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发表于 2004-3-1 12:58:59 |只看该作者 |倒序浏览

我回来了！我回来了！

昨天晚上看到那么多祝福好感动地说，带着这么多人的期待，终于考完了！ :D

闲话少说，先把机井传。
Issue136
"The absence of choice is a circumstance that is very, very rare."

Issue63
"To truly understand your own culture—no matter how you define it—requires personal knowledge of at least one other culture, one that is distinctly different from your own."

Argument225
The following appeared as part of a letter to the editor of a local newspaper.

"During her three years in office, Governor Riedeburg has shown herself to be a worthy leader. Since she took office, crime has decreased, the number of jobs created per year has doubled, and the number of people choosing to live in our state has increased. These trends are likely to continue if she is reelected. In addition, Ms. Riedeburg has promised to take steps to keep big companies here, thereby providing jobs for any new residents. Anyone who looks at Ms. Riedeburg's record can tell that she is the best-qualified candidate for governor."

昨天晚上居然有点失眠，很久没有因为考试而这样过了。6点钟起床，老爸开车送我和另外一个同学到中关村大街39号，到那里一看表才7点，FT!不过好在路北有个麦当劳，进去小坐一会儿，没挨冻。 :)

7点50进考场，领表发誓，也没看都写了什么，好像和托福的差不多，然后就听老师讲注意事项，在场的人都好严肃地说，气氛很紧张的样子，不顾这个考场有4个我认识的同学（3高中+1大学），感觉好些。8点20进场，照相，感觉照得还不错（是后来开始考试的时候屏幕上反映出的），相片照得不像sunshine说得那般“特别”，嘿嘿。我被安排在1号机。

先是老师说得tutorial，另我比较FT的是，居然从鼠标的使用开始学起。到了选题界面，136+63不是最理想的结果。刚在路上还和同学取笑过136very, very rare的形容词，没想到真的碰上了。之所以对这道题比较有感触，是觉得老外280里写得最好的就是这篇，自己总也达不到那种境界，所以一直不太希望碰到。136平时也没写过，列过提纲，没怎么想过例子，当时编的。选题过程大概有2-3分钟的样子，决定写第二个。这次写得比较多，得有700字上下，字数倒是写得比较爽，可总觉得没写道最喜欢的艺术类，心里不太痛快。 :(

Issue写完还有2分钟的样子，改了改主谓一致，就进入下一部分。说真的，没想到Argument运气这么好，出来一个同学说他抽到太阳黑子那道题，我都替他难过。挑了四个错误，开头没写summary，感觉说得比较充分，就出来了，签名的时候发现是10点04。

时间定格在这里，终于考完了，原来预期过的兴奋感一点都没有，可能还在未issue而意尤未尽。Anyway, 考完了，是该eyes on tomorrow了。

谢谢这里得到的帮助，谢谢syd发题的鼓励，谢谢imong的评论，第一次那篇60的鼓励支持我走了好长时间，最后一篇的魔方论也让人很受用，还要谢谢DriverEntry, coolwits, Offers, uocasii, 雪夭, so猫, genie05, 小豚, paisley, cysian, forwww, appoloxp……等等老朋友和新朋友，以及所有帮助过我的人，当然还有早起送我的老爸，为我做早饭的老妈……说得好麻烦，总之希望我的努力能在你们的祝福下得到回报，希望最后的成绩没有辜负你们的期望。

当然成绩也不是最重要的，关键是着一个月的时间，在Gter上看到了那么多的朋友为了自己的理想去奋斗，一种很感人的气氛支撑了我很久，我只想对那些还在努力的人们说相信自己，努力奋斗，一定会有收获的，无论是成绩还是别的什么，都会让人受用一生的。

最后把我的签名档全文送给大家，是Frank O'Connor自传里的一段话。

All that did matter was the act of faith, the hope that somehow, somewhere, I would be able to prove that I was neither mad nor a good-for-nothing, because now I realized that whatever it might cost me, there was no turing back.

When as kids we came to an orchard wall that seemed too high to climb, we took off our caps and tost them over the wall, and then had no choice but to follow them.

I had tost my cap over the wall of life, and I knew I must follow it, wherever it had fallen.

There is nothing lost

That may be found

If sought