How to Write an Abstract The rules for
writing an abstract (摘要) are almost the same to those for writing the summary of
an investigation report. In an abstract you make an outline of the problem and
the purpose of your investigation, mention very briefly how you conducted the
investigation or tests, describe your main findings, and make the conclusions.
All these must be done in as few words as possible: ideally, your abstract will
be about 125 words long and never more than 250 words. From the
abstract, readers must be able to decide whether the information you provide in
the scientific paper or report is particularly interesting to them and whether
they should read further. Because a scientific paper is written for readers who
generally are familiar with your technical or scientific discipline (学科), you
may use technical terminology (术语) in the abstract. The abstract should be
written last, when the Whole paper has been written, so that you can make an
abstract of the brief details you need from what you have already written. What should be contained in the abstract
Outline, purpose, method, ______ and conclusions.