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《英语听写资料—在美国如何写论文—Studying in the US_writing college papers》由会员上传分享,免费在线阅读,更多相关内容在教育资源-天天文库。
1、StudyingintheUS:WritingCollegePapersAcademicwritinginAmericameansgettingtothepointquickly,statingideasclearlyandsupportingthemwithevidence.Transcriptofradiobroadcast: 29April2009ThisistheVOASpecialEnglishEducationReport. TodayinourForeignStudentSerieswediscusswritingcollegepapers.W
2、ritingatermpaper(学期论文),researchpaper(研究论文)oressayforacollegeclassisakindofacademicwriting. Academicwriting(学术写作)amongprofessionalsisawaytocreatenewknowledge.Aprofessorassigns(布置)studentstowriteapaper.Thestudentsexamineanissue,reviewwhatisalreadyknown,thinkaboutwhattheyhavelearnedand
3、cometosomeconclusion(整个研究过程).Thismeansthateachstudent-writermustpresentinformation(提供论据/信息)andalsotakeaposition(提出一个观点).Thestudentmightsupportanidea,question(质疑)itorevendisproveit.Orthewritercouldshowhowthesubjectmaybeunderstoodbetterorinadifferentwaythanithasbeen.Andthestudentmusts
4、upportthepositionwithevidence(用证据来证明观点).Culturaldifferencesmayinterferewheninternationalstudents(国际学生;主要指外国学生)trytowritethisway.Writingteacherssaystudentsinmanycountrieshavelearnedtowritebeautifuldescriptionsaboutsomethingwithouteverstatingthemainidea(对某事描述得很好,却没有主要的观点). Americancol
5、legestudentsareexpectedtostatetheirmainideaatthebeginningofthepaper(对美国的大学生的要求是在文章开头就陈述出主要观点).Inothercultures,paragraphsmaybeorganizedtobuildtowardthemainidea,whichisrevealedattheend(主题思想可能在文末才出现,而所有的段落都是朝着这个主题演进的). ButintheUnitedStates,themainideaofeachparagraphshouldbeinthefirstse
6、ntence. Anotherdifferenceisaboutwritingstyle.Otherculturesmayuselotsofdescriptivewords.ButAmericanEnglishvaluesshort,strongsentences(美国英语看好简洁、有力的语句).TeachersatthewritingcenteratPurdueUniversityinWestLafayette,Indianaworkwithstudentstoimprovetheirwriting.GraduatetutorLarsSoderlundsay
7、snon-nativeEnglishspeakersgenerallyhavesometroublewithEnglishgrammar(在英语语法上有困难).Hesaystheirsentencesmaybetoolong.Ortheymayincorrectlyusearticlessuchas"a","an"and"the." Healsosaysnon-nativespeakersgenerallyusetoomuchemotionallanguage(有感情色彩的语言)andgivetoomanydetails(提供过多细节)beforegettin
8、gtothemainidea(切入正题
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