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1、Track1M:Excuseme,Prof.Thomson.Iknowyourofficehoursaretomorrow,butIwaswonderingifyouhaveafewminutesfreenowtodiscusssomething.W:Sure,John.Whatdoyouwanttotalkabout?M:Well,IhavesomequickquestionsabouthowtowriteabouttheresearchprojectthatIdothissemesteraboutClimateVariations.W:Oh,yes.Youwerelookingf
2、orVariationsinClimateintheGcityarea,right?Howfaralonghaveyoubeengotten?M:I’vegottenmydata,soI’mstartingtosummarizeitnow,preparinggraphandstuff.ButI’mjust…I’mlookingatitandI’mafraidthatisnotenough,butI’mnotsurewhatelsetoputintothereport.W:Ihearthesamethingfromeverystudent.Youknow,youhavetorememb
3、ernowthatyouaretheexpertonwhatyouhavedone.Sothinkaboutwhatyouneedtoincludeifyou’regoingtoexplainyourresearchprojecttosomeonewithgeneralorcasualknowledgeaboutthesubjectlikeyourparents.That’susuallymyrule____Wouldmyparentsunderstandthis.M:Uhh,Igetit.W:Ihopeyoucanrecognizebymythinghowmuchyoudoknow
4、aboutthesubject.M:Right,Iunderstand.IwaswonderingifIshouldalsoincludethenotesfromtheresearchjournalsyousuggestIkeep.W:Yes,definitely.Youshouldusethemtoindicatewhatyourevolutionandthoughtwasthroughtime.Sojustsetup,youknow,whatwasthepurposeofwhatyouweredoing.Totrytounderstandtheclimatevariability
5、ofthisarea.Whatyoudidandwhatyourapproachwas.M:Ok.So,forexample,Istudymeteorologicalrecords,Ilookatclimatecharts,Iusedifferentmethodsforanalyzingthedatalikecertainstatistictests,andthenIdiscusstheresults.Isthatwhatyoumean?W:Yes,that’sright.Youshouldincludeallofthat.Thestatisticaltestsarespeciall
6、yimportant,andalsobesureyouincludegoodreferencesectionwhereallyourpublishedandunpublisheddatacamefrom.Couldyouhavealotofunpublishedclimatedata?M:Um.SomethingjustcameoutofmymindandwentouttheothersideW:Ithappenstomealot.So,Ihavecomeupwithaprettygoodmemorymanagementtool.Icarryalittlepadwithmeovert
7、imeandjotdownquestionsandideasthatIdon’twanttoforget.Forexample,Iwenttothedoctorwithmydaughterandherbabysonlastweek,andweknowwewouldn’tremembereverythingwewanttoaskthedoctor,soweactuallymadeatleastfivethingswewantanswersto.M:Notep