VOA常速英语:American Culture 101

Well, in orientation I have found information that will be here really important for me.
迎新周的时候，我了解到了很多对我来说很重要的信息。

They’re helping us go through the health insurances and immigration stuff, so I mean it’s useful to me.
他们帮助我们办理健康医疗保险和一些移民事宜，所以对我来说真的很有帮助。

I think the office of International Student Services really showed that there’s a lot to learn,even if you’ve been living in the United States for a while. Just how to adjust to this new intellectual environment.
我认为国际学生服务部真的向我们展示了我们还有很多东西需要学习，即便你已经在美国生活了有一段时间了。光是要适应这个全新的学习环境就有很多事情要学。

I decided to come to Rice because, well, I had to take into account different aspects such as weather.
我决定来莱斯大学，因为我综合考虑了很多方面的因素，比如说天气方面。

I don’t like cold weather.
我不喜欢寒冷的天气。

It’s very hot, very humid. I’m from the North. I was born in the North, so it’s a drastic change.
这里气很热，也很潮湿。我是北方人，出生在北方，所以这对我来说是一个巨大的变化。

Of course family and friends are big deal and you always miss them, but one thing that I miss the most,and that’s kind of like my recurrent topic every time I meet a new person, is the weather.
当然，家人和朋友对我们来说很重要，我们总是会想念他们，但有一件事是我最想念的，也是我每次遇到一个新朋友就会经常谈论的话题，那就是天气。

I’m thinking that probably at some point the usual nostalgia about food is gonna kick in, which is probably the most normal thing ever.
我觉得，到了某个时间点我们就会开始想念家乡的食物，这是非常正常的一件事。

Houston, I had heard a lot of great things about Houston.I had not been to this part of the country, specifically Texas.
休斯顿，我听说过关于休斯顿的很多美好之处。我没有来过这样的地方，特别是得克萨斯州。

I never knew that I’m coming to Texas, but yeah, here I am.
我从没想过我会来得克萨斯州，但是现在我确确实实来到了这里。

I encourage everyone who is considering coming to the States to pursue graduate education, to give it a try.The international component of the programs is one of the...one of the main strengths of this country.
对于每一个正在考虑要来美国攻读研究生学位的人，我推荐他们一定要来莱斯大学感受一下，这些项目的国际部分是其主要强项之一。

They do want to have you here, they do want to have international students and American students.They want to get in touch with you. They want to meet you and that’s really cool.
他们真的想要你留下来，想要兼备国际化学生和美国学生，想要和你保持联系，想要见你，这真的很棒。

And I know it’s expensive but if you’re smart and you work hard, you can get a scholarship,and you might end up here like me without paying not even for your flight, so, just go for it.
我知道学费很贵，但如果你头脑足够聪明，又肯努力工作，那么就可以争取得到奖学金，你可能会像我一样，甚至连机票钱都不用自己花，所以加油吧。