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学术英语 理工Academic English for Science and EngineeringUnit 2 Searching for InformationUnit Contents1 Finding reliable and better sources2 Scanning and skimming3 Identifying topic sentences for information4 Guessing word meaning5 Using the organization of the text6 Reading critically7 Taking notes8 Writing a summaryUnit 2 Searching for Information1 Finding reliable and better sourcesTo evaluate source materialsTasksUnit 2 Searching for Information1 Finding reliable and better sourcesTo evaluate source materials Is the material a primary or a secondary source? Is the source the latest one? Is the author a reliable scholar or an expert in the field? Does the author have biases or prejudices? Has the author been cited frequently in the field? Are the author’s arguments supported by evidence such as statistics, experiment, recent scientific findings? Are different opinions considered and weighed or simply ignored ? Are the author’s arguments and conclusions convincing?Unit 2 Searching for Information1 Finding reliable and better sourcesTasksCheck the reliability of the sources on Page 40.Search for source materials your paper may use and then write down the titles and sources of the articles. The model is given on Page 41.Mark the reasons for your choice of the articles.Unit 2 Searching for Information2 Scanning and skimmingTips for scanning and skimmingTask 1 using scanning and skimming strategy Text 5 Can you complete with A.I. for the Next job?Unit 2 Searching for Information2 Scanning and skimmingTips for scanning and skimmingScanning: keep in mind at all times what you are searching for (e.g., the definition of a term, the effect of a phenomenon); search thesis statements and topic sentences in paragraphs for the information you want to gain; use the knowledge of the essay organization (such as cause-effect, comparison-contrast, problem-solution) to find what you are looking for; pay attention to signal words such as numbers, letters, steps, the words such as firs