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九月

Diversify Your College Life

Guidance for Reciting

Nobody can casually succeed;the success comes from the thorough self-control and the will. Your College life serves as the foundation place for your future success.

As you stand on the threshold of your college career,commit yourselves and stand by that commitment. From the first day in class,discipline yourselves to make learning fun,not a chore,and to get the most from the educational opportunities open to you.

You are supposed to explore beyond your immediate career objectives. Going to college means a lot more than earning a grade. College is a place to be greedy―take all you can get and then some more. The agony of just getting by will eventually tear one asunder. The habit of honest work and pride in your work can be established to a great extent in college.

让你的大学生活过得丰富多彩

诵读导言

谁也不能随随便便成功,它来自彻底的自我管理和毅力。大学,是为今后的成功打基础的地方。

在你们即将开始大学生活之际,要对自己许下诺言,并要信守自己的诺言。从上课的第一天起,就要训练自己把学习变成一种乐趣,而非一件令人讨厌的事,并从你所享受的教育机会中获得最多的知识。

不要让自己的探索局限于与自己专业直接有关的科目之中。上大学绝不仅仅意味着得到一个分数。大学是一个令人渴望的地方――在这里你要获得你所能获得的一切,并继而获得更多一些。敷衍了事、得过且过所带来的精神痛苦,最终将会把你毁掉。而把工作干得很出色、做得可以引以为豪的习惯,在很大程度上可以在大学期间形成。

口语点津

英语是一座桥梁,沟通自我与外界的桥梁。大学阶段正是搭建这座桥梁的重要时期。英语学习者要保持一种积极的姿态:积极地学习,积极地思考。这种积极性也应该体现在我们的人生态度上:无论我们的英文水平如何,都不应该影响到我们与外界交往的渴望和积极性。