【双语阅读】出国留学后发现的50件事
从留学前的懵懵懂懂，到出国后的幡然醒悟。留学教会我们了许多事情，一个人面对，一个人承受，也许是一辈子最值得回忆的那段经历。
1.Your friends will change a lot over thenext four years. Let them.
你的朋友会在接下来的四年变很多。请让他们顺其自然。
2.Call someone you love back home a fewtimes a week, even if just for a few
minutes.
每周打给家里你所爱的人几次电话，即使只讲几分钟。
3.In college more than ever before, songswill attach themselves to memories.
Every month or two, make a mix cd, mp3folder, whatever - just make sure you keep
copies of these songs. Ten yearsout, they’ll be as effective as a journal in
taking you back to your favoritemoments.
在大学音乐会比以往更能引发一段回忆。请每一两个月，编一张CD，或者电脑上的MP3文件夹，总之保证你复制了那些音乐。十年之后，它能够像一本日记一般带你回忆过去最美好的光阴。
4.Take naps in the middle of the afternoonwith reckless abandon.
每天中午都要毅然决然的小憩一下。
5.Adjust your schedule around when you aremost productive and creative. If
you’re nocturnal and do your best work late atnight, embrace that. It may be the
only time in your life when you can.
调整你的日程到你最有效率和创造力的方式。如果你是夜猫子并且在晚上工作最棒，那就接受这种模式。这可能是你人生中唯一能这么做的时间。
6.If you write your best papers the nightbefore they are due, don’t let
people tell you that you “should be moreorganized” or that you “should plan
better.” Different thingswork for different people. Personally, I worked best
under pressure - so Ialways procrastinated... and always kicked ass. Use the
freedom that comes withnot having grades first semester to experiment and see
what works best for you.
如果你在快要交差时熬夜赶出来的论文最好，那就别在乎别人说你“你该学会安排时间”或者“有计划更好”。每个人都有不同的工作方式。就我而言，我在压力下做得更好，所以我很拖沓，而且总是弄砸。好好利用第一学期不打分数的自由吧，去经历不同的事然后找出最好的适合你的方式。
7.At least a few times in your collegecareer, do something fun and
irresponsible when you should be studying. Thenight before my freshman year
psych final, my roommate somehow scored front rowseats to the Indigo Girls at a
venue 2 hours away. I didn’t do so well on thefinal, but I haven’t thought about
psych since 1993. I’ve thought about theexperience of going to that show (with
the guy who is now my son’s godfather)at least once a month ever since.
在大学至少有那么几次放纵享乐，无视你本来应该在学习。在我大一精神科期末考前夜，我的室友居然搞到蓝色少女合唱团的前排票，而演出的地点要两小时路程。我期末考表现不怎么样，但在1993年之后我从未怀念考试，我只怀念去看演出的经历(还是和现在我儿子的教父一起去的)，而且从那以后每个月都想起那么一两次。
8.Become friends with your favoriteprofessors. Recognize that they can learn
from you too - in fact, that’s partof the reason they chose to be
professors.
和你喜欢的教授交朋友。同时记得他们也会从你身上学到东西——事实上这也是他们想当教授的原因之一。
9.Carve out an hour every single day to bealone. (Sleeping doesn’t
count.)
每天匀出一小时独处。(睡觉不算)
10.Go on dates. Don’t feel like every datehas to turn into a
relationship.
出去约会，但别想着每个约会都将变成恋爱。
11.Don’t date someone your roommate hasbeen in a relationship with.
不要和你室友的EX交往。
12.When your friends’parents visit, includethem. You’ll get free food, etc.,
and you’ll help them to feel like they’recool, hangin’ with the hip college
kids.
当你朋友的父母来访，接纳他们。你将能白吃白喝。而且你会使他们觉得自己很酷，能够和时髦的大学孩子打成一片。
13.In the first month of college, send ahand-written letter to someone who
made college possible for you and describeyour adventures thus far. It will mean
a lot to him/her now, and it will mean alot to you in ten years when he/she
shows it to you.
入学一个月，你该手写一封信给帮助你进入大学的人，告诉他们至今你的经历。这对她/他而言意义很大，而在十年后她/他将信给你看时也是如此。
14.Embrace the differences between you andyour classmates. Always be asking
yourself, “what can I learn from thisperson?” More of your education will come
from this than from anyclassroom.
包容你和同学的差异。时刻提醒自己“我能从他身上学习什么?”这比上课能学到的多多了。
15.All-nighters are entirely overrated.
所有夜猫子都被高估了。(我猜是熬夜的人都高估自己的熬夜能力?)
16.For those of you who have come tocollege in a long-distance relationship
with someone from high school: despitewhat many will tell you, it can work. The
key is to not let your relationshipinterfere with your college experience. If
you don’t want to date anyone else,that’s totally fine! What’s not fine,
however, is missing out on a lot ofdefining experiences because you’re on the
phone with your boyfriend/girlfriendfor three hours every day.
对于和高中同学异地恋的大学生：别管别人说什么，异地恋能成功的。关键是不要让你们的关系干涉你的大学经历。如果你不想和别人约会，完全没关系!有关系的是，你将因为每天打3个小时电话给男/女朋友而错过很多经典的经历了。
17.Working things out between friends isbest done in person, not over email.
(IM does not count as “inperson.”) Often someone’s facial expressions will tell
you more thanhis/her words.
解决朋友之间问题的最好方式是面谈，不要用电邮。(即时通讯不算“当面”)一个人的表情胜过言语。
18.Take risks.
去冒险。
19.Don’t be afraid of (or excited by) theco-ed bathrooms. The thrill is over
in about 2 seconds.
