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Revision * ? No pain, no gain! ? You will write more than one draft ? Macro-editing ? Micro-editing ? Use hard copy to make revisions Macro-editing Is message clear? Is hypothesis clear? Do you prove your message? Is structure appropriate? Do sentences and paragraphs flow? Fluency test Connectivity of different parts of a paper * Micro-editing Check details (facts and figures) Spelling and grammar Any sentences too long? Can you use different words? Shorter words? Writer/reader test Connectivity within a sentence and a paragraph * Pay attention to detail Clear and concise presentation Spelling Grammar Figures and tables - labelled properly References Accuracy * Thanks for your attention * Follow-up I can offer to edit some abstracts on live of the presentation. Show some example papers * * * How to Prepare an English Journal Manuscript Ming Zhong Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of New Brunswick * The structure of a paper Title Author(s) Affiliation(s) and address(es) Abstract Keywords Introduction Literature review Study Data Methodology Results and discussion (Results, Discussion) Conclusions and recommendations Acknowledgement Appendix (if any) References * Title ?? ?? 标题的写作要求： ?? (1)用词准确,表达恰当 ?? (2)通俗易懂,避免使用特殊术语 ?? (3)外延和内涵要恰当 ?? (4)语句要简练,避免同义词的近义词连用 ?? (5)标题中选用的技术词语应紧扣文章研究的学科范围 ?? 特别注意： ?? 1. 不能将英文标题写成一个句子 ?? 2. 要注意句子的平衡 ?? 3. 英文题目中介词、冠词要小写 * ?? ?? ?? Case studies Title in Chinese 普通公路驾驶员期望车速调查分析与建模 Title in English * Author (s) * ?? 姓氏和名字要弄清楚，不要发生以名代姓。 ?? 科技论文的相关人员 First author Co-author Corresponding author * * 准确清楚，使读者能按所列信息顺利地与作者联系。 Affiliation (s) and address (es) Abstract * 摘要是对“论文的内容不加注释和评论的简短陈述”。 ?? ?? ?? 摘要的要素： ?? ①研究目的 （空白） ?? ②研究方法 ?? ③结果/贡献 ?? ④结论 摘要的撰写要求： 摘要应具有独立性和自明性 排除在本学科领域方面已成为常识的或科普知识的内容。 要着重反映论文的新内容, 贡献和作者特别强调的观点。 最好用数据说话。 要求结构严谨、语义确切、表述简明. 英文摘要不宜超过250个单词; * Case study * Case analysis * Key words 关键词是为了满足文献标引或检