本教材共12 章，旨在循序渐进、全面系统地训练学生的学术英语口语能力，培养学生参加靠前学术会议、
用英语做学术演讲的能力，从而提升其学术思维能力。本教材的口语练习涉及的话题广泛，要求学生对话
题做进一步的深入研究，并以英语演讲的方式来阐述多元化观点。本教材相关的音视频和阅读材料，读者
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本教材既可作为我国高校研究生和高年级本科生的学术英语教材，又可供有兴趣提高学术英语口语能
力的学生作为课后辅导教材使用。

Chapter 1
Speaking Academically 1
Section 1 Academic Situations2
Section 2 International Academic Programs4
Chapter 2
Attracting Your Audience 9
Section 1 Beginning a Speech10
Section 2 Ending a Speech15
Chapter 3
Arguing Sufficiently 19
Section 1 Main Points 20
Section 2 Logic Patterns23
Section 3 Signposts25
Chapter 4
Delivering a Presentation 31
Section 1 Presentation Skills32
Section 2 Poster Display39
Chapter 5
Practicing Your Presentation45
Section 1 Classroom Presentations46
Section 2 Job Interview Presentations51
Section 3 Thesis Defense Presentations54
Chapter 6
Seminars 59
Section 1 Attending a Seminar60
Section 2 Listening Attentively62
Section 3 Understanding a Lecture65
Chapter 7
Supporting Your Views 71
Section 1 Providing Further Information72
Section 2 Reading into Thinking75
Section 3 Quoting into Thinking76
Chapter 8
Leading a Seminar 81
Section 1 Being a Chairperson82
Section 2 Controlling the Discussion85
Chapter 9
Group Discussions 91
Section 1 Participating in Group Discussions92
Section 2 Exchanging Information95
Section 3 Expressing Agreement and Disagreement96
Chapter 10
Asking and Answering Questions 103
Section 1 Designing a Questionnaire 104
Section 2 Making an Interview107
Section 3 Defending Your Thesis 111
Section 4 Asking and Answering Questions at a Seminar 113
Chapter 11
Thinking Critically117
Section 1 Creating an Argument 118
Section 2 Thinking from Different Perspectives123
Section 3 Making Contrast and Comparison126
Section 4 Debating128
Chapter 12
Preparing for a Test 135
Seminar 1 Conquering Yourself136
Seminar 2 Brainstorming on Great Changes137
Seminar 3 Transgenic Food Safety139
Bibliography141