Honors thesis An honors student does an extra research project in the major and writes a research paper can graduate with honors This extra research project paper is usually called an honors thesis which resembles a short master,s thesis Notes to the text 1. Sophia Stella. is one of many undergraduates who become involved, one way or another, in research performed at the university: (para. 1) Sophia Stella is one of many students who participated somehow in undergraduate research at Columbia,s School of Engineering 哥伦比亚大学工程学院二年级学生索菲亚·斯黛拉,是众多以各种方式在校参与研究工 作的学生之 2. Students and professors agree that an undergraduate research project can be uniquely beneficial to both parties: (para. 1) Students and professors both find undergraduate research helpful 老师和学生都认为,大学生从事研究工作对师生双方都有特别的好处 3. Ideally, undergraduate research is an opportunity for the kind of intensive study that can expand the mind in ways traditional courses cant: (para. 2) Undergraduate research allows students to think more deeply for themselves than traditional courses do 的确,大学生从事研究是一种深入学习的机会,能拓展思维,而这是传统教育做不到的 4. When students see a discipline as evolving rather than fixed, they usually get a lot more excited about learning:(para. 2) Students enjoy the process of seeing new knowledge being created 当学生认识到一门学科是发的而非静止的,他们就会对学习产生更大的兴趣, 5. He also describes how creating a piece of original research instilled a" pride of authorship in his work:(para. 4)3 ◆ Honors Thesis An honors student does an extra research project in the major and writes a research paper can graduate with honors. This extra research project paper is usually called an honors thesis, which resembles a short master’s thesis. ◼ Notes to the Text 1. Sophia Stella...is one of many undergraduates who become involved, one way or another, in research performed at the university: (para.1) Sophia Stella is one of many students who participated somehow in undergraduate research at Columbia’s School of Engineering. 哥伦比亚大学工程学院二年级学生索菲亚·斯黛拉，是众多以各种方式在校参与研究工 作的学生之一。 2. Students and professors agree that an undergraduate research project can be uniquely beneficial to both parties: (para.1) Students and professors both find undergraduate research helpful. 老师和学生都认为，大学生从事研究工作对师生双方都有特别的好处。 3. Ideally, undergraduate research is an opportunity for the kind of intensive study that can expand the mind in ways traditional courses can’t: (para. 2) Undergraduate research allows students to think more deeply for themselves than traditional courses do. 的确，大学生从事研究是一种深入学习的机会，能拓展思维，而这是传统教育做不到的。 4. When students see a discipline as evolving rather than fixed, they usually get a lot more excited about learning: (para. 2) Students enjoy the process of seeing new knowledge being created. 当学生认识到一门学科是发的而非静止的，他们就会对学习产生更大的兴趣， 5. He also describes how creating a piece of original research instilled a “pride of authorship” in his work: (para.4)