学术英语 理工 教师手册.pdf

学术英语 理工 教师手册 主编：蔡基刚 1 目录 Unit 1 Choosing a Topic3 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 2 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 a computer may face. 2 Both focus on the vulnerability of a computer. 3 Text 1 analyzes the ways of computer hackers, while Text 2 describes security problems of a computer. 4 Text 1: The way hackers “get inside” a computer Text 2: Electronic threats a computer faces Yes, I think they are interesting, important, manageable and adequate. Task