大四必知：写论文前要知道的10件事_BEC初级作文

大四必知：写论文前要知道的10件事

我记得第一次看到《本科毕业论文手册》，文件特别大，下了很长时间，我的心就一直往下沉，盘算着写什么主题（后来发现真是想太多）。这些就是我后来学到的教训，真希望当初就知道。

1) If your dissertation supervisor isn't right, change. Mine was brilliant. If you don't feel like they're giving you the right advice, request to swap to someone else – providing it's early on and your reason is valid, your department shouldn't have a problem with it. In my experience, it doesn't matter too much whether they're an expert on your topic. What counts is whether they're approachable, reliable, reassuring, give detailed feedback and don't mind the odd panicked email. They are your lifeline and your best chance of success.

如果你的导师不合适，赶紧换。我的导师很不错。如果你觉得他没有给你正确的建议就申请换一个，只要不太晚又有充足的理由，系里应该没问题。就我的经验来说，导师是不是这方面的专家不是很要紧，要紧的是他是个找得到的、靠谱的老师，能给出详细的反馈意见，不介意稀奇古怪惊慌失措的邮件。导师是你的生命线，你要写出好论文可就靠他了。

2) If you mention working on your dissertation to family, friends or near-strangers, they will ask you what it's about, and they will be expecting a more impressive answer than you can give. So prepare for looks of confusion and disappointment. People anticipate grandeur in history dissertation topics – war, genocide, the formation of modern society. They don't think much of researching an obscure piece of 1970s disability legislation. But they're not the ones marking it.