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M: Excuse me, Prof. Thomson. I know your office hours are tomorrow, but I was wondering if you have a few minutes free now to discuss something.

W: Sure, John. What do you want to talk about?

M: Well, I have some quick questions about how to write about the research project that I do this semester about Climate Variations.

W: Oh, yes. You were looking for Variations in Climate in the G city area, right? How far along have you been gotten?

M: I’ve gotten my data, so I’m starting to summarize it now, preparing graph and stuff. But I’m just…I’m looking at it and I’m afraid that is not enough, but I’m not sure what else to put into the report.

W: I hear the same thing from every student. You know, you have to remember now that you are the expert on what you have done. So think about what you need to include if you’re going toexplain your research project to someone with general or casual knowledge about the subject like your parents. That’s usually my rule____ Would my parents understand this.

M: Uhh, I get it.

W: I hope you can recognize by my thing how much you do know about the subject.

M: Right, I understand. I was wondering if I should also include the notes from the research journals you suggest I keep.

W: Yes, definitely. You should use them to indicate what your evolution and thought was through time. So just set up, you know, what was the purpose of what you were doing. To try to understand the climate variability of this area. What you did and what your approach was.

1. Office hour

教授与学生面谈的时间

2. climate

n.气候，气候区；风气，气氛

3. vary

vi.变化，有不同 vt.改变，使不同

variation

n.变化，变动；变体，变种；变奏(曲)

4. project

n.方案；项目；工程 vt.发射，放映；伸出

5. data

n.数据，资料

6. summarize

vt.概括，总结

7. graph

n.图表，图解，曲线图

8. expert

n.专家，能手 a.专家的，内行的，熟练的

9. subject

n.主题；学科；对象；主语 vt.使服从

10. recognize

vt.认出,识别;认识[(+as)]

11. definitely

ad.明确地，确切地；一定地，肯定地

12. indicate

vt.标示，指示，指出；表明，示意

13. evolution

演变，进化，发展

14. set up

创立，建立，；竖立，架起，建造；开业

15. purpose

n.目的,意图[C]