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1、学 海 无 涯 Unit 1 1 Catching crabs 1 In the fall of our final year our mood changed The relaxed atmosphere of the preceding summer semester the impromptu ball games the boating on the Charles River the late night parties had disappeared and we all started to get our heads down studying late and attenda
2、nce at classes rose steeply again We all sensed we were coming to the end of our stay here that we would never get a chance like this again and we became determined not to waste it Most important of course were the final exams in April and May in the following year No one wanted the humiliation of f
3、inishing last in class so the peer group pressure to work hard was strong Libraries which were once empty after five o clock in the afternoon were standing room only until the early hours of the morning and guys wore the bags under their eyes and their pale sleepy faces with pride like medals provin
4、g their diligence 2 But there was something else At the back of everyone s mind was what we would do next when we left university in a few months time It wasn t always the high flyers with the top grades who knew what they were going to do Quite often it was the quieter less impressive students who
5、had the next stages of their life mapped out One had landed a job in his brother s advertising firm in Madison Avenue another had got a script under provisional acceptance in Hollywood The most ambitious student among us was going to work as a party activist at a local level We all saw him ending up
6、 in the Senate or in Congress one day But most people were either looking to continue their studies or to make a living with a white collar job in a bank local government or anything which 抓螃蟹 大学最后一年的秋天 我们的 心情变了 刚刚过去的夏季学期 的轻松氛围 即兴球赛 查尔斯河 上的泛舟以及深夜晚会都不见了 踪影 我们开始埋头学习 苦读到 深夜 课堂出勤率再次急剧上升 我们都觉得在校时间不多了 以后
7、再也不会有这样的学习机会了 所 以都下定决心不再虚度光阴 当 然 下一年四五月份的期末考试最 为重要 我们谁都不想考全班倒 数第一 那也太丢人了 因此同学 们之间的竞争压力特别大 以前 每天下午五点以后 图书馆就空无 一人了 现在却要等到天快亮时才 会有空座 小伙子们熬夜熬出了眼 袋 他们脸色苍白 睡眼惺忪 却 很自豪 好像这些都是表彰他们勤 奋好学的奖章 还有别的事情让大家心情焦 虑 每个人都在心里盘算着过几 个月毕业离校之后该找份什么样 的工作 并不总是那些心怀抱负 成绩拔尖的高材生才清楚自己将 来要做什么 常常是那些平日里默 默无闻的同学早早为自己下几个 阶段的人生做好了规划 有位同 学
8、在位于麦迪逊大道他哥哥的广 告公司得到了一份工作 另一位同 学写的电影脚本已经与好莱坞草 签了合约 我们当中野心最大的 一位同学准备到地方上当一个政 党活动家 我们都预料他最终会当 上参议员或国会议员 但大多数 同学不是准备继续深造 就是想在 银行 地方政府或其他单位当个白 领 希望在 20 出头的时候能挣到 足够多的薪水 过上舒适的生活 学 海 无 涯 would pay them enough to have a comfortable time in their early twenties and then settle down with a family a mortgage an
9、d some hope of promotion 3 I went home at Thanksgiving and inevitably my brothers and sisters kept asking me what I was planning to do I didn t know what to say Actually I did know what to say but I thought they d probably criticize me so I told them what everyone else was thinking of doing 4 My fat
10、her was watching me but saying nothing Late in the evening he invited me to his study We sat down and he poured us a drink 5 So he said 6 Er so what 7 So what do you really want to do he asked 8 My father was a lawyer and I had always assumed he wanted me to go to law school and follow his path thro
11、ugh life So I hesitated 9 Then I replied I want to travel and I want to be a writer 10 This was not the answer I thought he would expect Travel Where A writer About what I braced myself for some resistance to the idea 11 There was a long silence 12 Interesting idea he said finally 13 There was anoth
12、er long silence 14 I kind of wish I d done that when I was your age 15 I waited 16 You have plenty of time You don t need to go into a career which pays well just at the moment You need to find out what you really enjoy now because if you don t you won t be successful later 17 So how do I do this 18
13、 He thought for a moment Then he said Look it s late Let s take the boat out 然后就娶妻生子 贷款买房 期望 升职 过安稳日子 感恩节的时候我回了一趟家 兄弟姐妹们免不了不停地问我毕 业后有什么打算 我不知道该说什 么 实际上 我知道该说什么 但我怕他们批评我 所以只对他们 说了别人都准备干什么 父亲看着我 什么也没说 夜 深时 他叫我去他的书房 我们 坐了下来 他给我们俩各倒了杯饮 料 怎么样 他问 啊 什么怎么样 你毕业后到底想做什么 他问道 父亲是一名律师 我一直都认 为他想让我去法学院深造 追随他 的人生足迹
14、所以我有点儿犹豫 过了会儿我回答说 我想旅 行 我想当个作家 我想这不是他所期待的答案 旅行 去哪儿旅行 当作家 写 什么呀 我做好了遭到他反对的 心理准备 接着是一段长长的沉默 这想法有点意思 他最后说 接着又是一段长长的沉默 我真有点希望自己在你这个 年纪时能做这些事儿 我在等他把话说完 你还有很多时间 不必急于 进入一个暂时报酬高的行业 你 现在要搞清楚自己真正喜欢什么 如果你弄不清楚 以后就不可能成 功 那我该怎么办 他想了一会儿 然后他说道 瞧 现在太晚了 我们明天早 学 海 无 涯 tomorrow morning just you and me Maybe we can catc
15、h some crabs for dinner and we can talk more 19 It was a small motor boat moored ten minutes away and my father had owned it for years Early next morning we set off along the estuary We didn t talk much but enjoyed the sound of the seagulls and the sight of the estuary coastline and the sea beyond 2
16、0 There was no surf on the coastal waters at that time of day so it was a smooth half hour ride until my father switched off the motor Let s see if we get lucky he said picked up a rusty mesh basket with a rope attached and threw it into the sea 21 We waited a while then my father stood up and said Give me a hand with this and we hauled up the crab cage onto the deck 22 Crabs fascinated me They were so easy to catch It wasn t just that they crawled into such an obvious trap through a small hole
