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lot more excited about learning because they see that it‘s an ongoing process.‖ He points out that research can be exciting because ―a research project really gives students an opportunity to answer real-life questions that we don‘t know the answers to.‖

Research also spurs independent thinking and intellectual confidence in students. Amelia, a graduate student in computer science, says, \ou had to go out and learn on your own. You weren't going to be spoon-fed.\an important role in her decision to leave her Wall Street programming job and return to Columbia as a graduate student.

Arthur Hannah, a political science graduate of Columbia College says undergraduate research \like a whole new mode of learning.\Instead of looking for the knowledge we do have, he says, research forces students to look for knowledge we don't have. It's a process of looking for holes and trying to plug them, which is completely different from the classroom experience of learning what others already know. He also describes how creating a piece of original research instilled a \of authorship\in his work, something he hadn't found in his regular classes.

Most undergraduates doing research are working for credit. They register for a semester-long course and do a project for a professor who gives them a grade for their efforts. In some departments a research project might constitute an honors thesis.

Some students do research for pay. Taken simply as a form of employment, it's one of the most desirable jobs available to undergraduates. Stella says, \rather work here than in the cafeteria\work-study job into an engaging aspect of her education. The money for her wages is available because of a program started this year providing $100 000 to fund undergraduate research. This funding is intended to support about 50 undergraduates in work-study research positions.

Other students do research not for credit or for money but simply on a volunteer basis. Usually, these are students pursuing a career that requires some demonstration of altruistic commitment, such as medicine.

As Economics Professor Ralph Edison says: \research can become a valuable part of education. It's a real and valuable privilege. It has to remain an extraordinary undertaking for extraordinary people in extraordinary circumstances.\

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A篇 大学生在校搞研究

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哥伦比亚大学工程学院二年级学生索菲亚·斯黛拉，是众多以各种方式在校参与研究工作的学生之一。这些学生有的是为了拿学分，有的是为了挣钱，还有的就是为了多一份经历。老师和学生都认为，大学生从事研究工作对师生双方都有特别的好处。

的确，大学生从事研究是一种深入学习的机会，能拓展思维，而这是传统教育做不到的。经济学教授拉尔夫·爱迪生说：\要真正学好一门课程，你得有这种感觉：知识不是现成的，等着你去被动吸收，而是在不断地创新，所以我们得不断地进行再思考。……一般来说，当学生认识到一门学科是发展的而不是静止的，他们就会对学习产生更大的兴趣，因为他们看到这是个发展的过程。\他指出，研究能让人兴奋不已，因为\研究项目才能真正给学生提供机会，解决现实生活中我们没有现成答案的问题。\

同时，从事研究也培养了学生独立思考的能力和对自己智慧的信心。艾米莉娅是计算机系的研究生，她说：\你得走出课堂自己学习，没有人会用勺子喂你知识。\对大学时期从事研究工作的美好回忆促使她下决心放弃在华尔街的编程工作，又回到哥伦比亚大学读研究生。

哥伦比亚大学政治科学系的毕业生艾伦·哈勒说，大学生从事研究\感觉像是一种全新的学习。\他说研究不是让学生寻找已有的知识，而是促使他们探索尚未掌握的知识。这是一个发现漏洞然后再竭力补漏的过程，与在教室里学习人们已掌握的知识完全不同。他还认为，一项有创意的独特研究会让你的工作充满\独家创造的自豪\，这可是他在常规课程里从来没有感受到的。

多数大学生作研究是为了拿学分。他们注册一门学期课程，为老师做一个项目，老师也就会给他们的工作打分。有些系的学生通过做研究项目，可能据此写出一篇（教学计划之外的）论文，从而在毕业时获得（这个学科的单科优秀）荣誉。

有些学生作研究是为了挣钱。如果只是将做科研看成一种就业，这可是大学生能得到的最理想的工作之一。斯黛拉说：\我需要一份收入，与其在餐厅端盘子，不如在这里工作。\有偿研究工作使她的勤工俭学演变成其教育的充满魅力的一个方面。她的工资也有保障，因为一项给大学生研究工作提供100，000美元的计划今年已经启动。这笔资金将给50名大学生提供勤工俭学的研究岗位。

还有些学生作研究既不是为学分，也不是为钱，完全是出于自愿。这些学生将来从事的职业通常需要他们关心他人，比如当医生。

正如经济学教授拉尔夫·爱迪生所说：\大学生参与科研可以成为教育中很有价值的一部分，这是一项真实而有益的特权。它是特别环境下为特别的人准备的特别任务。\

Passage A Notes to the Text

1. Sophia Stella...is one of many undergraduates who become involved, one way or another, in research performed at the university (para.1):

Sophia Stella is one of many students who participated somehow in undergraduate

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research at Columbia's School of Engineering.

哥伦比亚大学工程学院二年级学生索菲亚·斯黛拉，是众多以各种方式在校参与研究工作的学生之一。

one way or another:somehow; however you can (perhaps despite some difficulty)

Examples:

Almost every country becomes involved, one way or another, when there's a World War.

一旦战争爆发，几乎每个国家或多或少都会被卷进去

If you care about your work you'll always get there on time, one way or another. 如果重视你的工作，你就总会想方设法按时赶到。

2. Students and professors agree that an undergraduate research project can be uniquely beneficial to both parties (para.1):

Students and professors both find undergraduate research helpful.

老师和学生都认为，大学生从事研究工作对师生双方都有特别的好处。

beneficial:adj. Helpful

Examples:

Going to class more often may be beneficial to your grade. 常听讲座有助于提高你的成绩。

Encouraging people not to throw garbage onto the street is beneficial to society. 鼓励人们不乱扔垃圾对社会有好处。

3. Ideally, undergraduate research is an opportunity for the kind of intensive study that can expand the mind in ways traditional courses can't (para.2):

Undergraduate research allows students to think more deeply for themselves than traditional courses do.

的确，大学生从事研究是一种深入学习的机会，能拓展思维，而这是传统教育做不到的。

expand the mind: stimulate curiosity and learning

Examples:

Reading Einstein's biography expanded my mind as I began to understand the Theory of Relativity.

读爱因斯坦传拓展了我的思维，使我逐渐理解了相对论。 You can expand your mind by traveling and meeting interesting people. 旅游和结交有趣的人都能拓展你的思维。

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4. it isn't just... but rather... (para.2):

it's true (that)... but it's more important (that)...

Examples:

It isn't just the stifling heat, but rather the dripping humidity that makes Changsha uncomfortable in the summer.

长沙的夏季令人很不舒服，它不仅闷热，湿气也很大。

It isn't just the award you received, but rather the confidence you showed in the competition that makes me proud.

我不仅因为你获奖而自豪，更为你在竞赛中所表现出的自信而自豪。

5. When students see a discipline as evolving rather than fixed, they usually get a lot more

excited about learning (para.2):

Students enjoy the process of seeing new knowledge being created. 当学生认识到一门学科是发的而非静止的，他们就会对学习产生更大的兴趣，

see ... as...: consider ...to be ..., regard ... as ...

Examples:

It would be disappointing if you see the ugly building as a work of art. 如果你把这幢丑陋的建筑当作艺术品来看的话，你可能会失望的。

If you see the Beatles's later songs as poetry, you'll understand them better.

如果你把甲壳虫乐队后期创作的歌曲当作诗歌来欣赏的话，你会更加了解他们。

6 He also describes how creating a piece of original research instilled a \of authorship\

Students are proud when they see their own work becoming part of the new knowledge created by the research. 他还认为，一项有创意的独特研究会让你的工作充满\独家创造的自豪\

original research: research done on one's own, perhaps on a new topic or in search of new facts or theories on an old topic

Examples:

Anyone who earns a doctorate is expected to do original research. 攻读博士的人都得做有创新的研究。

Many scientists competed to do original research that might prove or disprove Einstein's new theory.

许多科学家争着做创新研究来证明或反驳爱因斯坦的新理论。

pride of authorship: satisfaction at seeing one's own work in print

Examples: It was his first publication, so his pride of authorship was understandable even though the article was very short.

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