英语专业晨读美文-人生篇 1 Entering the New Room of

[00:00.09]Entering the New Room of Your Life
[00:07.72]It must be one of the most frequently¹ asked questions
[00:12.77]in the English language—
[00:14.32]“What do you want to be when you grow up?”
[00:16.45]And for most of us the answer is simple—
[00:18.95]“I don't know.” And that's just fine.
[00:21.56]For teenagers all over the world it is difficult to imagine
[00:25.72]life outside the familiar school grounds
[00:28.28]and comfortable family home.
[00:29.89]But when the university entrance exams finish
[00:32.97]and high-school graduation wraps² up,
[00:35.18]it is time to move on to a whole new stage
[00:38.18]in one's life—adulthood.
[00:40.25]One day when you are 40, you may look back on your life
[00:44.53]and wonder exactly how you became an adult.
[00:47.60]When did you change? Quite often the answer will lie
[00:52.10]between your first day of university
[00:54.15]and the first day of your professional³ career.
[00:56.45]While you cannot pinpoint⁴ an exact time,
[00:59.01]somewhere in the “roommate days” or “dorm days”
[01:02.87]you learnt things far more valuable than anything
[01:05.69]you could learn in a classroom.
[01:08.24]For it is in this time we learn independence-
[01:10.85]Mum and Dad can't take care of you anymore;
[01:14.06]responsibility—you have to clean your own bedroom
[01:17.91]and make your own meals; maturity—
[01:20.63]suddenly joking about “girl's germs” doesn't seem so funny
[01:24.87]when you actually have a girlfriend or boyfriend;
[01:27.55]respect—you should take care of John's computer,
[01:30.91]he spent a lot of money on it; and budgeting—
[01:33.82]should you spend your last $50 on new shoes or pizza?
[01:38.24]And a big part of the living-away-from-home process
[01:41.99]is communication. High-class celebrities⁵ and
[01:45.14]highly paid psychologists⁶ are always telling us,
[01:48.18]to fix our relationship problems,
[01:50.22]“the key is communication.”
[01:52.13]And nothing can provide better training in
[01:54.87]developing communication than living with other people.
[01:57.77]“Whose dirty socks are these?”
[01:59.82]“Where is your share of the rent money?”
[02:02.02]“Let's have a party on Friday night!”
[02:04.27]“I think I'm going to break-up with my boyfriend.”
[02:06.99]This special period of time is guaranteed to
[02:10.47]make you feel every emotion possible,
[02:12.75]but at the same time it will provide you
[02:15.90]with the best memories you could ever dream of.
[02:18.28]When the “dorm days” come to an end,
[02:20.92]we finally know where we belong in the world.
[02:23.66]And finally, we know exactly what we want to be when we grow up.
 

1 frequently   

adv.常常，屡次，经常地，频繁地

参考例句：

• Please write to me frequently.请经常给我来信。
• I like that you should call on me frequently.我喜欢你经常来拜访我。

2 wraps   

n.[通常为复数]外衣( wrap的名词复数 )；（拍摄电影时）完成拍摄；[电影、电视]拍摄（或录音）完成；毯子v.包( wrap的第三人称单数 )；覆盖；用…包裹（或包扎、覆盖等）；卷起

参考例句：

• Tom wraps a book in a newspaper. 汤姆把书包在报纸里。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The car is being returned by truck, under wraps. 汽车正在秘密地用卡车运回。 来自辞典例句

3 professional   

adj.专业的；职业的；n.专业人员；职业运动员

参考例句：

• He is a professional tennis player.他是一名职业网球运动员。
• I need a professional to sort out my finances.我需要专业人士为我管理财务。

4 pinpoint   

vt.准确地确定；用针标出…的精确位置

参考例句：

• It is difficult to pinpoint when water problems of the modern age began.很难准确地指出，现代用水的问题是什么时候出现的。
• I could pinpoint his precise location on a map.我能在地图上指明他的准确位置。

5 celebrities   

n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉

参考例句：

• He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
• a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目

6 psychologists   

n.心理学研究者，心理学家( psychologist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• However, psychologists distinguish between'sound" and "noise".'sound" is measured physically in decibels. 然而，心理学家把声音与噪声做了区别，声音实际上可以用分贝来测量，而噪声却不能用同样的方法来测量。 来自中级百科部分
• Using a scientific way, these psychologists set up experiments. 这些心理学家利用科学的方式做了很多实验。 来自英语晨读30分（高一）