如何用英语介绍中国的大学
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1、With an eye to increasing college students’ independence andimproving their social skills，Chinese universities are encouragingfreshmen to enroll by themselves without their parents’ help.
着眼于提高高校大学生的独立能力和改善他们的社交能力，中国高校正在鼓励新生不要父母陪伴独自去学校报到。
2、It used to be quite a scene when families accompanied theirchildren to college enrollment in China.
过去中国父母亲陪伴孩子去大学报到，那场景好不热闹。
3、Vehicles packed with luggage usually filled campuses，while parents carrying bags would follow their children everywhere to helpthem handle procedures and get them settled in at dormitories.
校园里挤满了满载行李的汽车，拎着大包小包的父母总是跟在孩子们后面，帮助他们处理各种报到手续，并帮助他们在宿舍安顿好。
4、However，it was a different scene at Tsinghua University onWednesday，when more than 3000 freshmen reported to school andfinished all the procedures themselves.
但是，本周三，在清华大学，人们看到了一个全然不同的场景，3000多名来学校报到的新生，都独立完成了所有报到手续。
5、A yellow line drawn across the entrance of the school arenaseparated parents from their children，who entered the gym alonewith their documentation.
在学校场地入口处划了一条黄线，把家长和学生分开，学生们带着报到材料独自进入体育馆。
6、The students would spend as much asthree hours dealing with the enrollment procedures，includingdepartment registration, credential collection and room distribution.
他们将花上足足三个小时办完入学手续，包括去系里注册，领取证件和分配宿舍。
7、Senior schoolmates helped new students transfer their baggageand explore the campus.
高年级同学帮助新生搬运行李和熟悉校园。
8、The move，launched by Tsinghua University last year，is expectedto improve young Chinese people's self-reliance and independentspirit at a crucial stage of life，university President Chen Jining said.
人们期望这项在去年由清华大学发起的活动能帮助中国年轻人在其人生关键阶段提高自力更生和独立自主的精神，清华大学校长陈吉宁说道。
9、“An important goal of higher education is cultivating students’independent personalities，which should be embodied in everyprocess of campus life，” said Chen，
who wrote a brief message withthe admission letter that encouraged students to leave their parentsbehind on enrollment day.
“高等教育的一个重要目的是培养学生独立的个性，这应该体现在校园生活的每一个过程中，”陈校长说。他在入学通知书上附了一个短信，鼓励学生在新生报到的当天独自来学校，不要父母陪伴。
10、“How can youngsters grow up with their parents spoiling themand taking care of everything？We expect to make a difference fromthe beginning.”
“父母溺爱，包办一切，年轻人怎么能成长呢？我们希望他们从一开始就做出改变。”
11、The call got a positive response from students.
这一号召得到了学生的积极响应。
12、Feng Lei，a student from Gansu province who will studyhydraulic engineering，took a 25-hour train ride to Beijing withonly one schoolmate.
来自甘肃省的冯雷将要学习水利工程，他只有一位同学为伴，坐了25小时的火车来到北京。
13、“It's my first long trip without my parents，and I am actuallyquite excited about it，” he said. “Coming to the university opensa new stage of my life，and I should learn to take care of myselffrom the start.”
“这是我第一次没有父母陪伴的长途旅行，其实我还是非常兴奋的，”他说道。“上大学开启了我人生的新旅程，我应该从一开始就学会自己照顾自己。”
14、Feng said he has already made three new friends afterenrollment and it really helps to get to know each other.
冯说报到后他已经结交了三个新朋友，这确实有利于大家相互了解。
15、Inspired by Tsinghua，other universities have also launchedtheir own campaigns to encourage students to enroll alone.Experts said these independence-improving initiatives should bepromoted.
在清华大学的启发下，其他高校也纷纷仿效，鼓励学生独自报到。专家们认为这些提高独立自主能力的倡议应该得到弘扬。
16、“The lack of independence has been a major concern forkids born in the 1990s as parents arranged everything，which instead hampered their all-around development，” said XiongBingqi，vice-president of the 21th Century Education ResearchInstitute.
“缺乏独立自主的能力已成为人们对90后孩子的一大忧虑，因为父母亲为他们安排好了一切，这反而阻碍了孩子们的全面发展，”二十一世纪教育研究院副院长熊丙奇说道。
17、“Such campaigns will help them realize that they have tolive their lives on their own，and schools should provide moreindependence-developing programs to go with academiceducation.”
“这些活动将帮助学生意识到他们必须独立生活，学校在进行学历教育的同时，应该开展更多的培养独立自主能力的活动。”
