英译汉 This book is, in essence, a user s guide to academic life, conceived for those considering taking up a career in the traditional academic disciplines seniors in college, perhaps, or others thinking about going into graduate school as well as those who have already started out along that path, which is to say, men and women working on a Ph. D and those already with appointments as assistant professors at college or a university. Some of our remarks may also be of interest to others as well: senior professors who are interested in other perspectives on the academic scene, confused and be where parents of junior academics, professional advisors, spouses of graduate students and junior faculty, and laymen interested in learning about the mysteries of academic. Foreign students who are thinking about acquiring an American graduate school education will certainly profit from reading this book. Our backgrounds are in the humanities and the social sciences, and our views naturally reflect our own experiences, observations, and what we have learned in the course of our careers. We believe there is sufficient overlap among the various academic disciplines to make valid generalizations possible. As teachers, we have often been asked to offer advice over and over again. We’ ve written this book in response to what we felt was a real need for information. We chose the format of an extended conversation, much like conversations that we have actually had on many occasions with those who have sought us out to discuss their aspirations, hopes, fears, and problems. The question-and-answer format emphasizes that we are speaking in this book much as we would during our office hours or over coffee in the departmental lounge. Although the questions in boldface are our constructions, for the most part they are questions we’ ve often heard or can imagine our readers might want to ask if they could. ——Preface to The Chicago Guide to Your Academic Career