通用学术英语综合教程

Unit 1 Health and Cigarette Smoking

Part Ⅰ Reading Research Articles

1.Guessing the main ideas through the title

2.Guessing the main ideas of the sections through the headings

3.Doing reading tasks

Part Ⅱ Writing Research Articles

1.Understanding the characteristics of a research article

2.Deciding on a topic

3.Formulating research questions

4.Writing a working title

Part Ⅲ Academic Survival Skills

1.Using outside sources

2.Paraphrasing

Unit 2 Understanding of Global Warming

Part Ⅰ Reading Research Articles

1.Reading for a purpose

2.Reading an abstract

3.Doing reading tasks

Part Ⅱ Writing Research Articles

1.Searching for reliable sources

2.Listening to the lectures for source information

Part Ⅲ Academic Survival Skills

1.Direct quotation

2.Summarizing

Unit 3 Breast Feeding Practice

Part Ⅰ Reading Research Articles

1.Reading the introduction

2.Reading the conclusion （or/and discussion）

3.Doing reading tasks

Part Ⅱ Writing Research Articles

1.Understanding elements of a successful literature review

2.Understanding two types of research articles

3.Using appropriate tense in literature review

4.Writing an introduction section

Part Ⅲ Academic Survival Skills

1.Synthesizing

2.Reporting verbs

Unit 4 Genetically Modified Foods

Part Ⅰ Reading Research Articles

1.Reading critically

2.Interpreting the titles of tables/figures

3.Doing reading tasks

Part Ⅱ Writing Research Articles

1.Writing a methods section

2.Writing a results section

3.Using tables and figures effectively

4.Using correct tenses in reporting results

Part Ⅲ Academic Survival Skills

1.Academic tone

2.The use of nominalization

3.Passive sentences

4.The use of single， formal verbs

Unit 5 Scientific Fraud

Part Ⅰ Reading Research Articles

1.Identifying the author's attitude

2.Identifying the attitude behind reporting verbs

Part Ⅱ Writing Research Articles

1.Writing the conclusion section

2.Writing an abstract

3.Using the correct tense， voice and language

Part Ⅲ Academic Survival Skills

1.Hedging

2.In-text citations

3.References lists

Unit 6 The Effects of Food Deprivation

Part Ⅰ Reading Research Articles

1.Taking notes

2.Identifying topic sentences

3.Doing reading tasks

Part Ⅱ Preparing for Conference Presentations

1.Writing conference abstracts

2.Oral presentation

3.Poster presentation

Part Ⅲ Academic Survival Skills

Proofreading

Appendix I

Appendix Ⅱ

Appendix Ⅲ

Glossary

《通用学术英语系列：通用学术英语综合教程》是“通用学术英语系列教程”中的一种。编写目的是帮助非英语专业的大学生1）熟悉正式论文的结构，提高他们阅读英语学术论文和文章并从中汲取信息的能力；2）掌握用英语撰写文献综述和小论文的基本写作技巧；3）提高汇报研究成果、参加学术讨论的能力。
　　简言之，《通用学术英语系列：通用学术英语综合教程》致力于帮助我国大学生通过通用学术英语技能的学习来最好地进行自己的专业学习。