大學填報志願是人生面臨的一個關鍵選擇。
下面是一位美國的高中學生的困惑:
Went to visit Elon w/DS. The campus is of course beyond belief...its beautiful. But, I came away wondering if the place was just a little "too good to be true"; a little "too packaged"? Am I over reacting? Does anyone have any experience with this school? Any thoughts?
去依隆大學看了看。校園當然美麗得令人難以置信。但是,當我離開的時候,我在想這個地方是不是有點「好得不像是真的了」;有點「包裝過頭了」?我反應過度了嗎?有人在這所學校的經歷嗎?有什麼想法嗎?
對同一所大學可能有截然相反的看法:
I can honestly say that I would send my kid to a local community college or a third-tierState University before this place.
老實說,我會把我的孩子送到當地的社區學院或三流的州立大學。
funny all the people i know who went there were the ones who couldn't get into any other school or were total f' ups.
when did schools for rich dumband f'd up kids become known as rising.....
有趣的是,我認識的所有去那裡的人都是那些進不了其他學校的人,或者是操.蛋的傢伙。
從什麼時候開始,為有錢的蠢貨和操.蛋的小孩開設的學校被稱為「崛起」( 的學校)了。
I didn't attend Elon, but where I went "Communications" was the bottom tier major.
我上的不是依隆大學,但在我的母校「傳媒」是最不入流的專業。
I know 2 kids there now who love it. Plus it's less expensive than thetop tier of private colleges.
我認識兩個孩子,很喜歡在那裡上學。另外,它學費比頂級(一流)私立大學便宜。
I know a number of people who went to Elon and every single one raves about their experiences and really seemed to love it. There are only a few schools I've encountered that have engendered so much love and loyalty from their alumni.
我認識一些依隆大學畢業的人,他們每個人都對自己的經歷讚不絕口,而且似乎真的很喜歡(母校)。我了解的學校中,只有少數幾所學校能從校友那裡得到如此多的愛和忠誠。
I've toured 9 schools with DS over the last 8 months and was more impressed with Elon than some of the more prestigious schools.
在過去的8個月裡,我帶著妹妹參觀了9所學校,對Elon的印象比其他一些更著名的學校更深刻。
They seem to be trying really hard over at Elon to improve their school. I think it would be great to go to a school where the admin and prof's are actually working hard to make the school a nice place and really care about the university, and there is emphasis on making the students happy and giving them a good experience. Total opposite of my college experience at a name-brand school, that's for sure.
依隆大學似乎在努力改進。我認為去一所管理層和教授們都在努力把學校打造成一個好地方並真正關心大學的學校會是一件很好的事情,學校強調讓學生們快樂,給他們一個好的體驗。當然,這和我在名牌學校的大學經歷完全相反。
所以,這些表達你都記住了嗎?
a name-brand school/university/college
名牌學校/名牌大學
a prestigious school/university/college
名校
a top tier school/university/college
頂級(超一流)學校/名牌大學
a first-tier school/university/college
一流學校/名牌大學
a second-tier school/university/college
二流學校/名牌大學
a third-tier school/university/college
三流學校/名牌大學
a bottom tier school/university/college
不入流學校/名牌大學
tier也可以形容城市的規模:
first-tier cities
一線城市
second-tier cities
二線城市
……,
大家來說說看,十八線城市該怎麼說?