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1、CommonDifficultiesEncounteredbyNon-NativeEnglishSpeakers(especiallyChinese)1TenseProblem:ChineselanguagedoesnothavetensesWediscussedthisalittleyesterday.Inascientificpaper:Abstract:usuallypasttense,exceptintroductorystatementmaybepresenttenseIntroduction:usuallypresenttenseMethods:pasttenseResult

2、s:pasttenseDiscussion:presenttense2Subject-VerbAgreementForcomplicatedsentences,remembertolookforthesubject,whereeveritmaybe,andmaketheverbagreewiththesubject.ReadthesentencewithoutallthemodifiersandclausestohelpyouDiagramthesentencetohelpyou3PluralNounsUsedasAdjectiveWhenapluralnounisusedasanadj

3、ective,itbecomessingular:PhenotypeofdendriticcellscellsisapluralnounDendriticcellphenotypephenotypeisthenounandcellsistheadjectiveButcellsbecomessingularastheadjectiveDendriticcellpopulationpopulationofdendriticcells4Abbreviations:SingularorPlural?Ifawordortermwillbeusedinboththesingularandplural

4、,thenitisbettertoderivetheabbreviationfromthesingularformandaddanstomakeitplural.Animportanteffectorcellinanimmuneresponseisthedendriticcell(DC).IsletinfiltratesconsistmainlyofTcellsbutalsoincludemacrophages,DCs,andBcells.5CommonlyUsedTermsSuggest:tocauseyoutothinkaboutsomethingUsewhenyourresults

5、pointtothatdirection,butyouhaven’ttotallyprovenitThegeneticresultssuggestthatCD103isacandidategeneforthedevelopmentoftype1diabetes.Assess:toevaluate,butincommonspeechusuallyreferstoestimatingavalueforsomething.Notagreatwordtouseinscience.Usedetermineinstead.6CommonlyUsedTermsDetermine:todecideors

6、ettle,toreachaconclusionWewantedtodetermine…..Forexperimentsthathavenotyetbeendone:Theactualbindingconstantremainstobedetermined.InvestigatevsExamineinvestigate:toobserveordetermineindetailexamine:toanalyzeorcarefullyobserveButinvestigateisalittlestronger,andshowsmoreaction7CommonlyUsedTermsDemon

7、stratevsShowDemonstrate:toproveormakeevidentbyreasoning,todescribebyexperimentShow:tomakevisible,topresentDemonstrateisstrongerforsciencewritingButuseshowfor:AsshowninFig.14Not:AsshowedinFig.148CommonlyUsedTermsImplyvs