华研外语 美国大学写作与研究

作者简介

Rebecca Moore Howard，女，副教授，于1984年取得博士学位，毕业于西弗吉尼亚大学。在美国多间高校执教，有超过22年的教学经验。现就职于美国雪城大学，主要教授写作和修辞学。她另著有多本与英文论文写作相关的畅销书，如Pluralizing Plagiarism、Standing in the Shadow of Giants: Plagiarists, Authors, Collaborators。 华研是国内知名的英语教育类图书策划机构，致力为英语学习者提供高效的方法和优质的内容。旗下“华研外语”品牌涵盖大学英语四六级、考研英语、英语专业四八级、雅思托福、高考英语、英语AB级考试、中小学英语等系列图书。 TOPWAY是华研的做事原则，经验表明，方法得当就会事半功倍，让您花更少的时间取得更好的学习效果；“沙里淘金”是华研的思维方式，通过语料库分析、词汇分频、难度分级等诸多科学手段，让您抓住问题的关键，用20%的精力取得80%的成效，体现“二八定律”，从而达到“四两拨千斤”的效果。

内容简介

“I just can’t write.” We’ve all heard the lament; most of us have uttered it at least once. Some mistakenly believe that just as some people have an “ear” for music, so others have an inborn “gift” for writing. In truth, though, no one is a born writer. There are no three-year-old children who are amazing writers. Expert writing comes from training — it is not a “gift.” Writing is a skill that is learned and practiced. Successful writing holds out the promise of self-expression, even self-discovery. It is also a valuable asset in the workplace: A report from the National Commission on Writing revealed that U.S. corporations expect their salaried employees to be able to write clearly, correctly, and logically. Eighty percent of finance, insurance, and real estate employers take writing skills into consideration when making their hiring decisions. Whether texting a friend or composing a paper for a college course,we write to develop and evaluate beliefs and ideas, to move others, to express ourselves, and to explore possibilities. For all these reasons and more, writing matters. 1a The Expanding Definition of Literacy 广义的读写能力 Long before Johannes Gutenberg introduced the printing press in the fifteenth century, a page was seen as a sheet of paper covered with text,and literacy meant the ability to read and write a text, whether written on the page or carved in stone. With the spread of literacy has come the spread of information, which has led to improvements in health and productivity. The ability to read is needed to understand the safety warnings on medication inserts and to check the ingredients on a jar of baby food. The ability to write is needed to craft and convey documents ranging from emergency plans to instructions for assembling shelving from Ikea. More importantly, the spread of literacy has strengthened our democratic institutions. Without news reports and a wide audience to read them, the decisions of politicians could go unchallenged, and voters would have little idea of a candidate’s positions. These are just a few of the many reasons our society values print literacy. But just as the Internet revolution changes our understanding of what a page is, it also expands our concept of literacy (Figure 1.1). Today, a page can be a sheet of paper, but it can also be a website on a screen or an email on a smartphone. It can include not only words, but also images and sound files, links to other web pages, and animations. 美国大学写作与研究，适用于： 打算出国留学的大中学生和社会人士；国际学校及外国语学校学生；备考托福、雅思、SAT、GRE、GMAT等出国留学考试的考生；英语及相关专业学生；需要发表英语学术论文的大学生及职场人士；教授英语学术论文写作的教师。 推荐理由： 1. 百科全书式的论文写作指南，论文写作零经验入门； 2. 56条写作责任+5大引用要点，杜绝“剽窃”风险； 3. 3大论文设计要点，学会定选题、做规划； 4. 4大文献引用格式，每条规范均有例证，清晰易懂； 5. 7大语言风格要点，解决表达口语化问题； 6. 41条语法及细节提示，避免硬伤，提升语言质量； 23篇学生范文及专业范文点评，从模仿到创新。