VOA慢速英语: 写论文有问题？（双语）

Having Problems with a School Paper?
写论文有问题？
Today we welcome a return visit from Jennifer Ahern-Dodson, assistant professor of The Practice in Writing Studies at Duke University in North Carolina. Ms. Ahern-Dodson serves as outreach director and language arts and media program director for the university’s Thompson Writing Program. She helps many students and professors organize writing groups.
今天我们欢迎北卡罗莱纳州的杜克大学写作实践研究的副教授杰妮芙·爱亨德森的来访。爱亨德森担任大学汤普森协作项目的外联主任，语言艺术和媒体项目的主任。她帮助很多学生和老师组织写作小组。
Jennifer Ahern-Dodson says that probably everyone has had difficulty writing an essay or paper at sometime. She says when writing seems easy, it is usually because he or she has something important to say. Today she provides some tips about how to get those important points into the computer.
杰妮芙·爱亨德森说也许某个时候每个人写文章或者写论文的时候都会有些困难。她说写作看起来容易，因为通常情况下他、她有些重要的事要说。今天她提供了关于如何把这些重要的信息点写进电脑里的一些建议。
Suppose you have done some research for your paper, but you still have more research to do. Ms. Ahern-Dodson says try some writing before you’re ready to write the completed paper.
假使你为论文已经做过一些研究，但是你仍需要做更多的研究。爱亨德森说在你准备写一篇完整的论文前，先尝试写一些东西。
“Don’t wait until you’ve done all the research for the research paper or you’ve figured out in your head exactly what you want to say before you get started. Sometimes just stopping in the middle and writing something about where you are at that moment, you can discover your ideas and think about what you want to express or understand.”
“不要等到你做完所有的论文调查研究后或者在大脑中弄清楚自己究竟想要说什么后才开始写。有时候中途暂停一下，写一下那时的进展情况，你会有一些想法，想想你想要传达的信息或者所理解的东西。”
The teacher advises that you note what information other people have already presented about the subject. And she urges you not to get discouraged if you find that others have seemed to have used a lot of that information.
老师建议你标注一下关于这个题目别人已经给出的一些信息。倘若别人已经使用大量的那类信息，她建议你也不要灰心泄气。
”There’s so much research that’s been done already that it can be intimidating once you start figuring out, well, what have other people said about my topic (subject)? And so I might just keep researching and never stop, and say, ‘Well, What do I have to contribute? People have said everything already.’ “
“关于这个课题已经有很多调查研究了，开始接触这个问题时也许会吓到你。别人会怎么评价我的主题呢？也许我只要继续研究不要停止。然后说‘我能写出点什么来呢？人们已经把能说的都说了。’”
Instead, she suggests taking some time to think about what you’re noticing in the research. What points and thoughts of your own might you develop?
相反，她建议花些时间想一想在研究中什么能够引起注意。你要形成的观点和想法是什么？
“You don’t have to be an expert on everything. What is it you find interesting in the middle of this process?”
“你不需要成为各个方面的专家。你需要做的是在这一过程中找到有意思的东西是什么？”
This should help you decide what you want to write in response to what others have said. Or it can help you decide what additional research you might need if you are dealing with the subject in a different way from others.
这会帮助你决定要写什么来回应别人所说的话。或者它能帮助你决定在处理这类课题时，如果想用与别人不一样的方法，你还需要什么额外的调查研究。
As you progress, Ms. Ahern-Dodson strongly advises working with other writers.
随着你的进步，爱亨德森强烈建议与别的作者一起合作。
“Who can give me good feedback (reaction) on my ideas as I’m developing them – and to not make me feel like I’m alone in the universe? So much of our anxiety about writing stems from sharing our writing in high-stakes(extremely important) situations like submitting to a college or turning it in at the end (of a school term). And we cannot really do anything about it once we submit it.”
“对于我形成的想法谁能给我不错的反馈，这样不会让我觉得自己是宇宙中孤独的人？我们对于写作的焦虑来自在高风险的（通常很重要的）情况：像申请大学或者是在学期的期末分享我们的写作。一旦提交后就没法再做出改变。”
She spends a lot of her time helping students and professors form writing groups. She says the reaction of others can tell you if you are communicating your ideas. It can show if your writing is interesting.
她花费了很多时间来帮助学生和老师成立写作小组，她说别人的反应能告诉你是否在交流你的思想观点，也能表明你的写作是否有趣。
“Better to find out that no one is interested in that one paragraph before you submit it than after you submit it.”
“最好找出你提交之前没有人对那一段感兴趣，而你提交后，他们会感兴趣的那些段落。”
I’m Jeri Watson.
我是杰瑞·瓦特森。