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发信人:?yuanm?(我爱水木.路漫漫兮),?信区:?PhD标??题:?中英文版：到底美国PhD要干啥?发信站:?BBS?水木清华站?(Fri?Apr??1?16:23:07?2005),?站内hoho，简单翻译了一下，英语不好，凑活看看。最后的警告尤其有用。——————————————发信人:?Woodchuckle?(木耳),?信区:?PhD标??题:?到底美国PhD要干啥??Notes?on?the?PhD?Degree[zt]发信站:?BBS?水木清华站?(Fri?Feb?18?02:54:21?2005),?站内发信人:?kissall?(阿呆),?信区:?Overseas?标　题:?到底美国PhD要干啥??Notes?on?The?PhD?Degree[zt]?发信站:?Unknown?Space?-?未名空间?(Thu?Feb?17?13:47:42?2005)?WWW-POST??很多人在申请的时候其实不知道PhD意味着什么，要干什么。不管怎么样，提前了解对作?出正确的决定帮助很大.??另一篇类似的文章《So?long,?and?thanks?for?the?Ph.D.!》在?/~azuma/hitch4.html?太长了，就不转??From?/homes/dec/essay.phd.html?——————————————正文——————————————Notes?On?The?PhD?Degree?说说博士学位Last?week?at?the?department?colloquium?coffee?hour,?several?students?engaged?the?faculty?in?a?discussion?about?our?Ph.D.?program.?It?became?clear?that?many?of?the?students?did?not?understand?the?basics;?they?were?surprised?at?some?of?the?questions?and?confused?by?some?of?the?answers.??上周系里咖啡时间的讨论会上，几个学生跟教员讨论了我们的博士课程。显然，多数学生对基本问题缺乏了解。他们对一些问题很惊讶而且对答案也弄不清楚。These?notes?provide?basic?information?about?the?purpose?of?a?Ph.D.?program?in?an?attempt?to?help?students?decide?whether?to?pursue?a?Ph.D.?degree.?The?Basics??对于博士学位课程的目的，这些解释提供了一些基本信息，可能有助于学生决定是否读博。A?Doctor?of?Philosophy?degree,?abbreviated?Ph.D.,?is?the?highest?academic?degree?anyone?can?earn.?Because?earning?a?Ph.D.?requires?extended?study?and?intense?intellectual?effort,?less?than?one?percent?of?the?population?attains?the?degree.?Society?shows?respect?for?a?person?who?holds?a?Ph.D.?by?addressing?them?with?the?title?``Doctor.??哲学博士，也就是PH.D，是一个人能取得的最高的学位。因为获得博士学位需要长期的学习和强烈的心智努力。不到百分之一的人能成为博士。博士这一称呼表达了社会对博士学位持有者的尊敬。To?earn?a?Ph.D.,?one?must?accomplish?two?things.?First,?one?must?master?a?specific?subject?completely.?Second,?one?must?extend?the?body?of?knowledge?about?that?subject.??要取得博士学位，必须做到两件事：一是完全掌握某一课题的知识，二是必须增加此课题的知识积累。Mastering?A?Subject?掌握一个课题?To?master?a?subject,?a?student?searches?the?published?literature?to?find?and?read?everything?that?has?