当莘莘学子迈入大学校门，他们满怀憧憬却也举目茫然。面对全新的课程设置和宽泛的选择范围，他们究竟该如何选择呢？怎样的课程安排才能最有益于他们的发展呢？
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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行文点评
两段文字分别讲述大学课程安排中应当注意的问题。首段首句直接提出问题，从而引发论点。并在随后的部分进行了详实的论证说明。第二段首句是主题句，指出大学课程的另一个问题是如何让学生充分利用大学时光。之后的On the one hand和on the other hand句式的使用，突出了内容的对比，使说明更加客观、全面。
本文结构清晰，过渡词的使用使文章衔接自然。插入语的使用增加了句式的灵活性。
好文妙译
大学课程
很多年轻人进入大学，却并不清楚自己究竟想要做些什么。看一看学校提供的种类繁多的课程，不难发现，学生选择适合自己的课程的确不是一件易事。如果一个学生上大学是为了得到更广阔的生活视野，他无疑会受益匪浅。然而，学校的气氛常常很让人拘束。我相信，很多学生，特别是那些没有什么特殊爱好的“全能型学生”通过对不同学术研究的探索会收获颇多。学生们应该有更多的时间决定他们真正想要获得学位的学科，那样在以后他们回首往事时就不会后悔。
当然，问题的另一方面就是如何充分利用大学时光。有些学生在某一特定学科非常优秀，在这三四年中他可能成为该领域的专家，获得头等荣誉学位，然而对其他领域却知之甚少。所以大学课程应该包含更多关于所有领域的详细知识。一方面，很多专家对自己学科之外的事情一无所知，另一方面，越来越多专业知识过硬的毕业生走向工作岗位，可惜的是，这些知识在工作中却并不实用。
词汇斟酌
perspective n. 前途
undoubtedly ad. 无疑，必定
profit by/from 得益于，受益于
band n. 群，伙；乐队
specialist n. 专家
ignorant a. 不懂的
佳句临摹
①【注释】I believe
插入语，强调,使得句式更加灵活
【临摹】This, you know, is just my personal opinion. 这，你知道，只是我的个人看法。
【临摹】One day， it is said， Newton saw an apple fall from a tree. 据说，有一天牛顿看到一个苹果从树上掉下来。
②【注释】make the best use of充分利用
【临摹】We should make the best use of time when we are young.年轻时我们都应该充分利用时间。
③【注释】On the one hand...and on the other hand…一方面…，另一方面…
【临摹】On the one hand， I want to go to the party， but on the other hand I ought to be studying.一方面，我想去参加聚会，但从另一方面来说，我应该留下来学习。
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?所有高尚教育的课程表里都不能没有各种形式的跳舞：用脚跳舞，用思想跳舞，用言语跳舞，不用说，还需用笔跳舞。
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!受到初步的基础教育之后，对于愿意独立思考的人来说，在图书馆里信手取下一本书来，根据个人的天赋随意涉猎，这该有多大的好处啊！
