Unit4FreshStart

FreshStart

[1]IfirstbegantowonderwhatIwasdoingonacollegecampuswhenmyparents

droveoff,leavingmestandingpitifullyinaparkinglot.IdecidedIwantednothingmore

thantofindmywaysafelytomydormroom.Itseemedthateveryoneoncampuswas

watchingme.MyplanwastokeepmyearsopenandmymouthshutandIhopednoone

wouldnoticeIwasafreshman.

[2]ThenextmorningIfoundmyfirstclassandmarchedin.OnceIwasintheroom,

however,anotherproblemawaitedme.Wheretosit?AftermuchhesitationIchoseaseat

inthefirstrowandtotheside.

[3]"WelcometoBiology101,ntheprofessorbegan.Oh,God,Ihadthoughtitwasa

literatureclass.Acoldsweatbrokeoutonthebackofmyneck.Igropedformyschedule

andcheckedtheroomnumber.Iwasintherightroombutthewrongbuilding.

[4]Sonowwhat?Getupandleaveinthemiddleofthelecture?Wouldn'tthe

professorbeangry?Ikneweveryonewouldstare.Forgetit.Isettledintomychairand

triedtolookasseriousasabiologymajormightbe.

[5]AfterclassIfeltalittlehungry,andIhurriedtothecafeteria.Ipiledmytraywith

sandwichesandwasheadingfortheseatwhenIaccidentallysteppedinalargepuddleof

ketchup.MyfoodtraytippedandIlostmybalance.Asmyrearendmetthefloor,Isaw

myentirelifepassbeforemyeyes;itendedwithmyfirstdayofcollegeclasses.

[6]InthesecondsaftermyfallIthoughthowniceitwouldbeifnoonehadnoticed.

Butasallthestudentsinthecafeteriacametotheirfeet,cheeringandclapping,Iknew

theyhadnotonlynoticed,theyweredeterminedthatIwouldneverforgetit.

[7]ForthenextthreedaysIdinedaloneonnothingmorethanshame,andsome

junkfoodfromamachineplacedoutsidemyroom.OnthefourthdayIthoughtIneeded

somerealfoodbadly.Perhapsthreedayswaslongenoughforthecampuspopulation[N]

tohaveforgottenme.SoofftothecafeteriaIwent.

[8]Imademywaythroughthefoodlineandtiptoedtoatable.SuddenlyIhearda

crashthatsoundedfamiliar.Ilookeduptofindthatanotherpoorsoulhadmetthesame

fateasIhad.Myheartwentouttohimaspeoplebegantocheerandclapastheyhadfor

me.Hegotup,handsheldhighabovehisheadinavictoryclasp,grinningfromeartoear.

IexpectedhimtoslipoutofthecafeteriaasIhad,butinsteadheturnedaroundand

beganpreparinganothertray.Andthat'swhenIrealizedIhadbeentakingmyselffartoo

seriously.

[9]WhocaredwhetherIdroppedatray,whereIsatinclass,orevenwhetherI

showedupinthewronglecture?Nobody.Thiswasn'tlikehighschool.Incollege,itdidn't

matter.Thiswasmybigchancetodomyownthing.

[10]OnceIrealizedthatIhadnoone'sexpectationstoliveuptobutmyown,I

relaxed.Ibegantoviewcollegeasawonderfulexperiment.Idressedalittledifferently,I

discoveredatasteforjazz,andIdecidedIlikedgoingbarefoot.

[11]Igaveuptryingtoactmywaythroughcollegeandbegannotactingatall.

College,Idecided,wasprobablytheonlytimeIwouldbecompletelyforgivenforany

mistakes(includingsteppinginpuddlesofketchupanddroppingfoodtrays).SoIused

theopportunitytomakealltheonesIthoughtI'devermake.

[12]Threeyearsaftergraduation,I'mstillmakingmistakes.AndI'mevenbeing

forgivenforafew.

新的開端

i當(dāng)我父母開車離去，留下我可憐巴巴站在停車場上時，我開始尋思我在校園里該做什

么。我決定我最想做的就是平安無事地回到寢室。我感到似乎校園里每個人都在看我。我

打定主意：豎起耳朵，閉上嘴巴，但愿別人不知道我是個新生。第二天早上我找到了上第

一節(jié)課的教室，大步走了進去。然而，進了教室，我又碰到了一個難題。坐哪兒呢？猶豫再

三，我挑了第一排邊上的一個座位。

3“歡迎你們來聽生物101課，”教授開始了開場白。天咖，我還以為這是文學(xué)課！我

的后脖根上冒出了冷汗，摸出課程表核對了一下教室號一一教室號是對的，但我卻走錯了教

學(xué)樓。

4怎么辦？上課期間就站起來走出去？教授會不會生氣？大家肯定會盯著我看。算了

吧。我還是穩(wěn)坐在座位上，盡量使自己看起來和生物專業(yè)的學(xué)生一樣認(rèn)真。

5下了課后我覺得有點餓，便趕忙去自助食堂。我往托盤里裝了些三明治就朝座位走去，

就在這時.，我無意中踩到了一大灘番茄醬。手中的托盤傾斜了，我失去了平衡。就在我屁股

著地的剎那間，我看見自己整個人生在眼前一閃而過，然后終止在大學(xué)上課的第一天。

6摔到后的幾秒里，我想要是沒有人看見我剛才的窘像該有多好。但是，食堂里所有

的學(xué)生都站了起來，歡呼鼓掌，我知道他們不僅看見了我剛才的情景，而且下決心要我永

遠都不會忘掉那一幕。

7接下來的三天里，我獨自品嘗羞辱，用以果腹的也只是從安放在房間外的機器上買來

的沒有營養(yǎng)的食品。到了第四天，我感到自己急需補充一些真正的食物。興許三天的時間足

以讓校園里的人把我忘在腦后。于是我去了食堂。

8我好不容易排隊取到了食物，踮腳走到一張桌子前坐下。突然我聽到一陣熟悉的嘩

啦跌倒聲，抬頭看見一個可憐的家伙遭遇了和我原先一樣的命運。當(dāng)人們開始像對待我那

樣歡呼鼓掌的時候，我對他滿懷同情。他站起身，咧嘴大笑，雙手緊握高舉在頭頂上，做

出勝利的姿勢。

9我是否摔了托盤，坐在教室的哪個位置，甚至于是否走錯了教室，有誰會在乎呢？

沒有人在乎。這不像在中學(xué)。在大學(xué)里，這些都無關(guān)緊要。我完全可以按自己的意愿行事。

io一旦意識到我不必考慮別人的期望，只要自己滿意就行，我感到釋然。我開始把上

大學(xué)看作一個美妙的實驗。我稍稍改變了自己的穿著，開始欣賞爵士樂，還認(rèn)定自己喜歡

光著腳走路。

11在以后的大學(xué)生活里，我不再試圖做出什么姿態(tài)，而是順其自然。大學(xué)，在我看來，

也許是唯一一個有錯誤可以完全得到諒解的階段(包括踩到番茄醬，摔了托盤)。于是，

我利用這個機會來體驗我認(rèn)為自己可能會犯的所有過失。

12大學(xué)畢業(yè)已經(jīng)三年了，我仍然時有過失，其中一些過失我還得到了原諒。

BecomingaSuccessfulStudent

[1]Soyou*vefinallymadeittocollege.You*vebeenaccepted,andyou*vebeenliving

oncampusforsometime.Nowyoubegintoaskyourself“Howdoesonebecomea

successfulstudent?”"Whatarethecharacteristicsofsuccessfulstudents?"Toanswer

thesequestions,you'dbetterfirstbearinmindthefollowingtips:

[2]Beself-disciplined.Youshouldnotleavetheweeklyreadinguntilthenightbefore

itisrequired.Youmustdisciplineyourself(noonewillscoldyouifyoudon,t)andsetup

aregularscheduleinordertosucceed.

[3]Thinkpositively.Youneedtohaveagoodself-imagesoyoucanturnwhatseems

likedefeatintoapositivelearningsituation.Ifyouexpectthatyoucandobetter,andyou

trytodobetter,thenoverallyouwilldobetter.

[4]Beinterestedinyourcourses.Evenifyouthinkacourseisthemostboringonein

theworld,forceyourselftobeinterested.Takeaminorpointandreadasmuchas

possibleaboutitinordertobecomeanexpertinjustthatlittlebitofinformation.That

kindofinterestcancauseinterestintheentirecourse.

[5]Takegoodnotesandstudythemregularly.Becausetherearesofewtests(usually

nomorethantwoorthreeplusthefinalexam),theywillcoverworkdoneoveralong

periodoftime.Onlybytakingandthenkeepingupwithyournotescanyoustudy

effectivelyforthesetests.

[6]Seekhelpwhenyouneedit,beforeit*stoolate.Ifyouhavespecialproblems,

don'tbeafraidtoseekhelp.Seeyourteacher,youradvisor,anyonethatyouthinkmaybe

abletohelpyou.Itisimportantthatyoubeawareofwhereyoucangoforhelp.Andmost

campusescanhelpyouwithmoney-studentloans,scholarships,specialstudentaid

funds,orwork-studyprograms.Findoutwhatisavailableatyourschool,andbe

preparedtouseitwhenyouneedit.

[7]Attendclassesandbeactiveinclass.Attendingclassandarrivingontimeare

importantpointstoshowthatyouareseriousaboutyourlearning.Youshouldtakepart

inclassroomdiscussionsandhandinassignmentsontime.Speakingupinclassforces

youtothinkaboutwhatisbeingdiscussedandkeepsyouinterestedinit.

[8]Haveagoodattitudeaboutcollegelife.Knowyourstrongpointsandyour

weaknesses,understandwhatacollegecanandcannotdoforyou.Takeresponsibilityfor

yourowneducation.Youshouldrealizethatattendingcollegeoffersyoutherawmaterial

forsuccessandeducation-libraries,teachers,textbooks.However,onlyyoucaneducate

yourself.Takeadvantageofwhatisaroundyouanduseittoyourbestadvantage

accordingtoyourownneeds.

[9]Havethe"know-how”tobesuccessful.Makesurethatyouknowhowtostudy,

takenotes,taketests,andusetimewisely.Besureyoucanusereferencesourcessuchas

thelibrary.Developmemoryskills.Trytogetalongwithyourteachersandyourfellow

students.Youshouldbeateaseinexpressingyourselfandinunderstandingwords.Learn

fromexperience.Alwayslookforwaystodothingsbetter.

[10]Followingallthisadvice,youmaynotautomaticallybecomeasuccessfulstudent,

butyouwillsurelybeontherightroadtosuccess.

做一個成功的學(xué)生

1你終于上了大學(xué)。你被錄取了，而且已經(jīng)在校園里住了一段時間。現(xiàn)在你開始問自己：

“怎樣才能成為一名成功的學(xué)生？”“成功的學(xué)生有什么樣的特點？”要回答這樣的問題，

你最好先牢記以下的忠告：

2自律不要把你每周要閱讀的東西留到最后一個晚上才看。要想成功，你必須約束自

己（當(dāng)然如果你不這樣做，也不會有人責(zé)備你），并制定一個常備不懈的時間表。

3建設(shè)性地思考你必須對自己有信心，這樣你才能把可能的挫折轉(zhuǎn)變成對學(xué)習(xí)有利的

局面。如果你相信自己能做地更好，并且努力去做，那么，總體上你會做得更好。

4對自己所學(xué)的科目感興趣即便你認(rèn)為某一門課無聊透頂，你也必須強迫自己對它

感興趣。選出一個小的知識點，盡可能多地閱讀相關(guān)的內(nèi)容，使自己成為這小部分知識的

專家。這種對局部的興趣可以使你對整個課程產(chǎn)生興趣。

5做好筆記，經(jīng)常復(fù)習(xí)大學(xué)考試不多（通常不超過兩三次，外加期末考試），考試往

往會涉及一大段時間里所學(xué)的內(nèi)容。只有通過記筆記，不斷復(fù)習(xí)記下來的東西，你才能有

效的學(xué)習(xí)，通過考試。

6及時尋找?guī)椭?，以免貽誤時機如果你有特別的困難，就應(yīng)大膽地尋求幫助。可以去

找你的老師、導(dǎo)師，找任何你認(rèn)為可以幫助你的人。重要的是，你得知道從哪兒可以得到

幫助。大多數(shù)學(xué)校能幫學(xué)生得到錢一一學(xué)生貸款、獎學(xué)金、助學(xué)金或勤工儉學(xué)的項目。先了

解清楚自己學(xué)?？商峁┦裁磶椭?，必要時就可以獲得幫助。

7不缺課，課堂表現(xiàn)活躍不缺課，按時上課是你學(xué)習(xí)態(tài)度認(rèn)真的重要表現(xiàn)。你還應(yīng)該

積極參與課堂討論，按時交作業(yè)。課堂發(fā)言能促使你認(rèn)真思考討論的內(nèi)容，并且使你對它

保持興趣。

8正確對待大學(xué)生活清楚認(rèn)識自己的強項和弱點，了解大學(xué)能夠為你做什么，不能為

你做什么。要對自己的教育負(fù)起責(zé)任來。你應(yīng)該認(rèn)識到，上大學(xué)給了你成功和教育的原材

料一一圖書館、教師、課本。然而，只有你本人才能教育你自己。好好利用你身邊的資源，

根據(jù)自己的需要最大程度地去利用這些資源。

9掌握成功的“秘訣”確保自己知道如何學(xué)習(xí)、做筆記、考試以及合理地使用時間。確

保你知道如何使用可供參考的資源，如圖書館。培養(yǎng)自己的記憶能力。與老師、同學(xué)保持

良好的關(guān)系。懂得自由地表達自己，聆聽他人。從經(jīng)驗中吸取教訓(xùn)?？偸菍で蠼鉀Q問題的

更好途徑。

10你如果照以上的忠告去做，你也許不會必然地成為一個成功的學(xué)生，但是你肯定

是走在通往成功的正確道路上。

College—ANewBeginning

byJohnN.GardnerandA.JeromeJewler

[1]"WhenIwastalkingonthephonewithacolleagueearlierthismorning,hetold

meIshouldn'ttrytocometomyofficetodaybecausefreshmenarearrivingand

everythingisamessoncampus.Mycolleaguewasright.Itcertainlyisamess.Thereare

hundredsofcarspackedwithhot,sweatystudents,theirfamilies,andtheirmany

belongings.Mothersandfathersargueaboutwhen,where,andwhethertopark.Campus

policedowhattheycantodirecttraffic,buttheyknowtheywillhavetoletsomerulesbe

brokentoday.Itisthemessiestdayoftheyear,nodoubtaboutit.Itisalsomyfavorite

day."

[2]InthiswayCharlotteJ.Pattersonrecentlybeganherwelcomingspeechto

arrivingfreshmen.ApsychologyprofessorattheUniversityofVirginia],Pattersonhasa

greatdealofunderstandingfornewstudents—fortheirhopes,dreams,andfears.What

doesitmeantobeafreshmanonthefirstdayofthesemester?ProfessorPattersonviews

itasanewbeginning.Shecontinued:

[3]"Itmakesmethinkofthoseearlyspringdayswhenthesnowismelting.One

cannotstepdownanywherewithoutsplashing.EvenwhenIamcoldandwet,Icannot

hatethosedays;theytellmespringiscoming.Freshmanarrivalisalsoamess,butI

cannothateiteither.Freshmenappearintownlikeyounggreenshootssproutingup

everywhere,lookingforlight.Theirfaceshangoutofthewindowsofdormslikefresh

newbudsonanold,oldtree.Someoneelsemayworryaboutthesunandthesoilandthe

possibilityoffrost,butforbothyoungplantsandfreshmenitisenoughtobealiveand

here.

[4]"Yes,todayisthebeginningofanewlife.Onedayyou'reMama*schild,livingat

home;thenextday,you*reafreshmanandonyourown.FRESHMAN!Iliketheword.

Theverynameitselfsuggestsaproblem.Shoulditbepronouncedwithstressonthe

FRESHorontheMAN?Itcouldbeeither.Itdoesn*tmatterwhetheryouthinkof

adulthoodasajourneyorasanarrival;todayisclearlyasteponthepathofyourlife.

Freshmanexcitementandfreshmanfearscanbeseenoneveryyoungfacearoundme.

[5]“Collegeisanexcitingtime,perhapsthemostexcitingtimeofyourlife.Butitis

alsoatimeofmanymajoradjustmentsandsomedisappointments.Mostfieldsofstudy

havebecomequitecompetitive.Youwillneedtostudyhardandprepareyourselfwellin

ordertoenterthem.Alsotheinformationexplosionhasbroughtgreaterdemandson

peoplewhowanttoabsorballthatinformation.Asaresult,thereisagrowingneedfora

morestructuredintroductiontocollege.Andcoursesthatareintendedforfreshmenhave

becomepopularoncampuses.Asnewstudents,youshouldtakesomeofthesecourses

thatwillhelpyoutoprepareforthemoredifficultcoursesyouwilltakelater.Makesure

youlearntoread,write,andspeakwell,anddon'tbeafraidofcoursesthatmakeyou

think.Thinkingcanbeexcitingandalsorewarding.Alsotaketimetoenjoy

yourselves—relaxabit,eatwell,andlaughalot.Makecollegethewonderfuland

rewardingexperiencethatyou