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Lesson 1 Civil Engineering 1.Civil engineering, the oldest of the engineering specialties , is the planning , design , construction , and management of the built environment．This environment includes all structures built according to scientific principles , from irrigation and drainage systems to rocket-launching facilities. 土木工程，最古老的工程专业，是对建筑环境的规划、设计、施工和管理。这个环境包括小到灌溉和排水系统，大到火箭发射设施的所有根据科学原理建造的结构物。 2.Civil engineers build roads，bridges，tunnels，dams，harbors，power plants，water and sewage systems，hospitals，schools，mass transit，and other public facilities essential to modern society and large population concentrations． 土木工程师修建道路、桥梁、隧道、大坝、港口、发电站、水系统和污水系统、医院、学校、公共交通系统，以及现代化社会和大量人口集中的地方所必需的其他公共设施。 They also build privately owned facilities such as airports, railroads，pipelines, skyscrapers, and other large structures designed for industrial，commercial, or residential use． 他们也修建私人拥有的设施，如机场、铁路、管道、摩天大楼，以及其他设计用作工业、商业或居住的大型建筑。 In addition，civil engineers plan，design，and build complete cities and towns，and more recently have been planning and designing space platforms to house self-contained communities． 此外，土木工程师规划、设计和修建整个城市和乡镇，并且最近一直在规划和设计容纳设施齐全社区的空间平台。 3.The word civil derives from the Latin for citizen．In 1782，Englishman John Smeaton used the term to differentiate his nonmilitary engineering work from that of the military engineers who predominated at the time. Since then，the term civil engineering has often been used to refer to engineers who build public facilities，although the field is much broader． “土木”这个词来源于拉丁文，意为“公民”。1782年，英国人John Smeaton 用这个词来区分他的非军事工程项目和当时占统治地位的军事工程师的工程项目。从那以后，土木工程就被用来指那些修建公共设施的工程师们，尽管这个领域比以前更广。 Scope范围 Because it is so broad, civil engineering is subdivided into a number of technical specialties. Depending on the type of project, the skills of many kinds of civil engineer specialists may be needed．When a project begins，the site is surveyed and mapped by civil engineers who locate utility placement--water，sewer，and power lines．Geotechnical spe