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).FeaturesofAcademicEnglishAccordingtotheinvestigation,…canneverhappen…Feature1:Makingtentativestatements(不要太绝对,话不要太满)Why?Youdon’twanttosounddogmatic(武断,固执己见).Evenifyouhavealotofevidenceinsupportofyourargument–youwanttodemonstrateyourawarenessthatotherinterpretationsorconclusionsareplausibleorthatfutureresearchmightrefuteyourthesis.Howcanwemaketentativestatements?modals(could,may/might),Verbs(indicatethat,suggestthat,itseemsthat,Itappearsthat)adverbs(maybe,perhaps,possibly,probably,mostly)Adjectives(possible,probable,likely,unlikely)Fromtheaboveanalysis,wecanseetheInternetplaysasignificantroleinourdailylife.Feature2:Objectivity(客观)Why:Sincetheemphasisofacademicwritingisonintellectualideasandfactualinformationratherthanonemotionsorindividualexperiences,youshouldavoidexpressingpersonalopinionsarisingoutofintuition,feeling,prejudiceoryourownexperience.How:Fromtheaboveanalysis,itcanbeinferredthat……TheaboveanalysisseemstoindicatethattheInternetplaysasignificantroleinourdailylife.Accordingtotheaboveanalysis,……Weconductedresearchonthebreeding(繁殖)habitsofmarsupials(有袋目动物)inthenorth-westregionofVictoria.Feature3:UseofpassivevoiceWhy:AcademicwritingtraditionallyusesthepassivevoicesothattheuseofWE,Iandotherpronounsisminimized.How:Researchwasconductedonthebreedinghabitsofmarsupialsinthenorth-westregionofVictoria.GermanyinvadedPolandin1939.ThiswastheimmediatecauseoftheoutbreakoftheSecondWorldWar.Feature4:Nominalisation名词化Why:Anothercommonfeatureofacademicwritingisnominalisation,wherebyactions/processes(verbs)becomethings(nouns).ThispracticeenablesmoreinformationtobeCompacted(压缩)intoasinglesentence.How:….,whichwastheimmediatecauseof….Germany’s1939invasionofPolandwastheimmediatecauseoftheoutbreakoftheSecondWorldWar.Feature5:Formality(正式)How1.Useoflongandcomplexwords.eg.alotof;plentyof-considerable;numerousmoreandmore-increasing,increasinglythink-maintain,state,accordingtoso-therefore,consequently,hence,thus2.Thesentencesarealwayslongandcomplex,insteadofbeingsimpleandshort.(nominalclauses,relativeclauses,participles)3.Havefewabbreviations,e.g.,Itis4.Havefewomissions,e.g.,“that”asanobjectclausemarkerisseldomomitted.Feature5:Discipline-specificvocabularyAnotherfeatureofacademiclanguageistheuseofabstractandtechnicalterms.Itisimportantthatyoubecomeawareofthecommontermsandspecificlanguageofyourdiscipline.Exercises:Translation:我们对词汇教学越来越有兴趣。人们对词汇学习作了很多研究我们对词汇教学越来越有兴趣。1.We’remoreandmoreinterestedinvocabularyteaching.2.We’vemoreandmoreinterestinvocabularyteaching.3.Weareincreasinglyinterestedinvocabularyteaching.4.Therearegrowinginterestsinvocabularyteaching.5.Vocabularyteachinghasattractedincreasinginterests.6.Increasinginterestshavebeendirectedtovocabularyteaching.人们对词汇学习作了很多研究。1.We’vedonealotofresearchaboutvocabularylearning.2.Thereismuchresearchaboutvocabularylearning.3.Muchresearchhasbeendoneaboutvocabularylearning.4.Considerableresearchhasbeenconductedregardingvocabularylearning.Pleaserevisethefollowingsentences:1.MoreandmorestudentsinChinathinkit’sveryimportantforthemtolearnEnglishwell.AnincreasingnumberofstudentsinChinamaintainthatitisofgreatsignificanceforthemtocommandtheEnglishlanguage.2.TheInternethasbothadvantagesanddisadvantages,soweshouldknowhowtouseitproperly.TheInternethasbothadvantagesanddisadvantages.Therefore,itisofnecessitytohavetheknowledgeofhowtouseitproperly.
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