VOA慢速英语:Taking Steps Toward a Great College Paper

短语讲解：

1. A college paper is a piece of writing than can be as long as 20 or more pages.

as long as 只要; 如果; 既然
例句：Bertha had intended as long as possible to make a secret of her news.
伯莎曾打算尽可能久地将她的消息保守秘密。

2. Even native English-speaking college students struggle with how to succeed with such a difficult responsibility.

succeed with 在…上获得成功
例句：How she wished she could succeed with him, in her own way.
她多么希望自己能按她的愿望成功地同他和睦相处啊！

3. But maybe… they do not know about the writing systems that we have here, in terms of organization, thesis, transition… They do not know how to connect sentences; how to be direct.

in terms of 根据; 用…的话; 就…而言
例句：It can not be measured in terms of money.
这是不能用金钱衡量的。

4. But not every type of writing is the same. There are also case studies and field reports in addition to traditional papers.

in addition to 除…之外
例句：In addition to light, there are dangerous radiations gi-ven off by the sun.
除了光以外，太阳还发出危险的放射线。

5. They have to go through different steps, different revisions.

go through （法律、合同等正式） 通过; 用完; 检查
例句：You must go through customs in order to pass across the border.
你过边境就必须在海关办理手续。