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Too Many Moves My first semester of college was the worst I’ve been through. Everything started out smoothly enough. I had m

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问题                 Too Many Moves
    My first semester of college was the worst I’ve been through. Everything started out smoothly enough. I had made plans during the summer to share an apartment with two of my close friends from high school. We had found a nice enough apartment about two miles from campus, but before we even moved in, problems started developing that kept me on the move the entire semester.
    One of the two girls I was to share an apartment with was going to work instead of going to college. However, a week before we were to move in, she found out that she didn’t get the job she had been counting on. She was forced to live at home and look for work, and two of us were stuck with higher monthly rent payments. We lasted for a month and then agreed that we couldn’t make it by ourselves.
    Joan moved away and I started looking around.
    I found another apartment and the rent wasn’t bad. The room was small with one tiny bathroom for four people. The place was noisy, but it was the best I could afford for the time. However, one day when I returned from school, I saw smoke coming from the back of the house. The cottage had caught fire, and the fire department was putting out the last flames. My room was a charred mess; there was no way that anyone could live there for a long time. I was once more out of a place to stay, and there was still over a month of school left.
    After looking around all weekend for lodging, I finally gave up and moved home. I had to drive forty miles to school every day, so I almost spent as much on gas as I would have on lodging. I had to drive to school, go to classes, and come home and sit in an empty house for a few hours. I was very bored; I’d also lost the will to study. It had been such a bad semester moving all over the place that my heart wasn’t in school anymore. So the semester just played itself out.
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答案 I finished the semester with low grades and I’d had a lousy time. It was a wasted semester. I did learn a few things, though. First, when I plan on rooming with a non-college person, I am taking the risk that he or she will not be around for an entire semester. Next, if you want to be bored to death, live at home. I’ve now decided that the best place for me is the dormitories, and that’s where I’m living next semester. That way I’ll have the library to study in, and plenty of people around for social life. Besides, nothing would be worse than living in three different places in one semester.
解析     这是一篇记叙文。文章是以列举的写作方式，按照时间发展的先后顺序展开的。基于记叙文写作的六要素：时间，地点，人物，起因，经过和结果，文章的最后应该是事件发展的结果。首先分析一下前边几段的内容和相互间的联系。
    第一段：介绍的是事件发生的时间、地点以及事件的主人公一一我，主要讲到我大学的第一个学期是我有史以来最差的。开始的时候一切顺利。我决定在夏天和两个高中时很要好的同学一起在学校外租房住。我们找到了一个足够漂亮的公寓，离学校两英里远。但问题就从这个时候开始了。
    第二段：讲的是事件的开端，即：决定和我合租公寓的两个女孩中的一个要放弃上大学，One of the two girls I was to share an apartment with was going to work instead of going to college．而去工作。然而就在我们就要搬进去之前的一个星期，那个女孩发现她不能找到她期待的工作，She found out that she did not get the job she had been counting on。她只能住在家里，而我们两个则陷入了承担每月高额的房租的泥潭中。我们维持了一个月，但最终我们不能支撑下去了，所以Joan搬了出去，我又开始寻找房子。
    (1)share with分享
    (2)count on期望
    (3)be stuck with被困住
    第三段：写的是事件的发展，即：我又找到了另一所公寓，租金还好。房间带一个四人共用的浴室。这地方很吵，但这是我那时能支付得起的最好的地方。然而有一天，当我从学校回来，发现有烟从屋子后面冒出来。等火被扑灭的时候，我的房间已经化为灰烬，My room was a charred mess．。不可能再在那儿住了，我只好再次搬家。
    be a charred mess化为灰烬
    第四段：是事件的进一步发展——高潮，即：在利用全部的周末找住宿的地方后，我最终放弃了，于是搬回了家。我不得不每天开40多英里的车去学校，所以在油费上花的钱足可以租房了。每天，我开车去学校，到教室上课，回家，然后在家坐在一个空荡荡的屋子里几个小时。我烦透了，甚至失去了学习的兴趣。这个学期就一直在搬家，我的精神根本就没有集中在学习上，所以这学期就这样过去了。
    通过前四段作者的经历，我们最后需要补充的一段内容就比较容易确定。从记叙文的结构看，这里应该是事件发展的结果；从文章的内容看，这里应当是屡次搬家给作者带来的影响和教训。写作是一定要与My first semester of college was the worst I’ve been through相呼应。
    下面来看一下句子的组织：
    (1)我以很低的成绩结束了这个学期的生活。
    I finished the semester with low grades．
    (2)然而，我学到了一些东西。
    I did learn a few things，though．
    其他说法：
    However, I learned a lot from it．
    (3)take the risk of冒险……
    当你打算和一个不上大学的人合租房子时，你就冒着一定的风险，他很可能一个学期都不在。
    When you plan on rooming with a non-college person，you are taking the risk that he or she will not be around for an entire semester．
    其他说法：
    When you are going to share a room with a person who is not in college，you are running risk that he or she may not appear for the whole semester．
    (4)be bored to death无聊致死
    如果你想无聊致死，就待在家里。
    If you want to be bored to death，live at home．
    (5)这样，我就又可以在图书馆学习，并且参加集体生活。
    That way I will have the library to study in and plenty of people around for social life．
    其他说法：
    In that way，I can study in the library and have the chance to take part in the social life．
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