計畫撰寫 (Work Proposals)


　
Exercise 57
I. Pre-Listening Exercise
II. Listening Exercise
III. Post-Listening Exercise


Purpose:

Writing the abstract (part two): summarizing the anticipated results of the project and its overall contribution to a particular field / 摘要撰寫（第二部分）: 歸納希望的結果及其對特定領域的貢獻

　

I. Pre-Listening Exercise [Top]

Check the meanings of the following words and expressions:

  • proposed architecture
  • automatically page
  • PDA users
  • handheld mobile devices
  • access information
  • geographic position
  • filter
  • commercialization

Consult page 231 of Writing Effective Work Proposals by Ted Knoy for some of these definitions.

II. Listening Exercise [Top]
1. Listen to the conversation by pressing the "Play" button and then answering the following questions. Press the "Final score" button to check your quiz results.


1. What does Melody’s proposed architecture allow PDA users to do?
A. automatically page other PDA users
B. access information according to their geographic position
C. access their handheld mobile devices anywhere and anytime

2. What functions as a filter in Melody’s proposed architecture?
A. the PDA user’s geographic position
B. the PDA user’s handheld mobile device
C. the PDA user’s location

3. What is Melody’s proposed architecture highly promising for?
A. handheld mobile devices
B. wireless communication-related applications
C. commercialization as PDA software

4. Which word is the most similar in meaning to “novel”?
A. new
B. reliable
C. productive

5. Which is word is most similar in meaning to “demonstrate”?
A. verify
B. refuse
C. analyze

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2. Listen to the story again as you read the audiotranscript on page 338 of Writing Effective Work Proposals by Ted Knoy.

III. Post-Listening Exercise [Top]
1. Read the audiotranscript with a partner or change some of the information to adapt it to your situation.

2. Write the second part of an abstract for your work or research project by summarizing the anticipated results of the project and its overall contribution to a particular field. View the accompanying two Power Point presentations on details of how to write this assignment.

3. Write four questions beginning with “What” that involve summarizing the anticipated results of a project and its overall contribution to a particular field. The question does not have to come directly from the listening exercise.
Example: What do Melody’s results further demonstrate?
Answer: Her architecture is highly promising for commercialization as PDA software.
Example: What are the anticipated results of your research?
Answer: Our results demonstrate the proposed method outperforms conventional ones in terms of computational speed and accuracy.

回計畫撰寫 Work Proposals