After reading the thesis for three years, I learned to read the abstract today

Graduate students have graduated , Reasonably speaking, I can read Chinese and English papers skillfully , Not to mention the abstract of the paper . But there is still a gap between theory and reality , When I see the abstract of the English paper , I'm still scared .

Why are you afraid ？ I try to take the following English abstract as an example , Look where you are stuck , Write down the specific reasons .

Explain the summary reading process in detail

I will first post the abstract of the paper I read today ：

Before you start reading the summary , Let me give you a brief introduction 4-7-8 Breathing training method ：4-7-8 Breathing training method is a special breathing training method , inhale 、 The ratio between breath holding and exhalation is 4:7:8, The reason is Andrew Weil Doctor invented , Used to relieve pressure , Help sleep .

01 What if there is too much content ？

See the summary above , I have a headache before reading , The author cannot rely on research objective 、 Research methods 、 The results 、 Research conclusion Paragraph by paragraph ？

The first difficulty of this reading summary is ： It's too much , Is there a segment , High psychological pressure . This difficulty , Easy to solve , Let's do the segmentation by ourselves .

But I read more papers , We don't need to segment manually . Because the abstract must be written according to the above structure , The first sentence must be the purpose of the study , Reading the summary is really like this , The original research purpose is ：

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This study investigated the effects of sleep deprivation on heart rate variability (HRV), blood pressure (BP), fasting blood glucose (FBG), and endothelial function as well as the immediate effects of 4-7-8 breathing control on HRV and BP.

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Translate ： This study studied the effect of sleep deprivation on heart rate variability （HRV）, Blood pressure （BP）, Fasting blood sugar （FBG） And endothelial function and 4-7-8 Breath control is right HRV and BP The direct impact of .

02 What if there are too many terms ？

In the purpose of the study , And that's what happened The second difficulty in reading Abstract ： It is difficult to read the abstract , Except for language , For example, English is not good . The difficulty lies in the terminology , such as Endothelial function What does that mean ？ When there are many unfamiliar terms , It increases the difficulty of our reading , Let us lose our patience to read . What do I do ？ Avoid perfectionism , We don't need to know the specific meaning of each term . also , We can guess its meaning , Here, endothelial function and blood pressure are put together , It should be a physiological index similar to blood pressure , Regardless of the specific meaning . If there are many terms , We can first understand the meaning of the terms and then come back to read this content .

The order in which readers read is not consistent with the order in which authors write . We don't have to read the abstract from beginning to end . After knowing what the purpose of the research is , You can skip the middle pile of content , Go directly to the summary and read it at the end Conclusion , The conclusion is that ：

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Furthermore, 4-7-8 breathing control can help participants improve their HRV and BP, particularly in those without sleep deprivation.

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Translate ：4-7-8 Breathing can improve HRV And blood pressure , Especially for people who are sleep deprived .

Look at the conclusion , We can be sure 4-7-8 Breathing is useful . How to implement the thesis 4-7-8 Breathing ？ We are jumping back to Research methods , The research method part describes the specific ways of breathing training ：

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Subsequently, participants practiced 4-7-8 breathing control for six cycles/set for three sets interspersed between each set by 1-min normal breathing

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Translate ： perform 6 Time 4-7-8 breathing , Every time 4-7-8 Add a group of normal breathing between breathing .

03 How to take notes ？

After reading the abstract , It does not mean that the reader has finished reading . We also need to take notes . This is it. The third difficulty in reading abstracts ： How to take notes ？ Taking notes is not a word for word translation , But to refine the main content of the summary , And try to re record the summary in your own words . The process of writing notes , Is the process of memorizing the summary . Write it in your own words , Later, it is more convenient to reuse abstracts when writing articles .

According to the above , Summarize this summary ,6 Group 4-7-8 Breathing training can improve heart rate variability and blood pressure .

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After sorting out the above contents , We can know where it is difficult to read the abstract , I summarized it in the following brocade bag table , There is a way in hand , Don't panic . After reading the summary, I will encounter problems , Look up the corresponding solution to the table .

difficulty	terms of settlement
English	With Google translate 、 Salad word search tool reduces the difficulty
The term	Just know the purpose of the term , There is no need to know the specific meaning
More content	According to the purpose of the study 、 Method 、 result 、 Conclusion segmentation
There is no time for word for word translation	Restate the core content in your own language

At the same time, go back and summarize the process of reading the summary ：

1. research objective → Explain the main purpose of the article    4-7-8 The effect of training on blood pressure

2. Research conclusion → What conclusion does the article draw 4-7-8 Training is effective for blood pressure

3. Research methods → Record training details in detail     perform 6 Of the group 4-7-8 Training

4. The results → How big is the impact on blood pressure ？ Check the results , Sometimes you need to check the details of the literature results