AcademicWriting:AbstractAcademicWritinginEnglish•TypesandFeatures•MainsectionsofAcademictexts•AbstractwritingskillsTypesofText•Aresearcharticlewrittenforpublicationinanacademicjournal(paper)•AnMSc/BScdissertation(thesis)•AnessaywrittenforauniversitycourseFeaturesoftheAcademicWriting•answeraspecificquestion/questions,usingasetofwell-structured,logicalarguments•containreferencestopreviousresearch•writteninanimpersonal,objectivestyle•characterizedbycertainlanguagefeaturessuchastheavoidanceofpersonalandcontractedforms,ahighlexicaldensity,frequentnominalizations(noungroups)andtheuseofthepassivevoice.MainsectionsofacademictextsAbstractIMRD•Introduction•Methods•Results•Discussion•ReferencesAbstract•Function:providesasummaryofthearticleorreport•Types:InformativeorDescriptiveAbstract•InformativeAbstract(50~100words)focusontheresultsoftheresearchandconclusions,generallyusedforhumanitiesandsocialsciencepapersorpsychologyessays.•DescriptiveAbstractAsabriefsummaries(1~2sentences)ofeachoffoursectionsofyourreport(i.e.,introduction,methods,results,discussion)ModelDescriptiveAbstractfrom(Mahapatraetal.,2012)Thepresentworkaimstoconductaprocessoptimizationfortheproductionofactivatedcarbonfromsludgeoffoodprocessingindustry.(aims)Thesignificantfeatureofthissludgebasedactivatedcarbonthatmakesituniqueandeconomicisthatitcanbeproducedfromwastematerial.Thecarbonaceousnatureofthissludgedoesnotallowitsdirectdisposaltolandbecauseofexcessorganicandnutrientloadcontents,however,canbeModelDescriptiveAbstractConvertedtoavalueaddedproduct.Thisprocessnotonlyeliminatestheneedforfurthertreatmentofsludgebutalsoreducethecostofitshandling,landfilling,andtransportationaswellastheutilizationinthesameindustryinthepurificationsystem.(Conclusions)Inthepresentwork,activatedcarbonproducesfrompyrolysis(高温热解)ofsludgewaschemicallyactivatedbyvariousactivatingagents.(backgrounds).Optimizationofimpregnationratio,impregnationtime,activationtemperature,andactivationtimewasstudies.Theproductwascharacterizedthroughitsiodinevalueandyieldpercentage.(Methodsused)ModelDescriptiveAbstractItwasobservedthattheproducthadmaximumiodinevalueof624mg/gwithZnCl2asanactivatingagent.TheFT-IRanalysisdepicts(描绘)thepresenceofavarietyoffunctionalgroupsattachedonthesurfaceofactivatedcarbonwhichareusedintheinteractionwiththeadsorbate(被吸附物)duringtheprocessofadsorption.(experimentalequipments)ModelDescriptiveAbstractTheXRDanalysisrevealsthattheproducedactivatedcarbonhaslowcontentofinorganicconstituentscomparedwiththeprecursor(前体).Theproductformedwasappliedformethyleneblueadsorption.Theadsorptionequilibriumofmethylenebluedyewasexaminedatroomtemperature.AdsorptionisothermwasdrawnbyapplyingLangmuirandFreundilichmodelsfittingthedataindict,withanadsorptioncapacityof23.6mg/gand14.2mg/g,respectively.ThedatashowthatmethyleneblueadsorptionisbestsuitedtoLangmuirequation.(Findings/conclusions)Notes(注意事项)1)不能用第一人称;(Donotusethefirstperson)2)不必列举例证;(Noexamples)3)不要超出原文内容;(Donotexceedthecontentoftheoriginalpaper)4)不能与其他文章作比较;(Donotcomparewithotherpaper)5)不要重复标题;(Donotrepeatthetitles)Notes6)不能出现“参见文献1,图2,表3,等.”(No“SeeRef.(reference)1,Fig.(figure)2,Tab.(table)3,etc.”)7)不能评价文章的水平及优缺点;(Donotevaluatethepaper)8)没有十分必要,不得出现图、表和公式。(NoFigures,Tables,andFormula,unlessit’sindeednecessary)*文摘长一般为论文长度的3-5%,或按阅者要求。Whatmakesagoodabstract?•Usesonewell-developedparagraph•Coversalltheessentialacademicelementsnamelythebackground,purpose,focus,methods,resultsandconclusions•Containsnoinformationnotincludedinthepaper;•IswritteninplainEnglishandisunderstandable;•Oftenusespassivestructuresinordertoreportonfindings•theoriginalpaper,ofteninamoresimplifiedformforthemoregeneralreader;•Usuallydoesnotincludeanyreferencing;and•Inpublicationssuchasjournals,itisfoundatthebeginningofthetext,butinacademicassignments,itisplacedonaseparatepreliminarypageAbstract—ExampleSentences•介绍文章作者的观点和研讨课题内容的语句1.文章内容与作者观点的常用语句2.文章研究课题的常用语句3.文章涉及的范围4.综述与概括某一个领域的研究课题的常用语句5.文章重点的常用语句6.文章目的常用的语句Abstract—ExampleSentences1.文章内容与作者观点的常用语句•常用词语有:dealwith;describe;explain;illustrate;introduce;present;report等(1)Performancegoalsandmeasuringmethodsarebrieflydescribed.简述了性能目标与测量方法Abstract—ExampleSentences1.文章内容与作者观点的常用语句(2)Theapplicationsofthistechniquetonucleardetectionareillustrated.说明了这种技术对核探测的应用。(3)Thebasicconceptsanddatacollectedarepresented.给出了基本概念与收集的数据。Abstract—ExampleSentences2.文章研究课题的常用语句•常用的词语有:analyze,consider,develop,discuss,investigate,state,study等(1)Themainexperimentalproblemsarealsoanalyzedwithsuchultra-low-frequencymeasurements.用这种超低频测量,也分析了主要的实验问题。Abstract—ExampleSentences2.文章研究课题的常用语句(2)Therelationshipbetweenmassandenergyinnatureisstatedbriefly.简述了自然界中质量与能量的关系。(3)Thecontinuityofthisfunctionisstudiedunderacertainboundarycondition.研究了这个函数在某一边界条件下的连续性。Abstract—ExampleSentences3.文章涉及的范围•常用词语有:consistof,contain,cover,include等(1)Thisarticleconsistsoffourparts:introduction,theory,experimentalmethodandconclusion.本文由引言、理论、实验方法和结论四部分组成。Abstract—ExampleSentences3.文章涉及的范围(2).Theconfiguration,structuralandresultsofaparametricstructuraloptimizationanalysisare