 How Can You Get Practical Experiences
2.7 A Reasonable Balance among Your Goals in Life
2.8 Conservationist and Ecologist
Words and Phrases
Examples for English–Chinese Translation
Activities——Discussion & Presentation
Further Reading
Learn from Famous Scientists
Discussion, Speaking & Writing
Unit 3 N Things about the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge
Teaching Guidance
Ethical Elements and Core Values
3.1 Project Overview of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge
3.2 What Are the Challenges of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge
3.3 How to Solve the Challenge of Large Structures
3.4 How to Design and Produce Large Components
3.5 How to Realize Precision Construction Assembly
Words and Phrases
Further Reading
1.How Does the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Operate
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Unit 4 Green Buildings
Unit 5 Working Together to Deliver a Brighter Futurefor Belt and Road Cooperation
Unit 6 Sydney Opera House
Unit 7 Why the Twin Towers Fell?
Unit 8 Hotel Skywalk Collapse
Unit 9 Hotel Collapse in Singapore
Unit 10 King's Cross Fire
Unit 11 Tensile Test
Unit 12 Preparation for Being a Civil Engineer
Appendix, References and Acknowledgements
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