全国高等农林院校“十一五”规划教材 资源环境科学专业英语

Unit1 1

Part A Liquid fuels 1

Part B Environmental effects of obtaining liquid fuels from biomass 10

Part C Biomass energy systems 14

Unit2 19

Part A Fossil fuels 19

Part B Energy usage 26

Part C Wind power and photovoltaic cells 31

Unit3 37

Part A Bacteria in soil 37

Part B Fungi 46

Part C What controls the presence and expression of the biodegradation capability? 51

Unit4 56

Part A Taking a closer look at agrobiodiversity—the value of diversity and wildness 56

Part B The diversity of life 64

Part C Plant resources evaluation 69

Unit5 76

Part A Water,agriculture and the environment 76

Part B Groundwater 83

Part C Use of water in food and agriculture 88

Unit6 94

Part A Major water compartment 94

Part B The world's water crisis 103

Part C Water resources—the hydrologic cycle 109

Unit7 114

Part A Dimensions of land degradation and desertification 114

Part B Soil erosion and soil fertility in agricultural systems 122

Part C Conservation tillage 127

Unit8 134

Part A Percolation and leaching 134

Part B Drainage 141

Part C Types of water erosion and control 145

Unit9 149

Part A Water pollution from agriculture 149

Part B Water reuse 159

Part C Air pollutants and their effects on human health 164

Unit10 170

Part A Methods of waste disposal 170

Part B Solid waste collection 178

Part C Sanitary landfills 182

Unit11 188

Part A Composting and source reduction 188

Part B Recycling 195

Part C Sludge management 201

Unit12 206

Part A Getting rid of wastes—biodegradation and bioremediation 206

Part B Bioremediation carried out in STPs 214

Part C Bioremediation of petroleum waste 218

Unit13 225

Part A Microbes and metal contamination 225

Part B Bioremediation by white-rot fungi 233

Part C Microbial processes for recovering and upgrading petroleum 238

Unit14 244

Part A Phytoremediation 244

Part B Phytoextraction using hyperaccumulator plants 252

Part C Phytotransformation enzymology and biochemistry 257

Unit15 263

Part A Extra methane production from municipal anaerobic digesters 263

Part B No more sludge 271

Part C Sludge down profits up 276

Unit16 281

Part A Sewage treatment 281

Part B A low-tech alternative to pollution control 289

Part C Air pollution control 294

Unit17 300

Part A The nitrogen cycle 300

Part B The carbon cycle and energy flow 306

Part C Chlorinated hydrocarbons establish cycles 311

Unit18 317

Part A The media of plant nutrition 317

Part B The inorganic components of plants 323

Part C The inorganic components of plants(continued) 327

Unit19 332

Part A Kinetics of nutrient uptake by plant cells 332

Part B Induction and repression of transport system 338

Part C Phosphate transport 342

Unit20 346

Part A Dream farms 346

Part B Sustainable development is possible 353

Part C Chinese ecological agriculture 358

练习参考答案 366

主要参考文献 377