A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
大学
University
If you feel you have both feet planted on level ground, then the university has failed you.
如果你觉得自己脚踏实地，那么大学辜负了你。
I studied engineering in the national university, the Universidad Autonoma, in San Ildefonso.
我在圣伊尔德丰索的国立大学——自治大学学习工程学。
I don't want to go to university. I don't like unity and I hate verses. I just love the choruses of songs.
我不想上大学。我不喜欢团结，我讨厌诗歌。我只是喜欢歌曲的合唱。
The University conceives of itself as dedicated to the power of the intellect. Its commitment is to the way of reason.
这所大学认为自己致力于智力的力量。它的承诺是对理性的方式。
All my mates are at university, and it's a life I haven't had a chance to enjoy, so it's great to turn up and sample a bit of it.
我所有的朋友都在上大学，这是一种我没有机会享受的生活，所以我很高兴能来这里体验一下。
For graduate school I ended up going to the University of Iowa, which is, of course, the best graduate writing program in the country.
读研究生时，我去了爱荷华大学，当然，这是全国最好的研究生写作项目。
Although I'm a business major out of McGill University, I know nothing... but then I found out much later in life, nobody knows anything.
虽然我是麦吉尔大学商科专业的，但我什么都不知道……但后来我发现，在人生的很长一段时间里，没有人知道任何事情。
At university I had a big coloured scarf and people would often say, 'All right, Doctor Who?' And, I thought, I rather liked that notion.
在大学里，我戴着一条彩色的大围巾，人们经常说，‘好吧，神秘博士?我想，我相当喜欢这个想法。
My intention was to enroll at McGill University but an unexpected series of events led me to study physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
我原本打算考入麦吉尔大学，但一件意想不到的事情让我在麻省理工学院学习物理。
I work with The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. I sit proudly as one of only two recovering addicts on their board.
我在哥伦比亚大学成瘾和药物滥用国家中心工作。作为董事会中仅有的两名正在戒毒的瘾君子之一，我自豪地坐在那里。
I did not enjoy Cambridge. But I shouldn't blame Cambridge alone. I wasn't ready for university or for the wrench of leaving home. It was a big cultural shock.
我不喜欢剑桥。但我不应该只责怪剑桥。我还没有准备好上大学，也没有准备好离开家的痛苦。这是一个巨大的文化冲击。
If I had been at a University I don't think I would have been able to have the experience I had in my Smithsonian work. I don't think I have been as successful.
如果我上的是大学，我想我就不会有我在史密森学会工作时的经历了。我想我没有那么成功。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Two years later, I went to the University of Minnesota from which I was on leave for several years during the war as a member of Statistical Research Group at Columbia University.
两年后，我去了明尼苏达大学，在战争期间我在那里休假了几年，作为哥伦比亚大学统计研究小组的一员。
It will be readily admitted, that a degree conferred by an university, ought to be a pledge to the public that he who holds it possesses a certain quantity of knowledge.
人们很容易承认，大学授予的学位应该是向公众保证，拥有学位的人拥有一定数量的知识。
My parents from a very young age raised my sister and I under a pressure to achieve. They're both attorneys. So good marks, getting through university, there was a huge emphasis and pressure to do well and keep going.
我的父母从很小的时候就在压力下抚养我和妹妹长大。他们都是律师。所以高分，通过大学，有一个巨大的强调和压力，要做得好，继续前进。
I went to Ohio University studying arts and history, and playing football. But I was only interested in girls, my pals and sports. I only did the minimum for school.
我去俄亥俄大学学习艺术和历史，踢足球。但我只对女孩，我的朋友和运动感兴趣。我上学只做了最低限度的功课。