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Major Assignment One:
                      Academic Paper Analysis
 （School of Art 谢丽平072403）  
Ⅰ.Outline
Introduction about the relief stone sculpture of the Han Dynasty
The original and the development of the the relief stone sculpture
The cultural meaning of the relief stone sculpture
Conclusion

Ⅱ. Development Methods of Paragraph
    Section1:Definition, quotation
    Section2:Comparison and Contrast
    Section3:Example,process
     Section4:Cause and effect
    Section5:Generalization

Ⅲ.Writing style
    In this paper, the author first introduces the background of research through a quotation. Then he proposes a problem and definition it. Third he proofs the results by using many examples and comparions. The quotations of reference are need in any sentences which lend from anywhere else. Only in this way, the readers can research his paper and acknowledge it.
   Some other academic writing characteristics are using Specified English and formal words to write more accurately, the avoidance of contraction, the expression trending more tentative, using noun phrases to replace subordinate clauses. And the author develop paragraph inclining to use logical order rather than time or space. The tendency of use passive sentence to express more objectively.

Ⅳ.Important sentence pattern
   (1)Art and science, like a coin's sides, are inseparable and originate from the loftiest part of human activity. Both pursue the common goal of profundity, universality, eternity and significance.
   (2)The relationship between art and science, as demonstrated by these stone sculptures, are truly like the two sides of coin.
   (3)Kepler’s three laws of plenary motion, Copernicus’s “The Revolution of Celestial Orbs” and Newton’s law of universal gravitation reflect both scientific explorations of the universe and artistic imagination about the sky.
   (4)It primarily functioned as decorations of tomb structures and objects, such as stone chambers, temples, towers, coffins and carves.
   (5)It depicts an extensive scope of subjects, from luxury of noblemen to folk dance and entertainment, from legends, mythical, stories and auspicious pattern to celestial images and labor scenes that reflect intellectual and scientific evolution of the time.
   (6)Chinese ancestors had very limited knowledge of celestial bodies. Their imaginations and fantasies about the universe gave rise of artistic creations.
   (7)These images not only bear superstitious or immoral implications but also represent Chinese ancestors’ scientific explorations of the universe.
   (8)The study of stone carving images of the lunar and solar myths helps to not only know more about original development of the Han Dynasty but more importantly, has a glimpse of the evolution of astronomy in ancient China.
   (9)For instance, a Han Dynasty relief stone sculpture depicts a mythical story about the sun and the moon, which reflect the Han Dynasty people’s philosophical values on harmony between the positive and the negative, their scientific explorations on natural phenomenon and their polytheism.
   (10)By means of scattered perspective, celestial images and landscapes were better showcased on relief stone sculpture of the Han Dynasty.
   (11)Relief stone sculpture of the Han Dynasty is an artistic expression of Chinese people’s outlook on the universe and life and a realistic and reasonable depiction of celestial bodies, myths and legends.
   (12)In this art form, imagination gives way to pursuit of truth.
   (13)For example, the relief stone sculpture, unearthed in Shangqiu and depicting goddess holding the sun and the moon, are so vividly carved that they look like the real orbs.
   (14)Culturally speaking, celestial images on relief stone sculpture of the Han Dynasty reflect the concept of integrity between men and nature.
   (15)From these stone carving, we can better understand the essential spirit guiding cultural and arts development of the Han Dynasty, that is, unity between science and culture.

Ⅴ.Important words:
    Relief Stone Sculpture of the Han Dynasty 汉代画像石
 art and science 艺术与科学
 celestial images 天体图像
 artistic imagination 艺术想象
 artistic expression 艺术表现
 artistic creations 艺术创造
 decorations of tomb 墓室装饰
 art genre//form 艺术类型/形式
 auspicious pattern 祥瑞纹饰
 mural painting 壁画
 unearth 发掘
 scattered perspective 散点透视
 realistic 现实主义
 culturally speaking 从文化层面上讲
 epitomize 成为……的缩影

Ⅵ.Accustomed Usages
 two sides of coin
 both…and…
 not only…but also…
 give way to
 from…to…
 by means of
 for example//instance  
 that is
 so…that…
 It depicts (that)…
Ⅶ.Article and Tense(Key Paragraph)
 Article:the Definite Article(the), the Indefinite Article(a/an),
          专有名词或独有名词前，特指
 Tense：Simple present tense,  Simple past tense
       一般现在时，一般过去时
     Relief stone sculpture of the Han Dynasty is considered a gem in the treasure house of China’s stone carving. It primarily functioned as decorations of tomb structures and objects, such as stone chambers, temples, towers, coffins and carves. This art genre first appeared in the middle of the Western Han Dynasty(206BC—25AD)and witnessed its heydays in the Eastern Han Dynasty(25—220AD). It depicts an extensive scope of subjects, from luxury of noblemen to folk dance and entertainment, from legends, mythical, stories and auspicious pattern to celestial images and labor scenes that reflect intellectual and scientific evolution of the time. These relief stone sculpture were created to show respect and awe for life, death and heavenly deities and to expect happiness after death. Celestial images on them epitomize Chinese people’s scientific explorations and reflections two thousand years ago.

Ⅷ.References
    David Freedberg, The Power of Images, Studies in the History and Theory of Response, University of Chicago Press,Chicago and London, 1989,p.85

Ⅸ.My benefit from reading this article
   This is the first time for me to read article which is relationed to my own major. After reading the article carefully, I thie paper, I felt it is too hard to read for there are so many special words I haven't seen before. At English Writing course dear Prof. Guo teaches us how to write an academic paper accurately, idiomatically and appropriately. This paper is just like the example of our course. It uses words formal and accurate, avoids contraction and expresses tentatively. The paragraphs obey a logical order which proposes problems and solves it. Last but not the least I learn some useful Specified English words in my major.
   Through reading many times, I understood it step by step and built up my confidence. From this paper, I get the information about the structure, style, and important terms of an academic paper. Most of papers contains abstract, introduction, preliminaries, main results, conclusions and future works, references. This paper makes me to know how to organize a paper.
    To write a good paper, from the perspective of composition, reading some important papers is helpful.In the study afterwards, I think I will read many English papers. So this time, it builds up a good foundation. The greatest benefit I think is how to arrange the information and express it proper. There are still many other benefits I don’t list. The training offer me a jumping-off point which is very important.