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You have finished high school. A task that seemed very daunting a few short years ago. You are about to have an amazing summer and head off to college. Don’t be shy. I know it’s hard for you to be in a new place, but remember people will love you if you just show your smile and show them who you are. You’ve never really been away from home, and it will be really difficult for you. Don’t go home too much, though. Stay at school on the weekends and make new friends. Go to football games and parties. Enjoy that life! In 10 years you will miss it.你已高中毕业。数年前，这是一项看似艰巨的任务。你即将迎来神奇的夏季和大学时光。不要害羞。我知道，对于你而言，去一个陌生的地方很困难，但是请记住，如果你向别人展示自己的微笑，告诉别人你是谁，他们也会爱你。你从没真正离开过家，所以这对你来说实在太难。然而，不要老往家里跑。周末待在学校吧，去结交新朋友，去踢足球，参加聚会。享受那样的生活吧！十年后，你会想念那段日子。 It’s OK to break up with that boy. The one who was your high school boyfriend. You really shouldn’t have a long-distance boyfriend your first semester of college. It will make you want to go home more and not go out and experience life. It’s also OK to flirt with that cute guy in your English class. Nothing will come of it, but you two will become great friends and he will be one of the best parts of that year.即使和高中谈的男友分手也没关系。你不该在大学的第一个学期谈异地恋。那会让你频繁地回家，不出去体验生活。和英语课上那个可爱的家伙“暧昧”着也不错，虽然会无果而终，但是你们两人会成为很好的朋友，并且他也会成为那年最美好的回忆之一。 It’s OK that you and your roommate do NOT get along. You are just two very different people. She will yell at you when you are on your computer or TV past 9 p.m. and yell at you when you are trying to get ready for class at 8 a.m.你和室友相处不融洽也没关系，你们是两个截然不同的人。晚上9点过后，如果你还在看电视或玩电脑，她就会吼你；如果你在早上八点做课前准备，她依然会对你大喊大叫。She’s difficult. But fear not — about six weeks into the first semester she will switch rooms with your suitemate, with whom you have become fast friends. You two are always together anyway, and even share a couple of the same classes. This girl will stay a huge part of your life for the next seven years.她不随和，但是不要害怕。第一学期的六周后，她会和另外的室友换宿舍，这时你会和另外一个室友迅速成为好朋友。无论如何，你俩会经常在一块，甚至一块去上课。这个女孩，在你接下来七年的生活中会是很重要的部分。You will ride back to Dallas together every time you go home. You will share secrets and tears, and having her as your roommate will make that year so much better.每次回家，你俩都会一起骑回达拉斯，你们会与彼此分享秘密和眼泪，她能成为你的室友真是让大学那几年过得更好了。You will meet a boy when he comes to visit some of your friends at school. He goes to a different college eight hours away, but he will change your life. The problem is you have a boyfriend at home. Don’t worry — you and the boy from home will date for many years. However, that relationship finally ending will be one of the best things that has ever happened to you.当一个男孩来学校找你的朋友玩，你将会和那个他相遇。他去了另外一个学校，离你的学校有8个小时的车程，但是他改变了你的生活。但是问题是，你在家已经有了男友。不要担心—你和家里的男友会谈很多年的恋爱，然而，结束那段恋爱将是在你身上曾发生的最好的事情。Stop eating doughnuts and Dr Pepper for breakfast. Just stop.早餐不要吃甜甜圈，不要喝胡椒博士汽水。停止吃喝那些东西就可以了。It’s OK that you have no idea what to major in. Just because your friends all majored in Accounting doesn’t mean that you have to just pick something.你不知道学哪个专业没关系。不能因为你的朋友都主修会计，你就得选择学会计。Call your mom more. She misses you, and this is very hard for her.Please GO TO CLASS and STUDY! You can’t just “get by.”Also, stop wearing those Abercrombie graphic tees. They are NOT a cute look.It’s OK that you decided after a year and a half that that school wasn’t the right place for you. You can move home, get an apartment, transfer schools, and still be OK.一年半后你发现学校对你来说并不是最适合的地方也没关系。你可以搬家，找间公寓，甚至是转学都没关系。The next few years will have many ups and downs, but they will mold and shape you into the amazing woman you are to become. You will have many road trips to Lubbock. Many nights spent driving around town with friends, eating something great and complaining about boys. You will make a lot of mistakes. Mistakes are good, though.接下来的几年会有许多起起伏伏，但是这些磨难会把你塑造成了不起的女人。你会有许多次机会到卢博克市公路旅行。很多个夜晚都和朋友开车在城里兜风，吃好吃的东西，吐槽男生的所作所为。你会犯许多错，然而，犯错误是好事。Enjoy these last few years of being young and ridiculous. Adulthood is coming soon, and it brings with it a whole new world of crazy.享受最后几年的年轻和荒谬。很快会长大，岁月会带来一段全新疯狂的世界。
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