今日主題：Is student life all good? 大學生活都是美好的嗎？
凱妃老師&派老師共同推薦：雅思聽力最好的課外教材：BBC
康康精選雅思會考的主題，堅持每天精聽一定會進步的哦!!
建議方法：
1. 先聽兩三遍 (不看文稿)
2. 再一句一句聽寫 (每句都要聽寫數遍，直到寫出85%以上的字)
3. 最後check文稿，看哪聽不出來，單字沒背過，還是發音不熟。
4. 堅持天天聽，就能每天進步哦。
MP3音檔 (按右鍵可下載聽)：喜歡的同學，幫忙推或按讚哦~~
http://static.iyuba.com/sounds/minutes/1016.mp3
只有音檔怎夠，聽不懂地方，不用怕，康康幫你準備好中英文稿了：
中英文稿：
Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English. I’m Alice...
大家好，歡迎收聽六分鐘英語。我是愛麗絲。
… and I’m Neil. Hello.
大家好，我是尼爾。
Hello, Neil. You went to university, didn’t you?
你好，尼爾，你上過大學是嗎？
Yes. University – the best days of my life. I made fantastic friends, went to great parties…
是的，大學是我生命中最美好的時光。在那裡我認識了超棒的朋友，參加超級贊的聚會。
Did some work?
學到什麼東西了嗎？
Well, yeah, I did some work, but probably not enough.
學到一些，但是也許還不夠。
Well, the subject of today’s show is student mental health. So, Neil, do you think you’re looking back at your university days through rose-tinted spectacles? And that means looking at a situation as being better than it really was.
今天節目的主題是學生們的心理健康。你有沒有覺得你看待你的大學生活太過樂觀了？也就是說真實情形其實沒有看上去那麼好。
I did feel out of my comfort zone when I arrived. Yes, everyone seemed to know everyone… knew where to go.
我剛去的時候確實不適應。每個人好像都瞭解彼此，知道要做什麼。
Yes, well, being out of your comfort zone means being in a situation that you aren’t familiar with and which makes you feel nervous. Did you talk to anyone about your feelings, Neil? Did you get any counselling? And that means professional help with personal or psychological problems.
不適應是指在某個不熟悉的地方感到緊張。你有和其他人談過你的感受嗎？有接受心理輔導嗎？心理輔導是指標對個人或心理問題的專家意見。
What? No, not me. I’m one of those men who isn’t good at talking about their feelings, Alice. I just felt a bit homesick that’s all – I missed my friends and family. But let’s move on, shall we! Why don’t you ask me today’s quiz question?
什麼？我沒有。我不是那種善於和其他人分享心情的人。我只是有點想家而已，想念我的朋友和家人。我們繼續說吧！怎麼還不到提問環節？
Alright then. So here it is: In a survey of students at Imperial College London, how many students said they suffered from high levels of stress or a mental health condition during their time at college? Was it…a) 1 out of 4? b) 2 out of 4?or c) 3 out of 4?
好吧，那問題來了：在一項針對帝國理工學院學生的調查中，多少學生在大學期間承受高壓和心理疾病的困擾？a) 四分之一? b) 四分之二? 還是 c) 四分之三?
Well, I’m going to go for c) 3 out of 4 because I do think that university life can be more stressful than people realize.
我選四分之三，因為我認為大學生活比人們想像的壓力大。
Yes. And stress means pressure or worry caused by a difficult situation. OK, we’ll find out if you’re right or wrong later on. Now in the UK, there has been a rise in students using counselling services.
壓力是指遇到困難時的擔憂緊張情緒。之後我們再看你回答得是否正確。如今在英國，接受心理輔導的學生越來越多。
Why’s that, Alice?
為什麼呢？
Well, let’s listen to Kirsty, a student at Exeter University, talking about why she has had problems. And here’s a question for you while you listen: Did she enjoy her first days in college?
我們聽聽埃克塞特大學的學生Kirsty講述她為什麼會有心理問題。聽的時候注意這樣一個問題：最初她享受大學生活嗎？
No. The thing is… it… is a real balancing act. When I first got to university I don’t think I’d really realized that I’d forgotten how to make friends you know, I’d been with the same school friends for seven years,and so I was trying to balance you know social success with academic success whilst learning how to look after myself at quite a young age. And I think that’s the experience of a lot of young people. And people really struggle with it.
事實是需要一種平衡之舉。我初入大學時，沒有意識到自己其實已經忘了怎麼交朋友，之前在同一所學校和朋友們相處了七年。所以在還小的年紀我需要平衡人際交往方面的成就和學業成績之間的關係，同時還要自己照顧自己。我認為這也是很多年輕人共同的經歷。這確實是個挑戰。
What’s a balancing act, Alice?
平衡之舉是什麼呢？
It’s where you try to give your attention to two or more things at the same time. So here, Kirsty is trying to balance making new friends with doing her academic work and learning to look after herself.
就是同時關注兩件或兩件以上的事。這裡Kirsty想要兼顧交友、學習以及照顧自己這些事。
What does Kirsty mean when she says she’s learning to look after herself?
Kirsty所說的要學會照顧自己是指什麼呢？
Well, to look after someone means to protect or take care of someone– and in this case, Kirsty’s learning to take care of herself – for example doing her own shopping and cooking.
照顧某人就是保護或看護某人。這裡Kirsty要學著照顧自己，例如自己逛街，自己做飯。
OK, let’s listen to Dr Ruth Caleb of the counselling service at Brunel University in London talking about what practical stuff students could learn before leaving for university that might make life easier for them.
我們聽聽英國布魯內爾大學心理輔導中心的Ruth Caleb醫生的看法，他將講述學生們步入大學前可以學習哪些實際的東西，更好地度過大學。
Certain things that I think it would be very very helpful for students to have put in place are an ability to do the practical things of life – to do the washing, to do the cleaning and so on – being able to cook. Budgeting is extremely important in university life. And also spending time on your own comfortably.
我認為最有幫助的就是學生們應當具備一些實際的生活能力，如洗衣服，打掃衛生，做飯等。做好預算在大學生活中也是非常重要的。同時要學會獨處。
Yes, that’s excellent advice. I couldn’t boil an egg when I arrived at uni.
這些是很棒的建議。我上大學時連雞蛋都不會煮。
Oh, really? Can you do it now, Neil?
真的嗎？現在你會了嗎？
Just about, just about.
馬上就學會了，馬上。
Yeah? Great. And what about budgeting? This means planning how much money you have and how you will spend it.
真的嗎？好吧。那你會做預算嗎？我是指計算你有多少錢，計畫著怎麼花。
I’m still pretty bad at that. However, I am very good at spending time on my own comfortably.
好吧，這方面我做的非常差。但是獨處方面我做的很好。
Yes, I can believe that – feet up, watching TV with a takeaway.
這個我相信，你肯定是翹著腳，看著電視，吃著外賣。
Takeaway, of course a takeaway cause I can’t cook anything…
外賣，當然要吃外賣了，因為我不會做飯。
No.
不是吧。
… not even an egg. You know me so well. So how about the answer to today’s quiz question, Alice?
煮雞蛋也不會。你太瞭解我了。該公佈今天問題的答案了吧？
Alright then. I asked: In a survey of students at Imperial College London, how many said they suffered from high levels of stress or a mental health condition during their time at college?Was it…a) 1 out of 4? b) 2 out of 4?or c) 3 out of 4?
好吧。我的問題是：在一項針對帝國理工學院學生的調查中，多少學生在大學期間承受高壓和心理疾病的困擾？a) 四分之一?b) 四分之二?還是c) 四分之三?
And I said c) 3 out of 4.
我選的是c) 四分之三。
Yes. And you are correct – well done, Neil! The survey, completed by over a thousand students, also found that almost 70% of those that suffer from stress do so at least once a week, and 9% of students feel stressed constantly. Stressed means anxious and worried.
回答正確！做得好！這項調查涵蓋了一千名學生，在遭受壓力困擾的學生中，70%至少每週一次這樣的經歷，還有9%的同學經常感受到壓力。壓力是指焦慮和擔憂。
Well, I feel anxious just thinking about all that stress. Can we hear today’s words again?
我只有想到這些壓力，才會感到焦慮。我們聽一下今天的單詞吧？
We certainly can. They are:
當然可以。今天聽到的單詞有：
through rose-tinted spectacles
對某事抱樂觀態度
out of your comfort zone
不適應
Counseling
心理輔導
Homesick
想家的
Stress
壓力
balancing act
平衡之舉
look after yourself
照顧自己
Budgeting
預算
Stressed
緊張的
Well, that brings us to the end of today’s 6 Minute English. We hope you’ve had a stress-free time. Please do join us again soon. You know where to find us, don’t you? Go to www.learningenglish.com , where you’ll find grammar points, vocabulary and more editions of 6 Minute English.
今天的六分鐘英語就到這裡。希望你們在這裡感到輕鬆。下次節目再會。你們知道如何查找我們的節目，是吧？登陸www.learningenglish.com，可以查找語法點、單詞以及往期節目。
Bye.
再見。
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