tailieunhanh - Academic Writing A Handbook for International Students part 9

Viết luận là một loại văn bản mới của khóa học cho tất cả sinh viên quốc tế phải viết các kỳ thi hoặc học tập bằng tiếng Anh. Cuốn sách này thực hiện triệt để giải thích quá trình bằng văn bản và bao gồm các kỹ năng viết AFL phím. | Cause and Effect Heavy rain causes flooding. Heavy rain leads to flooding. Heavy rain results in flooding. Heavy rain produces flooding. EFFECT flooding CAUSE heavy rain oss-r Conjunctions Flooding is caused by heavy rain. note use of passive Flooding is produced by heavy rain. Flooding results from heavy rain. 2. It is also possible to use conjunctions which demonstrate cause and effect. Cause Effect because of so since therefore as consequently owing to which is why due to Because it rained heavily the flooding was severe. because verb The flooding occurred because of days of heavy rain. because noun As since it rained heavily the flooding was severe. conjunction verb Owing to due to the heavy rain the flooding was severe. conjunction noun also Owing to it raining . . Cause and Effect 71 It rained heavily for days therefore the flooding was severe. used in mid-sentence NB It is more common to use conjunctions to illustrate particular situations. 3. Decide whether the following are particular or general then complete them with a suitable verb or conjunction. a Childhood vaccination. reduced infant mortality. b .the cold winter hospital admissions increased. c Printing inflation. d The summer was extremely dry. .many trees died. e In 2003 falling sales. .the company closing two factories. Write two more sentences from your own subject area. f g 4. Use conjunctions to complete the following paragraph. WHY WOMEN LIVE LONGER Some British scientists now believe that women live longer than men a .T cells a vital part of the immune system that protects the body from diseases. Previously various theories have attempted to explain longer female life expectancy. Biologists claimed that women lived longer b .they need to bring up children. Others argued that men take more risks c .they die earlier. But a team from Imperial College think that the difference may be d .women having better immune systems. Having studied a group of men and women they .