A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
大学
College
The only reason I would have liked to have gone to university is because I like cricket. Not a very good reason to want to go, but as good as any, I suppose.
我想上大学的唯一原因是我喜欢板球。我想这并不是一个很好的去的理由，但和其他理由一样好。
I did go to Wellesley, a women's college. And I am of a kind of strange generation which is transitional in terms of women who wanted to go out and get jobs.
我确实上过卫尔斯理女子学院。我属于奇怪的一代，在女性想要出去找工作方面，我处于过渡时期。
Many students graduate from college and professional schools, including those of social work, nursing, medicine, teaching and law, with crushing debt burdens.
许多学生毕业于大学和专业学校，包括社会工作、护理、医学、教学和法律专业，背负着沉重的债务负担。
The professional world was much more unpleasant than I thought. I was always wishing I could get back that enthusiasm I had when I was doing shows at college.
职场比我想象的要糟糕得多。我总是希望我能找回我在大学做节目时的热情。
I had, before I went to college, I had taken a few years off after high school and really had, I guess in those days, I had no intentions of going to college.
在我上大学之前，我在高中毕业后休学了几年，我想在那些日子里，我并没有上大学的打算。
Universities should be safe havens where ruthless examination of realities will not be distorted by the aim to please or inhibited by the risk of displeasure.
大学应该是安全的避风港，在这里，对现实的无情审视不会被取悦他人的目的所扭曲，也不会被不愉快的风险所抑制。
I wasn't a model schoolboy. Of course, I was forced to sit through Shakespeare and I really got into some of it, though it depended on who was reading it out.
我不是模范学生。当然，我被迫从头到尾读莎士比亚的作品，我真的读到了一些，不过这要看是谁在朗读了。
I wouldn't attach too much importance to these student riots. I remember when I was a student at the Sorbonne in Paris, I used to go out and riot occasionally.
我不会太重视这些学生骚乱。我记得当我还是巴黎索邦大学的学生时，我偶尔会出去闹事。
I've been described as a smart actor because I've attended college. Or I've been called an artsy jock. And I am thinking, 'So, are actors supposed to be dumb?'
我被形容为一个聪明的演员，因为我上过大学。或者我被称为艺术爱好者。我在想，‘那么，演员应该是哑巴吗?’
Courtney is a standout freshman. She's making adjustments to the longer high school courses and once she learns the course layouts, she'll handle it just fine.
考特尼是一名出色的新生。她正在调整较长的高中课程，一旦她学会了课程布局，她就会很好地处理它。
I learned that kids in show business are so different from regular, average students. They would gather behind you and help you to succeed in any way possible.
我了解到，演艺圈的孩子与普通的普通学生大不相同。他们会聚集在你身后，以任何可能的方式帮助你成功。
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。
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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。
It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about the important things. The monkey wears an expression of seriousness which would do credit to any college student, but the monkey is serious because he itches.
认真对待重要的事情比认真对待重要的事情更重要。猴子脸上带着严肃的表情，这对任何大学生来说都是一种荣誉，但是猴子很严肃，因为他发痒。
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。
When I finally decided that my only hope was to go to college, I took an acting class, and once I walked onstage, I just knew I was home.
当我最终决定我唯一的希望是上大学时，我上了一门表演课，当我走上舞台时，我就知道我到家了。
A university's essential character is that of being a center of free inquiry and criticism - a thing not to be sacrificed for anything else.
大学的本质特征是成为一个自由调查和批评的中心——这是一件不能为其他任何事情牺牲的事情。
I went to college, but I learned to write by reading - and writing.
我上了大学，但我通过阅读和写作学会了写作。