词汇：student life 学生生活
You’ve studied hard, you’ve got the grades and now you’re off to university! This is the journey that many students are taking, but how prepared are they to leave home, stand on their own two feet and be self-sufficient? One study, carried out by the Higher Education Policy Institute and Unite Students in 2017, suggested that as well as being excited and nervous, many students are deeply ill-informed about what to expect.
你努力学习，取得了成绩，现在你要去上大学了!这是许多学生正在经历的旅程，但他们准备好离开家，自立更生了吗?2017年，高等教育政策研究所和联合学生组织开展的一项研究表明，除了兴奋和紧张之外，许多学生对即将发生的事情一无所知。
Of course, flying the nest to go to university is the opportunity of a lifetime, but to make the most of it needs some preparation before you arrive. This means learning life skills such as cooking and cleaning. You’ll no longer be able to rely on Mum and Dad to feed you or clear up after you, so try to learn how to make some staple dishes that are quick and easy to prepare. Graduate Peter Rogers told the BBC: “I didn’t really have anything other than rudimentary cookery skills before I went to university and found learning to cook was reasonably enjoyable.” Other things to do while at home is to practise some of those household chores, like operating the washing machine or ironing your clothes!
当然，离开家上大学是一个千载难逢的机会，但要充分利用它，你需要在到达之前做一些准备。这意味着学习烹饪和清洁等生活技能。你将不能再依靠父母来给你做饭或收拾你的东西，所以试着学习如何做一些简单快捷的主食。毕业生彼得·罗杰斯在接受BBC采访时表示:“在上大学之前，我除了基本的烹饪技能外，真的没有什么其他的东西，我发现学习烹饪是相当享受的。”在家做的其他事情是练习一些家务，比如操作洗衣机或熨烫你的衣服!
These domestic skills will come in useful because students will probably be living with others such as in a flat share or shared campus-based accommodation. This will also require taking responsibility for managing their finances because, apart from tuition fees, accommodation is likely to be the biggest cost for students living away from home. However, the Higher Education Policy Institute and Unite Students study found only about half of the would-be students surveyed identified rent as the biggest expense and concluded that this suggests more should be done to help in the transition between school and university.
这些家庭技能将会很有用，因为学生可能会和别人住在一起，比如合租公寓或共享校园宿舍。这也需要他们负责管理自己的财务，因为除了学费，住宿可能是学生离家生活的最大成本。然而，高等教育政策研究所和联合学生研究发现，只有大约一半的准学生认为房租是最大的开支，并得出结论，这表明应该采取更多措施帮助学生从中学到大学的过渡。
New students are going to have to be sociable as well – not just relying on old friends at home. Going to university requires meeting new people and making new friends. This often begins in Freshers’ Week although journalism student Emmeke Megannety warns that: “People starting uni need to remember that the people you meet in your first week will not necessarily be your friends for life.” But whatever your expectations, it’s good to be prepared for the time of your life.
新生也必须善于交际，而不是只依赖家里的老朋友。上大学需要认识新的人，结交新的朋友。这通常从新生周开始，尽管新闻系学生Emmeke Megannety警告说:“刚开始上大学的人需要记住，你在第一周遇到的人不一定是你一生的朋友。”但无论你的期望是什么，为你的人生时刻做好准备是件好事。
词汇表stand on one’s own two feet 独立自主self-sufficient 自立的，自给自足的ill-informed 了解有限fly the nest “离巢”（指离开父母，独立生活）opportunity of a lifetime 难得的机会preparation 准备life skills 生活技能staple 主要的rudimentary 基本的household chores 家务活flat share 合租公寓campus （大学）校园，校内accommodation 住宿。take responsibility 承担责任finances 财务tuition fees 学费rent 租金，房租transition 过渡sociable 善于社交的Freshers’ Week 新生周time of your life 非常美好的时光
测验与练习1. 阅读课文并回答问题。
1. In this article, what kind of skills are learning cooking and cleaning described as?
2. How did graduate Peter Rogers find learning to cook for himself?
3. Where might a new student live when they go to university?
4. True or false? Accommodation is the only big cost for students living away from home.
5. What will you have to make when you go away to university?
2. 选择意思恰当的单词或词组来完成下列句子。
1. Our manager seemed _______ about the project and wasn’t able to give us much help.
ill-formed ill-informed ill-inform ill-unformed
2. My parents were a little worried about me _______ to start university at first. I had never lived on my own before.
transition financing flying the nest self-sufficient
3. According to his postcard, my brother is having the _______ on his holiday in Australia.
time of his life time of his lives times of his life time of life
4. My girlfriend is very _______ and is always making new friends.
self-sufficient rudimentary transitional sociable
5. For my first year at university, I’ll be living on _______.
Freshers’ Week finances campus flat share
答案1. 阅读课文并回答问题。
1. In this article, what kind of skills are learning cooking and cleaning described as?Learning these skills are often referred to as life skills.
2. How did graduate Peter Rogers find learning to cook for himself?He said he found “learning to cook was reasonably enjoyable.”
3. Where might a new student live when they go to university?They might live in a flat share or shared campus-based accommodation.
4. True or false? Accommodation is the only big cost for students living away from home.False. Tuition fees are also considered the biggest costs for students.
5. What will you have to make when you go away to university?Going to university requires making new friends.
2. 选择意思恰当的单词或词组来完成下列句子。
1. Our manager seemed ill-informed about the project and wasn’t able to give us much help.
2. My parents were a little worried about me flying the nest to start university at first. I had never lived on my own before.
3. According to his postcard, my brother is having the time of his life on his holiday in Australia.
4. My girlfriend is very sociable and is always making new friends.
5. For my first year at university, I’ll be living on campus.
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