双语阅读：大新生寒假美梦的破灭.docxVIP

语阅读：大一新生寒假美梦的破灭 2010 年 02 月 09 日 09:4521 世纪英文报 我要评论 (0 ) 字号： T|T 大一新生们迎来了大学的第一个寒假 .同学们期盼着和家人团聚，想念着家里那浓浓的 温情 .可是到家后，同学们却发现自己的热情迅速降温，烦恼也随之而来 . 对已经习惯校园生 活，并向往自由的他们来说，父母的唠叨声 (nagging) 变得愈加刺耳 . 放假了，同学们归心似箭 怀着盼望回家过年的心情，大一新生们在火车站排了几个小时队来买票 .几天后，他们 挤进一列拥挤的火车，想象着家中的美味和那些即将在到家后感受到的浓浓情意 . 基于这 些，他们表示，回家再周折也是值得的 . Freshmen, eager to get home for the Chinese New Year, queue up at the railway station for hours. Days later, they squeeze into a crowded train and dream of the home- cooked meals and love they ’ ll enjoy once they arrive home. This, they say, makes all the trouble of getting home worthwhile. 但很多大一新生开始发觉自己的家不再像记忆中的那样 .异地生活已使得他们接触到 一种全新的，自由的生活方式 .而在他们刚刚迈入家门几个钟头内，他们便开始怀念自由的 生活 .家务活以及唠叨的父母可能会使得同学们的寒假美梦破灭掉 . 1 / 3 However, many freshmen come to find that home is not exactly how they remembered it. Living away from their parents has exposed them to a new life of freedom –one that within hours of arriving some begin to miss. Household chores and nagging parents are just a few of the things that can ruin students ’ winter. fantasies ―父母还是像对待高中生一样对待我 . ‖山东大学大一学生， 19 岁的宋颖抱怨到 .―每天我 都是在他们的牢骚声中度过的 .‖ ― still treat me like I was in senior high, ‖ Song-yearYing,-oldafreshman19 at Shandong University, complained. ― I get an earful every day.‖ 在离开湖北老家后的第一个学期中，宋颖很想家里的一切 —— 从家常菜到公交车 .她痛 苦流涕，渴望能睡在自己家中的床上 .于是，她一考完试就奔回家中，自以为一切还是老样 子. 但显然，她错了 . During her first semester away from her Hubei home, Song missed everything –from her parents cooking to the city bus. She cried and ached to sleep in her own bed. So, upon finishing her exams, she fled home, thinking everything would be just as it used to be. Boy, was she wrong. 现在，为了 ―挣脱所有的限制 ‖，她整天都呆在朋友的家中 . 就像在学校时那样，她时不 时地上网更新 SNS 社区中的好友资料，饭是有一顿没一顿地吃，觉是昏天黑地地睡 . Now, she spends entire days at a friend ’ s home to ― avoid all the restrictions ‖ . She logs online to update friends ’ profile on SNS, skips meals andsleeps in –just like she did on campus. 而在北京交通大学大一新生罗瑞琪的家中，情况变得更加糟糕 .与宋颖的行动不同， 19 岁的罗瑞琪决定挑战父母的规矩，来争取自己作为一个成年人的权力 . Things have been even