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1、Unit2ProfessionalPapers（4hrs）1.DefinitionofprofessionalpapersAprofessionalpaperisatypewrittenpaperinwhichprofessionalspresenttheirviewsandresearchfindingsonachosentopic.Itisvariouslyknownasthe“researchpaper”,“coursepaper”,“thesispaper”or“librarypaper”.Despiteth
2、evariousnames,thetaskoftheauthorofapaperisessentiallythesame:toreadonaparticulartopic,gatherinformationaboutit,andreportthefindingsinit.Aprofessionalpapercannotbewrittenrandomly.Itmustconformtoaspecialformat,whichgovernstheentirepaperfromtheplacingofthetitletot
3、hewidthofthemargins,andtothenotationusedinacknowledgingmaterialdrawnfromothersources.Aprofessionalpaperdiffersfromothernon-professionalessaysinthatitinvolvestheuseoflibrarysourcesfromwhichfacts,quotations,andtheopinionsofothersaredrawntoexplain,support,orauthen
4、ticateideasinthepaper.Thesesourcesareidentifiedbynumberednotes,placesattheendofthepaperoratthebottomofthepage.Aprofessionalpaperusuallyconcludeswithabibliography,andanalphabeticallistofallsourcescited.2.ClassificationofprofessionalpapersThefourkindsofpapersusua
5、llyassignedinuniversitiesandcollegesare(1)reportpapers;(2)researchpapers;(3)coursepapers,and(4)thesispapers.1)ReportPaperThereportpapersummarizesandreportsthefindingsofanotheronaparticularsubject.Thewriterneitherjudgesnorevaluatesthefindings,butmerelycatalogsth
6、eminasensiblesequence.Forinstance,apaperthatlistedtheopinionsofstatesmenduringthedebateoveracertaineventwouldbeareportpaper.Likewise,apaperthatchronologicallynarratedthefinaldaysodapersonalitywouldalsobecalledareportpaper.2)ResearchpaperAresearchpapercanbeintel
7、ligent,wellinformed,interesting,andoriginalinitsconclusions.Itdrawsitsmaterialfrommanysourcesandaimstoassemblefactsandideasbystudyingthemtodrawnewconclusionsonthebasisofobtaineddataobservedfacts,ortopresentthematerialinthelightofanewinterest.3)CoursePaperDiffer
8、entfromreportpapersandresearchpapers,coursepapersarewrittenafteraspecificcourseislearnedoraredesignedattheendofaterm.Thistypeofpaperis,therefore,alsocalled“termpaper”.4)Thes
