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Undergraduate Research
　　In many universities, students are encouraged to participate in research to develop their own original research designs under the guidance of instructors. Students are usually paid for their research. If they register for a course and do a project, they can earn academic credits. In some departments a research project might constitute an honors thesis.

大学生研究
许多大学鼓励学生在导师的指导下参与科研工作，以鼓励学生积极创新。参加科研的学生可以得到一些报酬，如果他们报名选修一门课程并
做一个科研项目，还可以获得学分。有些系的学生通过做研究项目，可能会构思出荣誉论文 。

ways to graduate with honors
　　In U. S. education, there are four main ways students may graduate with honors.
         all A's ------ may graduate with highest honors'
         mostly A's ------may graduate with high honors'
         mostly A's& B's ------ may graduate with honors'
     A student may graduate with honors in the major field. This requires high grades in the major, fairly good grades overall, and an extra research project in the major.

大学荣誉学生
在美国的大学里，学生毕业时可获得以下四种主要荣誉：
如果学生的成绩全是A，毕业时可获得最高荣誉；
如果学生的成绩大部分是A，毕业时可获得较高的荣誉；
如果学生的成绩大多是A或B，毕业时可获得荣誉；
学生还可获得单科荣誉，这需要学生单科成绩优秀，其他学科成绩良好，外加一项与学科相关的额外研究课题。

Honors thesis
　　An honors student who 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.

荣誉论文
有本专业额外课题和研究论文的学生毕业时可获荣誉学生称号。所写的课题论文常称为荣誉论文。这类论文相当于一篇不太长的硕士学位
论文。