研究生学术英语听力答案

第一章

1. What is an academic topic?

---A topic studied in schools by university professors and by scholars, around which a discipline and a body of literture have grown up.

2. What does research mean?

---Reading and study of various kinds of evidence, mainly but not exclusively drawn from written materials.

3. What kinds of materials may research be based on?

---Printed materials, written materials that are not printed, spoken materials, visual materials, and digital documents from the Internet.

4. What does “operating in a scholarly way” mean?

---Building new knowledge by analyzing and learning from what others have done and adding fresh insights to it.

5. What is the length of a typical research paper?

---10-15 double-spaced pages / 3000-5000 words.

第二章

1. What are the four elements discussed in the lecture?

---Subject, topic, question and thesis.

2. Which is supposed to be more specific, a subject or a topic? ---A topic.

3. What is an appropriate topic characterized by?

---It can be covered adequately and interestingly in just 10-15 pages.

4. Why was Lincoln able to win the election of 1860?

---Because of his ambiguous position on slavery/By not taking

a very firm or clear stand on slavery.

5. What is the function of the thesis of a research paper?

---The thesis states what you want to say about the topic－your conclusion based on your research and thought.

6.How do you judge whether a topic is appropriate or not?

---It can be covered adequately and interestingly in just 10-15

pages.

第三章

1. What is a good topic?

A good topic:

• is not merely a narrative, • is not too broad,

• is not too narrow, • has research sources,

• has not been overdone, and • interests you.

2. What is a good working thesis?

A good working thesis:

• can be stated in a single clear sentence,

• is a positive, non-obvious statement, and

• can be tested through research.

3.What kind of thesis is a good working thesis?

·It can be stated in a single clear sentence.

·It is a positive,non-obvious statement ,and

·It can be tested through research.

第四章

1. What is plagiarism?

---A kind of theft.

2. What does the word “publishing” mean according to the

professor?

---Something printed in book/magazine form or anything

posted on the Internet.

3. What are the four different types of plagiarism?

• Buying, borrowing, or reusing a paper.

• Claiming as your own a piece of writing from a published

source.

• Quoting words, sentences, paragraphs, or pages from another

writer’s work without giving that writer credit.

• Copying another writer’s sequence of ideas without giving

that writer credit.

4. What transitional words does the professor use to introduce

the four different types of plagiarism?

---First, next, also, finally.

5. What will you teacher or advisor do when you commit

plagiarism?

You teacher or your advisor will refuse to write a letter of

recommendation.

6.what does the speaker mean when he explains the point

“citing sources in a scholarly fashion”?

Following standard rules and procedures to explain where you

found the facts and ideas you are borrowing.

7.What does “publishing” also refer to?

“Publishing” also refers to the act of posting an item on the

Internet.

第五章

1. What is common knowledge?

• Information that you and your friends all know.

• Any information that could be easily obtained from many

sources and that is not open to dispute or varying

interpretations. (also)

2. What is a fact?

---An event in the real world that practically everyone can

point to and agree on.

3. What is an opinion or interpretation?

---A personal spin (remark), attitude, or feeling to the real-

world event, which not everyone will agree on.