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大学
College
You are graduating from college. That means that this is the first day of the last day of your life. No, that's wrong. This is the last day of the first day of school. Nope, that's worse. This is a day.
你就要大学毕业了。这意味着这是你生命最后一天的第一天。不,那是错的。这是开学第一天的最后一天。不,这是更糟。这是一天。
The first months at Harvard were more than challenging, as I came to the realization that the humanities could be genuinely interesting, and, in fact, given the weaknesses of my background, very difficult.
在哈佛的头几个月充满了挑战，因为我意识到人文学科可能真的很有趣，事实上，考虑到我的背景，这非常困难。
If I can't find a project that I'm really interested in, I'll just go back to college where I've been studying art history and French. I'm also going to study English and philosophy - the whole curriculum!
如果我找不到一个我真正感兴趣的项目，我就回我一直在学习艺术史和法语的大学去。我还要学习英语和哲学——整个课程!
The student body was huge at UT and you had to mature pretty quick, very quick actually. I enjoyed it and it helped me a lot in my life in general - not only in the classroom but on the baseball field as well.
犹他大学的学生规模很大，你必须非常快地成熟起来。我喜欢它，它对我的生活有很大的帮助，不仅在课堂上，而且在棒球场上。
When I got to Princeton I made a point of attending the Philosophy Club and listening to the lectures, but I didn't get involved in any discussions in those clubs. I guess after the first year, I dropped that.
当我来到普林斯顿的时候，我很重视参加哲学俱乐部，听讲座，但是我没有参与任何俱乐部的讨论。我想第一年之后，我就放弃了。
That's why I ended up leaving school - because it required so much time, and it was such an excellent idea. I figured I would regret not going full force with this idea. It seemed we could make something of it.
这就是我最终离开学校的原因——因为这需要很多时间，而且这是一个非常棒的主意。我想我会后悔没有全力实施这个想法。看来我们能做点什么。
They were often the first students in their family to go to college and the very idea of higher education was still foreign to them. They had to make a conscious and often difficult decision to come to college.
他们通常是家里第一批上大学的学生，高等教育的理念对他们来说仍然是陌生的。他们必须做出一个有意识的，往往是艰难的决定来上大学。
It's been a strange day - a day when I thought I was on top of the world, planning my life. I planned all of my courses for the rest of the semester at Smith, and talked to my advisor about honoring in History.
这真是奇怪的一天，我以为自己站在世界之巅，计划着自己的人生。我计划了我在史密斯学院这学期剩下的所有课程，并和我的导师讨论了授予历史荣誉的问题。
By the time I reached high school my father's grocery store had made our life adequately comfortable and I was able to choose, without any practical encumbrances, the subjects that I wanted to pursue in college.
当我上高中的时候，我父亲的杂货店已经让我们的生活足够舒适，我可以选择，没有任何实际的负担，我想在大学学习的科目。
I went to the local schools, the local state primary school, and then to the local grammar school. A secondary school, which technically was an independent school, it was not part of the state educational system.
我去了当地的学校，当地的公立小学，然后去了当地的文法学校。一所中学，严格来说是一所独立的学校，不属于国家教育系统的一部分。
Most of my friends from college became dental hygienists or went into retail, a lot went into sales. They all started getting married and having kids and buying homes and I was still living like a college student.
我大学时的大多数朋友都成为了牙科保健师或者进入了零售业，很多人进入了销售行业。他们都结婚了，有了孩子，买了房子，而我仍然过着大学生的生活。
These ivy league students are in the upper echelon of the college boards and had great opportunity in front of them regardless of where they go to college. Its in their very nature and it is something they expect.
这些常青藤盟校的学生都是大学董事会的上层成员，无论他们上的是哪所大学，他们面前都有巨大的机会。这是他们的本性，也是他们所期待的。
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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。
I was the first boy in the Kennedy family to graduate from college.
我是肯尼迪家族中第一个大学毕业的男孩。
I got kicked out of high school, so I couldn't get into very many colleges.
我被高中开除了，所以我进不了很多大学。
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。
Instead of going to college, I spent my time out on the road learning how to be a better musician.
我没有上大学，而是把时间花在学习如何成为一名更好的音乐家上。
If you tell folks you're a college student, folks are so impressed. You can be a student in anything and not have to know anything. Just say toxicology or marine biokinesis, and the person you're talking to will change the subject to himself. If this doesn't work, mention the neural synapses of embryonic pigeons.
如果你告诉别人你是一名大学生，人们会对你印象深刻。你可以成为任何领域的学生，而不需要知道任何东西。只要说“毒理学”或“海洋生物动力”，你的谈话对象就会转移话题。如果这不起作用，提到胚胎鸽子的神经突触。