http://techtv.mit.edu/videos/4386-urop-celebrating-discovery
UROP: Celebrating Discovery
MIT Tech TV
1. Try to reproduce situations in which the following words and word combinations
are used.
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Undergraduate
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Finance implications
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Methodology
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Faculty
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To apply skills
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To pursue
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Graduates
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Eventually
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To initiate academic
petition
To enhance
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Get exposure
To bang on the door
Flagship academic
program
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To apply
Vaguely convinced
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To break down
One of essential skills
To do actual research
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To gain
Inherently creative
To get excited about
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To end up with smth
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A major
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2. Have you caught the idea what UROP program is about? If so, could you answer the
questions?
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What is in common between students?
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What opportunities are their?
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Why to bang on the door?
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What does UROP program teach undergraduates?
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What is one of the essential skills?
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What is very rewarding?
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What were 1950 full of?
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What did UROP program do instead of turning education upside down?
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What three distinct communities were their in 1960?
http://techtv.mit.edu/videos/4386-urop-celebrating-discovery
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How many students take part in research that goes on in MIT?
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What extremely important education experience does UROP provide for?
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What is the growth path for UROP?
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What does this path align with? In what sense?
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What prevents UROP from fading?
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What is the difference between students and those who have already learnt a lot of things?
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Who of the speakers do you think is the most enthusiastic participant of UROP?
3. Could you summarize what one of the participants explained about the program?
What are your ideas about UROP? What questions would you like to ask?