【正文】 res and hard times students go through to make it at college.（ 1214） ＊ go through: 經歷，經受 漢譯：他完全無視學生們?yōu)榱藢W業(yè)成功而經受的一切壓力與艱辛。 ? make it: be successful in a particular activity or profession I never thought Clare would make it as an actress. Tell him I want to see him tonight, at my house if he can make it. The charts showed we had made it, and big.(圖表顯示我們成功了，非常地成功。） ? 3. Neusner believes that in college we are trained to think that “failure leaves no record” because we can supposedly get away with mistakes easily. (L2425) ?get away with: not be caught or punished for sth. you have done The child ought to be punished. You should not let him get away with telling lies. I don’t think any society can survive if people can kill and get away from it. How did Tom get away with cheating? 4. When the going gets tough, the tough have to get down to work… （ 3132） ＊ 第一個 tough為 difficult, 第二個 tough為strong hardworking students 漢譯：學習緊張時，本來頑強學習的人也得更加努力學習。 SUMMARY OF ESSAY II The author argues with Jacob Neusner who thinks that “failure leaves no record” and that college is not a preparatory school for life. He lists many facts to support his own idea and to prove that Neusner is wrong. At last， he es to conclusion that college life is not easy, free, fiving, fortable， interesting and unchallenging fun for the students to spend their four laborious years’ studying. KEYS ? 1. Understanding the Organization of the Text ? Passage I ? 1) The message Prof. Neusner passes to the graduates. (para. I) ? We take no pride in our educational achievement because we have inadequately prepared students for the real world. ? Reason: At Brown, during the four years, students have formed the belief that failure leaves no record, while in the real world failure marks you. ? 2) Two different attitudes toward errors. (para. 2) ? At Brown, students defend their errors by arguing about: ? A. why their errors were not errors。 ? B. why mediocre work was excellent。 ? C. why they could take pride in their poor presentation. ? In the real world, graduates had better not defend their errors but learn from them. ? 3) College is an altogether fiving world. (para. 35) ? No matter what slight effort students made, they could meet the demand. ? A. When students broke appointments, professors make new ones. ? B. When the deadline was missed, professors pretended not to care. ? C. Boring talks were considered to be important. ? D. Unlabored writing was mented. ? E. Dull students were treated as if they were smart. ? The reason why professors did all this was not that they wanted to be liked by students, but that professors did not want to be bothered and pretense was the easy way out. ? 4) Prof. Daniel39。s viewpoint. (para. 6) ? College has deprived students of adequate preparation for the real world. ? 5) The ending of the speech. (para. 78) ? A. Conclusion: ? On this mencement day, we professors have nothing to take pride in. ? B. Advice for graduates: ? a. Don39。t act toward your coworkers and bosses as you have acted toward us. ? b. Go to life and unlearn the lies we taught you here. ? Passage II ? 1) The points Ida Timothee39。s going to argue against: (para. 1) ? A. Students have been made to believe that failure leaves no record. ? B. College is not a preparatory school for life. ? 2) Ida Timothee39。s ments on Neusner39。s points: (para2.) A. He knows little about students39。 college life. ? B. He ignores the pressures and hard times students experience at college. ? 3) Ida argues against Neusner39。s point that college is not preparing students for real life. (para. 3) ? During the college