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Lesson One Civil Engineering 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. 土木工程作为最古老的工程专业，是指对建筑环境的规划、设计、施工和管理。从灌溉排水系统到火箭发射设施，这种建筑环境包括了根据科学原则建造的所有结构。 Civil engineers build roads, bridge, tunnels, dams, harbors, power plant, water and sewage systems, hospitals, schools, mass transit, and other public facilities essential to modern society and large pop