英文摘要写作须知

An abstract is a concise summary of your work. "A well prepared abstract enables readers to identify the basic content of a document quickly and accurately, to determine its relevance to their interests, and thus to decide whether they need to read the document in its entirety" (American National Standards Institute, 1979). Abstracts should state the objectives of the project, describe the methods used, summarize the significant findings and state the implications of the findings (Day, 1988).

科技论文文摘应该 具备以下几个 部分：研究的目的，研究的过程和采用的方法，结果，结论。

文摘是相对独立的。 在数据库里文摘通常和文章本身分开。因此，一篇文章的文摘是最有机会让读者得到的，很可能 也 是读者唯一会看的作品。 要写好文摘须注意以下几点：

1.完整性：complete in and of itself; that is, it should be able to serve as a stand-alone description which provides a complete picture of the resource at the selected level of specificity;

2. 可读性 ：comprehensive in its representation of the key concepts or significant content that are present in the resource;

3.准确 性 ：concise, precise, and accurate in its use of terminology;

4.客观 性 ：written in a clear, terse, non-critical style; and

5.逻辑性：logically structured in its presentation （见以上4个组成部分） of the selected data and information.

Shown below is an example of how an abstract is to be structured. The components of a well-written abstract are labeled.

Dryland Grain Sorghum Water Use, Light Interception, and Growth Responses to Planting Geometry
J. L. Steiner
ABSTRACT