PartⅠ The Basic Knowledge 1
Unit 1 The Basic Characters of English for Special Purpose 1
1.1 The Characters of Language 1
1.2 The Characters of Grammar 2
1.3 The Characters of Words and Expressions 3
1.4 The Characters of Structure 4
Unit 2 The Translation of English for Special Purpose 6
2.1 Introduction 6
2.2 Contrast between English and Chinese 8
2.3 Selecting and Extending the Meaning of a Word 10
2.4 Method of Changing the Syntactical Functions 12
2.5 Methods of Adding and Omitting 14
2.6 Translation of Special Sentence Pattern 17
2.7 Translation of Long Sentence 21
2.8 Translation of Subordinate Clause 23
2.9 Translation about Quantity 25
Unit 3 Writing of Scientific and Technical Papers 27
3.1 Stylistic Rules of Papers 27
3.2 Title and Sign 28
3.3 Abstract 29
3.4 Writing and Organizing of the Main Text 32
Part Ⅱ Collections of English Literatures about Building Material45
Unit 1 Classification of Materials 45
Unit 2 Cement Science 49
Unit 3 Concrete Science 55
Unit 4 High Performance Concretes (HPC) 61
Unit 5 Admixtures 66
Unit 6 about High Performance Construction Materials 70
Unit 7 Prestressed Concrete 73
Unit 8 Principles of Polymer Modification for Cement Composites77
Unit 9 Smart Material 82
Unit 10 Modern Buildings and Structural Materials 85
Unit 11 Ceramic Fabrication Process: Conventional Routes toCeramics 89
Unit 12 Structure of Glass 93
Part Ⅲ The Reading Materials 96
Unit 1 Hydration Mechanism 96
Unit 2 Alkali-aggregate Reactions 100
Unit 3 Workability, Setting, Bleeding and Segregation 103
Unit 4 Concrete Science 107
Unit 5 Concrete as a Structural Material 109
Unit 6 Ceramic Materials:Definitions 112
Unit 7 the Introduction of Ceramic 115
Unit 8 Glass in Building 118
Part Ⅳ VOCABULARY 122
References 141