Today in our Foreign Student Series we discuss writing college papers. 今天在我们的“外国学生系列”,我们将会讨论如何撰写大学论文。
Writing a term paper, research paper or essay for a college class is a kind of academic writing. 撰写大学课程的学期论文、研究报告或者论文是一种学术性写作。
Academic writing among professionals is a way to create new knowledge. 具有专业水平的学术性写作是创造新知识的一种途径。
A professor assigns students to write a paper. 教授指派学生写一篇论文。
The students examine an issue, review what is already known, think about what they have learned and come to some conclusion. 学生审查论题,回顾已知的论文要求,对他们已学的知识提出某些观点,然后得出一些结论。
This means that each student-writer must present information and also take a position. 这意味着每个学生作者必须阐述论文资料,并且也要表明立场。