《当代实用英语写作（第2版）》专门为提高大学生、研究生的实用英语写作能力和学术英语写作能力而编写。全书共11个单元，分为两大部分。部分对英文信函、通知、海报、申请、简历、合同及广告等应用文的写作进行详细讲解。第二部分重点介绍学术英语写作的相关知识，针对学术研究和写作任务进行有针对性的讲解和训练，根据研究任务开展写作过程和组织教学内容。该书在基本功提升和应用文能力培养及学术写作拓展方面，均提供了独特且有效的训练方法。
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Unit 1 Notices and Posters
1．1 Notices
1．2 Posters

Unit 2 Invitations
2．1 Formal Invitations
2．2 Informal Invitations

Unit 3 Notes
3．1 Format and Major Writing Contents
3．2 Language of Notes
3．3 Main Types of Notes

Unit 4 Letters
4．1 Personal Letters
4．2 Social Letters
4．3 Business Letters

Unit 5 Resumes
5．1 Parts of a Resume
5．2 Format of a Resume
5．3 Language Features
5．4 Main Samples of Resumes

Unit 6 Certificates
6．1 Parts of a Certificate
6．2 Main Types of Certificates

Unit 7 Contracts
7．1 Definition and Some Key Provisions in Contracts
7．2 Types of Business Contracts
7．3 Structure of a Business Contract
7．4 Sample Contracts

Unit 8 Advertisements
8．1 Language of Advertisements
8．2 Parts of a Typical Advertisement
8．3 Some Main Types of Advertisements

Unit 9 An Overview of English Academic Writing
9．1 Definition and Features of Academic Writing
9．2 English Academic Style and Language

Unit 10 Academic Articles
10．1 Titles
10．2 Abstract and Key Words
10．3 Introduction
10．4 Methods
10．5 Results
10．6 Discussions and Conclusions
10．7 Acknowledgements
10．8 References
10．9 Proof-reading
10．10 Avoiding Plagiarism

Unit 11 Other Academic Genres
11．1 Summaries
11．2 Book Reviews
11．3 Literature Reviews
11．4 Research Projects
11．5 Thesis
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Keys to Exercises
References