新编大学英语第二版第一册课文翻译Unit-4-Fresh-Start

Unit4FreshStart

FreshStart

[1]IfirstbegantowonderwhatIwasdoingonacollegecampuswhenmyparents

droveoff,leavingmestandingpitifullyinaparkinglot.IdecidedIwantednothingmore

thantofindmywaysafelytomydormroom.Itseemedthateveryoneoncampuswas

watchingme.MyplanwastokeepmyearsopenandmymouthshutandIhopednoone

wouldnoticeIwasafreshman.

[2]ThenextmorningIfoundmyfirstclassandmarchedin.OnceIwasintheroom,

however,anotherproblemawaitedme.Wheretosit?AftermuchhesitationIchoseaseat

inthefirstrowandtotheside.

[3]"WelcometoBiology101,ntheprofessorbegan.Oh,God,Ihadthoughtitwasa

literatureclass.Acoldsweatbrokeoutonthebackofmyneck.Igropedformyschedule

andcheckedtheroomnumber.Iwasintherightroombutthewrongbuilding.

[4]Sonowwhat?Getupandleaveinthemiddleofthelecture?Wouldn'tthe

professorbeangry?Ikneweveryonewouldstare.Forgetit.Isettledintomychairand

triedtolookasseriousasabiologymajormightbe.

[5]AfterclassIfeltalittlehungry,andIhurriedtothecafeteria.Ipiledmytraywith

sandwichesandwasheadingfortheseatwhenIaccidentallysteppedinalargepuddleof

ketchup.MyfoodtraytippedandIlostmybalance.Asmyrearendmetthefloor,Isaw

myentirelifepassbeforemyeyes;itendedwithmyfirstdayofcollegeclasses.

[6]InthesecondsaftermyfallIthoughthowniceitwouldbeifnoonehadnoticed.

Butasallthestudentsinthecafeteriacametotheirfeet,cheeringandclapping,Iknew

theyhadnotonlynoticed,theyweredeterminedthatIwouldneverforgetit.

[7]ForthenextthreedaysIdinedaloneonnothingmorethanshame,andsome

junkfoodfromamachineplacedoutsidemyroom.OnthefourthdayIthoughtIneeded

somerealfoodbadly.Perhapsthreedayswaslongenoughforthecampuspopulation[N]

tohaveforgottenme.SoofftothecafeteriaIwent.

[8]Imademywaythroughthefoodlineandtiptoedtoatable.SuddenlyIhearda

crashthatsoundedfamiliar.Ilookeduptofindthatanotherpoorsoulhadmetthesame

fateasIhad.Myheartwentouttohimaspeoplebegantocheerandclapastheyhadfor

me.Hegotup,handsheldhighabovehisheadinavictoryclasp,grinningfromeartoear.

IexpectedhimtoslipoutofthecafeteriaasIhad,butinsteadheturnedaroundand

beganpreparinganothertray.Andthat'swhenIrealizedIhadbeentakingmyselffartoo

seriously.

[9]WhocaredwhetherIdroppedatray,whereIsatinclass,orevenwhetherI

showedupinthewronglecture?Nobody.Thiswasn'tlikehighschool.Incollege,itdidn't

matter.Thiswasmybigchancetodomyownthing.

[10]OnceIrealizedthatIhadnoone'sexpectationstoliveuptobutmyown,I

relaxed.Ibegantoviewcollegeasawonderfulexperiment.Idressedalittledifferently,I

discoveredatasteforjazz,andIdecidedIlikedgoingbarefoot.

[11]Igaveuptryingtoactmywaythroughcollegeandbegannotactingatall.

College,Idecided,wasprobablytheonlytimeIwouldbecompletelyforgivenforany

mistakes(includingsteppinginpuddlesofketchupanddroppingfoodtrays).SoIused

theopportunitytomakealltheonesIthoughtI'devermake.

[12]Threeyearsaftergraduation,I'mstillmakingmistakes.AndI'mevenbeing

forgivenforafew.

新的开端

i当我父母开车离去，留下我可怜巴巴站在停车场上时，我开始寻思我在校园里该做什

么。我决定我最想做的就是平安无事地回到寝室。我感到似乎校园里每个人都在看我。我

打定主意：竖起耳朵，闭上嘴巴，但愿别人不知道我是个新生。第二天早上我找到了上第

一节课的教室，大步走了进去。然而，进了教室，我又碰到了一个难题。坐哪儿呢？犹豫再

三，我挑了第一排边上的一个座位。

3“欢迎你们来听生物101课，”教授开始了开场白。天咖，我还以为这是文学课！我

的后脖根上冒出了冷汗，摸出课程表核对了一下教室号一一教室号是对的，但我却走错了教

学楼。

4怎么办？上课期间就站起来走出去？教授会不会生气？大家肯定会盯着我看。算了

吧。我还是稳坐在座位上，尽量使自己看起来和生物专业的学生一样认真。

5下了课后我觉得有点饿，便赶忙去自助食堂。我往托盘里装了些三明治就朝座位走去，

就在这时.，我无意中踩到了一大滩番茄酱。手中的托盘倾斜了，我失去了平衡。就在我屁股

着地的刹那间，我看见自己整个人生在眼前一闪而过，然后终止在大学上课的第一天。

6摔到后的几秒里，我想要是没有人看见我刚才的窘像该有多好。但是，食堂里所有

的学生都站了起来，欢呼鼓掌，我知道他们不仅看见了我刚才的情景，而且下决心要我永

远都不会忘掉那一幕。

7接下来的三天里，我独自品尝羞辱，用以果腹的也只是从安放在房间外的机器上买来

的没有营养的食品。到了第四天，我感到自己急需补充一些真正的食物。兴许三天的时间足

以让校园里的人把我忘在脑后。于是我去了食堂。

8我好不容易排队取到了食物，踮脚走到一张桌子前坐下。突然我听到一阵熟悉的哗

啦跌倒声，抬头看见一个可怜的家伙遭遇了和我原先一样的命运。当人们开始像对待我那

样欢呼鼓掌的时候，我对他满怀同情。他站起身，咧嘴大笑，双手紧握高举在头顶上，做

出胜利的姿势。

9我是否摔了托盘，坐在教室的哪个位置，甚至于是否走错了教室，有谁会在乎呢？

没有人在乎。这不像在中学。在大学里，这些都无关紧要。我完全可以按自己的意愿行事。

io一旦意识到我不必考虑别人的期望，只要自己满意就行，我感到释然。我开始把上

大学看作一个美妙的实验。我稍稍改变了自己的穿着，开始欣赏爵士乐，还认定自己喜欢

光着脚走路。

11在以后的大学生活里，我不再试图做出什么姿态，而是顺其自然。大学，在我看来，

也许是唯一一个有错误可以完全得到谅解的阶段(包括踩到番茄酱，摔了托盘)。于是，

我利用这个机会来体验我认为自己可能会犯的所有过失。

12大学毕业已经三年了，我仍然时有过失，其中一些过失我还得到了原谅。

BecomingaSuccessfulStudent

[1]Soyou*vefinallymadeittocollege.You*vebeenaccepted,andyou*vebeenliving

oncampusforsometime.Nowyoubegintoaskyourself“Howdoesonebecomea

successfulstudent?”"Whatarethecharacteristicsofsuccessfulstudents?"Toanswer

thesequestions,you'dbetterfirstbearinmindthefollowingtips:

[2]Beself-disciplined.Youshouldnotleavetheweeklyreadinguntilthenightbefore

itisrequired.Youmustdisciplineyourself(noonewillscoldyouifyoudon,t)andsetup

aregularscheduleinordertosucceed.

[3]Thinkpositively.Youneedtohaveagoodself-imagesoyoucanturnwhatseems

likedefeatintoapositivelearningsituation.Ifyouexpectthatyoucandobetter,andyou

trytodobetter,thenoverallyouwilldobetter.

[4]Beinterestedinyourcourses.Evenifyouthinkacourseisthemostboringonein

theworld,forceyourselftobeinterested.Takeaminorpointandreadasmuchas

possibleaboutitinordertobecomeanexpertinjustthatlittlebitofinformation.That

kindofinterestcancauseinterestintheentirecourse.

[5]Takegoodnotesandstudythemregularly.Becausetherearesofewtests(usually

nomorethantwoorthreeplusthefinalexam),theywillcoverworkdoneoveralong

periodoftime.Onlybytakingandthenkeepingupwithyournotescanyoustudy

effectivelyforthesetests.

[6]Seekhelpwhenyouneedit,beforeit*stoolate.Ifyouhavespecialproblems,

don'tbeafraidtoseekhelp.Seeyourteacher,youradvisor,anyonethatyouthinkmaybe

abletohelpyou.Itisimportantthatyoubeawareofwhereyoucangoforhelp.Andmost

campusescanhelpyouwithmoney-studentloans,scholarships,specialstudentaid

funds,orwork-studyprograms.Findoutwhatisavailableatyourschool,andbe

preparedtouseitwhenyouneedit.

[7]Attendclassesandbeactiveinclass.Attendingclassandarrivingontimeare

importantpointstoshowthatyouareseriousaboutyourlearning.Youshouldtakepart

inclassroomdiscussionsandhandinassignmentsontime.Speakingupinclassforces

youtothinkaboutwhatisbeingdiscussedandkeepsyouinterestedinit.

[8]Haveagoodattitudeaboutcollegelife.Knowyourstrongpointsandyour

weaknesses,understandwhatacollegecanandcannotdoforyou.Takeresponsibilityfor

yourowneducation.Youshouldrealizethatattendingcollegeoffersyoutherawmaterial

forsuccessandeducation-libraries,teachers,textbooks.However,onlyyoucaneducate

yourself.Takeadvantageofwhatisaroundyouanduseittoyourbestadvantage

accordingtoyourownneeds.

[9]Havethe"know-how”tobesuccessful.Makesurethatyouknowhowtostudy,

takenotes,taketests,andusetimewisely.Besureyoucanusereferencesourcessuchas

thelibrary.Developmemoryskills.Trytogetalongwithyourteachersandyourfellow

students.Youshouldbeateaseinexpressingyourselfandinunderstandingwords.Learn

fromexperience.Alwayslookforwaystodothingsbetter.

[10]Followingallthisadvice,youmaynotautomaticallybecomeasuccessfulstudent,

butyouwillsurelybeontherightroadtosuccess.

做一个成功的学生

1你终于上了大学。你被录取了，而且已经在校园里住了一段时间。现在你开始问自己：

“怎样才能成为一名成功的学生？”“成功的学生有什么样的特点？”要回答这样的问题，

你最好先牢记以下的忠告：

2自律不要把你每周要阅读的东西留到最后一个晚上才看。要想成功，你必须约束自

己（当然如果你不这样做，也不会有人责备你），并制定一个常备不懈的时间表。

3建设性地思考你必须对自己有信心，这样你才能把可能的挫折转变成对学习有利的

局面。如果你相信自己能做地更好，并且努力去做，那么，总体上你会做得更好。

4对自己所学的科目感兴趣即便你认为某一门课无聊透顶，你也必须强迫自己对它

感兴趣。选出一个小的知识点，尽可能多地阅读相关的内容，使自己成为这小部分知识的

专家。这种对局部的兴趣可以使你对整个课程产生兴趣。

5做好笔记，经常复习大学考试不多（通常不超过两三次，外加期末考试），考试往

往会涉及一大段时间里所学的内容。只有通过记笔记，不断复习记下来的东西，你才能有

效的学习，通过考试。

6及时寻找帮助，以免贻误时机如果你有特别的困难，就应大胆地寻求帮助。可以去

找你的老师、导师，找任何你认为可以帮助你的人。重要的是，你得知道从哪儿可以得到

帮助。大多数学校能帮学生得到钱一一学生贷款、奖学金、助学金或勤工俭学的项目。先了

解清楚自己学校可提供什么帮助，必要时就可以获得帮助。

7不缺课，课堂表现活跃不缺课，按时上课是你学习态度认真的重要表现。你还应该

积极参与课堂讨论，按时交作业。课堂发言能促使你认真思考讨论的内容，并且使你对它

保持兴趣。

8正确对待大学生活清楚认识自己的强项和弱点，了解大学能够为你做什么，不能为

你做什么。要对自己的教育负起责任来。你应该认识到，上大学给了你成功和教育的原材

料一一图书馆、教师、课本。然而，只有你本人才能教育你自己。好好利用你身边的资源，

根据自己的需要最大程度地去利用这些资源。

9掌握成功的“秘诀”确保自己知道如何学习、做笔记、考试以及合理地使用时间。确

保你知道如何使用可供参考的资源，如图书馆。培养自己的记忆能力。与老师、同学保持

良好的关系。懂得自由地表达自己，聆听他人。从经验中吸取教训。总是寻求解决问题的

更好途径。

10你如果照以上的忠告去做，你也许不会必然地成为一个成功的学生，但是你肯定

是走在通往成功的正确道路上。

College—ANewBeginning

byJohnN.GardnerandA.JeromeJewler

[1]"WhenIwastalkingonthephonewithacolleagueearlierthismorning,hetold

meIshouldn'ttrytocometomyofficetodaybecausefreshmenarearrivingand

everythingisamessoncampus.Mycolleaguewasright.Itcertainlyisamess.Thereare

hundredsofcarspackedwithhot,sweatystudents,theirfamilies,andtheirmany

belongings.Mothersandfathersargueaboutwhen,where,andwhethertopark.Campus

policedowhattheycantodirecttraffic,buttheyknowtheywillhavetoletsomerulesbe

brokentoday.Itisthemessiestdayoftheyear,nodoubtaboutit.Itisalsomyfavorite

day."

[2]InthiswayCharlotteJ.Pattersonrecentlybeganherwelcomingspeechto

arrivingfreshmen.ApsychologyprofessorattheUniversityofVirginia],Pattersonhasa

greatdealofunderstandingfornewstudents—fortheirhopes,dreams,andfears.What

doesitmeantobeafreshmanonthefirstdayofthesemester?ProfessorPattersonviews

itasanewbeginning.Shecontinued:

[3]"Itmakesmethinkofthoseearlyspringdayswhenthesnowismelting.One

cannotstepdownanywherewithoutsplashing.EvenwhenIamcoldandwet,Icannot

hatethosedays;theytellmespringiscoming.Freshmanarrivalisalsoamess,butI

cannothateiteither.Freshmenappearintownlikeyounggreenshootssproutingup

everywhere,lookingforlight.Theirfaceshangoutofthewindowsofdormslikefresh

newbudsonanold,oldtree.Someoneelsemayworryaboutthesunandthesoilandthe

possibilityoffrost,butforbothyoungplantsandfreshmenitisenoughtobealiveand

here.

[4]"Yes,todayisthebeginningofanewlife.Onedayyou'reMama*schild,livingat

home;thenextday,you*reafreshmanandonyourown.FRESHMAN!Iliketheword.

Theverynameitselfsuggestsaproblem.Shoulditbepronouncedwithstressonthe

FRESHorontheMAN?Itcouldbeeither.Itdoesn*tmatterwhetheryouthinkof

adulthoodasajourneyorasanarrival;todayisclearlyasteponthepathofyourlife.

Freshmanexcitementandfreshmanfearscanbeseenoneveryyoungfacearoundme.

[5]“Collegeisanexcitingtime,perhapsthemostexcitingtimeofyourlife.Butitis

alsoatimeofmanymajoradjustmentsandsomedisappointments.Mostfieldsofstudy

havebecomequitecompetitive.Youwillneedtostudyhardandprepareyourselfwellin

ordertoenterthem.Alsotheinformationexplosionhasbroughtgreaterdemandson

peoplewhowanttoabsorballthatinformation.Asaresult,thereisagrowingneedfora

morestructuredintroductiontocollege.Andcoursesthatareintendedforfreshmenhave

becomepopularoncampuses.Asnewstudents,youshouldtakesomeofthesecourses

thatwillhelpyoutoprepareforthemoredifficultcoursesyouwilltakelater.Makesure

youlearntoread,write,andspeakwell,anddon'tbeafraidofcoursesthatmakeyou

think.Thinkingcanbeexcitingandalsorewarding.Alsotaketimetoenjoy

yourselves—relaxabit,eatwell,andlaughalot.Makecollegethewonderfuland

rewardingexperiencethatyou