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“I’d hate to have to go back home like that, sir.”
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“Well, you’d have to. If you flunk out, the university authorities are obliged to see that you return to your home immediately.”
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“I’d hate that, sir, I’d hate to go back home and have to live off my family, and that’s probably what I’d have to do. You know there are not many jobs to be had nowadays, sir, and I’d hate to go back home and loaf.”
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● like that：那样子（被学校除名）回家。
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● you’d have to：假如不用功，就非被除名不可。you’d的’d是would的缩写，虚拟语气。
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● are obliged：有此责任。to see=to make sure：做到这一点。you return的return也是虚拟语气；假如主语是he或she，return也不用加s。
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● I’d hate that：我不愿意那样（假如真的有那一天的话）。to live off my family：依赖家庭为生。
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● to be had（被动式infinitive）：可能找到的事情并不多。loaf：闲荡。
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“It is a problem, I’ll confess, Wingate. But what’s the point in your coming to your university and working all-night in a cafe and then flunking your class work? Moreover, your freshman adviser reports that you make a practice of sleeping in class. Is that true?”
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“Well, yes, sir, I suppose I do drop off sometimes.”
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● 第一句的is重读：“我承认这的确是一个问题。”
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● point：目的。
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● make a practice of：有此习惯。
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● I suppose：我想。suppose在此处即等于think，并无“假设”之意。do drop off：的确瞌睡。drop off=fall asleep；这两个字的意义比上文drowse off更重，drowse off不过是假寐而已。
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“Pretty impossible situation, isn’t it, Wingate? Well, I’ve given you the best advice I can. Unless you can alter your circumstances I suggest that you withdraw from the university at once. We have six thousand other students here who need our attention, and the university has to be impartial and impersonal in dealing with these problems. Unless you can find some means to avoid flunking out I suggest withdrawing beforehand.”
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● 第一句：这种情形，岂不是令人相当难堪？impossible=intolerable。
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● you withdraw：请你自动休学。这是训导长的建议，所以withdraw还是虚拟语气的动词。
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● impartial：不偏不颇。impersonal：公事公办，不考虑个别情形。means：法子。
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“I believe I’ll try to stick it through, sir. I’ll try to remove the conditional grades, and maybe I can luck through on my finals.”
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“I hope you can, Wingate. As you feel that way about it, good luck to you.” The Dean of Men stood up. Charlie stood up too. The Dean put out his hand and showed his teeth in a jovial smile and bore down on his knuckles. “I’m counting on you strong, old man.” he said, encircling Charlie’s shoulders with his left arm. “I know you have the stuff and that you’ll come through with flying colors one of these days.”
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“Thank you, sir,” Charlie said, grinning tearfully while the Dean gave his shoulder little pats.
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● stick it through：坚持下去。
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● maybe：是副词。luck through：凭运气闯过去。luck当动词用。finals：大考。
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● feel that way about it：对这件事情有那种想法。
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● jovial smile：友善的一笑。bore down on：用力地握。bore是bear的过去式。knuckles：手指骨节，尤其指连接手掌的根部骨节。按：这一句的句法似乎欠妥，前面his hand和his teeth都是指的训导长，最后his knuckles又指那学生了，代名词his所指不清，谨慎的作家应该避免这种毛病。
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