本书共七章，系统讲解学术英语论文中标题、摘要、引言、方法、结果、讨论、总结与致谢的写作规范；每章包含整体概述、案例分析、功能句型、时态分析、重要语法点等具体内容，配有题型丰富、形式新颖、针对性强的练习，旨在帮助地学相关专业的学生系统了解并掌握本领域重点期刊英文论文的写作规范、结构、语步、常用词汇、功能句型等内容，全面提升其学术论文写作水平与学术思辨能力。所设练习均以真实性为首要原则，充分考虑学生可能遇到的学术阅读与写作场景。
本书适合国内高校地学相关专业的高年级本科生与硕博研究生使用，也可供地学科研工作者参考。

Chapter 1 Titles
1.1 Grammatical Constructions in Titles
1.2 Using Prepositions Properly
1.3 Using the Definite Article "the" Properly
Chapter 2 Abstracts
2.1 An Overview of the Abstract Section
2.2 Useful Expressions and Sentence Patterns
2.3 Verb Tenses in the Abstract Section
2.4 Using Non-finite Verbs Properly
Chapter 3 Introductions
3.1 An Overview of the Introduction Section
3.2 Useful Expressions and Sentence Patterns
3.3 Verb Tenses in the Introduction Section
3.4 Paraphrasing
3.5 Synthesizing Sources
3.6 Inserting Dependent Clauses
Chapter 4 Methods
4.1 An Overview of the Methods Section
4.2 Useful Expressions and Sentence Patterns
4.3 Verb Tenses in the Methods Section
4.4 Cohesive Devices
Chapter 5 Results
5.1 An Overview of the Results Section
5.2 Useful Expressions and Sentence Patterns
5.3 Verb Tenses in the Results Section
5.4 Nominalization
5.5 Usages of "with" in Academic Writing
Chapter 6 Discussions
6.1 An Overview of the Discussion Section
6.2 Useful Expressions and Sentence Patterns
6.3 Verb Tenses in the Discussion Section
6.4 Using Hedges
Chapter 7 Conclusions and Acknowledgements
7.1 An Overview of the Conclusions Section
7.2 An Overview of the Acknowledgements Section
7.3 Useful Expressions and Sentence Patterns
7.4 Sentence Structures
References
Appendix Ⅰ Frequently-used Collocations in Geoscience Papers
Appendix Ⅱ Keys to Exercises