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1、鸟类迁徙BirdmigrationStudenthavingdifficultiesinwritingtermpaper原文：Conversation：termpaperofbirdmigrationListentoaconversationbetweenastudentandhisBiologyprofessor.S:Dr.Russell,IwashopingtodiscussmytermpaperwithyouI'mgettingalittlebitstuckhere.P:Ofcourse,so...whatdoyouhavesofar?What's
2、yourtopic?S:Well,Iwantedtowriteaboutbirdmigration,butI'mhavingtroublefindingenoughsources.P:You'rehavingtroublefindingsourcesonbirdmigrationS:No,actually,ontheparticularaspectofbirdmigrationthatIwanttowriteabout.Thethingis,Iwantedtowritespecificallyonearlytheoriesofbirdmigration.
3、..describesomeofthetheories.LikehowAristotlethoughtthatbirdschangedintodifferentspeciesduringthewinter.Orhowothernaturaliststhoughtthatbiggerbirdscarriedsmallerbirdstowarmerspotsforthewintertime.ButI'veonlygotacoupleofbookstoworkwithrightnow.P:Hm...Ihavetoadmitthatit'saninteresti
4、ngtopic,andyoucertainlyseemexcitedbyit.ButrememberItoldyoualltoaskyourselveshowyourtopicisgoingtohelpyoushowthatyoucanapplywhatyou'velearnedthissemester.AsummaryordescriptionisnotreallywhatI'mlookingforasmuchasyouranalysisofacertaintopic.S:Iguessit'snotreallywhatwe'resupposedtodo
5、,huhP:Right.So,howaboutwethinkaboutsomeotherideasforyourpaper.Imeanyoudon'tneedtodiscardtheideacompletely...but...takeareallydifferentfocus.Um...forexample...youcouldpresentwhatyouthinkaresomereasons-therationale-behindsomeoftheerroneoustheoriesearlynaturalistshad.But,you'llbesup
6、portingyourviewswithcurrentresearch;thosearethesourcesyou'llneedtoseekout.S:Ok,IthinkIseewhatyou'resaying.So,liketoday...todayweknowthatlotsofsmallbirdsmigrateatnight,butmaybe`causepeopledidn'tseethem-didn'tseethesmallbirdsmigrating-theyonlysawbiggerbirds,likegeesemigratingduring
7、theday.Theythoughtthatthebigbirdswerecarryingthesmallonesundertheirwings.P:Thereyougo!That'sexactlywhatImean.You'reshowingthatyou'rethinkingaboutthetopic,notjusttellingmewhatyouread.S:Ok,IalsohaveareallycoolexampleofamigratorybirdthatI'dliketodiscussinmypaper.It'stheCommonPoorwil
8、l—ImeanitseemsthatsomeOrnithologistsbeli
