Text Tuesday 10Am feeling a bit peckish,and it oocurs to me that I haven't eaten for two days.I go downstairsand stumble across the dining hall,where I can have three meals a day. I go down and join a lengthy file of people winding its way out into the open. 1"What's for breakfast?"I ask the guy in front of me. 12"No idea.I was too late for breakfast.This is for lunch." 13 It's self service and today's menu indudes chidken,rice,potatoes,salad,vegetables, cheese,yoghurt and fruit.The boy in front piles it all onto his plate,pays for it,and goes to sit down.I seem to have lost my appetite. 14 My mother calls.She asks if I'm eating proper meals. Translation
Tuesday 10 Am feeling a bit peckish, and it occurs to me that I haven’t eaten for two days. I go downstairs and stumbleacross the dining hall, where I can have three meals a day. I go down and join a lengthy file of people winding its way out into the open. 11 “What’s for breakfast?” I ask the guy in front of me. 12 “No idea. I was too late for breakfast. This is for lunch.” 13 It’s self-service and today’s menu includes chicken, rice, potatoes, salad, vegetables, cheese, yoghurt and fruit. The boy in front piles it all onto his plate, pays for it, and goes to sit down. I seem to have lost my appetite. 14 My mother calls. She asks if I’m eating proper meals. Text
Text Wednesday 15 I have a lecture at 9 am.I wake up at 8.45.No one has woken me. Weird. 16 I pull on some clothes,and dash over to the lecture hall.I sit down beside a girl who looks half asleep.She inspects me."Just got up?" she asks.How can she tell? 17 The lecture takes an hour,and at the end I look at my notes.I can't read my handwriting. Translation
Wednesday 15 I have a lecture at 9 am. I wake up at 8.45. No one has woken me. Weird. 16 I pull on some clothes, and dash over to the lecture hall. I sit down beside a girl who looks half asleep. She inspects me. “Just got up?” she asks. How can she tell? 17 The lecture takes an hour, and at the end I look at my notes. I can’t read my handwriting. Text
Text 18 The girl's name is Sophie and she's an English literature major,like me.She looks frighteningly intelligent,and when we chat after the lecture,she tells me she read the whole of this term's reading list during her gap year.She's a bit impressive,and I feel so ignorant . I don't even think I should breathe the same air as her. 19 Mum calls.She asks if I slept OK. Translation
18 The girl’s name is Sophie and she’s an English literature major, like me. She looks frighteninglyintelligent, and when we chat after the lecture, she tells me she read the whole of this term’s reading list during her gap year. She’s a bit impressive, and I feel so ignorant . I don’t even think I should breathe the same air as her. 19 Mum calls. She asks if I slept OK. Text
Text 分 Thursday 20 It's the Freshers'Fair today,and Sophie and I go along to see how many clubs we can join.We concur that we want to make a lot of friends,so I sign up for ballroom dancing,the Artificial Intelligence Society,bell ringing and the Extreme Sports Club.Sophie signs up for Amateur Dramatics and the Mozart choir.I wonder if Sophie and I are going to stay buddies. 21 Mum calls.My brother has tried to rent out my bedroom back home.Mum reassures me that it's mine for as long as I need it,that it's my home and that they miss me very much,especially the dog.I burst into tears. Translation
Thursday 20 It’s the Freshers’ Fair today, and Sophie and I go along to see how many clubs we can join. We concur that we want to make a lot of friends, so I sign up for ballroom dancing, the Artificial Intelligence Society, bell ringing and the Extreme Sports Club. Sophie signs up for Amateur Dramatics and the Mozart choir. I wonder if Sophie and I are going to stay buddies. 21 Mum calls. My brother has tried to rent out my bedroom back home. Mum reassuresme that it’s mine for as long as I need it, that it’s my home and that they miss me very much, especially the dog. I burst into tears. Text
Text Friday 22 In the morning,I go to the library.But it seems I need some form of identification.But I don't have an ID card yet.For some reason, I also have to swear that i won't damage the books or break the library rules,and if I do,I'll be sent to prison.(What!?For speaking too loudly?)It seems that it's a very old library,and the university is inordinately proud of it. 23 Tonight is Club Night at the Students'Union,but I've run out of clean clothes.I'm not sure what happens to my dirty clothes after putting them in the clothes basket and before finding them clean, ironed and folded in my wardrobe.Maybe Mum will call soon. Translation
Friday 22 In the morning, I go to the library. But it seems I need some form of identification. But I don’t have an ID card yet. For some reason, I also have to swear that I won’t damage the books or break the library rules, and if I do, I’ll be sent to prison. (What!? For speaking too loudly?) It seems that it’s a very old library, and the university is inordinately proud of it. 23 Tonight is Club Night at the Students’ Union, but I’ve run out of clean clothes. I’m not sure what happens to my dirty clothes after putting them in the clothes basket and before finding them clean, ironed and folded in my wardrobe. Maybe Mum will call soon. Text ■