《大学英语读写》课程教学资源（A）Ⅱ_大学英语读写（A）Ⅱ_Unit 1_学习课件_课文讲解（译文及语言点）

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Catching Crabs 1 In the fall of our final year, our mood changed. The relaxed atmosphere of the preceding summer semester, the impromptu ball games, the boating on the Charles River, the late-night parties had disappeared, and we all started to get our heads down, studying late, and attendance at classes rose steeply again. We all sensed we were coming to the end of our stay here, that we would never get a chance like this again, and we became determined not to waste it. Text

Text Most important of course were the final exams in April and May in the following year.No one wanted the humiliation of finishing last in class,so the peer group pressure to work hard was strong.Libraries which were once empty after five o'clock in the afternoon were standing room only until the early hours of the morning, and guys wore the bags under their eyes and their pale,sleepy faces with pride,like medals proving their diligence. Translation

Most important of course were the final exams in April and May in the following year. No one wanted the humiliation of finishing last in class, so the peer group pressure to work hard was strong. Libraries which were once empty after five o'clock in the afternoon were standing room only until the early hours of the morning, and guys wore the bags under their eyes and their pale, sleepy faces with pride, like medals proving their diligence. Text

Text At the back of everyone's mind It wasn't always the high flyers with the top grades who knew what they were going to do.Quite often it was the quieter,less impressive students who had the next stages of their life mapped out.One had landed a job in his brother's advertising firm in Madison Avenue,another had got a script under provisional acceptance in Hollywood. More. Translation

2 But there was something else. At the back of everyone's mind was what we would do next, when we left university in a few months' time. It wasn't always the high flyers with the top grades who knew what they were going to do. Quite often it was the quieter, less impressive students who had the next stages of their life mapped out. One had landed a job in his brother's advertising firm in Madison Avenue, another had got a script under provisional acceptance in Hollywood. Text

Text 回 The most ambitious student among us was going to work as a party activist at a local level.We all saw him ending up in the Senate or in Congress one day. But most people were either looking to continue their studies,or to make a living with a white-collar job in a bank,local government,or anything which would pay them enough to have a comfortable time in their early twenties,and then settle down with a family,a mortgage and some hope of promotion. Translation

The most ambitious student among us was going to work as a party activist at a local level. We all saw him ending up in the Senate or in Congress one day. But most people were either looking to continue their studies, or to make a living with a white-collar job in a bank, local government, or anything which would pay them enough to have a comfortable time in their early twenties, and then settle down with a family, a mortgage and some hope of promotion. Text

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3 I went home at Thanksgiving, and inevitably, my brothers and sisters kept asking me what I was planning to do. I didn't know what to say. Actually, I did know what to say, but I thought they'd probably criticize me, so I told them what everyone else was thinking of doing. Text

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4 My father was watching me but saying nothing. Late in the evening, he invited me to his study. We sat down and he poured us a drink. 5 "So?" he said. 6 "Er . so what?" 7 "So what do you really want to do?" he asked. Text

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8 My father was a lawyer, and I had always assumed he wanted me to go to law school, and follow his path through life. So I hesitated. 9 Then I replied, “I want to travel, and I want to be a writer.” 10 This was not the answer I thought he would expect. Travel? Where? A writer? About what? I braced myself for some resistance to the idea. Text

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11 There was a long silence. 12 "Interesting idea," he said finally. 13 There was another long silence. 14 "I kind of wish I'd done that when I was your age." 15 I waited. 16 "You have plenty of time. You don't need to go into a career which pays well just at the moment. You need to find out what you really enjoy now, because if you don't, you won't be successful later." Text

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17 "So how do I do this?“ 18 He thought for a moment. Then he said, "Look, it's late. Let's take the boat out tomorrow morning, just you and me. Maybe we can catch some crabs for dinner, and we can talk more." Text