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Listen to a conversation between a student and a professor.
请听一段学生和教授之间的对话。
Student: Uh, excuse me, Professor Thompson.
学生：额，抱歉，Thompson教授。
I know your office hours are tomorrow, but I was wondering if you had a few minutes free now to discuss something.
我知道您明天才上班，但是我想知道您现在是否有空跟我讨论一些事情。
Professor: Sure, John. What did you want to talk about?
教授：当然，John。你想聊什么？
Student: Well, I have some quick questions about how to write up the research project I did this semester—about climate variations.
学生：关于怎么纪录我这个学期做的气候变化研究项目，我想简单问几个问题。
Professor: Oh, yes. You were looking at variations in climate in the Grant City area, right? How far along have you gotten?
教授：哦，是的。你在观察格兰特城地区的气候变化，对吧？你进行到哪一步了？
Student: I’ve got all my data, so I’m starting to summarize it now, preparing graphs and stuff.
学生：我收集了所有的数据，现在开始总结了，准备图表之类的东西。
But I’m just...I’m looking at it and I’m afraid that it’s not enough, but I’m not sure what else to put in the report.
但是我......看着这些担心不太够，我不确定报告里应该包含其他的什么内容。
Professor: I hear the same thing from every student. You know, you have to remember now that you’re the expert on what you’ve done.
教授：我听很多同学都这样说过。你得记着，现在你是你所研究领域的专家。
So, think about what you’d need to include if you were going to explain your research project to someone with general or casual knowledge about the subject, like...like your parents.
所以，想一想如果要把你的科研项目解释给对这个主题只有一般了解的人，比如你的父母，你需要在里面囊括什么内容。
That’s usually my rule of thumb: would my parents understand this?
那常常是我的经验法则：我的父母能不能理解？
Student: OK.I get it.
学生：好吧，我懂了。
Professor: I hope you can recognize by my saying that how much you do know about the subject.
教授：我希望你能从我的话中明白你对这个主题了解多少。
Student: Right. I understand. I was wondering if I should also include the notes from the research journal you suggested I keep?
学生：是的。我能理解。我在想是不是能加入您建议我记的研究日记里面的笔记？
Professor: Yes, definitely. You should use them to indicate what your evolution in thought was through time.
教授：当然能加入。你应该用它们说明一下你的思想演变过程。
So, just set up, you know, what was the purpose of what you were doing—to try to understand the climate variability of this area—
你研究的目的是什么——试着了解这一地区的气候变化——
and what you did, and what your approach was.
还有你做了什么，以及你的方法是什么。
Student: OK.So, for example, I studied meteorological records; I looked at climate charts;
学生：好的。比如，我研究了气象记录；我观察了气候图；
I used different methods for analyzing the data, like certain statistical tests; and then I discuss the results.
我用了不同的方法来解释数据，比如数据测试；然后我去和别人讨论结果。
Is that what you mean?
您是这个意思吗？
Professor: Yes, that’s right. You should include all of that. The statistical tests are especially important.
教授：是的。所有那些都应该包括。数据测试尤其重要。
And also be sure you include a good reference section where all your published and unpublished data came from, ‘cause you have a lot of unpublished climate data.
还要确保你有一个注明出处的章节，所有发表了或者未发表的数据来自哪里，因为你有很多未发布的气候数据。
Student: Hmm...something just came into my mind and went out the other side.
学生：我刚想起来一件事又忘了。
Professor: That happens to me a lot, so I’ve come up with a pretty good memory management tool.
教授：我经常那样，所以我找到了一个非常好的记忆管理工具。
I carry a little pad with me all the time and jot down questions or ideas that I don’t want to forget.
我一直随身带着一个小记事本，记下我不想忘记的问题或者想法。
For example, I went to the doctor with my daughter and her baby son last week and we knew we wouldn’t remember everything we wanted to ask the doctor,
比如，我上周陪女儿和她儿子去看医生，我们知道不可能记住想问医生的所有问题，
so we actually made a list of five things we wanted answers to.
所以就我们要问的五件事情列了一个表。
Student: A notepad is a good idea.
学生：记事本是个好主意。
Since I’m so busy now at the end of the semester, I’m getting pretty forgetful these days.
期末我比较忙，这些天很健忘。
OK.I just remembered what I was trying to say before.
好了。我刚想起了我之前要说的事情。
Professor: Good. I was hoping you’d come up with it.
教授：很好。我希望你能想起来。
Student: Yes. It ends up that I have data on more than just the immediate Grant City area, so I also included some regional data in the report.
学生：是的。我不止有直接的格兰特城地区的数据，我还在报告中纳入了一些地区性的数据。
With everything else it should be a pretty good indicator of the climate in this part of the state.
加上其他的东西后，这会是一份相当好的该地区的气候解读。
Professor: Sounds good. I’d be happy to look over a draft version before you hand in the final copy, if you wish.
教授：听起来不错。如果你希望的话我愿意在你交终稿之前看一下草版。
Student: Great. I’ll plan to get you a draft of the paper by next Friday. Thanks very much. Well, see ya.
学生：太好了。我准备下周五的时候给您一份草稿。非常谢谢您。再见。
