(完整版)环境工程专业英语

2

、

Pollution can be

defined as an undesirable change in the physical, chemical, or

biological

characteristics

of

the

air,

water,

or

land

that

can

harmfully affect the health, survival, or activities of humans or

other living organisms

污染可以定义 为大气、

水或者土壤在物

理、化学或者生物方面的特征所产生的 不愉快的变化，它对

人类的健康、生存和活动或者其他的有机体都产生了有害的

影响。

3

、

Two examples of interaction between systems that

cause

major

environmental

disturbances

are

presented

-

the

buildup of

atmospheric

carbon dioxide, a global problem,

and

the acid rain problem, normally of regional nature

目前大气中

二氧化碳的增多，是一个全球性的问题，还有酸雨问题，一

般来说它都具有一定 的区域特性，这就是两个关于系统之间

的相互联系而产生重大环境问题的例子。

4

、

With

these

improvements,

however,

have

come

disturbing

side

effects,

such

as

lost

arable

land,

disappearing

forests,

environmental

pollution,

and

new

organisms

resistant

to

controls.

经过这些

进步， 尽管还是有一些破坏性的影响，例如耕地、森林的消

失

，

环

境

的

污

和

新

的

生

物

反

抗

的

控

制

5

、

Both

phenomena,

urbanization

and

industrialization,

were

and

are

fundamental causes of water and air pollution which the cities

of that time were unable to handle.

城市化和工业化两者的现

象，是过去和现在水污染和大气污染的根本原因，在过去这

些城市是处理不了 的

6

、

Rapid

advances

in

technology

for

the treatment of water and the partial treatment of wastewater

took

place

in

the

developed

countries

over

the

next

few

decades.

在接下来的 几十年理发达国家，在水治理和部分废