小故事

Freshmen Vs. Seniors
大一新生Vs.高年级学生
Freshman: 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 syllabus 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 tarts 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 Calculus 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 Analysts 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: Conscientiously 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 unlimited vista 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 dryers 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 meticulous 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

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 economists have made important contributions to the field of financial and corporate 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。