《建筑类专业英语:建筑工程(第1册)》系根据国家教委印发的《大学英语专业阅读阶段教学基本要求》编写的。内容包括:材料力学、结构力学、结构动力学、弹性力学、结构分析、结构材料的特性、混凝土、砂浆、房屋建筑学、有限元法等。全书安排16个单元，每个单元除正课文外.还配有两篇阅读材料，并配有必要的注释。正课文还配有词汇表和练习，书后附有总词汇表、参考译文和练习答案。《建筑类专业英语:建筑工程(第1册)》供建筑工程专业学生使用，也可供土建人员自学专业英语之用。

UNIT ONE Text Introduction to Mechanics of Materials Reading Material A Shear Center B Allowable Stress Design and Strength DesignUNIT TWO Text The Tensile Test Reading Material A Comparative Study of the Mechanical Properties of Ductile and Brittle Materials B Strength TheoriesUNIT THREE Text Application of Mechanics of Materials and Its Study Method Reading Material A Stress B Method of SectionsUNIT FOUR Text Description of the Force and Displacement Method Reading Material A Types of Beams B Methods of Joints and Sections for Analyzing a TrussUNIT FIVE Text Structure of Buildings Reading Material A Structural Planning and Design B Types of Loads and Types of StressUNIT SIX Text Purpose of Structural Analysis, Modeling of Structures and Relation of Analysis and Design Reading Material A Matrix Analysis of Structures by the Stiffness Method B Equilibrium of Single MembersUNIT SEVEN Text Properties of Concrete and Reinforced Concrete Reading Material A Property of Structural Steel B Nature of Wood and MasonryUNIT EIGHT Text Building Code （Ⅰ） Reading Material A Building Code （Ⅱ） B Building Code （Ⅲ）UNIT NINE Text Early History of Cement and Concrete Reading Material A The Hydration Reaction B Distress and Failure of ConcreteUNIT TEN Text Advantages and Disadvantages of Concrete and Its Water-Cement Ratio Reading Material A Slump Test and Concrete Proportioning B Curing ConcreteUNIT ELEVEN Text Mortar Reading Material A Water Retentivity B Cement Mortar and Lime MortarUNIT TWELVE Text General Plannting Considerations Reading Material A Housing B HouseUNIT THIRTEEN Text Factory Design Reading Material A Modern Building Construction B BuildingUNIT FOURTEEN Text Fundamental Objective of Structural Dynamics Analysis Reading Material A Organization of the Text B Methods of DiscretizationUNIT FIFTEEN Text Contents of Theory of Elasticity Reading Material A Basic Assumptions in Classical Elasticity B Members in a State of Two-Dimensional StressUNIT SIXTEEN Text Historical Development of Finite Element Method Reading Material A General Description of the Finite Element Method B Introduction of Displacement ApproachAppendix I VocabularyAppendix Ⅱ Translation for ReferenceAppendix Ⅲ Key to Exercises