文档介绍：Scientific English Writing
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Science writing in our country, according to many experts in English, is in fact scientific translation from Chinese to English. That is to say, all the Chinese college graduates are able to write academic papers in Chinese. The problem is how they can put their papers into English versions. Quite a few professors and graduate students at our university sent their papers to the well-known technical journals abroad, such as the American IEEE and the British IEE. The reviewers' comment may often be like this: "What you described in the paper is . But your English is poor. Please improve it( Or Please rewrite your paper entirely.)"
Lesson Plan for Graduate Students (Writing Course)
1、individual sentence writing, which is connected with the application of grammatical rules in a different way.
The 1st step in science writing is to write each sentence correctly at least in grammar so munication with foreigners can be realized.
2、paper writing, which deals with how anize sentences in a paper by use of the patterns preferred by foreign scientists and engineers.
3、mistake correction for a few paper written in English by some professors or . candidates at our university.
What we'll do in class mainly is do exercises together . That is, " Practice First".
This prises mainly 3 parts:
All the satellite needs in order to move in its orbit is the initial speed given it by the carrier.
为了使卫星在其轨道上运行,只需运载火箭所给的初速度.
I told you it was how he did it that mattered.
E/C
C/E
EXAMPLES
这台仪器质量很好。/这台设备的体积很小。
The instruments is good in quality.
AC与DC比起来有许多优点。
AC has many advantages over DC.
图2说明了A随B的变化情况。
shows the changes of A with B.
这些因素确定了计算机储存信息的能力。
These factors conform the ability puter to store information.
顾名思义 As the name suggests/implies/indicates
A与B之比
the ratio of A to B
CHAPTER I PARTS OF SPEECH
2、Specific rules for using articles
① in the caption of a figure
图2-1 典型数字计算机的方框图
Fig. 2-1 Block diagram of typical puter