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大一新生Vs.高年级学生
Freshman2: Is never in bed past noon.
大一新生:中午以后决不赖在床上。
Senior: Is never out of bed before noon.
高年级学生:中午以前决不起床。
Freshman: Reads the syllabus3 to find out what classes he can cut.
大一新生:研究课程设置找找可以不用去上的课。
Senior: Reads the syllabus to find out what classes he needs to attend.
高年级学生:研究课程设置找到要去上的课。
Freshman: Calls the professor "Teacher."
大一新生:必恭必敬地管教授叫“老师。”
Senior: Calls the professor "Bob."
高年级学生:对教授直呼其名。
Freshman: Would walk ten miles to get to class.
大一新生:会走上10英里去上课。
Senior: Drives to class if it's more than three blocks away.
高年级学生:三个街区远的路程就得开车去。
Freshman: Memorizes the course material to get a good grade.
大一新生:熟记课程内容以取得好成绩。
Senior: Memorizes the professor's habits to get a good grade.
高年级学生:熟记教授的个人习惯以取得好成绩。
Freshman: Knows a book-full of useless trivia about the university.
大一新生:知道一大堆学校里流传的鸡毛蒜皮。
Senior: Knows where the next class is. Usually.
高年级学生:通常能够知道下节课在哪里上。
Freshman: Shows up at a morning exam clean, perky, and fed.
大一新生:衣冠楚楚、生机勃勃,而且吃饱了饭后来参加早上的考试。
Senior: Shows up at a morning exam in sweats with a cap on and a box of tarts4 and a bottle of pop in hand.
高年级学生:一身臭汗,脑袋上顶着帽子,手里拿着汽水和一盒果饼冲进晨考的考场。
Freshman: Has to ask where the computer labs are.
大一新生:不得不问电脑机房在哪里。
Senior: Has own personal workstation.
高年级学生:有自己的工作室。
Freshman: Lines up for an hour to buy his textbooks in the first week.
大一新生:在开学的第一个星期里排一波里队买教材。
Senior: Starts to think about buying textbooks in October... maybe.
高年级学生:也许到10月才开始想起买课本的事。
Freshman: Looks forward to first classes of the year.
大一新生:盼望着本学期各科的第一节课。
Senior: Looks forward to first beer garden of the year.
高年级学生:盼望着本年度的第一次啤酒狂欢。
Freshman: Is proud of his A+ on Calculus5 midterm.
大一新生:为自己在微积分期中考试得了A—+而感到自豪。
Senior: Is proud of not quite failing his Complex Analysts6 midterm.
高年级学生:为自己的复合解析期中考试将将及格而扬扬自得。
Freshman: Conscientiously7 completes all homework, including optional questions.
大一新生:认真完成所有的作业,包括选做题。
Senior: Homework? I knew I forgot to do something last night.
高年级学生:作业?我知道昨天晚上忘了做什么了。
Freshman: Goes on grocery-shopping trip with Mom before moving onto campus.
大一新生:在搬进校园前和妈妈一起去买食品杂货。
Senior: Has a beer with Mom before moving into group house.
高年级学生:在搬进合租房前和妈妈喝上一杯。
Freshman: Is excited about the world of possibilities that awaits him, the unlimited8 vista9 of educational opportunities, the chance to expand one's horizons and really make a contribution to society.
大一新生:对自己的发展前途、受教育机会的无限展望以及扩展见识和为社会真正 做出贡献的机会而感到兴奋。
Senior: Is excited about new dryers10 in the laundry room.
高年级学生:为洗衣房里新添了烘干机而激动不已。
Freshman: Takes meticulous11 four-color notes in class.
大一新生:上课时一丝不苟地记四色笔记。
Senior: Occasionally stays awake for all of class.
高年级学生:在所有的课上,偶尔会醒过来。
重点讲解:
1. line up
(使)(某一批人)排成行;(使)列队;
eg. The senior leaders lined up behind him in orderly rows.
高级将领整齐有序地在他身后站成几排。
eg. The gym teachers lined us up against the cement walls.
体育老师让我们靠着水泥墙排好。
2. show up
如约赶到;出现;露面;
eg. He always shows up in a fancy car.
他总是乘坐一辆奢华轿车露面。
eg. If I don't show up for class this morning, I'll be kicked out.
如果我今天上午不去上课,我就要被开除了。
3. make a contribution to
对……做出贡献;
eg. American economists12 have made important contributions to the field of financial and corporate13 economics...
美国的经济学家们在金融和企业经济学领域做出了重要的贡献。
eg. We must make a contribution to protecting the environment.
我们必须为保护环境作出贡献。
1 freshmen | |
n.(中学或大学的)一年级学生( freshman的名词复数 ) | |
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2 freshman | |
n.大学一年级学生(可兼指男女) | |
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3 syllabus | |
n.教学大纲,课程大纲 | |
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4 tarts | |
n.果馅饼( tart的名词复数 );轻佻的女人;妓女;小妞 | |
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5 calculus | |
n.微积分;结石 | |
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6 analysts | |
分析家,化验员( analyst的名词复数 ) | |
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7 conscientiously | |
adv.凭良心地;认真地,负责尽职地;老老实实 | |
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8 unlimited | |
adj.无限的,不受控制的,无条件的 | |
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9 vista | |
n.远景,深景,展望,回想 | |
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10 dryers | |
n.干燥机( dryer的名词复数 );干燥器;干燥剂;干燥工 | |
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11 meticulous | |
adj.极其仔细的,一丝不苟的 | |
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12 economists | |
n.经济学家,经济专家( economist的名词复数 ) | |
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13 corporate | |
adj.共同的,全体的;公司的,企业的 | |
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