每年秋天
都要向新一批博士生解释什么是博士学位
光用语言很难描述
所以我用图片解释
Imagine a circle that contains all of human knowledge
第一步
想像一个包含了人类所有知识的圈
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By the time you finish elementary school, you know a little:
当你小学毕业的时候,你知道了一点
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By the time you finish high school, you know a bit more:
当你高中毕业的时候,你知道的多了一些
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With a bachelor's degree, you gain a specialty:
有了学士学位之后,你有了一项专业
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A master's degree deepens that specialty:
一个硕士学位深化了你的专业
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Reading research papers takes you to the edge of human knowledge:
阅读研究论文能让你触碰到人类知识的边缘
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Once you're at the boundary, you focus:
当你站在边缘的时候,你专注于
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You push at the boundary for a few years:
你在边缘专攻了一些年
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Until one day, the boundary gives way:
直到有一天,你在边界取得了一点突破
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And, that dent you've made is called a Ph.D.:
而且,你所作出的突破被称为博士学位
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Of course, the world looks different to you now:
当然,现在这个世界对你来说不一样了
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So, don't forget the bigger picture:
哦,不要忘记看大图
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以上图片内容来自作者 MATT MIGHT