University 大学 对于许多年轻人来说,离开家开始大学生活是个激动人心的时刻,但同时多少也具有很多挑战。一项调查显示,伦敦帝国理工学院的大批学生都经历过高度精神紧张或心理健康状况。本期《随身英语》谈论的话题就是这一转变过程中所要面对的心理压力。 词汇 : student dorm 学生宿舍 debating society 辩论社团 lecturer 讲师 tardiness 拖拉,延迟 through rose-tinted spectacles 透过玫瑰色的眼镜看某物(只看到事物美好的一面) campus (大专院校的)校园 out of one's comfort zone 走出舒适区 college 大学 to balance 使保持凭 academic success 学术成就 to look after oneself 照顾自己 counselling service 咨询、辅导服务 budgeting 预算 to graduate 毕业 life skills 生活技能 1. University - the best days of my life! I made lots of friends in my student dorm 宿舍 , went to great parties, joined the debating society 辩论团 ... and, well, I did some work too - but I must confess my lecturers 讲座 were very patient with my tardiness 拖延 . 2. It's easy to look back at our university days through rose-tinted spectacles 只看到美好的一面 but the truth is that when we first arrived on campus , most of us were out of our comfort zone . 走出舒适区 3. In fact, a survey of students at Imperial College London has revealed that 3 out of 4 students experience high levels of stress ( 压力 ) , or a mental health condition, during their time at college . The survey, completed by over a thousand students, also found that 70% of those that experience stress do so at least once a week, and 9% of students feel stressed constantly. 4. Kirsty, a student at Exeter University, didn't enjoy her first days in college. She says: "When I first got to university I don't think I'd realized that I'd forgotten how to make friends. I'd been with the same school friends for seven years, and so I was trying to balance 平 social success with academic success 学习成功 whilst learning how to look after myself at quite a young age." 5. Dr Ruth Caleb of the counselling service 咨询服务 at Brunel University in London has some tips that should make life easier for students before they set off for university. She says: "Certain things that I think it would be very helpful for students to have put in place are an ability to do the practical things of life – to do the washing, to do the cleaning and so on – being able to cook. Budgeting 预算 is extremely important in university life." And Caleb adds: "You should learn how to spend time on your own comfortably." 6. I graduated and learnt how to take care of myself the hard way. I hope that new students these days remember to acquire some life skills before they make the big jump.