中英文本

Spring breaks were always used to pay back my sleep debt for burning the midnight oil on a regular basis.

过去的每个春假，我都是用来弥补平日经常熬夜所造成的睡眠不足。

This year was different.My parents,counselors,and friends all encouraged me to go visit colleges.I thought,"those tedious application forms and essays were a pain,now I have to give up a week of vacation touring the USA?"

今年就不同了。我的父母，老师和朋友们都鼓励我去参观大学。我在想“那些麻烦的申请表和介绍的文章已经把我折腾死了，现在我还要放弃一周的假期来周游美国吗？”

I went.Visiting 7 schools in 5 days was a great feat in itself.My mother and I first flew to San Francisco and rented a car.That day,we went to UC Berkeley and Stanford.On day 2,we drove all the way down to LA.Day 3 is for visiting UCLA and USC.We flew across the continent to the east coast,arriving in Boston at midnight.The next day,we toured MIT and Harvard for a while,then drove to Newark,New Jersey for the night.On the last day,we saw U Penn in Philadelphia before catching the plane back to our home in Texas.

我还是去了。在5天参访7个学校本身就是不容易之事。我和母亲先飞到旧金山并租了一辆车。当天我们去了加州柏克莱大学和史丹佛大学。第二天我们一路开车到洛杉机。第三天是参观加州洛杉机大学和南加大。我们飞越了美洲大陆来到了东岸，午夜时到达波士顿。隔天，我们支了麻省理工学院和哈佛大学一小段时间，然后开车到纽泽西州的纽华克过夜。最后一天，在搭飞机回德克蕯斯的家之前，我们去看了位于费城的宾州大学。

The tour showed me waht different colleges were like.It was a valuable experience,even though in the end,none of them accepted my application.

这趟旅行让我看到不同的大学是什么样子。虽然到最后，这些学校中没有一所绿取我，但这仍然是一次宝贵的经验。
重点讲解

1.sleep debt 睡眠不足

We've been on the subject of sleep for quite some time now and I am sure you have come across the term sleep debt.

我们对于睡眠这项课题的研究已经持续了很长的一段时间了，我相信你对于睡眠不足这个词语肯定印象深刻吧。

2.midnight oil 点灯熬夜

"None of us have had a great deal of sleep, " a bleary eyed President Bush said after burning the midnight oil deciding whether of not to bomb Iraq.

“我们这群人没有一个能睡饱觉的，”睡眼朦胧的布什总统在熬夜决定是否轰炸伊拉克后说道。

3.on a regular basis定期的；经常的

To stay in good mental shape, perform these simple brain exercises on a regular basis.

为了保持良好的精神状态，需要定期进行一些简单的头脑运动。