一个构思欠佳的研究计划会毁了整个项目，即使它勉强通过了论文答辩委员会。

An ill-conceived proposal dooms the project even if it somehow gets through the Thesis Supervisory Committee.

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自2004年以来，共指导28名博士研究生成功完成答辩，参与52所大学的论文答辩委员会。

Since 2004, guided 28 doctoral candidates to successful defenses and have participated on 52 College's oral Dissertation defense Committees.

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So, we can think about what would happen if we're on his thesis defense, we're on his thesis committee, we would need to think of some pretty mean, hard, nasty questions that's what happens when you defend your thesis.

所以，我们可以设想一下,如果我们在他的论文答辩会上,担任论文委员会的成员，那么会发生些什么，我们会想一些非常严厉的,冷酷无情的，险恶的问题,那也是你们在论文答辩时,会遇到的情况。

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