當莘莘學子邁入大學校門，他們滿懷憧憬卻也舉目茫然。面對全新的課程設置和寬泛的選擇范圍，他們究竟該如何選擇呢？怎樣的課程安排才能最有益于他們的發展呢？
University Courses
Many young people go to universities without a clear idea of what they are going to do. If one considers the various courses offered, it is not hard to see how difficult it is for a student to select the course most suited to him. If a student goes to a university to acquire a broader perspective of life, he will undoubtedly benefit. Schools often have too restrictive an atmosphere. Most students would, I believe, profit by the exploration of different academic studies, especially the “all rounder” with no particular interest.① They should have a longer time to decide in what subject they want to take their degrees, so that in later life, they do not look back and regret.
There is, of course, another side to the question of how to make the best use of one’s time at university.② Some students, who are good at a particular branch of learning， may spend three or four years becoming a specialist， appearing with a first class Honors Degree but very little knowledge of what the rest of the world is all about. Therefore there will have to be much more detailed information in all fields. On the one hand, a band of specialists ignorant of anything outside their own subject, and on the other hand, an ever increasing number of graduates qualified in subjects for which there is little or no demand in the working world.③
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行文點評
兩段文字分別講述大學課程安排中應當注意的問題。首段首句直接提出問題，從而引發論點。并在隨后的部分進行了詳實的論證說明。第二段首句是主題句，指出大學課程的另一個問題是如何讓學生充分利用大學時光。之后的On the one hand和on the other hand句式的使用，突出了內容的對比，使說明更加客觀、全面。
本文結構清晰，過渡詞的使用使文章銜接自然。插入語的使用增加了句式的靈活性。
好文妙譯
大學課程
很多年輕人進入大學，卻并不清楚自己究竟想要做些什么。看一看學校提供的種類繁多的課程，不難發現，學生選擇適合自己的課程的確不是一件易事。如果一個學生上大學是為了得到更廣闊的生活視野，他無疑會受益匪淺。然而，學校的氣氛常常很讓人拘束。我相信，很多學生，特別是那些沒有什么特殊愛好的“全能型學生”通過對不同學術研究的探索會收獲頗多。學生們應該有更多的時間決定他們真正想要獲得學位的學科，那樣在以后他們回首往事時就不會后悔。
當然，問題的另一方面就是如何充分利用大學時光。有些學生在某一特定學科非常優秀，在這三四年中他可能成為該領域的專家，獲得頭等榮譽學位，然而對其他領域卻知之甚少。所以大學課程應該包含更多關于所有領域的詳細知識。一方面，很多專家對自己學科之外的事情一無所知，另一方面，越來越多專業知識過硬的畢業生走向工作崗位，可惜的是，這些知識在工作中卻并不實用。
詞匯斟酌
perspective n. 前途
undoubtedly ad. 無疑，必定
profit by/from 得益于，受益于
band n. 群，伙；樂隊
specialist n. 專家
ignorant a. 不懂的
佳句臨摹
①【注釋】I believe
插入語，強調,使得句式更加靈活
【臨摹】This, you know, is just my personal opinion. 這，你知道，只是我的個人看法。
【臨摹】One day， it is said， Newton saw an apple fall from a tree. 據說，有一天牛頓看到一個蘋果從樹上掉下來。
②【注釋】make the best use of充分利用
【臨摹】We should make the best use of time when we are young.年輕時我們都應該充分利用時間。
③【注釋】On the one hand...and on the other hand…一方面…，另一方面…
【臨摹】On the one hand， I want to go to the party， but on the other hand I ought to be studying.一方面，我想去參加聚會，但從另一方面來說，我應該留下來學習。
思如泉涌
Dancing in all its forms cannot be excluded from the curriculum of all noble education: dancing with the feet, with ideas, with works, and, need I add that one must also be able to dance with the pen?所有高尚教育的課程表里都不能沒有各種形式的跳舞：用腳跳舞，用思想跳舞，用言語跳舞，不用說，還需用筆跳舞。
How much more profitable for the independent mind, after the mere rudiments of education , to range through a library at random, taking down books as the mother wit suggests!受到初步的基礎教育之后，對于愿意獨立思考的人來說，在圖書館里信手取下一本書來，根據個人的天賦隨意涉獵，這該有多大的好處啊！
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