研究生学术英语写作教Unit 10 Submitting Paper.doc

Unit Ten Submitting Paper Objectives - Know the paper processing procedures - Become aware of politeness in letter writing - Write a submission cover letter and reply to the decision letter Contents - Reading and discussion: A submission cover letter and a decision letter. - Language focus: politeness - Writing practice: submission cover letter; reply to a decision letter; inquiry letter Reading Activity Your research paper is finished. The next step is to submit the paper to a suitable academic journal. This unit aims to show you the review procedure, hopefully bring you an awareness of two language features of academic writing, and finally help you correspond with the edit-in-chief on your own. Pre-reading Task Before you learn the detailed information, please discuss the following questions. What should you consider about the journal you are going to submit the paper to? What should you do to your paper before submission? What should be included in your submission E-mail? How can we sound polite when we write the submission cover letter and reply to the decision letter? Reading Passages Letter 1--A submission cover letter Dear Dr. James Joyce, This is a manuscript entitled A NOVEL ROOT-END FILLING MATERIAL BASED ON HYDROXYAPATITE, TETRACALCIUM PHOSPHATE AND POLYACRYLIC ACID by Ling Huchong and Qiao Feng from State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China. It is submitted to be considered for publication as an Original Article in your journal. No conflict of interest exits in the submission of this manuscript, and manuscript is approved by all authors for publication. I would like to declare on behalf of my co-authors that the work described was original research that has not been published previously, and not under consideration for publication elsewhere, in whole or in part. In this work, we developed a novel filling material hydroxyapatite/tetracalcium phosphate/pol