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Freshmen Vs. Seniors
大一新生Vs.高年級學生
Freshman: Is never in bed past noon.
大一新生：中午以后決不賴在床上。
Senior: Is never out of bed before noon.
高年級學生：中午以前決不起床。
Freshman: Reads the syllabus to find out what classes he can cut.
大一新生：研究課程設置找找可以不用去上的課。
Senior: Reads the syllabus to find out what classes he needs to attend.
高年級學生：研究課程設置找到要去上的課。
Freshman: Calls the professor "Teacher."
大一新生：必恭必敬地管教授叫“老師。”
Senior: Calls the professor "Bob."
高年級學生：對教授直呼其名。
Freshman: Would walk ten miles to get to class.
大一新生：會走上10英里去上課。
Senior: Drives to class if it's more than three blocks away.
高年級學生：三個街區遠的路程就得開車去。
Freshman: Memorizes the course material to get a good grade.
大一新生：熟記課程內容以取得好成績。
Senior: Memorizes the professor's habits to get a good grade.
高年級學生：熟記教授的個人習慣以取得好成績。
Freshman: Knows a book-full of useless trivia about the university.
大一新生：知道一大堆學校里流傳的雞毛蒜皮。
Senior: Knows where the next class is. Usually.
高年級學生：通常能夠知道下節課在哪里上。
Freshman: Shows up at a morning exam clean, perky, and fed.
大一新生：衣冠楚楚、生機勃勃，而且吃飽了飯后來參加早上的考試。
Senior: Shows up at a morning exam in sweats with a cap on and a box of tarts and a bottle of pop in hand.
高年級學生：一身臭汗，腦袋上頂著帽子，手里拿著汽水和一盒果餅沖進晨考的考場。
Freshman: Has to ask where the computer labs are.
大一新生：不得不問電腦機房在哪里。
Senior: Has own personal workstation.
高年級學生：有自己的工作室。
Freshman: Lines up for an hour to buy his textbooks in the first week.
大一新生：在開學的第一個星期里排一波里隊買教材。
Senior: Starts to think about buying textbooks in October... maybe.
高年級學生：也許到10月才開始想起買課本的事。
Freshman: Looks forward to first classes of the year.
大一新生：盼望著本學期各科的第一節課。
Senior: Looks forward to first beer garden of the year.
高年級學生：盼望著本年度的第一次啤酒狂歡。
Freshman: Is proud of his A+ on Calculus midterm.
大一新生：為自己在微積分期中考試得了A—+而感到自豪。
Senior: Is proud of not quite failing his Complex Analysts midterm.
高年級學生：為自己的復合解析期中考試將將及格而揚揚自得。
Freshman: Conscientiously completes all homework, including optional questions.
大一新生：認真完成所有的作業，包括選做題。
Senior: Homework? I knew I forgot to do something last night.
高年級學生：作業？我知道昨天晚上忘了做什么了。
Freshman: Goes on grocery-shopping trip with Mom before moving onto campus.
大一新生：在搬進校園前和媽媽一起去買食品雜貨。
Senior: Has a beer with Mom before moving into group house.
高年級學生：在搬進合租房前和媽媽喝上一杯。
Freshman: Is excited about the world of possibilities that awaits him, the unlimited vista of educational opportunities, the chance to expand one's horizons and really make a contribution to society.
大一新生：對自己的發展前途、受教育機會的無限展望以及擴展見識和為社會真正 做出貢獻的機會而感到興奮。
Senior: Is excited about new dryers in the laundry room.
高年級學生：為洗衣房里新添了烘干機而激動不已。
Freshman: Takes meticulous four-color notes in class.
大一新生：上課時一絲不茍地記四色筆記。
Senior: Occasionally stays awake for all of class.
高年級學生：在所有的課上，偶爾會醒過來。
