Today I received the university acceptance letter, and I am very happy. It seems, however, that there is always a small corner in my mind that the light of happiness can't be shed upon—it is with regards to my elementary school teacher. I remember when I was still an elementary school student, history was my best subject. One day my history teacher said she was looking for a subject representative, and naturally I wished to be the one. With a lot of hard work and good luck, I finally became the history representative. After that I changed a lot, and no longer chatted with my classmates during class or played tricks. I didn't even dare to answer questions, so as not to spoil my teacher's impression of me. As a result, my performance was getting worse, and thus my teacher was not as satisfied as before. Sometimes I felt as if she doubted whether I could be the subject representative. I think it was in the final exam that she completely lost confidence in me. Before that exam I was thoroughly prepared, but I didn't perform too well in the exam because I was too nervous. Then I found out that many other students did the exam paper by cheating. In order to make my teacher happy, I also cheated. Unfortunately, my behaviour was discovered by my teacher, but she did nothing except give me a glance, which I could never forget.

  So this was the experience. I thought about apologising, but never had the courage. After some years, before the university entry exam, I heard that my teacher was in hospital. Then just last week, she was gone. Now I am a university student, but she could never know that, and I can never have the opportunity to apologise for my behaviour to her.

  Could you give me guidance about what I can do to remedy my mistake, or else I shall have this buried in my memory forever as a blame.

  Thanks!

             &nb

  Finally I have entered the college gate and become a university student. The first thing I wish to do to celebrate the beginning of my college life is to find a girlfriend. And the day just came. Last week, after another ice-breaking conference for fresh students, I saw a girl in my class, who is slim and tall, not very pretty but right the fit for me. That evening I easily found the phone number of her room and made a call. After talking about many nonsense topics, I managed to ask her directly whether she would be my girl. To my surprise, she asked me “why?” I was too nervous to find any other words in my brain and then I said that because I wanted to have one, and I cant remember the rest of our talk, except that after the following hours, I became the number-one laughing topic of my whole department. She told this story to other people. Girls thought I was dirty and ethically evil, some even took to me as scum. What was worse was that the boys also talked about me behind my back. One of my roommates even asked me whether I got too many hormones for normal thinking and behavior.

  I am feeling very depressed and frustrated. Could you help me?

                                                        Guo Qinghai

  I am a sophomore at university. College life is nice, but there seem to be some problems for me. In the beginning of this semester, one of my roommates started to smoke. I know smoking is her personal business. She is one of my friends, so I tried to persuade her to quit and also told her of the harms of smoking. She replied to me very kindly and said she knew all about the harms of smoking, but she thought it was cool and she did it just for fun. Now, she is smoking even more. I think smoking is bad, and is even worse for a girl. Besides, I remember she once told me that she had to spend about 100 RMB on cigarettes per month, and if the brand was better, the cost would go up. I tried once more to persuade her to quit. At this time, she said directly to me that it was easier said than done. If she didn’t smoke for half a day, she would feel tired and sleepy. She also told me that smoking can keep her awake when she studies, and helps her relax from the pressures of studying. I don’t smoke, and I can’t imagine what it will be like to sit and study in heavy smoke, but I think it is not helping us to stay awake and study better. Can you help me find a way to convince her to quit smoking?

  Thanks!

                                                             Amy

    我是一个大学二年级的学生。大学生活很好，但我遇到了一些麻烦。这学期开始，我的一个室友开始抽烟了。我知道吸烟是她自己的事情。但她是我的朋友，所以我试着劝她戒烟并告诉她吸烟的危害。她很友善的告诉我她知道吸烟的危害，不过她觉得那很酷，而且她这么做只是觉得很有意思。现在，她抽烟抽的更厉害

Topic: In the age of television, reading books is not as important as it once was. People can learn as much by watching television as they can by reading books. What’s your view about it? Write an essay within 300 words.

全国大学生翻译大赛五月份试题

Cities such as Chicago say that environmentally friendly reflective roof coatings permit less heat to penetrate, reducing air conditioning costs. Grass and other greenery planted on the roof of Chicago City Hall cut the surface temperature significantly on hot days compared with traditional black tar roofing. Green buildings can also reduce water costs by catching rainwater and the “grey water” that drains from sinks and showers, reusing it for toilets and watering heat-reducing landscaping. 

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  I am a freshman now and have made friends with a girl. With days going on, I find that the more I get along with her, the more I know about her. As the days go by, I am getting closer to her and have discovered an emotional problem she has. She can’t escape the shadow of the College Entrance Examination, because she says she has no feeling for the university she is studying now.

  Time may help us forget everything, but the Entrance Exam seems to be always alive in her memory. It is like a plague on her. And it wraps her with sorrow. Though I am her best friend, what I say doesn’t work on her at all. What’s worse, it seems that my suggestions have pushed her deeper into the past.

  What should I do? I really want to find a good solution from you to help her out of this mess.

   Thank you!

Sincerely,

Yu Zhiqiang

    我是一名大一新生，现在我有了一个女朋友。随着时间的推移，我发现我与她接触的越多，我越了解她。我逐渐了解到，她有一些精神方面的问题。她对高考总是有阴影，她说她对现在学习的大学总是没有感觉。

    时间也许可以帮助我们忘记所有的事情，但是高考似乎总是“活”在她的记忆中。这对她来说是一种折磨，常常使她陷入痛苦。虽然我是她最好的朋友，但我的话对她来说根本不管用。更糟的是，看起来我的建议使她更深的陷入了过去的阴影中。

    我该怎么做？我非常想找到一个合适的途径可以帮助她摆脱这种疯狂。

    谢谢！

                                                   余志强（音译——编者）

    如果你有想说的观

  Recently I have heard that a friend of mine is doing homework for other students to make money. I think this is very bad. First, we do homework for reviewing what we have learnt, and if such a process is replaced by someone else doing the homework, we lose the opportunity to gain more knowledge. Secondly, paying someone to do  homework can cause idleness, and the result is that students are losing their enthusiasm for studying further and working hard. Thirdly, having someone else doing your homework is a kind of plagiarism, which I think is cheating, and this is the worst thing that students could do. Studying should help them to learn how to be good and become honest people for their future personal developments and contributions to their homeland.

  I tried to persuade him to stop, but I failed. He is stubborn and I wish I could find some other way to help my friend stop this, but I really don’t know where to start and how to him convince him. He is my best childhood friend, and he takes care of his reputation, especially in front of other people.

  Please help me,

  I would appreciate it!

                                                         Claire

    最近我听说我的一个朋友为赚钱而替其他同学写作业。我认为这是非常不好的。首先，我们做作业是为了温习我们学过的知识，如果这个过程被替代了，那么我们就失去了获得更多知识的机会。其次，付钱给别人，让别人替我们写作业会导致自身的懒散，其结果是学生们会失去他们努力学习的热情。第三，让别人替自己做作业是一种剽窃行为，我认为这是欺骗，这是学生们做的最差劲的事情。学习应该让人们去了解什么是好的，并在今后的发展中作

  I am a college senior about to graduate. I am busy with finding jobs, or in other words, making decisions about what to do after graduation. Some of my classmates and friends are busy studying English and preparing for GRE, TOEFL or IELTS. They keep telling me that the overseas life will be better than the one here, and that it is also easier to find a job in foreign countries. But what I am thinking about is whether it is worth giving up the family and all other familiar things in the motherland for going abroad.

  And I am also wondering, if going overseas can be a better option, what age is the best for going overseas? Middle schooling, undergraduate, postgraduate, or working? What influences can be brought to us by going overseas?

  Mr. Cordell, could you tell me how you think about the overseas students in the United States? And what the education system is like?

And Mr. Sun, could you tell me some stories about overseas students that have returned to China, and what is your opinion about going overseas for further education or finding jobs?

  Thank you!

Ted

    我是一个即将毕业的大四学生。我现在正在忙着找工作，或者换句话说，正在为将来毕业后做什么作决定。我的一些同学和朋友正在忙着学英语，然后准备GRE、TOEFL 或者IELTS考试。他们告诉我海外的生活会比现在的好一些，同时工作也会比在中国好找些。然而我考虑的是，是否该放弃家庭和国内熟悉的事物而去国外。

我想，如果出国是一个更好的选择，那么什么年龄适合出国？中学时、大学时还是工作时？出国将会对我们的生活有什么影响？

    Cordell先生，你能告诉我海外的学生在美国的情况吗？那里的教学系统是什么样的呢？

    孙先生，你能告诉我留学生回国后的故事吗，以及您对出国留学和找工作有什么看法吗？

    大家怎么看？谢谢！

全国大学生英语写作大赛四月份试题

Topic: The purpose of many advertisements is to make consumers want to buy a product so that they will ‘be like’ the person in the ad. This practice is effective because it not only sells products but also helps people feel better about themselves. What’s your view about it? Write an essay within 300 words.

全国大学生翻译大赛四月份试题

人生不如意事常八九，这是一句老话，老得几乎令人不想再重复，可是生命的旅程，行行复行行，在漫长的旅途上，的确会遇上一重又一重的波折。

每当失意时，人总觉得别人为什么比自己幸运？别人生意兴隆、仕途平坦、财源广进、名成利就；自己为什么如老牛破车，踽踽独行在暮色四合的郊道上？

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  I am a senior university student. Last week I met my brother, a postgraduate student who is currently preparing for his academic paper for graduation. He was complaining to me about the difficulty in finding a job with a Master’s degree. The companies explained that people with higher educational backgrounds are more likely to change jobs frequently. His complaint brings me into deep thought. If it is really like what he said, do I really need to pursue further education like him with the expectation of finding a better job in the future? Or should I finish my current education and just find a job right now? Having a higher degree can’t provide me an advantage to get the job, while the common bachelor degree makes me no different from other job seekers, which seems to be very conflicting!

  What should my brother do? What should I do for my future? Can you give me some advice, please?

  Thank you!

                                                         Sincerely,

                                                         Jessica

    我是一名大四学生。上周，我遇到了我的兄弟，他正在准备研究生的毕业论文。他向我抱怨现在凭研究生的学位找工作有多难。公司给的理由是学历越高越容易跳槽。他的抱怨让我陷入深深的思索中。如果真的像他说的那样，那我是否应该像他曾经认为的那样，为了有一份更好的工作而继续读研？或者我应该结束现在的学

Dear Sir,

  I think we have entered a card age. Just open a wallet, and we can see a lot of cards: credit cards, bank cards, public transport card, working ID card, perhaps student ID card, library cards and many types of shopping membership cards. I think it is just like what I overheard heard on the bus, cards are everywhere, and everything requires cards. How funny it is. After thousands of years of complex revolution and development, our daily life goes back to the simplest way—card usage.

  The advantage of using cards is to make our life easier and tidier: credit cards save us from taking large sum of cash, and ID cards contain a lot of information about us. Besides, the cards are gradually becoming a new channel for advertisement, promotion and customer maintenance—in particular, shops are so keen on building up membership relationships with customers and keeping them shopping continuously with them. 

  However, with the wide usage of cards, some problems come out. Shopping with cards is still at the beginning stages, and not every shop provides such services, so cash is still necessary. When some cards are missing, such as credit cards, it’s likely to be quite messy, as the cards may be mis-used by bad people.

  Anyway, cards do change our life for the better and I think we are in the age of cards now.

  What do you think?

                                                                                           &n