A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
大学
College
All I wanted was to be a university teacher.
我只想成为一名大学教师。
I soon found law school an unmitigated bore.
我很快就发现法学院是个十足的讨厌鬼。
I joined the board of the Santa Fe Institute.
我加入了圣菲学院的董事会。
I don't believe in colleges and universities.
我不相信学院和大学。
I never dated much in high school or college.
我在高中和大学都没怎么约会过。
So I decided on science when I was in college.
所以当我上大学的时候，我决定学科学。
I'd definitely like to go to college some day.
有一天我一定要上大学。
I don't bring anything expensive to the dorms.
我不带任何贵重的东西到宿舍。
I played sports in high school and in college.
我在高中和大学都参加体育运动。
No, I was going to college and got discovered.
不，我正要上大学，却被人发现了。
College kids, don't be taking examples from me.
大学生们，不要以我为榜样。
Were I not a king, I would be a university man.
如果我不是国王，我就会是一个大学生。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Every time a student walks past a really urgent, expressive piece of architecture that belongs to his college, it can help reassure him that he does have that mind, does have that soul.
每当一个学生经过一幢属于他的学院的非常紧急、富有表现力的建筑时，它都能帮助他确信，他确实有那样的头脑，有那样的灵魂。
University's like this little world, a bubble of time separate from everything before and everything after.
大学就像一个小世界，一个时间的泡泡，把之前和之后的一切都分开。
There's a lot out there for me to learn that isn't in college, so I think it's fine for me if I don't go yet.
大学之外还有很多东西需要我去学习，所以我觉得如果我现在不去也没关系。
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。
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。
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。