论文难过 看科研"学霸"是如何炼成的

Getting papers published in authoritative journals or writing a guide on doing scientific research — Zhang Bolin has accomplished tasks that other students seldom take on in college.
在专业期刊上发表论文，撰写科学研究指南，这些鲜有大学生能够完成的任务，张博林都做到了。

But the 24-year-old graduate student at the College of Precision Instruments, Tientsin University, believes that, rather than being a star student, he’s grasped the right way to do things.
这位24岁的小伙儿来自天津大学精密仪器与光电子工程学院。在他看来，自己并不是什么学霸，只是掌握了正确的方法。

Rough start
艰难伊始

When Zhang first entered university, he was still wet behind the ears. “I had the ambition and passion to make a difference, but I didn’t know how,” he says.
初进大学的张博林也是懵懵懂懂，他说那时的自己“虽然野心勃勃、热情满满想要有所作为，但是却不知道从何下手。”

He struggled in vain to find his way by being class leader and participating in various science and technology competitions. For months in his sophomore year, he felt stressed and frustrated because his college life met none of his expectations.
他为了竞选班长想尽办法，还参加了各种各样的科技比赛。到了大二，他却开始觉得处处受挫、筋疲力尽，因为他发现自己的大学生活早已不是曾经期待的样子。

“I was losing sleep,” he says. “Every night I would stare at the ceiling, thinking about a solution.”
他说，“那时，我一直在失眠。每天晚上盯着天花板，寻找出路。”

It wasn’t until he heard the story of the smart vehicle team at Shandong University that Zhang realized what he was doing wrong.
直到有一天，张博林听说了山东大学智能汽车小组的故事，他突然意识到之前的错误所在。