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1、.,AcademicEnglishWriting,Week2:plagiarismmostofthemwerebuiltinlargepartwithBritishcapital,Britishiron,machinesandknow-how.Theseinvestmentboomsappearirrational,becauseinfactfewrailwaysweremuchmoreprofitabletotheinvestorthanotherformsofenterprise,mostyieldedquitemodestprofitsandmanynoneatall:in1855the

2、averageinterestoncapitalsunkintheBritishrailwayswasamere3.7percent.(FromTheAgeofRevolutionbyEricHobsbawn,1995,p.45),.,(a)Between1830and1850therewasveryrapiddevelopmentinrailwayconstructionworldwide.Twoperiodsofespeciallyfeverishgrowthwere1835-7and1844-7.Itishardtounderstandthereasonforthisintenseact

3、ivity,sincerailwayswerenotparticularlyprofitableinvestmentsandsomeproducednoreturnatall.(Hobsbawm,1995:45),.,(b)Therewereonlyafewdozenmilesofrailwayin1830,includingtheLiverpooltoManchesterline.Butby1840therewereover4,500milesandover23,500by1850.MostofthemwerebuiltinlargepartwithBritishcapital,Britis

4、hiron,machinesandknow-how,andmostofthemwereprojectedinafewburstsofspeculativefrenzyknownastherailwaymaniasof1835-7andespeciallyin1844-7.Becausemostyieldedquitemodestprofitsandmanynoneatalltheseinvestmentboomsappearirrational.Infactfewrailwaysweremuchmoreprofitabletotheinvestorthanotherformsofenterpr

5、ise.(Hobsbawm,1995:45),.,(c)AsHobsbawn(1995)argues,nineteenth-centuryrailwaymaniawaspartlyirrational:becauseinfactfewrailwaysweremuchmoreprofitabletotheinvestorthanotherformsofenterprise,mostyieldedquitemodestprofitsandmanynoneatall:in1855theaverageinterestoncapitalsunkintheBritishrailwayswasamere3.

6、7percent.(Hobsbawm,1995:45),.,(d)Globally,railwaynetworksincreaseddramaticallyfrom1830to1850;themajorityinshortperiodsofmania(1835-7and1844-7).Britishtechnologyandcapitalwereresponsibleformuchofthisgrowth,yetthereturnsontheinvestmentwerehardlyanybetterthancomparablebusinessopportunities.(Hobsbawn,18

7、95:45),.,(e)Thedramaticgrowthofrailwaysbetween1830and1850waslargelyachievedusingBritishtechnology.However,ithasbeenclaimedthatmuchofthisdevelopmentwasirrationalbecausefewrailwaysweremuchmoreprofitabletotheinvestorthanotherformsofenterprise;mostyieldedquitemodestprofitsandmanynoneatall.,.,.,.,5.Avoid

8、ingplagiarismbydevelopinggoodstudyhabits,Planyourworkcarefullysoyoudonthavetowritetheessayatthelastminute.Takecaretomakenotesinyourownwords,notcopyingfromthesource.Keeparecordofallthesourcesyouuse(e.g.author,date,title,pagenumbers,publisher)Makesureyourin-textcitationsareallincludedinthelistofrefere

9、nces.,.,1.Theelementsofeffectiveparaphrasing,Paraphrasingattemptstorestatetherelevantinformation.E.g.Therehasbeenmuchdebateaboutthereasonsfortheindustrialrevolutionhappeningineighteenth-centuryBritain,ratherthaninFranceorGermany.,.,Paraphrasedversion:WhytheindustrialrevolutionoccurredinBritaininthee

10、ighteenthcentury,insteadofonthecontinent,hasbeenthesubjectofconsiderablediscussion.,.,Aneffectiveparaphraseusually:,hasadifferentstructuretotheoriginalhasmainlydifferentvocabularyRetainsthesamemeaningKeepssomephrasesfromtheoriginalthatareincommonuse(e.g.industrialrevolutionoreighteenthcentury,.,Thre

11、ekeystowriteagoodparaphrase,1.Useyourownwordsandyourownsentencestructure.2.Makeyourparaphraseapproximatelythesamelengthastheoriginal.3.Donotchangethemeaningoftheoriginal.,.,Fivestepstowriteagoodparaphrase,Step1Readtheoriginalpassageseveraltimesuntilyouunderstanditfully.Lookupunfamiliarwords,andfinds

12、ynonymsforthem.Itmaynotbepossibletofindsynonymsforeveryword,especiallytechnicalvocabulary.Inthiscase,usetheoriginalword.,.,Step2Ithelpstotakenotes.Writedownonlyafewwordsforeachideanotcompletesentences.Language-peopleusetocommunicate-butsomanydifficulttounderstandoneanotherpeoplewishuniversalinternat

13、ionallanguagereasons:cultural,economicbonds,betterfeelingsbetweencountries,.,Itmaybehelpfultomakeabriefoutlinesuchasthefollowing:A.languagepeopleusetocommunicate1.somanylanguagesmakeitdifficulttounderstandoneanother.2.Peoplewishforoneuniversalinternationallanguage.B.Reasons1.cultural,economicbonds2.

14、Betterfeelingsbetweencountries,.,Step3Writeyourparaphrasefromyournotes.Dontlookattheoriginalwhileyouarewriting.Step4Checkyourparaphraseagainsttheoriginaltomakesureyouhavenotcopiedvocabularyorthesentencestructuretooclosely.Aboveall,makesurethatyouhavenotchangedthemeaningoftheoriginalorgivenanywrongin

15、formation.Step5.Addanin-textcitationattheend.,.,(a)AfocusondemandmayhelptoexplaintheUKoriginoftheindustrialrevolution.Atthattimeworkerspaywashigh,butenergyfromcoalwasinexpensive.Thisencouragedthedevelopmentofmechanicalinventionsbasedonsteampower,whichenabledbossestosavemoneybymechanisingproduction(Allen,2009),.,3.Techniquesforparaphrasing,(a)changingvocabularybyusingsynonyms:arguesclaims/eighteenthcentury1700s/wageslabourcosts/economisesavingNB.Donotattempttoparaphraseeveryword,sincesomehavenotruesynonym,e.g.demand,economy,energy,.,(b)changingwordclass:explaination(n.)explain(v.