面对高校拒信的5个建议

 　　5 Tips for Accepting College Rejections¹

　　面对高校拒信的5个建议

　　For a lot of young people, the first really big letdown of life comes with being denied² by their college of choice. All of the disappointment³ can be really tough to take, but there is a bright side and it's all going to be okay. Here are some tips to help you through.

　　对很多年轻人来讲，人生面对的第一次比较大的失望，便是收到申请高校的拒信。任何失望都令人难以接受，但这也有好的一面，这一切终将过去。下面是帮助你度过难关的一些建议：

　　面对高校拒信的5个建议

　　1. Know that it's normal, especially these days.

　　1.现在的社会，失败乃人生常事

　　A lot of people don't get accepted by their first choice school, or even their second or third choices. It's been happening forever. Give yourself a break. You're entering college during a difficult time, and a lot of students are going through the same stuff⁴ you're going through.

　　很多学生第一志愿，甚至二三志愿都会被拒绝，这再平常不过。放松心情，你在上大学这件事上碰了钉子，其他学生也正遭遇同样的事情。

　　2. Take a good long look around.

　　2.看向你的周围

　　Look around, talk to your friends, and notice that yes, people are excited, and yes, people are terrified⁵. Not everyone is moving into something that they're feeling really great about, and many are feeling a little down on themselves about that.

　　看看周围，找朋友们聊聊天。是的，他们有人很兴奋；同时，也有人很沮丧。不是所有人都那么开心，有些人和你一样也会遇到不开心的事情。

　　3. You learn something when you struggle.

　　3.奋斗会使你成长

　　Some of the best lessons of life come from times when you feel like you lost the game. "Losing" makes us stronger. It helps us become better people. You grow more when things do not go well than when they do. It's not easy, but it is worth it in the long run.

　　“输”的时候你反而会学到更多东西。“失败”使我们更加强大，也帮助我们变得更好。逆境能让你成长更多。度过艰难时刻不易，但长远来看，这并不是坏事。

　　4. It's just like any other rejection…

　　4.这和其他“拒绝”没什么两样

　　It doesn't feel good to feel you've been rejected. If you really had your heart set on a plan and now you need to change your thinking, it's an adjustment!

　　被拒绝的感受并不好。如果你当初坚决要走这条路，现在可以试着转变一下思想了，要学会调节。

　　5. It wasn't meant to be.

　　5.这并不是命运的安排

　　Our fates⁶ and futures⁷ are our design, but sometimes things throw us off our intended course. You're going to see, down the road, why this wasn't meant to be, and that something else was. And, you'll feel as though you wouldn't change a thing.

　　命运和未来都在我们自己手中，但总有意外会发生。你要认真去想想，为什么这不是命中注定，而有些事却是呢。然后你就会明白，其实并没有改变什么。

1 rejections   

拒绝( rejection的名词复数 )； 摒弃； 剔除物； 排斥

参考例句：

• Most writers endure a number of rejections before being published. 大部分作家经历无数次的退稿才守得云开，作品得到发表。
• Supervise workers and monitors production quality to minimize rejections. 管理工人，监控生产质量，减少退货。

2 Denied   

adj.拒签v.拒绝( deny的过去式和过去分词 )；拒绝承认；拒绝…占有；否认知情

参考例句：

• Government sources denied there had been a deliberate cover-up. 政府方面否认了有故意掩饰的行为。
• When we confronted him, he denied everything. 我们与他当面对质时，他什么都不承认。

3 disappointment   

n.失望，挫折；令人失望的事

参考例句：

• The disappointment was cruel.失望是令人痛苦的。
• She couldn't hide her disappointment.她无法掩饰自己失望的情绪。

4 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。

5 terrified   

adj.很害怕的，极度惊慌的，吓坏了的v.使恐怖，使惊吓，恐吓( terrify的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• the crying of terrified children 小孩受了惊吓的哭声
• I'm terrified of flying. 我十分害怕坐飞机。

6 fates   

命运( fate的名词复数 )； 死亡； 命中注定的事（尤指坏事）； 命运的安排

参考例句：

• I would repair the fates of the wronged and prevent many tragedies. 我也能想办法改变那些曾经被扭曲被冤屈的历史人物的命运，取消很多人类的悲剧。 来自中国文学部分
• He was known for his sculpture of the Fates. 他以他那座命运三女神的雕塑而闻名。

7 futures   

n.期货，期货交易

参考例句：

• He continued his operations in cotton futures.他继续进行棉花期货交易。
• Cotton futures are selling at high prices.棉花期货交易的卖价是很高的。