Scene 332 论文

Scene 332　论文

❶ 论文什么时候交？When is the paper due?

同类表达 When do we have to turn in the paper? 我们什么时候该交论文？

❷ 你的论文是关于什么的？What's your paper on?

同类表达 How is your Doctoral thesis coming along? 你的博士论文写得怎么样了？

What did you do on your Doctoral dissertation¹? 你的博士论文选的什么主题？

❸ 这篇论文有多少页？How many pages does the paper have?

同类表达 How long does the paper have to be? 这篇论文需要多长？

How long should the paper be? 这篇论文应该写多长？

❹ 我们需要就本学期所学的内容之一写篇短文。We have to write an essay on one of the things we learnt this term.

同类表达 The essay has to be at least four pages. 短论文必须至少四页。

❺ 所有论文必须都标明页码。All papers should have page numbers.

同类表达 Your paper must be single-spaced. 你的论文必须是单倍行距。

❻ 我刚刚写完提纲。I've just finished the outline.

对话 A: How is your thesis going? 你的论文写得怎么样了？

B: I've just finished the outline. 我刚刚写完提纲。

❼ 十二点以前必须交论文。All papers should be given in before twelve o'clock.

同类表达 You have a week left to finish the thesis. 你还有一个星期的时间可以去写论文。

Tina has submitted her essays to her tutor. 蒂娜已经把论文交给导师了。

❽ 你觉得这篇论文怎么样？What do you think of this thesis?

这样回答 Her thesis is excellent. 她的论文很优秀。

Her thesis is rife² with errors. 她的论文错误连篇。

❾ 这篇论文重复过多。There is too much redundancy in this essay.

对话 A: There are only a few errors in this essay. 这篇论文中只有很少的错误。

B: Yes, but there is too much redundancy in this essay. 是的，但是这篇论文重复过多。

❿ 这篇论文的主题太含糊不清。The theme of this paper is too vague.

同类表达 The theme of this essay is obscure.

1 dissertation   

n.（博士学位）论文，学术演讲，专题论文

参考例句：

• He is currently writing a dissertation on the Somali civil war.他目前正在写一篇关于索马里内战的论文。
• He was involved in writing his doctoral dissertation.他在聚精会神地写他的博士论文。

2 rife   

adj.(指坏事情)充斥的，流行的，普遍的

参考例句：

• Disease is rife in the area.疾病在这一区很流行。
• Corruption was rife before the election.选举之前腐败盛行。