第一篇長對話主題: 論文 M: How's your dissertation going? I'm proofreading my first draft and will submit it to my professor tomorrow. 你的論文寫得怎么樣了?我正在校對我的初稿，明天交給教授。 W: Oh. I haven't even started writing mine yet, so I'm really worried about finishing by the end of next semester. 哦。我還沒開始寫我的，所以我真的很擔心下學期結束前寫完 M: You mean you haven't even begun yours yet? The final draft is due in five months. 你是說你的工作還沒開始?最終稿將在五個月內到期。 W: Of course, I've started it, but I can't get to the writing yet, as I haven't found enough resources to use, so I'm still researching the topic. 當然，我已經開始了，但我還不能開始寫作，因為我還沒有找到足夠的資源來使用，所以我還在研究這個主題。 M: Maybe the problem is the way you're doing your research. I started by talking to my professor about where to look for information. And based on that I found books in the library and a lot of reputable journal articles on the Internet. 也許問題出在你做研究的方式上。我開始和我的教授談論去哪里尋找信息。在此基礎上，我在圖書館里找到了很多書，在互聯網上找到了很多有名望的期刊文章。 W: I've tried all that, but don't have enough to write the dissertation, as my department's minimum length is seventy pages. I think the problem is that my topic isn't viable and honestly, my professor did warn me at the beginning that I might not be able to find enough material. But I was so interested in the topic that I didn't let his advice deter me. 這些我都試過了，但是不夠寫論文，因為我們系的最短長度是70頁。我認為問題是我的主題不可行，老實說，我的教授一開始就警告過我，我可能找不到足夠的材料。但我對這個話題非常感興趣，所以我沒有讓他的建議阻止我。 M: Well, I suggest you find a new topic. After all, our professors are here to guide us, so it's best to listen to them.我建議你換個話題。畢竟，我們的教授是來指導我們的，所以最好還是聽他們的。 W: In retrospect, I wish I had listened to him. But I didn't and now I don't want to give up my topic as I've already invested so much time and energy.現在回想起來，我真希望我當時聽了他的話。但我沒有，現在我不想放棄我的主題，因為我已經投入了這么多時間和精力。 M: If you're committed to your current topic, maybe you could make some adjustments rather than abandoning it completely. What is your topic?如果你致力于當前的主題，也許你可以做一些調整，而不是完全放棄它。你的話題是什么？ W: It's depictions of femininity in folklore from the south of the country. 是國家南部民間傳說中對女性氣質的描述。