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Unit 4: data commentary

P80: Location Elements and Summaries Table 6 and 7, present tense, both active and

passive P81, informative. To be used as alternative.

P82: Language Focus: Verbs in Indicative and Informative summaries P83, Table 8

P82: Language Focus: Linking as-Clauses P83: main standard uses HW: p84, task 4

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Unit 4: data commentary

P85: Highlighting Statements P86: Qualifications and Strength of Claim

Remember the examples in p86-87 P88: weaker verbs HW: p88, task 6 P89: combined qualifications HW: p90, task 7

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Unit 4: data commentary P90: Organization major claims are followed by minor claims Do NOT simply repeat the numbers in the

tables Use comparison: more, fewer, 21% more/less,

twice, 3.5-fold increase… P97: dealing with ‘problems’: remember the

phrases HW: write ‘Results’ for the table in next

slide

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6-min high-intensity cycling performed every hr for 16 hr.

Muscle biopsy data

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Dealing with graphs

P99: follow the same principles as with tables But with different vocabularies

P101: Language Focus: Referring to Lines on Graphs

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Common mistakes 找出 data 重點

圖表中 Data 呈現的順序 不要太刻意使用 however, in addition, … 清楚說明變數

少用 it, they, ; 直接寫出 glucose, lactate, and pyruvate…

Grammar were significantly decreased, showed a

significant decrease There was no significant difference after

exercise…

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Tennis skill test results performed before and after treatment

2 treatments: placebo or HCO3

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measured before and after treatment

2 treatments: placebo or HMB