环境科学与工程英语Unit 1 Lecture 1.pptx

Unit1EnvironmentalscienceandengineeringPartIPre-reading

1.Whatisenvironmentalscience?Environmentalscienceistheacademicfieldthattakesphysical,biologicalandchemicalsciencestostudytheenvironmentanddiscoversolutionstoenvironmentalproblems.Environmentalscienceisaninterdisciplinarysubject,whichcanbeachallengeasthefieldsitcoversrequiredifferentskillsandknowledge.

1.Matchtheexpressionswiththepicturesbelow.airpurification waterreclamation garbagesortingsoilconservation urbanlandscaping wasterecycling 1)2)5)6)4)3)1)urbanlandscaping2)garbagesorting3)wasterecycling4)waterreclamation5)soilconservation6)airpurification

2.Discussthefollowingquestionswithyourpartner.1)Whatdoyouknowaboutenvironmentalscience?

PossibleanswersEnvironmentalscienceistheacademicfieldthattakesphysical,biologicalandchemicalsciencestostudytheenvironmentanddiscoversolutionstoenvironmentalproblems.Environmentalscienceisaninterdisciplinarysubject,whichcanbeachallengeasthefieldsitcoversrequiredifferentskillsandknowledge.

Environmentalscienceinvolvesdifferentfieldsofstudy.Mostoften,thestudyofenvironmentalscienceincludesthestudyofclimatechange,naturalresources,energy,pollution,andenvironmentalissues.Inenvironmentalsciences,ecologistsstudyhoworganismsinteractwitheachother,chemistsstudychemicalprocessesoccurringintheenvironment,geologistsstudytheformation,structureandhistoryofearth,biologistsstudythebiodiversity,Physicistsstudyphysicalphenomenon,rules,etc.intheenvironment.

2.Discussthefollowingquestionswithyourpartner.2)Whatkindsofenvironmentalproblemsarehumanbeingsfacing?

PossibleanswersAirpollutionWaterpollutionSoilpollution