英语吧台

首先,先看一下单词吧。
discuss with sb.与某人讨论
approach方法
empirical research 经验研究
confine 限制,限定be confined to局限于
merge合并,结合 merger(企业或机构的)合并
mind n.思维方式v.介意
collaborate v. 合作 collaboration n. 合作
foreign外国的,陌生的
take the lead带头,领先
co-authors n.(书过文章的)合著者 v.合著
science科学
scientific科学的

好啦,下面请看文章,加深一下对单词的记忆。
Good afternoon, class.下午好,同学们。
Today I want to discuss with you a new approach to empirical research.今天我想和大家讨论一种新的实证研究方法。
In the past, scientists often work to learn.在过去,科学家经常努力学习。
They were confined to the university or research center where they worked他们被限制在他们工作的大学或研究中心。
Today, though, we are seeing mergers of some of greatest scientific minds regardless of their location.
然而,今天,我们看到了一些伟大的科学头脑的合并,不管他们的位置如何。
There has never been a better time for collaborations with foreign scientists.与外国科学家合作的时机从来没有这么好过。
In fact, the European Union is taking the lead, Spurred on by funding policies, half of European research articles had international co-authors in 2007.事实上,在资助政策的推动下,欧盟正在率先采取行动,2007年,半数欧洲研究文章有国际合著者。
This is more than twice the level of two decades ago.这是20年前的两倍多。
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