社会医学英语二.pptVIP

On the Origin of Darwin’s Ills Teaching Design A. Objective Requirements 本课教学目的与要求 要求学生读懂TEXT和所附的阅读文章，初步了解医学英语文章和普通英语文章的不同点，了解其语言的一些特点。通过对课文中的练习，加深对课文段落及语句的正确理解；通过对本单元配套内容的学习，知道怎么使用此教材，特别是通过讲解 “How to Write the Abstract (1)(2)”的内容，要求学生熟知医学论文的英文摘要的常用的几种式样、书写格式、词汇和句型等。 Language Points While the debate may never be solved, two medical researchers from the University of Iowa believe they’ve come up with the best diagnosis yet of Darwin’s condition. Used with the superlative degree, the adverb yet means so far; up to that moment. e.g.: This is the most lethal of all positive yet identified. Language Points Most people credit Charles Darwin with first figuring out how evolution operates, … In the sentence credit is predictive followed by sb. with sth. (collocation), which means “believe that he has …” e.g. You would hardly credit him with having acted so foolishly. Exercise - Translation The sources described a textbook case of panic disorder. / “It was a textbook arrest” said the policeman. (要点是对句中textbook的理解和翻译)。 She beat him to the punch by having her say before he had a chance to speak. (beat to the punch “比… 先行动) His gravest, marked shortly after his death in 1913 with petrified tree trunk for a monument, is now overgrown and difficult even to find. Question for the supplementary reading Who is a real hero in evolution theory? Darwin, Wallace or Both? How to Write the Abstract Guidelines for writing a good abstract: State the background information about the investigation briefly. State the principal objective(s) and scope of the investigation. Describe the methods employed. Summarize the results. Write it clearly and concisely. Avoid abbreviations or acronyms, unless absolutely necessary. e.g. (see 10 and 22) Common Patterns for Writing a Abstract The stock phrases for stating the background information about the investigation: It is not known, however, whether there is a threshold weight below which morbidity and mortality are significantly greater. Less is