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1、).FeaturesofAcademicEnglishAccordingtotheinvestigation,…canneverhappen…Feature1:Makingtentativestatements(不要太绝对，话不要太满）Why?Youdon’twanttosounddogmatic(武断,固执己见).Evenifyouhavealotofevidenceinsupportofyourargument–youwanttodemonstrateyourawarenessthatotherinterpretationsorconclusion
2、sareplausibleorthatfutureresearchmightrefuteyourthesis.Howcanwemaketentativestatements?modals(could,may/might),Verbs(indicatethat,suggestthat,itseemsthat,Itappearsthat)adverbs(maybe,perhaps,possibly,probably,mostly)Adjectives(possible,probable,likely,unlikely)Fromtheaboveanalysi
3、s,wecanseetheInternetplaysasignificantroleinourdailylife.Feature2:Objectivity(客观)Why:Sincetheemphasisofacademicwritingisonintellectualideasandfactualinformationratherthanonemotionsorindividualexperiences,youshouldavoidexpressingpersonalopinionsarisingoutofintuition,feeling,preju
4、diceoryourownexperience.How:Fromtheaboveanalysis,itcanbeinferredthat……TheaboveanalysisseemstoindicatethattheInternetplaysasignificantroleinourdailylife.Accordingtotheaboveanalysis,……Weconductedresearchonthebreeding(繁殖)habitsofmarsupials(有袋目动物)inthenorth-westregionofVictoria.Feat
5、ure3:UseofpassivevoiceWhy:AcademicwritingtraditionallyusesthepassivevoicesothattheuseofWE,Iandotherpronounsisminimized.How:Researchwasconductedonthebreedinghabitsofmarsupialsinthenorth-westregionofVictoria.GermanyinvadedPolandin1939.ThiswastheimmediatecauseoftheoutbreakoftheSeco
6、ndWorldWar.Feature4:Nominalisation名词化Why:Anothercommonfeatureofacademicwritingisnominalisation,wherebyactions/processes(verbs)becomethings(nouns).ThispracticeenablesmoreinformationtobeCompacted(压缩)intoasinglesentence.How:….,whichwastheimmediatecauseof….Germany’s1939invasionofPol
7、andwastheimmediatecauseoftheoutbreakoftheSecondWorldWar.Feature5:Formality(正式）HowUseoflongandcomplexwords.eg.alotof;plentyof-considerable;numerousmoreandmore-increasing,increasinglythink-maintain,state,accordingtoso-therefore,consequently,hence,thus2.Thesentencesarealwayslongand
8、complex,insteadofbeingsimpleandshort.(nominalcl
