英语科技文献阅读

Structure of RA

• Title
• Authors & Affiliation(单位)
• Abstract
• Introduction
• Materials & Methods
• Results & Discussion
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgements(致谢)
• Appendix
• Reference(引用)
• Bibliography(参考)

Title

Type of Title

• Declaration 声明性

  整句话

• Descriptive/neutral 描述性/中性标题

  名词短语+定语

• Interrogative 疑问句式

  疑问句

• Compound 复合型标题

  由主副两部分构成（冒号或破折号分开）

How to read title

devide the title into sense group

Strategies | to re-establish stable granulation | after filamentous outgrowth | : Insignts | from lab-scale

• 名词
• 动宾短语
• 介词短语
• …

Abstract

• at the beginning (or the end) of a research article, miniature of a research work.
• independent, self-contained, well-structured 独立完整/自圆其说/结构严谨
• Consist of Five Move(话步,语步)
  • background 是什么
  • problem 做了什么 (purpose/hypotheses)
  • method 怎么做的
  • result 有何结果 (major finding/important data)
  • conclusion 总结展望 (further study/future directions)

How to read abstract

• focus on subject + verb

• devide the abstract into five moves

• focus on clue words:

  • “such”, “recently”,”today” that indicates present time can be found in move 1.
  • “here”, “this paper” with past tense usually come with move 2 and 3
  • method will be described with verbs.
  • “showed”“revealed”“indicated” are used to discribe result and “find” for finding
  • present and future tenses with subjective mood are used in making conclusion, with words like “could””would”.

keywords

Introduction

• context : explains the rationale for undertaking the study and clearly describes the main purpose of conducing it.

• purpose : to create a research space(CARS)

• moves

  1. Establishing a territory
     现状描述词

  Increasing interest has grown on ...

  2. Reviewing previous related research
     文献综述词

  Several Studies have ...

  3. Establishing a niche(壁炉)
     转折否定词

  - However/while/but...
  - failed to 
  - ignored/neglected to
  

  4. Occupying the niche