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完美撰題八大原則一：了解研究報告題目

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完美撰題八大原則二：確認研究報告的主題範圍

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8 Ways to Choose a Perfect Research Paper Topic # 2 – Clearly identify the parameters of an assigned topic
完美撰題八大原則二：確認研究報告的主題範圍

This suggestion is closely related to the first one, which was to understand an assignment. But rather than dealing with miscommunication between student and instructor, this suggestion has to do with a writer’s judgment.
上週提到的原則一是了解研究報告的題目，原則二與原則一有關，但不是處理師生溝通不良，而是與作者的判斷有關

完美撰題八大原則三：留意潛藏在教材與其他地方的研究主題

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8 Ways to Choose a Perfect Research Paper Topic # 3 – Be alert to potential topics in course material and elsewhere
完美撰題八大原則三：留意潛藏在教材與其他地方的研究主題

Sometimes the perfect topic is perfectly hidden … right under your nose. When an assignment is given in a class, the tendency is to focus on the assignment as if it exists separate from the rest of your intellectual activity. Not true.
有時候最棒的研究題目藏在最意想不到的地方－就藏在你的眼皮底下。一般人常把教授出的作業和其他研究分開來看，殊不知作業並不是單獨存在。

完美撰題八大原則四：保持心胸開放

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8 Ways to Choose a Perfect Research Paper Topic # 4 – Keep an open mind
完美撰題八大原則四：保持心胸開放

This suggestion really shouldn’t be necessary. An open mind should be a chief characteristic of any writer laboring in the academic field.
心胸開放是學術領域作者應有的基本特質，本來不必特別提出。

完美撰題八大原則五：判斷主題的深度和廣度

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8 Ways to Choose a Perfect Research Paper Topic # 5 – Determine the depth and breadth of a possible topic
完美撰題八大原則五：判斷主題的深度和廣度

This suggestion might seem to put an extra burden on a writer, but the opposite is the case.
這個建議聽起來似乎讓作者又多了一份負擔，然而實際上剛好相反。

完美撰題八大原則六：力求主題創新

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8 Ways to Choose a Perfect Research Paper Topic # 6 – Strive for originality in a topic
完美撰題八大原則六：力求主題創新

The old saying is that there is nothing new under the sun. Even sayings are old. It is true that the first writer of an academic paper could choose from a longer list of unwritten-about topics than is possible to find today.
俗話說，太陽底下沒有新鮮事，不過這些俗話也不新鮮了。確實，比起現在的研究者，初期的研究者有更多從未研究過的題目可以選擇。

完美撰題八大原則七：勇敢探索學科的邊緣領域

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8 Ways to Choose a Perfect Research Paper Topic # 7 – Don’t be afraid to explore the edge of a subject
完美撰題八大原則七：勇敢探索學科的邊緣領域

As in the previous guideline about an original topic, this suggestion is about how to make a paper distinctive from hundreds of similar papers.
這項守則類似前一項「力求主題創新」守則，都能讓論文從數百篇類似的文章中脫穎而出。

完美撰題八大原則八：尋找耐人尋味、有啟發力的題目

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8 Ways to Choose a Perfect Research Paper Topic # 8 – Find a topic that is intriguing or can teach
完美撰題八大原則八：尋找耐人尋味、有啟發力的題目

In choosing a research paper topic, a writer should make a genuine effort to find one that forces him to learn something.
選擇研究論文題目時，應該竭力尋找能讓你從中學習的題目。