After lunch, Han Meimei and Li Lei are having a walk.
H: Don’ t tell me this is your whole life, only filled with study and work. Do you recreate yourself?
H:别告诉我这就是你生活的全部内容，只有学习和工作，你休息娱乐吗？
L: Sports and recreation have always been a part of my life, either in high school or in university now. I’m good at playing basketball.
L：运动和娱乐一直是我生活的一部分，不管是在高中还是现在在大学，我篮球打得很好。
H: Do you play in the intercollegiate games?
H:你参加校际比赛吗？
L: No, basketball is only my hobby, but I do participate in freshman intramural competition. It’s a good chance to get acquainted with a large number of classmates.
L:没有，篮球只是我的业余爱好，但我的确参加了新生校内比赛，这是个能结识很多同学的好机会。
H： I think so. From American films and my personal experience, I can see that American high schools and universities always give prominence to sports competition.
H:我也是这么想的。从美国电影和我的亲身经历来看，美国高中和大学一直都很注 重体育比赛。
L: Harvard is no exception. It believes that a comprehensive athletics program provides physical, social, and emotional benefits that is vitally important in a highly competitive educational environment.
L:哈佛也不例外。它相信一项竞技运动项目有益于学生的身体、社交和情感，在这 个竞争很激烈的教育环境下，这些素质是相当重要的。
H: Sure. I have the same feeling. You know, study sometimes is one’s own matter. Often students can’ t feel the pressure of competition in study. So the longer students stay in school, the more naive or even lazier they will become.
H:肯定了，我有同感。你知道，学习有时候是一个人的事情，学生在学习的时候经 常感觉不到竞争压力，所以学生在学校呆的时间越长，就会变得越幼稚甚至懒散。
L: If you participate in athletics, you will value cooperation, competition and victory very much.
L:如果你参加了竞技运动，你就会非常重视合作、竞争和胜利。
H: The goal of education is to produce all-round people, mentally and physically. There must be many other athletics in addition to basketball.
H:教育的目的就是要培养综含型人才，不管是心智上还是体力上。除了篮球肯定还 有很多其他体育运动吧。
L: The range is wide, from men's sports to women’s sports, from basketball, baseball, football, soccer, volleyball, golf, ice hockey， lacrosse, to sailing， skiing, swimming and diving, water polo, and wrestling, etc.
L:范围很广泛，从男子体育到女子体育，从篮球、棒球、美式足球、英式足球、排球、高尔夫球、冰球、曲棍球到帆船运动、滑雪、游泳和跳水，很多。
H: Are these all competitive athletics?
H:这些都是竞技体育项目？
L: Not really. You don’ t have to do sports to participate in large games. You can just join some clubs which will hold some small-scaled competitions.
L:也不完全是，你没必要为了参加大型体育比赛而做运动。你可以只参加一些俱乐 部，这些俱乐部也会举行一些小型比赛。
H: That’s good news for me.
H:那对我来说是好消息。
L: Harvard offers students many ways and facilities to do sports. If you don’ t want to compete with other, and just would like to take recreation to relax, you can go to the recreational centers.
L:哈佛为学生提供了很多运动项目和设施。如果你不想比赛，只想休息放松一下， 你可以去休闲中心。
H: What if I want to learn something new, like yoga?
H:如果我想学点新东西呢，比如瑜伽？
L: You do have a lot of question. Don’ t worry, there are Personal Training services which will help you achieve your health and fitness goals.
L:你问题还真多。别担心，有个人培训服务，可以帮你达到健身目标。
H： What a colorful university life.
H：大学生活真丰富多彩。
L: This is only a small part. Our life will be incomplete if there are no movies, music, books, foods, and things like that.
L:这只是一小部分。要是没有电影、咅乐、书、美食之类的东西，我们的生活会是 不完整的。
H； Can I enjoy all these things at Harvard?
H:在哈佛我可以享受所有这一切吗？
L： That’s out of question. We need entertainment. You can find anything you want in Harvard Square: movie theaters, music clubs, bookstores， clothing shops, restaurants, and so on.
L:没问题。我们需要娱乐，你可以在哈佛广场找到你想要的一切：电影院、音乐俱 乐部、书店、服装店、饭店等等。
H： Everything? I’m always fond of black jazz, but I haven’ t got a chance to appreciate real jazz music.
H:所有的？我一直都很喜欢黑人爵士音乐，但一直没机会欣赏真正的黑人爵士音乐。
L: I recommend The Regattabar. It opened in 1985 and since then it has become the leading jazz club not only in Boston, but in New England as well. Boston magazine bestowed its“ Best of Boston” award thirteen times naming The Regattabar“ Best Jazz Club” and in 1998 inducted The Regattabar into its“ Best of Boston Hall of Fame’’.
L:我推荐 Regattabar爵士俱乐部。它 1985年开业，从那以后就一直是波士顿甚至是整个新英格兰地区的第一爵士俱乐部。〈波士顿志 13次授予它“波士顿最佳”奖项，指定它为"最佳爵士俱乐部’’，并在 1998年把它列为‘‘最佳波士顿名人堂”。
H： Wow, Harvard Square is really something. If we scour the Square carefully, perhaps we can have some unexpected gains. Don’ t dilly-dally, let’s go. What a wonderful day! Hurry up!
H:哇唔，哈佛广场还藏龙卧虎呢。如果我们仔细捜寻的话，很可能有意想不到的收 获。别磨蹭啦，走吧。多么美好的一天啊 I快点！
