J： Hi, Kate, where are you going?
j：嗨，凯特，你这是要去哪儿啊？
K： Eh, I am going to the library to find something about“ the mother of American colleges”. You know it is today homework.
K:啊，我要去图书馆找一些关于“美国学院之母”的材料。这可是今天的作业啊。
J： Yeah, I am going to the library with the aim. Let’s work together.
嗯，我也正要去图书馆找呢。咱们一起去吧。
K: That’s great. Let’s go.
K:好啊，走吧。
J: Oh, there are so many students in the library. Maybe we should find the books from here.
J：啊，图书馆里的学生可真多啊。也许咱们应该从这里找起。
K: I think so. Look, that book is Mother of American Colleges. It is what we are looking for.
K:我也这么认为。看，那有一本 书叫《美国学院之母》，正是我 们要找的。
J: Sure, look here, another one. Let us have a look.
J：是啊，看这儿，又有一本。我 们先看看吧。
K: Yeah, there are many presidents and scholars who graduated from Yale University. Then they set up more universities, cultivating more students to be excellent people.
K:嗯，有很多曾毕业于耶鲁大学的校长和学者，他们建立了新的大学，以此培养更多的优秀人才。
J： Yeah, such as Princeton University, Cornell University, John Hopkins University, Columbia University, and the University of Chicago as well.
J：是的，如普林斯顿大学、康柰尔大学、约翰?霍普金斯大学、哥伦比亚大学，还 有芝加哥大学。
K: And， they gave the name of Mother of American Colleges to their mother University. These are the great accomplishments that many other universities can not compare with.
K:它们将"美国学院之母”的桂冠奉献结自己的母校，这是其他大学所不能比拟的。
J: That’s great, really amazing. According to the description, Yale University might be one of the best universities in the world. It is really unbelievable. Let us find more things about these great graduates from Yale University.
J：真是太了不起了。据这儿的描述，耶鲁大学算是世界上最好的大学之_了，真是 难以置信。咱们再找找关于这些优秀毕业生的信息吧。
K: Jim, look, in 1865， Yale student Andrew White, together with business giant Ezra Cornell founded Cornell University. White, as the first president of this university, resigned from office in 1879， then acted as a U. S. diplomatic envoy, and finally became an outstanding diplomat.
K:吉姆，你看， 1865年，耶鲁学子安德鲁?怀特与巨商埃兹拉康奈尔创办了康柰 尔大学，怀特为首任校长。他于 1879年辞去校长职务，出任美国驻外使节，后来成为一位出色的外交家。
J: Eh, I found another piece of information. It is about Daniel Gilman, one member of Skull and Bones Association, he was the first president in John Hopkins University in 1876. He was the first one to set up a graduate school in the universities of the United States. The practical mode of teaching and research has opened a new chapter in modem American university education.
J：嗯，我发现了另外一条信息是关于丹尼尔?吉尔曼的。他曾是骷髅会成员，于 1876年担任约翰?霍普金斯大学的首任校长。他率先在美国大学设立了研究生院， 其务实的教学和研究模式掀开了美国现代大学教育新篇章。
K: Jim, look at this one. In 1887， under the efforts of President Timothy Dwight, Yale College was upgraded to Yale University.
K:吉姆,看这儿，在蒂莫西?德怀特校长的努力下， 1887年,耶鲁学院升格为耶鲁大学。
J: Well, there are so many great people from this university. I hope that one day I can study in this university to feel its spirit, so that I may become an excellent person, like those Yale alumni.
J:嗯，耶鲁培养的牛人真是不少。希望有一天我也能在耶鲁大学学习，去感受它的 大学精神，并且成为像耶鲁校友们那样的优秀人才。
K: Oh, that’s what I dream of. Work hard, and this dream may come true one day.
K:我和有着同样的梦想。好好学习，或许某天我们就能梦想成真呢。
J: Kate, you’ve been doing a good job, I believe you can realize your dream, trust yourself.
J:凯特，你一直表现很好，我相信你一定能实现自己的梦想，要相信自己啊。
K: Well, thank you for your encouragement. Let us do our best to make our dreams come true, shall we?
K:好的，谢谢你的鼓励。让我们_起努力去实现自己的梦想，好吗？
J: Sure. Kate, are you free this afternoon?
J:当然好了。凯特，今天下午有时间吗？
K： Yup. Anything special?
K:有啊，有什么事吗？
J: No, nothing special. I just want to play volleyball with you.
j：没什么特别的事，只是想和你一起打排球。
K: No problem. Let’s meet on the playground at 2 p. m..
K:好啊，没问题。两点在操场见吧。
J： Ok, It’s a deal.
J：好的，一言为定。
