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1、Unit2ProfessionalPapers（4hrs）1.DefinitionofprofessionalpapersAprofessionalpaperisatypewrittenpaperinwhichprofessionalspresenttheirviewsandresearchfindingsonachosentopic.Itisvariouslyknownasthe“researchpaper”,“coursepaper”,“thesispaper”or“librarypaper”.Despitethevariousnames,thetaskofth
2、eauthorofapaperisessentiallythesame:toreadonaparticulartopic,gatherinformationaboutit,andreportthefindingsinit.Aprofessionalpapercannotbewrittenrandomly.Itmustconformtoaspecialformat,whichgovernstheentirepaperfromtheplacingofthetitletothewidthofthemargins,andtothenotationusedinacknowle
3、dgingmaterialdrawnfromothersources.Aprofessionalpaperdiffersfromothernon-professionalessaysinthatitinvolvestheuseoflibrarysourcesfromwhichfacts,quotations,andtheopinionsofothersaredrawntoexplain,support,orauthenticateideasinthepaper.Thesesourcesareidentifiedbynumberednotes,placesatthee
4、ndofthepaperoratthebottomofthepage.Aprofessionalpaperusuallyconcludeswithabibliography,andanalphabeticallistofallsourcescited.2.ClassificationofprofessionalpapersThefourkindsofpapersusuallyassignedinuniversitiesandcollegesare(1)reportpapers;(2)researchpapers;(3)coursepapers,and(4)thesi
5、spapers.1)ReportPaperThereportpapersummarizesandreportsthefindingsofanotheronaparticularsubject.Thewriterneitherjudgesnorevaluatesthefindings,butmerelycatalogstheminasensiblesequence.Forinstance,apaperthatlistedtheopinionsofstatesmenduringthedebateoveracertaineventwouldbeareportpaper.L
6、ikewise,apaperthatchronologicallynarratedthefinaldaysodapersonalitywouldalsobecalledareportpaper.2)ResearchpaperAresearchpapercanbeintelligent,wellinformed,interesting,andoriginalinitsconclusions.Itdrawsitsmaterialfrommanysourcesandaimstoassemblefactsandideasbystudyingthemtodrawnewconc
7、lusionsonthebasisofobtaineddataobservedfacts,ortopresentthematerialinthelightofanewinterest.3)CoursePaperDifferentfromreportpapersandresearchpapers,coursepapersarewrittenafteraspecificcourseislearnedoraredesignedattheendofaterm.Thistypeofpaperis,therefore,alsocalled“termpaper”.4)Thes
