哈佛大學(xué)校園英語(yǔ)情景對(duì)話17：與真理為友

Han Meimei and Li Lei arrive at Han’s home.

H; Why don’t you have a look at my new home. Come on in.

H:不如看看我的新家，進(jìn)來(lái)吧。

L: Thank you. Small but comfortable. I have to live on campus.

L;謝謝。有點(diǎn)小但感覺(jué)很舒服，我就不得不住在學(xué)校。

H: Then you have the chance to know more people.

H:那你可以有機(jī)會(huì)認(rèn)識(shí)更多人。

L: That’s true.

L:那倒是。

H: Make yourself at home. Tea or coffee?

H:請(qǐng)隨便，荼還是咖啡?

L: Just water, please. Thank you.

L:水就行了，謝謝。

H: Excuse me for a second. I need to check my email,

H:失陪一下，我要査收一下郵件。

L： Don’t mind me.

L:別管我。

(After a while)

(過(guò)了一會(huì)兒)

H: It’s my older cousin, she complains about her life, again.

H:是我表姐，她又在抱怨她的生活。

L: Does she encounter a lot of setbacks?

L:她遇到很多挫折嗎?

H: Not really. She’s a graduate student. She said she's in a dilemma. She wants to focus on study but worries about her future because her classmates seem busy with making money.

H:也不是。她在讀研，說(shuō)現(xiàn)在處在一個(gè)兩難境地。她想學(xué)習(xí)，但又擔(dān)心將來(lái)，因?yàn)樗耐瑢W(xué)好像都在忙著賺錢。

L: I have some Chinese friends at Harvard graduate schools. They told me that that their friends in China are also facing the same problem now. They are scatterbrained.

L:我有一些在哈佛讀硏的中國(guó)朋友，他們告訴我說(shuō)他們?cè)趪?guó)內(nèi)的朋友也都面臨著同樣的問(wèn)題，很浮躁。

H: I can’t understand. Students are supposed to study.

H:我不能理解，學(xué)生不就應(yīng)該學(xué)習(xí)嗎?

L: You’re too young to understand. Let me put it this way, your cousin is a graduate. She may feel guilty not to make money at her age. You see? Someone told me that the academic atmosphere in China is far from good, so they chose to study abroad.

L:你還太年輕。這么說(shuō)吧，你表姐現(xiàn)在是研究生了，她可能覺(jué)得到她這個(gè)年齡還設(shè) 有賺錢，有點(diǎn)愧疚。明白嗎?國(guó)內(nèi)的學(xué)術(shù)氛圍不是很好，所以他們選擇出國(guó)留學(xué)。

H: Maybe it’s too much for me. Fm still a high school student.

H:也許對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)很難理解，我還是個(gè)高中生。

L： Let me tell you a story first. Several years ago, Harvard Divinity Scholl enrolled a student what was a little weird. He had actually been admitted by MIT and Juilliard School. If he went to either, he would have a “profitable” future.

L:給你先先講個(gè)故事。幾年前，哈佛神學(xué)院招收了一個(gè)有點(diǎn)奇怪的學(xué)生，他其實(shí)已經(jīng) 同時(shí)被麻省理工大學(xué)和朱莉亞音樂(lè)學(xué)院錄取了，不管去哪個(gè)學(xué)校，都會(huì)很有"錢” 途。

H: Definitely! Did he go nuts? He might not even find a job after graduating from Divinity School.

H:當(dāng)然!他瘋了嗎?上神學(xué)院可能連工作都找不到。

L: He’s absolutely more clear-headed than any of us. He knew what he wanted. He said he was young and could make money later. Now he just wanted to know more about God, and human beings. That’s the ideology he，d like to follow for the rest of his life.

L：他絕對(duì)比我們?nèi)魏稳硕记逍?。他知道他想要什么，他說(shuō)自己還很年輕，錢可以以 后再賺，現(xiàn)在他只想更了解上帝和人，這是他一生都想要追尋的思想。

H: Few people nowadays have such a state of mind.

H:現(xiàn)在很少人有這種心態(tài)了。

L： He was just an extreme example of Harvard students. I'm telling you Harvard students are sometime crazy about academy and ideals.

L:他只是哈佛學(xué)生的一個(gè)極端例子，我是想告訴你哈佛學(xué)生對(duì)學(xué)術(shù)和理想是多么癡 狂0

H: What Chinese students lack is this state of mind. They are torn between academic studies and material lures，and often yield to material lures.

H:中國(guó)學(xué)生缺少的就是這種心態(tài)，他們?cè)趯W(xué)術(shù)和物質(zhì)誘惑之間掙扎，經(jīng)常是向物質(zhì) 誘惑投降。

L: We cannot totally lay the blame on students. They are sometimes taught to pursue material gains.

L:我們也不能全怪學(xué)生，有時(shí)是別人教他們?nèi)プ非蠊摹?/p>

H: I agree with you. I heard that a university in Shanghai asked its students to learn from an alumnus who is now a government official. Being an official or making a lot of money seems to the symbol of success now in China,

H:我同意你的說(shuō)法。聽(tīng)說(shuō)上海有所大學(xué)出了個(gè)政府官員，學(xué)校就號(hào)召學(xué)生向這個(gè)官 員學(xué)習(xí)。好像現(xiàn)在在中國(guó)，當(dāng)官或賺錢成了成功的標(biāo)志了。

L: The university should implant students minds with these ideas brazenly. How could such education produce students who respect and promote truth.

L:學(xué)校竟然這樣明目張膽地向?qū)W生灌輸這種思想。這樣的教育怎么培養(yǎng)得出崇尚真 理的學(xué)生呢。

H: My cousin told me that often they can’t find their teachers for many are indulging in making money. After class, they just go to TV shows, or attend other activities to earn extra money. Don’t Harvard professors do this?

H:我表姐告訴我她們經(jīng)常找不到老師，因?yàn)楹枚嗬蠋煻荚诿τ谫嶅X。課后，他們就 跔去上節(jié)目或參加其他迗動(dòng)賺外快。哈佛的教授不這么做嗎?

L: I，m not sure. But according to my observation, more professors are dedicated to academy and researches.

L:不太確定，但根據(jù)我的觀察，更多的教授還是致力于學(xué)術(shù)研究的。

H: Whatever you say, we are powerless and standing alone, and can’t make a difference.

H:不管你怎么說(shuō)，我們沒(méi)有力量，勢(shì)單力薄，不能改變什么。

L: Things change. We can’t jump to conclusion.

L:萬(wàn)事在變，不要急于下結(jié)論。

H: Anyway, we must carry forward the spirit of pursuing truth.

H:不管怎么樣，我們要繼續(xù)發(fā)揚(yáng)追求真理的精神。

L: When you go to Harvard, what you’ll learn is not just knowledge, but a kind of spirit that will benefit the rest of your life.

L:你到哈佛學(xué)到的不僅是知識(shí)，還有讓你終身受益的精神。