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Unit 3 Leisure Activities
Passage A
Clubs and Societies
Parties, drinking, eating
- oh, and working - all help pass the time, but
deep down
there's something you're really
eager to find, but you can't quite put your finger
on. What
you have been looking for, my friend,
is the chance to throw yourself into the world of
University Societies, and discover the huge
range of activities which thrive in a city like
Oxford.
Whether you want to pursue an
existing interest or develop new ones, your first
move should be to check out the bewilderingly
large array of clubs at the OUSU
Freshers'
Fair. With your Freshers' Fair ticket, you can get
your hands on a brand-new
edition of the
comprehensive guide to all things at Oxford. If
you miss the Fair, don't
despair: you can see
what societies are offered in the Oxford
Directory, a handbook issued
to you in
Freshers' Week. Take a while to browse through ---
it's your one major chance to
find out about
what goes on in the University.
The degree
to which people get involved in societies varies a
great deal. Some totally
immerse themselves in
a club, hardly speaking to anyone who isn't a
member of that
group for the next three years
and rising to become a leader of the organization.
Others
prefer to take a more eclectic
approach, being members of several societies and
taking
part in whichever of their events seem
interesting. Many people, perhaps foolishly,
completely ignore University societies and
just hang out with mates in college.
Societies offer a great chance to meet people from
outside college, which, especially
for arts
students, is something it is sometimes difficult
to do. But don't forget that most
colleges2
have their own flourishing societies, which you
may be able to join in your
college during
Freshers' Week. Music and drama are often popular
and it is very easy to
get some mates together
and start something up. If you have ambitions to
open up your
new Shakespearian Rap Society3 to
the whole University, you can register it with the
University Proctors, who give out start-up
grants and loans, among other benefits.
One
of the downsides, especially with larger
societies, is the hacking which takes
place.
'Hack' is the negative term applied to those
seeking advancement (usually to
President) in
whatever Club or Society, and some clubs such as
the Oxford Union or the
Guild Society tend to
attract those with the spark of ambition more than
others. When
students suddenly remember their
blank CVs5 which are supposed to secure them a
highly paid job once they graduate, hackery is
almost inevitable. Do not be afraid, though:
the vast majority of students tend to avoid
such self-seeking behaviour and get on with
life.
With over 300
registered societies there really is something for
everyone. Apart from
the obvious political
parties and sports clubs there are groups for all
the main religions;
societies interested in
the society and culture of countries from China to
Bulgaria, and UK
regions from Scotland to
Essex; charities for those interested in voluntary
work, literature,
music, drama and sci-fi; and
a fair number of strange groups such as the LMH
Pudding
Society, the Oxford Stunt Factory and
the Pooh Sticks Society. You won't get bored.
A篇 俱乐部和社团
聚会、喝酒、吃饭--哦，还有工作--都让时光流逝，
但你内心深处确有一些很想追寻的
东西，却无法实现。你一直在寻找的，我的朋友，就是将你自己投身到
大学社团中的机会，
去发现各种各样的活动。这些团体在像牛津这样的城市里散发着勃勃生机。
不论你是想保持已有的兴趣，还是培养新的爱好，你首先应该到牛津大学学生会的新生
集会
上去看看那些令人眼花缭乱的俱乐部。手持一张新生集会的入场券，你就可以得到一份
崭新的关于牛津大
学方方面面的综合指南。如果你错过了这场集会，别泄气，在新生周里发
给你的牛津目录上，你将看到各
种社团的介绍。你不妨稍作浏览--这可是你见识大学生活的
重要机会。
人们投身社团生
活的程度各不相同。有的完全沉醉于一个俱乐部，在接下来的三年里几
乎不跟非本俱乐部成员说话，直至
成为该组织的领导者。其余的人更愿意选择灵活的方式，
参加几个社团，参加凡是他们感兴趣的活动。
还有许多人，也许有点笨，完全无视大学社
团的存在，只是与大学里的伙伴们在一起打发时间。
社团使人们有大量的机会结识校园以外的人，特别对于文科学生来说，这是难能可贵的。
但
是别忘了，许多学院有自己兴盛的社团，你也能在新生周里加入这些社团。音乐和戏剧总
是很受欢迎，有
兴趣的人聚在一起做点什么，也并非难事。如果你有心为学校新搞一个莎士
比亚说唱社团，你可以向大学
校监申请注册，还可获得启动资助、贷款及其他好处。
尤其是对大社团而言，其中的一个负面就是
学生的钻营。钻营指的是有些学生在俱乐
部或社团里追求职位的提高（通常是要做主席），有些社团，比
如牛津大学学生俱乐部或同
业协会总能吸引那些比别人更有野心的人。当学生们突然想到他们空白的履历
，想到履历将
与他们将来能否找到一份高收入的工作密切相关，想方设法往上爬就几乎是在所难免的了。
尽管如此，也不用担心：绝大多数学生不赞成这种自我钻营的行为。他们能够从容的面对生
活。
三百多个社团，对每个人来说，都应该能找到自己的位置。除了一些倾向明显的政治聚
会和
体育俱乐部外，所有的主要宗教都有自己的组织；有热衷于不同国家或地区的社会与文
化的社团，从中国
到保加利亚，以及从苏格兰到埃塞克斯的英国各地区；有热衷于义工、文
学、音乐、戏剧和科幻小说的协
会；还有五花八门的奇特组织，比如玛格丽特女子学院布丁
协会，牛津特技协会，以及普胡牌友协会。你
会喜欢它们的。
Passage B A Well-
Balanced Life
A well-balanced life is
necessary to live in today's world. Without a
well-balanced life
a person can neither
function properly nor develop into a well-rounded
individual.
Without some sort of balance in
life people tend to be unfulfilled and unhappy.
I've experienced great stress in my study
and work. And I've tried every means to
adjust
myself and relieve my stress. Finally I found a
way out in my leisure time. Leisure
time is
very important and necessary for me. Without it I
am sure I would go insane. I
spend most of my
extra time reading, listening to music, talking to
my real life friends, or
talking on the
Internet with people I meet. I really enjoy going
out into a quiet place and
reading poetry or
books by Walt Whitman and Robert Frost. If I did
not make time for all
of this I would not be
able to handle everything else in life. Along with
reading to relax,
listening to music is very
important to me. If I feel sad, I listen to slow
songs, while if I am
happy I like listening to
fast songs. Music is the universal language and it
can express
different feelings. It can relate
to the soul, or in fact I think it is the soul of
feelings.
My real life friends and my
Internet friends are also part of my leisure and
social
time. Friends have always been
important to me. They are the backbone in
everything I
do. The good friends that I have
are always there for me in every situation I am
in.
Without them I would not have led a
healthy, balanced life. Not so long ago I went
through a short time of depression. I fell
behind in all my work and stopped talking to my
friends. After a week of acting this way, one
of my good friends pulled me aside and
invited
me to go for a walk with her. We talked about what
was going on in my life and
she helped me to
figure out what I wanted to do. I do not know what
would have
happened if she had not been there.
Many things add to having a well-balanced
life. Stress can be a very dangerous and
tiresome experience. It can lead to depression
and unhappiness. But when it happens,
you can
do something other than wait, like talking to your
friends or listening to music.
Then you may
not think you should have been so stressed and
depressed.
A well-balanced life is
important to maintain. Without some sort of
balance it is hard
to get by in everyday life.
And the creative use of leisure time plays a vital
role.
B篇 心态平衡
在今天的现实生活中，保持心态平衡十分
必要。生活中心态失衡，既无法很好地工作，
心身也不能得到全面的发展。生活中有时心态失衡，人们就
会觉得不满足，不愉快。
在学习和工作中我曾经历过巨大的压力，也试着用各种办法调整自己来减轻压力。最终
我发现，好好利用业余时间是个办法。业余时间对我来说是不可或缺的。否则，我肯定会要
发疯
的。我的大部分业余时间都用于读书，听音乐，跟生活中的朋友交谈，或者跟网上遇到
的人聊天。我真的
很喜欢在外面找一个安静的地方读沃尔特·惠特曼和罗伯特·弗洛斯特的诗
歌或著作。如果我没有时间做
这些，那我也干不好别的事情。读书放松的同时，听音乐对我
来说也是很重要的。如果我情绪低落，我就
听慢悠悠的歌，如果我心情高兴，我就听快节奏
的歌。音乐是人类共同的语言，能表达不同的情感。音乐
能触及灵魂，确切地说，我认为音
乐表达的实际上就是心灵的感受。
生活中的朋友和网上
的朋友都是我业余时间和社交生活的一部分。朋友对我来说总是重
要的。不论我做什么，他们都是我的支
柱。不论我处于什么情况，我的好朋友们总是支持着
我。没有他们，我不可能过着健康的心态平衡的生活
。不久之前，我经历了一小段时间的失
意。手头所有的工作都没有进展，也不再跟朋友们谈心。就这样过
了一个礼拜，我的一个好
朋友将我拉到一边，邀我跟她出去散步。我们谈到我的情况，她帮我一起分析我
到底想干什
么。真不知道如果她不在我身边，我会怎么样。
许多事情都有助于你调节心态。压
力是一种十分危险而又累人的经历，往往是消沉和不
幸的开始。但如果真有了压力，你应该做点什么而不
光是等待，比如跟朋友说说，或是听听
音乐。这样你也许就会觉得自己不该这么沮丧，这么心事重重。
在生活中，保持心态平衡是很重要的。要是心态失衡，每一天的生活都将是难熬的。大
胆创
新地利用业余时间将起到决定性的作用。
Unit 3
Leisure Activities
Passage A Clubs and
Societies
Parties, drinking, eating - oh, and
working - all help pass the time, but deep down
there's something you're really eager to find,
but you can't quite put your finger on. What
you have been looking for, my friend, is the
chance to throw yourself into the world of
University Societies, and discover the huge
range of activities which thrive in a city like
Oxford.
Whether you want to pursue an
existing interest or develop new ones, your first
move should be to check out the bewilderingly
large array of clubs at the OUSU
Freshers'
Fair. With your Freshers' Fair ticket, you can get
your hands on a brand-new
edition of the
comprehensive guide to all things at Oxford. If
you miss the Fair, don't
despair: you can see
what societies are offered in the Oxford
Directory, a handbook issued
to you in
Freshers' Week. Take a while to browse through ---
it's your one major chance to
find out about
what goes on in the University.
The degree
to which people get involved in societies varies a
great deal. Some totally
immerse themselves in
a club, hardly speaking to anyone who isn't a
member of that
group for the next three years
and rising to become a leader of the organization.
Others
prefer to take a more eclectic
approach, being members of several societies and
taking
part in whichever of their events seem
interesting. Many people, perhaps foolishly,
completely ignore University societies and
just hang out with mates in college.
Societies offer a great chance to meet people from
outside college, which, especially
for arts
students, is something it is sometimes difficult
to do. But don't forget that most
colleges2
have their own flourishing societies, which you
may be able to join in your
college during
Freshers' Week. Music and drama are often popular
and it is very easy to
get some mates together
and start something up. If you have ambitions to
open up your
new Shakespearian Rap Society3 to
the whole University, you can register it with the
University Proctors, who give out start-up
grants and loans, among other benefits.
One
of the downsides, especially with larger
societies, is the hacking which takes
place.
'Hack' is the negative term applied to those
seeking advancement (usually to
President) in
whatever Club or Society, and some clubs such as
the Oxford Union or the
Guild Society tend to
attract those with the spark of ambition more than
others. When
students suddenly remember their
blank CVs5 which are supposed to secure them a
highly paid job once they graduate, hackery is
almost inevitable. Do not be afraid, though:
the vast majority of students tend to avoid
such self-seeking behaviour and get on with
life.
With over 300
registered societies there really is something for
everyone. Apart from
the obvious political
parties and sports clubs there are groups for all
the main religions;
societies interested in
the society and culture of countries from China to
Bulgaria, and UK
regions from Scotland to
Essex; charities for those interested in voluntary
work, literature,
music, drama and sci-fi; and
a fair number of strange groups such as the LMH
Pudding
Society, the Oxford Stunt Factory and
the Pooh Sticks Society. You won't get bored.
A篇 俱乐部和社团
聚会、喝酒、吃饭--哦，还有工作--都让时光流逝，
但你内心深处确有一些很想追寻的
东西，却无法实现。你一直在寻找的，我的朋友，就是将你自己投身到
大学社团中的机会，
去发现各种各样的活动。这些团体在像牛津这样的城市里散发着勃勃生机。
不论你是想保持已有的兴趣，还是培养新的爱好，你首先应该到牛津大学学生会的新生
集会
上去看看那些令人眼花缭乱的俱乐部。手持一张新生集会的入场券，你就可以得到一份
崭新的关于牛津大
学方方面面的综合指南。如果你错过了这场集会，别泄气，在新生周里发
给你的牛津目录上，你将看到各
种社团的介绍。你不妨稍作浏览--这可是你见识大学生活的
重要机会。
人们投身社团生
活的程度各不相同。有的完全沉醉于一个俱乐部，在接下来的三年里几
乎不跟非本俱乐部成员说话，直至
成为该组织的领导者。其余的人更愿意选择灵活的方式，
参加几个社团，参加凡是他们感兴趣的活动。
还有许多人，也许有点笨，完全无视大学社
团的存在，只是与大学里的伙伴们在一起打发时间。
社团使人们有大量的机会结识校园以外的人，特别对于文科学生来说，这是难能可贵的。
但
是别忘了，许多学院有自己兴盛的社团，你也能在新生周里加入这些社团。音乐和戏剧总
是很受欢迎，有
兴趣的人聚在一起做点什么，也并非难事。如果你有心为学校新搞一个莎士
比亚说唱社团，你可以向大学
校监申请注册，还可获得启动资助、贷款及其他好处。
尤其是对大社团而言，其中的一个负面就是
学生的钻营。钻营指的是有些学生在俱乐
部或社团里追求职位的提高（通常是要做主席），有些社团，比
如牛津大学学生俱乐部或同
业协会总能吸引那些比别人更有野心的人。当学生们突然想到他们空白的履历
，想到履历将
与他们将来能否找到一份高收入的工作密切相关，想方设法往上爬就几乎是在所难免的了。
尽管如此，也不用担心：绝大多数学生不赞成这种自我钻营的行为。他们能够从容的面对生
活。
三百多个社团，对每个人来说，都应该能找到自己的位置。除了一些倾向明显的政治聚
会和
体育俱乐部外，所有的主要宗教都有自己的组织；有热衷于不同国家或地区的社会与文
化的社团，从中国
到保加利亚，以及从苏格兰到埃塞克斯的英国各地区；有热衷于义工、文
学、音乐、戏剧和科幻小说的协
会；还有五花八门的奇特组织，比如玛格丽特女子学院布丁
协会，牛津特技协会，以及普胡牌友协会。你
会喜欢它们的。
Passage B A Well-
Balanced Life
A well-balanced life is
necessary to live in today's world. Without a
well-balanced life
a person can neither
function properly nor develop into a well-rounded
individual.
Without some sort of balance in
life people tend to be unfulfilled and unhappy.
I've experienced great stress in my study
and work. And I've tried every means to
adjust
myself and relieve my stress. Finally I found a
way out in my leisure time. Leisure
time is
very important and necessary for me. Without it I
am sure I would go insane. I
spend most of my
extra time reading, listening to music, talking to
my real life friends, or
talking on the
Internet with people I meet. I really enjoy going
out into a quiet place and
reading poetry or
books by Walt Whitman and Robert Frost. If I did
not make time for all
of this I would not be
able to handle everything else in life. Along with
reading to relax,
listening to music is very
important to me. If I feel sad, I listen to slow
songs, while if I am
happy I like listening to
fast songs. Music is the universal language and it
can express
different feelings. It can relate
to the soul, or in fact I think it is the soul of
feelings.
My real life friends and my
Internet friends are also part of my leisure and
social
time. Friends have always been
important to me. They are the backbone in
everything I
do. The good friends that I have
are always there for me in every situation I am
in.
Without them I would not have led a
healthy, balanced life. Not so long ago I went
through a short time of depression. I fell
behind in all my work and stopped talking to my
friends. After a week of acting this way, one
of my good friends pulled me aside and
invited
me to go for a walk with her. We talked about what
was going on in my life and
she helped me to
figure out what I wanted to do. I do not know what
would have
happened if she had not been there.
Many things add to having a well-balanced
life. Stress can be a very dangerous and
tiresome experience. It can lead to depression
and unhappiness. But when it happens,
you can
do something other than wait, like talking to your
friends or listening to music.
Then you may
not think you should have been so stressed and
depressed.
A well-balanced life is
important to maintain. Without some sort of
balance it is hard
to get by in everyday life.
And the creative use of leisure time plays a vital
role.
B篇 心态平衡
在今天的现实生活中，保持心态平衡十分
必要。生活中心态失衡，既无法很好地工作，
心身也不能得到全面的发展。生活中有时心态失衡，人们就
会觉得不满足，不愉快。
在学习和工作中我曾经历过巨大的压力，也试着用各种办法调整自己来减轻压力。最终
我发现，好好利用业余时间是个办法。业余时间对我来说是不可或缺的。否则，我肯定会要
发疯
的。我的大部分业余时间都用于读书，听音乐，跟生活中的朋友交谈，或者跟网上遇到
的人聊天。我真的
很喜欢在外面找一个安静的地方读沃尔特·惠特曼和罗伯特·弗洛斯特的诗
歌或著作。如果我没有时间做
这些，那我也干不好别的事情。读书放松的同时，听音乐对我
来说也是很重要的。如果我情绪低落，我就
听慢悠悠的歌，如果我心情高兴，我就听快节奏
的歌。音乐是人类共同的语言，能表达不同的情感。音乐
能触及灵魂，确切地说，我认为音
乐表达的实际上就是心灵的感受。
生活中的朋友和网上
的朋友都是我业余时间和社交生活的一部分。朋友对我来说总是重
要的。不论我做什么，他们都是我的支
柱。不论我处于什么情况，我的好朋友们总是支持着
我。没有他们，我不可能过着健康的心态平衡的生活
。不久之前，我经历了一小段时间的失
意。手头所有的工作都没有进展，也不再跟朋友们谈心。就这样过
了一个礼拜，我的一个好
朋友将我拉到一边，邀我跟她出去散步。我们谈到我的情况，她帮我一起分析我
到底想干什
么。真不知道如果她不在我身边，我会怎么样。
许多事情都有助于你调节心态。压
力是一种十分危险而又累人的经历，往往是消沉和不
幸的开始。但如果真有了压力，你应该做点什么而不
光是等待，比如跟朋友说说，或是听听
音乐。这样你也许就会觉得自己不该这么沮丧，这么心事重重。
在生活中，保持心态平衡是很重要的。要是心态失衡，每一天的生活都将是难熬的。大
胆创
新地利用业余时间将起到决定性的作用。