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Second sensible After semifinals
半決賽之后
Semifinals were over!
半決賽終于完了!
Only one more set of tests to go and then the semester was over and Warrens was free!
只要再經過一組測試, 這個學期就結束了, 華倫司就自由了!
Senior year was coming to a close
大四即將結束, 他很快就要走出校園,
And he would soon be out beginning the next segment of his life.
開始人生的下一段旅程
He was going into the public sector and the secular world of politics!
他要步入公共部門, 進入政治的世俗領域!
A seminar in his second year had convinced him that this was his calling!
大二時一次討論會讓他 相信這就是他的職業!
And he was relieved
心里也就踏實了,
That he wasn't going to be an engineer like his sensible parents had recommended.
他那明智的父母曾建議 他做一個工程師,這下 不用聽父母的了.
No studying sediment levels or analyzing seeping chemicals
因為他不必研究 沉積水平,不必分析 滲漏的化學物質,
Or secretions from a landfill for him!
也不必研究廢物填埋地 的分泌物了!
Walking towards the secretariat office
朝秘書辦公室走去的時 候,
He was beginning a plan to get started in politics early;
他開始計劃要早點兒 開始自己的政治生涯,
He was going to ask for a secondment to replace the class president.
他要請求將自己 暫時調去取代班長.
Bucky Jones was the class president,
原來的班長叫 巴基.瓊斯,
But he had been killed in a car accident the previous week.
上個星期他在一次 車禍中死了.
The fool, he had selfishly insisted on driving his friends home
他可真是個傻瓜,因為 他自私地堅持開車 送他的朋友回家,
Even though they were drunker than he.
盡管他們比他 還要醉得厲害.
Well anyhow, someone had to take his place, and Warrens was willing to be selected
嗨,無論如何, 總得有個人取代他,華 倫司希望自己被選上.
Warrens easily secured the position.
華倫司不費吹灰之力 就獲得了這個職位.
No one else had the time or desire to seek the position.
別人沒這個時間, 或者沒這個追求,
The second section of Warren's college semester was therefore busier than ever!
因此華倫司的大學學期 第二部分時間比 任何時候都忙!
But he turned out to be excellent as a president.
但事實證明他是個 出色的班長.
He helped negotiate a better package for next year's students.
在為下一屆學生爭取更 好的一攬子利益的談判 中,他出了不少的力；
He resolved a conflict over how not to segregate students by race or color.
在如何不按種族或膚色 將學生分開的問題上, 他統一了大家的意見；
And he somehow got the dean to approve building a new student center!
他并且還使院長同意建 造一座新的學生中心!
All within a month!
所有這些事都是在 一個月之內搞定的!
He became a political sensation!
他成了政界轟動一時 的人物!
