7 論文

Dialogue　對話　MP3 03-07

Steven and Lily will soon graduate from college. Now they are busy writing theses.

Steven:How's your thesis going?

Lily:Don't mention it. The thesis due date is coming, but my thesis isn't even close to being done.

Steven:I've finished the first draft, but the professor said it's poorly written. I have to rewrite it. It's so depressing.

Lily:Don't worry. Anyway, you are better than me.

史蒂文和莉莉馬上就要大學畢業了，現在他們在忙著寫論文。

史蒂文：你的論文寫得怎么樣了？

莉莉：別提了。馬上要交畢業論文了，可我的論文還差得遠呢。

史蒂文：我倒是寫完初稿了，可導師說不行，我還得重寫。郁悶死了！

莉莉：別急，怎么說你也比我強啊。

Vocabulary and Phrases　單詞和短語

thesis [?θi?s?s]n．主題，論文，論點

draft [drɑ?ft]n．草稿，草圖，匯票

depressing[d??pres??]adj．壓抑的，郁悶的

Key Sentences　核心句型

論文要求

1 All papers should have page numbers！ 所有論文都要標明頁碼！

2 Is a paper required for this course？這課程要不要寫論文？

3 How long should this paper be？這篇論文要多長？

4 My paper consists of fifteen pages．我的論文共15頁。

5 What is the topic of your paper？你論文的主題是什么？

6 Never plagiarize your paper．課程論文千萬不要抄襲。

7 They tell me how to write research papers．他們告訴我如何寫研究論文。

8 Some schools only accept typed essays．有的學校只接受打印的論文。

9 I need to write two essays．我需要寫兩篇論文。

10 Linda is writing a medical research paper in English．琳達正在用英語寫一篇研究性的醫學論文。

11 There is a need for a curb on downloading papers．有必要抑制下載論文的勢頭。

12 The paper is constituted with the preface and the text．論文由引言和正文兩部分組成。

13 This paper consists of three parts: introduction, text and conclusion．本論文分緒論、正文、結論三大部分。

14 This thesis consists of preface and six chapters of the text．本論文包括前言和正文六章。

論文進展

1 How's your thesis going？你的論文寫得怎么樣了？

2 In fact, I just finished the outline．事實上，我剛寫完提綱。

3 His graduation thesis is coming on quite well．他的畢業論文進展順利。

4 I need to rewrite this thesis．我需要重寫這篇論文。

5 I am afraid you are required to rewrite your paper．恐怕您的論文需要重寫。

6 The thesis due date is coming, but my thesis isn't even close to being done．馬上要交畢業論文了，可我的論文還差得遠呢。

7 I've finished the first draft．我寫完初稿了。

8 Lily is working on her term paper．莉莉正在寫學期論文呢。

9 She has finished writing her essay．她寫完了她的論文。

10 Her thesis is being finished off．她的論文快寫完了。

11 You ought to have submitted your term paper to the teacher．你應該把你的學期論文交給老師。

12 She is writing her doctoral thesis．她正在寫博士論文。

13 They are busy writing their term papers．他們正忙著寫期末論文呢。

14 Jack is busily engaged in writing a thesis．杰克正忙著寫論文。

15 I was busy hunting for a job recently and had no time to write my thesis．這些日子都在找工作，沒時間寫我的論文啊。

16 She is working hard at this thesis．她正在努力地撰寫論文。

17 Can I have a read of your paper？我可以閱讀一下你的論文嗎？

18 Go back to your dorm and work really hard to get your thesis done．回到宿舍，發奮寫完論文吧。

19 Tina is now concentrating on finishing the term paper．蒂娜正專注于完成期末論文。

20 The students have submitted their essays to their tutors．學生已經把論文遞交給導師了。

21 All papers should be given in before 12 o'clock. 12點以前必須交論文。

22 You have half a month left to finish the thesis．還有半個月時間可以去寫論文呢。

23 The girl keeps plugging away at her dissertation．這個女孩一直堅持不懈地寫論文。

論文評價

1 What do you think of the thesis？你認為這篇論文怎樣？

2 The treatise she wrote is excellent．她寫的論文很優秀。

3 Her thesis is rife with errors．她的學位論文錯誤連篇。

4 In fact, it is a scientific thesis．事實上，它是一篇科學論文。

5 There is too much redundancy in this essay．這篇論文重復過多。

6 It's your senior thesis, not just any assignment．這是你的畢業論文，不是家庭作業。

7 I have to say your paper is full of spelling mistakes．我必須說的是你的論文拼寫錯誤很多。

8 There are few papers dealing with this subject．很少論文論述這個題目。

9 The theme in this paper is too vague．這篇論文的主題含混不清。

（也可以這樣說：The theme of his essay was obscure.）