A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
大学
College
When I went to college I took a creative writing class and decided in a week to be a writer.
当我上大学时，我参加了一个创意写作班，并在一周内决定成为一名作家。
With prudes for proctors, dowagers for deans, And sweet girl-graduates in their golden hair.
学监穿的是正经，院长穿的是嫁妆，金发碧眼的甜美女毕业生。
In military school, on day one you must memorize the mission of the Merchant Marine Academy.
在军校的第一天，你必须记住商船学院的使命。
It's just what highschool does. It changes people into the person they said they'd never be.
这就是高中所做的。它把人们变成了他们说永远不会成为的那个人。
When I was in college, all the pretty women were in the theatre, so I auditioned for a play.
当我上大学的时候，所有漂亮的女人都在剧院，所以我参加了一个戏剧的试演。
The commencement speech is not, I think, a wholly satisfactory manifestation of our culture.
我认为，毕业演讲并不能完全令人满意地体现我们的文化。
We had two grand antique professors who had been teaching at Lombard since before I was born.
我们有两位伟大的古代教授，在我出生前就在伦巴第教过书。
In high school I was the manager of the football team, so being around boys is natural to me!
高中时我是足球队的经理，所以和男孩子在一起对我来说很自然!
Even when I was young, playing college football, and I injured my knee, I bounced right back.
即使在我年轻的时候，在大学踢足球时，我的膝盖受伤了，但我还是反弹了回来。
If a young person has any idealism at all, it's strongest about the time he finishes college.
如果一个年轻人有任何理想主义，最强烈的时候就是他大学毕业的时候。
College was especially sweet because of the positive, hopeful atmosphere of a college campus.
大学生活特别甜蜜，因为大学校园里充满了积极向上、充满希望的气氛。
My first college roommate greeted me with a shocked silence followed by, 'So... you're black.'
我的第一个大学室友以震惊的沉默向我打招呼，然后说:“所以……你是黑人。”
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Golf is like 99.9 percent of my life, and then there's school. I don't get much time to go out with my friends.
高尔夫就像我生命中的99.9%，然后还有学校。我没有太多的时间和我的朋友出去。
I taught workshops at universities. I wrote for magazines. This took time and insane amounts of juggling, but it's how I earned a living.
我在大学里教过研讨班。我为杂志写文章。这需要时间和疯狂的杂耍，但这就是我谋生的方式。
In college, you learn how to learn. Four years is not too much time to spend at that.
在大学里，你学习如何学习。四年的时间花在这上面并不多。
A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
大学应该是一个充满光明、自由和学习的地方。
Credit card companies pay college students generously to stand outside dining halls, dorms, and academic buildings and encourage their fellow students to apply for credit cards.
信用卡公司慷慨地支付给大学生，让他们站在餐厅、宿舍和学术大楼外面，并鼓励他们的同学申请信用卡。
I became an art major, took every art class my school had to offer. In college, I majored in Advertising Art and Design.
我成了一名艺术专业的学生，参加了学校开设的每一门艺术课。大学期间，我主修广告艺术与设计。