A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
大学
College
I dropped out of high school and I couldn't go to college 'cause I wasn't smart enough, so I'd resigned myself to loading trucks and playing punk rock on the weekends.
我高中辍学，上不了大学，因为我不够聪明，所以我只好在周末装车玩朋克摇滚。
I was very fascinated with meteorology at a young age. I lived on the Gulf Coast and hurricanes blew through there. That is the class I failed in college: meteorology.
我很小的时候就对气象学非常着迷。我住在墨西哥湾沿岸，那里经常刮飓风。这就是我在大学里不及格的那门课:气象学。
I have always had school sickness, as others have seasickness. I cried when it was time to go back to school long after I was old enough to be ashamed of such behavior.
我总是晕船，就像其他人晕船一样。当我长大到为这样的行为感到羞耻很久之后，到了该回学校的时候，我哭了。
For me, the desire exists less to get myself a degree than to just go and have the whole college experience, and throw myself into the brain pool and see if I can swim.
对我来说，获得学位的欲望并不大，我只是想去体验整个大学生活，把自己扔进大脑的水池里，看看自己能否游泳。
It was a myth that's often perpetuated at commencement that holds that only hope and promise lie beyond the halls of academe. Don't worry, be happy. Everything is fine.
这是一个经常在毕业典礼上流传的神话，认为只有希望和希望才在学术殿堂之外。别担心，开心点。一切都很好。
I was at college doing performing arts, and just spending all my time mucking about, and the lecturers thought I would be pretty good at stand-up, so I gave it a whirl.
我在大学里学表演艺术，整天无所事事，老师们认为我很擅长单口相声，所以我试了一下。
My senior year I was basically supporting myself, so it was like, Do you want to eat and pay the rent, or do you want to go to school? I wanted to eat and pay the rent.
我上大四的时候基本上是自己养活自己，所以我的想法是，你是想吃饭付房租，还是想上学?我想吃饭，付房租。
Students now arrive at the university ignorant and cynical about our political heritage, lacking the wherewithal to be either inspired by it or seriously critical of it.
如今，学生们来到这所大学时，对我们的政治传统既无知又冷嘲热讽，既缺乏必要的资金来从中获得灵感，也缺乏对它的严肃批评。
I started out with comedy in college, but had my major in Recreation Administration - which meant I wasn't going to get a real job - so I started doing a little standup.
我大学时学的是喜剧，但我的专业是娱乐管理——这意味着我不会找到一份真正的工作——所以我开始做一些单口相声。
I now have two kids of my own in college, so I know how important it is that we keep the dream alive for every family and I share the concern about rising tuition costs.
我现在有两个孩子在上大学，所以我知道让每个家庭都有梦想是多么重要，我也担心学费上涨。
I went to college because I didn't have anywhere else to go and it was a fabulous hang. And while I was there I was exposed to this world that I didn't know was possible.
我上大学是因为我没有其他地方可去，那是一个很棒的地方。当我在那里的时候，我接触到了这个世界，我不知道这是可能的。
I feel so gratified about having finished college. I learned how to articulate myself. It gave me confidence more than anything. And also the ability to analyze the text.
完成大学学业我感到很满足。我学会了如何表达自己。这给了我最大的信心。以及分析文章的能力。
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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。
Academics, who work for long periods in a self-directed fashion, may be especially prone to putting things off: surveys suggest that the vast majority of college students procrastinate, and articles in the literature of procrastination often allude to the author's own problems with finishing the piece.
长期以自我导向方式工作的学者们，可能尤其容易拖延:调查显示，绝大多数大学生都在拖延，有关拖延症的文献中的文章常常暗指作者自己在完成作品时遇到的问题。
The true university of these days is a collection of books.
当今真正的大学是一所藏书的大学。
My background is in theater. I was a theater major in college.
我的背景是戏剧。我在大学主修戏剧。
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。