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UniversityDays JamesThurber RemarksonUniversityLife 1 It sinteresting colorful butchallengingandcompetive 2 Ifyoucherishit youwillbeblessedwitharichlife 3 Universityisastagewhereyouareabletoshowoff 4 Universityisasmallsocietywhichyoucanlearntosurvive 5 Universityisagoldmineinwhichyoudigoutthemostpreciousstoneifyouworkhardenough 6 Universityisacommunicationsnetworkwhereyouarenotlonely Contends 1 TheArthour2 BackgroundInformation3 NewWordsandPhrease4 TheStructure5 QuestionsforComprehension JamesThurber HewasanAmericancartoonist author journalist playwright ThebestAmericanhumoristsinceMarkTwain Heisknownfortheirony satireandwhimsical 异想天开的 humourofhisstoriesaboutordinaryAmericanlife HisbooksincludeMyLifeandHardTimes 1933 fromwhichthistextistaken andMyWorldandWelcometoIt 1943 BackgroundInformation JamesThurberattendedOhioStateUniversityfrom1913to1918 butleftwithoutadegree Tall thin andblindinoneeyefromachildhoodaccident hesufferedthroughtheathleticandmilitaryprogramoftheuniversityintheWorldWar period InthisessayThurberrecalledsomeofthehighandlowpointsofhisyearsatOhioStateofUniversity Theessayisincludedinhis autobiograph MyLifeandHardTimes WordsandPhrases enrage n re d v 激怒maladjustment m l d stm nt n 失调grimly r ml adv 严格地abruptly br ptl adv 突然地eligible el d bl adj 合格的lenient li ni nt adj 仁慈的distribution d str bju n n 分配drill dr l v 训练execute eks kju t v 处死summon s m n v 召唤 传唤 Phrease inafury在狂怒中takeawayfrom减损 贬低takeagreatdealoutofsb 让某人身心疲惫不堪stayabreastof与 齐头并进 不拉下roundoff使圆满结束 使完美getawaywithsth做了坏事而不被发现fallbackon转而依靠cutoutfor适合于 天生是 的料startoff开始littleshortof简直可以说是 TheStructure Anecdote Para 1 Para 4 Itridiculesthebotanyteacher sinsistenceonteachingtheunteachable Anecdote para 5 Para 12 Itridiculestheeconomicsteacher sleniencyandBolenciecwcz sdumbness Anecdote Para 13 Itridiculestwounreasonablerequirementsforgymnasiumwork takingoffglassesandstripping Anecdote Para 14 Itridiculesthelowliterarylevelofthestudent journalist Anecdote Para 15 Para17 Itridiculesthecontinualrepetitionofsquadmaneuversandthegeneral sbrainlessnessandunbecomingconduct VII Noconclusion QuestionsforComprehension 1 Howdidthenarratorviewhisuniversitydays Didheviewhiscourseswithfondmemory Heviewedhisuniversitydaysinagood humoredwayandhesawthefunnysideofhistroublewithhiscourses 2 Whattimewasitwhenthenarratorwasintheuniversity Whatkindofmilitarytrainingdidhereceive HewasintheuniversityduringtheFirstWorldWar ThemilitarytraininghereceivedwasofthetypeduringtheCivilWarperiod 3 Whatimpressiondoyougetfromthispieceofwork UniversityeducationintheStatesatthattimewasoutdated inhumane disorderly ineffective andThurberseemstobeverycriticalofit Oralotoffunnythingsoccurredinhisuniversitydays andheseemstobeenjoyinganostalgias 怀旧 warmandcheerfulmemory throughhemakesfunoftheuniversitysomehow Summary ThemainpurposewhichthewriterhasinmindistosharewiththereadersomeexperiencesthathehadasastudentatOhioStateuniversitythroughnarrationintertwinedwithdescription Hewishestomakethereadersee feelandhearasvividlyaspossiblewhathesaw feltandheardinhisuniversitydaysandtosharewiththereadertheeventsthathadhappenedtohim Healsousesthisstorytoshowhowprofessors