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1、Lecture 1. IntroductionLecture 1. IntroductionGoals: by the end of this lecture, the students may be able to: get a better understanding of the features of EST writing know the special difficulties of EST writing meet the requirements of the course attendingSpecial difficulties: how the students mee
2、t the requirements for themContents: Practice The Contents of the Course Requirements Homework“科技英语” “科技英语写作” “English for science and technology” “scientific and technical English” “scientific English” “technical English” EST writing, English for Scientific Writing The eagle is the most noble bird.
3、 This large and awesome creature perches on the highest cliffs, scanning the earth below. Against the sun, he presents a dignified and formidable silhouette, in full command of his world from his solitary perch. The bald eagle is named for its snow-white head. Being one of the sea eagles, it nests a
4、long fresh or salt waters in Polar Regions of the northern hemisphere. The bald eagle has unfeathered feet and toes. It is 30 to 40 inches long, and has awing span of 6 to 8 feet. As this proportion increases, so the amount of thrust developed in the jet-pipe diminishes. get a letter, get a blow, ge
5、t a cold, get a new coat. to set fire / to light - ignite; to use up to consume, to get to obtain, to find out to determine, to turn upside down to invert 再如再如:max., min., ibid., et at., e.g., graphs, numbers, formula. 科技英语词汇简单清楚。 当我们把很少的一点钠(sodium) 投入火焰或者其他光源中时,立 即出现一条鲜黄色的线;当钠不 存在时,光谱(spectrum)中就没
6、有这条线。由此我们知道,钠或 任何钠的化合物(compounds)产 生一条带有鲜黄色双线的光谱。 we learn that sodium or any of its compounds produces a spectrum having a bright yellow double line by noticing that there is no such line in the spectrum of light when sodium is not present, but that if the smallest quantity of sodium be thrown into
7、 the flame or other sources of light, the bright yellow line instantly appears. “newly created mass destructive weapons newly created weapons of mass destruction” a 300,000 kilowatts power level nuclear plant a nuclear power plant with an energy of more than 300,000 kilowatts The figure which they g
8、ot did not agree with the experiment which had been conducted in our laboratory The figure they got did not agree with the experiment conducted in our laboratory. The foreman collects the samples, the inspector examines them, and a truck takes them to the office. The samples are collected by the for
9、eman, examined by the inspector and sent by the truck to the office Without air, the earth would undergo extreme changes in temperature To remove head, turn dial to CLEAN position, grasp head at both ends with thumb and forefinger and lift it straight up from shaver. To remove the old cutter, depres
10、s the springs. features: Features of EST writing: different from common English, but still has the features of language. The style is quite impersonal, expressive, and forceful/logical. Diction: 清楚(clearness)、简洁(conciseness)、准 确(exactness/accuracy)。 Grammar: Passive voice, subjunctive, imperative, N
11、ominalization, None-predicate verbs (非谓语动词), Complex sentences Discourse: preciseness- but still follow some patterns: definition, exemplification, comparison and contrast, cause and effect, facts and opinion (argumentation), discursive writing, process. Features of EST writing teaching: useful, lea
12、rnable, exercisable Contents Part 1: Basics of EST Writing1. Introduction: definition, goals, features 2 2. Linguistic features: diction, grammar, discourse 6 3. Scientific writing: abstract 2 4. Scientific writing: the other parts of a paper 4 5. Writing techniques: definition, exemplification, 2 c
13、omparison and contrast, cause and effect, 2 facts and opinion (argumentation) & discursive writing 2process writing, 2ContentsPart 2: EST writing 181. Research proposal 2. Graph writing (1) 3. Graph writing (2) 4. Agenda 5. Announcements 6. Curriculum vitae 7. Telegrams, Telexes & Faxes 8. Contracts
14、 & Agreements (1) 9. Contracts & Agreements (2)Requirements Teaching arrangements: group work, CL (cooperative learning), practice Testing : sentence, paragraph, essay Requirements: In class: punctual (absence/presence roll calling) attentive, active, cooperative After class: reading thinking a diar
15、y writing assignment Your resolutions: 4 books: a textbook, a notebook, a diary, a workbook(The grading: performance 30% + test scores 70%) “科技英语写作”平时成绩 说明 1 1学生平时成绩和期末考试成绩分别占学生平时成绩和期末考试成绩分别占30%30%和和70%70%。 2 2平时成绩根据学生的平时表现打分(满分为平时成绩根据学生的平时表现打分(满分为100100分),具分),具 体包括三个部分:出勤(占平时成绩的体包括三个部分:出勤(占平时成绩的20%20%)、平时作文(占)、平时作文(占 平时成绩的平时成绩的 40%40%)和课堂表现(占平时成绩的)和课堂表现(占平时成绩的40%40%) 出勤满分为出勤满分为2020分。学生无故旷课或请假分。学生无故旷课或请假1 1次、次、2 2次、次、