2021年1月23日发(作者：我的位置)
我认为，
选修第二专业并不适合每一位本科生。
我大学本科主修英语专业，
大 一时就开始辅
修经济学了。无疑，我是班里最用功的学生。我竭尽全力想同时达到两个不同专业的要求，
但还是有不及格的时候。因为经济学需要良好的数学基础，我不得不花大量时间钻研数学，
因而 忽略了英语学习。

第二学期
,
《英国文学》及《宏观经济学》两门课不及格 给我敲响了警钟，这可是我一生中
第一次考试不及格，
这大大打击了我的自信心。
虽然 我不是一个容易向命运低头的人，
在暑
假结束的时候，
我还是决定放弃经济学，
以免两个专业都难以完成。
当我只需修一个专业的
时候，一切似乎又回到了正轨。
( if you ask me; by all odds; try as ... might; given that; sap one's
confidence; bow to fate; come to a close; for fear that; now that)

If you ask me, taking a second major isn't good for every undergraduate. In my freshman year as
an English major, I took economics as my minor. By all odds, I was the most hard-working student
in
my
class.
But
try
as
I
might
to
meet
the
requirements
of
the
two
different
subjects,
I
still
couldn't do well enough to pass all the exams. Given that the study of economics required a good
command of mathematics, I had to spend so much time on math that I neglected my English.

Failing
English
Literature
and
Macroeconomics
in
the
second
term
sounded
the
alarm
for
me.
This was the first time I did not pass a course in my life, which had greatly sapped my confidence.
Although I was not a man who would easily bow to fate, as the summer break came to a close, I
decided to give up economics for fear that I would fail both subjects. Now that I had only one
subject to attend to, everything seemed to be on the right track again.

张磊 是在毕业工作后才开始意识到读书的乐趣的。
反思自己的大学教育时，
他感慨不已：
他
的一些同学都沉浸于从图书馆或书店找到的各种有趣的书籍，
而他却只读了一些教科书，
其
中连一本真正值得一读、
让他爱不释手的书都没有。
他可以说是被剥夺了通过书了 解作家奇
妙世界的特权。

如今，
他嗜书如命，
废寝忘食，
好像要把大学期间没机会读的好书全都读一遍。到目前为止
他已经利用业余时间读了几百本小说、
传记和游记。
他意识到书不仅能向他展示一个充满希
望的前景，
帮他消除现实生活中 的压力和疲劳，
而且能够帮他澄清一些误解，
找到生活的真
谛。
(refle ct on; immerse in; lay hands on; worthwhile; in one sitting; so to speak; vista; withstand)

It
was
not
until
after
he
had
graduated
from
university
and
started
to
work
that
Zhang
Lei
became aware of the pleasure of reading. Reflecting on his undergraduate studies, he lamented
that he, unlike some of his classmates who had immersed themselves in various interesting books
they were able to lay hands on from the library or bookshops, had only read textbooks, none of
which was really worthwhile, or could be read in one sitting. He was deprived of the privilege of
gaining access to the writers' fantastic worlds through the windows their books have opened, so
to speak.

Now
he
has
become
an
avid
and
omnivorous
reader.
It
is
as
if
he
wants
to
read
all
those
marvellous books he hadn't had a chance to read in his university days. By now, in his spare time,
he has read several hundreds of books, including novels, biographies and travel notes. He realizes
that
books
can
not
only
reveal
to
him
the
vista
of
a
hopeful
future
and
help
him
withstand
stresses and strains, they can also help him clear up some misconceptions and discover the true
meaning of life.

一个人的穿着似乎能影响他的行为方式。
譬如，
在校内 要穿校服是中小学生所必须严格遵守
的规矩之一。倘若在学生着装整齐划一和行为的统一规范之间不存在 一种象征性关联的话，
校服便不可能如此盛行。

然而，
多年的学校生活让学 生在内心里对随处可见的校服产生了抵触情绪，
校服毕竟压制了
个性的表达。为了弥补这种损失 ，学生常常会在周末穿流行的休闲装。
直到上了大学，
他们
才会享受真正的着装自由，
而服装上的无序与大学培养创造力、
鼓励自由表达思想及展露才
华密切相关。
可惜这样的好景不会太长，
经过一段相对短暂的自由之后，
他们在毕业工作之
后将再次 经历着装规范的压力。
(hard
and
fast;
there
is
no
doubt
that;
currency;
correlation;
backlash; ubiquitous; compensate for; anarchy; obtain; revive)


What you wear seems to dictate your behaviour. Take primary school and high school students
for example. One of the hard and fast rules they have to observe is that they must wear uniforms
at school. There is no doubt that school uniforms would not have achieved their currency without
a symbolic correlation between the uniformity of clothes and the students' conformity to some
common code of conduct.

However,
after
years
of
school
life,
there
is
always
a
backlash
secretly
nursed
in
the
students'
mind
against
the
ubiquitous
uniform
which
suppresses
the
expression
of
individuality.
To
compensate for this loss, students usually wear more casual and popular clothes on weekends. It
is
not
until
they
start
university,
however,
that
they
can
really
enjoy
the
freedom
of
dress,
an
anarchy associated with the cultivation of creativity and the encouragement of free expression of
ideas and talents. But this situation won't obtain for long. After a relatively short time of liberty,
they
may
experience
again
the
revived
pressure
of
dress
code
as
soon
as
they
become
professionals

谈及目前经济萧条所带来的影响，
学生活动 的减少就是一个很好的例证。
为了活跃校园生活，
大学愿意划拨一部分资金来资助学生社团活动 ，
但由于今年学校的预算大幅减少，
对社团的
资助也相应缩减了不少。
显然，
学生社团要恢复以前的活力就必须想办法克服自身的经济困
难。有人主张招募更多会员，因为会 员费的增加可以帮助他们度过难关。

当然，
如果有更多的会员交年费，
而且 缩减一些日常开支，
我们还是能省下一些钱来组织活
动的。
但是，
问题的关键 在于社团活动的费用与参加活动的人数是成正比的，
因此这种方法
恐怕不太可行。
要推 进社团活动，同时又不使经费超支，
我们必须群策群力，拿出别的筹钱
方法，而不是仅仅依赖学 校拨款和会员费。
(when it comes to; carve out; pare down; cut back
on; bottom line; go into the red; pool; in lieu of)

When
it
comes
to
the
effects
of
the
current
economic
downturn,
the
decrease
of
student
activities is a good case in point. To enliven campus life, the university is always willing to carve
out some money for activities organized by student clubs and societies, but such sponsorships
have been pared down this year because of huge budget cut. Apparently, student organizations
need
to
weather
their
own
financial
crisis
if
they
want
to
recover
from
their
current
state
of
inactiveness.
Some
suggest
enrolling
more
club
members,
on
the
ground
that
the
consequent