Writing a term paper, research paper or essay for a college class is a kind of academic writing.

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There's a term paper which i'll talk more about as the weeks go on that's also worth 30% of the grade.

随着课程的进行我会在讲到学期论文,这也占成绩的百分之三十

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And so they each had to present... Each one wrote a term paper on one problem.

那么每个学生都要。,每名学生都要就一个问题写期末论文。

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There's a mid-term exam halfway through and a final exam at the end, and there's a term paper which is due near the end of the course.

我们在学期中和学期末,分别会有期中考试和期末考试,在本学期快结束时要求写一篇学期论文

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