501 - 用耳朵去游学2：哈佛大学的铜像原来有三个谎言

Source: princetonreview.com

Harvard College students describe the school as a “dynamic universe” andan “amazing irresistible hell” that pushes them to the extremes of theirintellect and ability.

哈佛学院的学生们形容这所学校是一个“充满活力的宇宙”，是一个“令人难以抗拒的地狱”，推动他们发挥自己的智力和能力的极限。

Unsurprisingly, the legendarily “very difficult” school attracts some ofthe country’s most promising youth, who rise to the occasion in almost everyaspect of their life on campus, not just the classroom.

不出所料，这所传说中“非常困难”的学校吸引了这个国家一些最有前途的年轻人，他们在校园生活的几乎每个方面都能应对，而不仅仅是在课堂上。

Much like the students, the professors at this “beautiful, fun, historic,and academically alive place” in Cambridge, Massachusetts, are among “thebrightest minds in the world,” and “the level of achievement is unbelievable.”

在马萨诸塞州剑桥这个“美丽、有趣、历史悠久、学术活跃的地方”，教授们和学生们一样，都是“世界上最聪明的人”，“成就之高令人难以置信”。

Some of the larger introductory classes are taught by teaching fellows(TFs), meaning “you do have to go to office hours to get to know your biglecture class professors on a personal level,”.

一些较大的入门课程是由助教(TFs) 教授的，这意味着“你必须在办公时间在个人层面去了解你的大课教授。”。

Top it off with Grade-A internship and employment opportunities, a goodold alumni network, and a crimson pedigree（血统、家谱） for your résumé, and you may justend up agreeing with the Harvard student who refers to his experience as“rewarding beyond anything else I’ve ever done.”

再加上一流的实习和就业机会，一个良好的老校友网络，以及你的简历的深红色血统，你可能最终会同意这位哈佛学生的看法，他说他在哈佛的经历“比我做过的任何事情都有价值”。

Cambridge and Boston are nothing if not college towns, and students neverlack for options if they just want to “go see a play, a concert, hit up aparty, go to the movies, or dine out.”

剑桥和波士顿是大学城，如果学生们只是想“去看戏剧、听音乐会、参加派对、看电影或出去吃饭”，他们从不缺乏选择。Students quickly learn when to hitthe books and when to hit the streets, so “studying becomes routine.”

学生们很快就学会了什么时候啃书本，什么时候上街，所以“学习成了例行公事”。

As one student puts it, “Boredom does not exist here. There are endlessopportunities and endless passionate people to do them with.”

正如一名学生所说:“这里不存在无聊。这里有无数的机会，也有无数充满激情的人。”

“Basically, if you want to do it, Harvard either has it or has the moneyto give to you so you can start it.”

“基本上，如果你想做，哈佛要么有，要么有钱给你让你开始做。”

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Interesting Facts:

-  Filmingon Harvard's campus has been banned for commercial purposes since 1970.

- Thelargest academic library in the world is Harvard Library. There are 79libraries at Harvard with 92 km of bookshelves.

-  Thethree lies of Harvard: The sculpture states that it is of John Harvard, thefounder of Harvard and that Harvard was founded in 1638.

o JohnHarvard was not the founder of the university; he was the first majorbenefactor.

o Harvardwas founded in 1636 and not 1638.

o Thesculpture isn’t of John Harvard at all, but that of some unknown student.