文档介绍：学术英语理工
教师手册
主编:蔡基刚
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目录
Unit 1 Choosing a Topic............................................................................................................ 3
Unit 2 Searching for Information ............................................................................................ 20
Unit 3 Listening to Lectures .................................................................................................... 46
Unit 4 Writing a Literature Review ......................................................................................... 64
Unit 5 Writing an Academic Essay ......................................................................................... 82
Unit 6 Making an Oral Presentation ...................................................................................... 113
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Unit 1 Choosing a Topic
1 Deciding on a topic
Task 1
Answers may vary.
Task 2
1 No, because they all seem like a subject rather than a topic, a subject which cannot be addressed
even by a whole book, let alone by a 1500-word essay.
2 Each of them can be broken down into various and more specific aspects. For example, cancer
can be classified into breast cancer, lung cancer, liver cancer and so on. Breast cancer can have
such specific topics for research as causes for breast cancer, effects of breast cancer and
prevention or diagnosis of breast cancer.
3 Actually the topics of each field are endless. Take breast cancer for example, we can have the
topics like:
Why Women Suffer from Breast Cancer More Than Men?
A New Way to Find Breast Tumors
Some Risks of Getting Breast Cancer in Daily Life
Breast Cancer and Its Direct Biological Impact
Breast Cancer—the Symptoms & Diagnosis
Breastfeeding and Breast Cancer
Task 3
1 Text 1 illustrates how hackers or unauthorized users use one way or another to get inside a
computer, while Text 2 describes the various electronic threats puter may face