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1、-2-TheArtofCreatingaModeltoHelpYouWriteModelsforwritingsciencetodaycannotbefoundingram-martextbooks,mostofwhichwerepublishedtoolongago.NoraretheytaughtbyEnglishteacherswhowereeducatedsomeyearsagobyteacherseducatedbeforethemandusingtextswrittenevenearlier.Noneofthesef
2、ormerlygoodsourcesarehelpfulforwritingscientificarticlesintoday'srapidlychanging,dynamicEnglish.Actually,few,ifany,ofusreceivedEnglishinstructionspecificallydesignedforwritingscience.Thoseofuswhoknowhowtowriteforsciencejournalstaughtourselves,slowly,andusuallyafterse
3、veralfailures.Inschoolweweretaughthowtousecorrectgrammarandtowritetraditional,formal,Englishnarratives.Ourteacherstaughtushowtouseallusions,metaphors,creativeadjec-tives,andgracefulexpressions.Welaboredtoproducelengthy,flowinglanguagetodelightourEnglishteacher'sheart
4、.Unfortunatelythisisnotthetypeoflanguagethatdelightstheheartsofscienceeditors.11TheArtofCreatingaModeltoHelpYouWriteEditorsofsciencejournalstodaywantallideasinlanguagethatisdirectlyto-the-point,straightforward,andinasfewwordsaspossible.Theywanteverythingexpressedwith
5、suchclaritythesciencewillbecleartoalltheirreaders.Whenyourworkispublished,peopleallovertheworldwillbereadingyourarticle.Younotonlywantthemeaningtobecleartothem,butyouwanttorepresentyourcountrywell.Today'ssciencejournalsreceivemanyarticlesreportinggoodscientificresear
6、chbutwritteninpoorEnglish.IftheEnglishispoorenough,thearticleisrejected;iftheEnglishisgoodenough,editorswilldecidewhetherornottheresearchisworthpublishing.IftheresearchseemsworthpublishingdespitethepoorEnglish,thejournalwillsometimeshavethearticleeditedtomakeitaccept
7、able,butthisisbecominglesscommon.Themostcommonresponseofeditorsistorejectthepaper.ScienceeditorsgrieveovertheirlackoftimeandpeopletoedittheEnglishintheirjournals,becauseitisvitaltothemthattheirlanguagestandardsarehigh.However,evenwiththeircontinuousefforttopublishonl
8、ygoodEnglish,thepressuretopublishnewresearchdevelopmentsasrapidlyas12Chapter2possiblepermitssomepoorlanguagetoappearineventhebestsc
