本教材基于语料库编写，共分为八章，从学术与思辨的视角介绍了材料科学研究论文的基本结构、语言特点与写作方法，总结了撰写学术论文的常用词汇、短语和句型，辅以新颖、多样、丰富的课后练习，帮助学生巩固学习成果，提高自主学习能力和学术写作能力。
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Chapter 1 Introducing Materials Science Articles
1.1 Article Structure
1.2 Article Content
1.3 Academic Notes
Chapter 2 Writing the Introduction Section
2.1 General Introduction
2.2 Verb Tense
2.3 Sample Analysis
2.4 Useful Expressions
2.5 Checklist for Writing the Introduction Section
Chapter 3 Writing the Methods Section
3.1 General Introduction
3.2 Verb Tense
3.3 Cohesion
3.4 Sample Analysis
3.5 Useful Expressions
3.6 Checklist for Writing the Methods Section
Chapter 4 Writing the Results Section
4.1 General Introduction
4.2 Two Organizations: Sequential Pattern and Alternating Pattern
4.3 Figure/Table Titles
4.4 Verb Tense
4.5 Sample Analysis
4.6 Useful Expressions
4.7 Checklist for Writing the Results Section
Chapter 5 Writing the Discussion Section
5.1 General Introduction
5.2 Highlighting and Hedging
5.3 Verb Tense
5.4 Sample Analysis
5.5 Useful Expressions
5.6 Checklist for Writing the Discussion Section
Chapter 6 Writing the Abstract and Title
6.1 General Introduction
6.2 Verb Tense
6.3 Features of Materials Science Paper Titles
6.4 Sample Analysis
6.5 Useful Expressions
6.6 Checklist for Writing the Abstract and Title
Chapter 7 Features of Academic Language
7.1 Syntactic Features of Materials Science Articles
7.2 Language Features: FACT
Chapter 8 Conclusion
8.1 Revisiting Previous Chapters
8.2 Connecting Different Sections
References
Keys to Exercises