第四十三讲

    Text Study
    Para. 9 But I still had more to learn from him. At 16 I went to Amherst College in Massachusetts. The tuition and cost of residence was double what my father earned in a year. The only reasonI could go was that I had a scholarship. To keep it, I had to be in the top 20 percent of the class.

    Translation
    Para. 9 但我该向他学的东西还有很多。16 岁 时，我去马萨诸塞州的阿默斯特学院上学。那个学校的学费和住宿费用相当于父亲年收入的两倍。我能就读该校，唯一的原因是我获得了奖学金。但只有学习成绩保持在班级前百分之二十，我才能继续享受奖学金。

    scholarship
    n. 奖学金；学问，学识
    e.g.
    a. Jim will study hard to try for the scholarship.
    吉姆将努力学习来争取获得这笔奖学金。
    b. This is a book that displays the considerable scholarship of its author.
    这是一本表现作者重大学术成就的书。

    tuition
    n. 学费
    e.g.
    Her yearly tuition is $2, 000.
    他一年的学费是两千美元。
    （某一学科的）教学
    e.g.
    He received tuition in painting for one year.
    他学了一年绘画。

    The only reason I could go was that I had a scholarship. (Para. 9)
    我能就读该校唯一的原因是我获得了奖学金。
    1) the only reason...is that...: 做…唯一的理由是
    e.g.
    The only reason she could be elected monitor of the class is that she is good at sports.
    她能当选班长的唯一理由是她擅长体育运动。
    2) go: vi. (to the college) 去（上大学）

    Text Study
    Para. 10 In my second year, I got a letter from my girlfriend, telling me she had met another guy. I was beside myself. I hitchhiked to Toronto and tried to win her back.     But she was infatuated.

    Translation
    Para. 10 大学二年级时，我收到女朋友的来信，说她结识了另一个男孩。我气疯了，立即搭便车去了多伦多，试图把她夺回来。但她执迷不悟。

    infatuated
    adj. 热恋的，痴情的
    e.g.
    a. He is infatuated with her, and doesn't see her faults.
    他对她着了迷, 看不出她的缺点。
    b. Jane is infatuated with Stephen but he doesn't care tuppence for her.
    简迷恋斯蒂芬，可是他对她根本不在乎。