【正文】 ask to be praised when you are not worth it and to curse those who do not praise you.5. For years we created an altogether forgiving world, in which whatever slight effort you gave was all that was demanded. (L. 1516)For many years we created an entirely forgiving world for you, where we only asked you to make some slight effort.6. Despite your fantasies, it was not even that we wanted to be liked by you. (l. 25)Though you might have a lot of fantasies as to why we did that, yet we did that not because we wanted you to like us.7. It was, again, to be rid of you. So go, unlearn the lies we taught you. To life! (L4243)We were nice to you just because we wanted to get rid of you. So forget those false ideas you get in college. Go out into life!Essay II College: An AllForgiving World?1. He is pletely ignoring all the pressures and hard times students go through to make it at college. (L. 78)He totally ignores that in order to succeed at college, students have to bear a lot of pressures and hardships.2. When the going gets tough, the tough have to get down to work … ()When it bees difficult for the students to make progress in their studies, even the hardworking students have to start working even harder…3. … and by no means have teachers “pretended not to care” when deadlines are not kept or when things aren’t done at the time they are supposed to be. (L. 2830)When things are not finished within the time they should be, teachers will certainly care.V. TranslationAfterClass ReadingPassage I: Those College Finals1. It is a horror that stays with a person for the rest of his life: the desperation, the frustration, the realization that one has to cough up mounds of knowledge that one does not even possess. And that one’s future career may depend on how well one does the coughing. (L. 69)那是一種與人余生相伴的恐懼：絕望、沮喪，以及意識到要費力地說出或?qū)懗鲆淮蠖阉麄儾⒉徽莆盏闹R。而問題回答得好壞也許會決定一個人的未來前途如何。2. I couldn’t help myself. (l. 14)我無法控制自己。3. They lifted their eyes in silent prayer. (L. 25)他們抬頭默默祈禱。4. They gathered around long tables, spiralbound notebooks open, and they shot questions at one another. (L. 3133)他們圍坐在長條桌旁，面前攤放著螺旋線裝訂的筆記本，連珠炮般地互相發(fā)問。5. … Real life is an openbook test. (L. 4748)……現(xiàn)實生活就像是一門開卷考試。6. The only place you’ll ever encounter something as bizarre and frightening as a final exam is at college. (L. 5051)大學(xué)是唯一一個使你能遇上像期末考試這樣古怪而又嚇人的事情的地方。7. Real life is a coast, a glide. (L. 56)現(xiàn)實生活就像滑行，像滑翔。Passage II: Fall from University Grace1. After my dismal performance in my first year of university, I contemplated the reasons for my failure. (L. 34)大學(xué)一年級我的表現(xiàn)很糟糕，之后我深刻地反思了失敗的原因。2. Had I been more motivated, I might have passed those courses, but I just wasn’t ready for university. (L. 1314) 假如我有更強(qiáng)烈的動機(jī)，我本來有可能會通過這些考試的，但是我還沒有為上大學(xué)做好準(zhǔn)備。3. Second, my aspirations were still cloudy, so if I transferred out of the engineering faculty I would still lack direction. (L. 2829) 其次，我的志向仍不明確。所以，如果我從工學(xué)院轉(zhuǎn)出來，我仍然沒有方向。4. However, passing grades eluded me, as did maturity. (L. 33) 然而，我沒能考及格，人也沒有成熟起來。5. A week later, snow covered every building on campus, which promised a white Christmas for everyone but me: my exams had been returned and I had failed all my courses. (L. 4143) 一周之后，大雪覆蓋了校園的每一幢樓，這預(yù)示著大家將迎來一個銀裝素裹的圣誕節(jié)。但我除外，因為我的期末考試又來了，而且所有的科目又都不及格。6. At the time, my independence was exhilarating。 freedom, denied me for eighteen years, was mine to experience and abuse. (L. 4849) 那時，我的自立令我興奮不已。已經(jīng)被剝奪了十八年之久的自由終于是我的了，可以細(xì)細(xì)體味，盡情享用。喝醉了酒也不會受到處罰。7. My refusal to claim responsibility for my actions and my abuse of newly gained independence and freedom from parental rule had bined to ensure my marks were below the passing grade and to make my Christmas black. (L. 5557) 我不愿為自己的行為承擔(dān)責(zé)任，隨心所欲地享用才得手的不受父母壓制的獨立和自由，二者加在一起注定了我考試不及格，要過一個傷心的圣誕節(jié)。8. Falling from Eden was enough to teach Adam。 the same is true for me. (L. 6263) 被趕出伊甸園足以教訓(xùn)亞當(dāng)，我的失敗也足以給我教訓(xùn)。