美国学霸四胞胎兄弟拒绝多所名校 最终选择耶鲁大学

 　　Now the Wade¹ quadruplets of Ohio, are set to study together at the same college after getting offers from dozens of institutions across the country.

　　在共收到了全国几十所大学的录取通知书之后，俄亥俄州韦德家的四胞胎于日前选择了去同一所大学。

　　The brothers from Liberty² Township, near Cincinnati, were all accepted for Harvard and Yale. After a lot of thought, they decided³ they would continue to stick together by all taking the offer from Yale.

　　这四胞胎来自辛辛那提市的自由镇，他们同时被哈佛大学和耶鲁大学所录取。在经过认真思考之后，他们决定接受耶鲁大学的录取通知书，继续在一起。

　　NBC News said it had been an easy decision for 18-year-old Nick, Zach and Nigel Wade. "The school treated us like family," Nigel said the night the deadline for deciding which college to attend.

　　据美国国家广播公司报道，尼克、扎卡利和尼格尔很容易就做出了去耶鲁大学的决定。在决定去哪所大学的截止日当晚，尼格尔说：“耶鲁大学把我们当作家人。”

　　美国学霸四胞胎兄弟拒绝多所名校 最终选择耶鲁大学

　　But Aaron Wade, who was also accepted to Stanford University, was reportedly much less certain - especially after he visited Stanford's campus⁴ in California.

　　但是还收到了斯坦福大学的录取通知书的亚伦却有些拿不准主意了，尤其是在他参观完位于加利福尼亚州的斯坦福大学之后。

　　"There was a part of me that didn't want to like the school because it would make my decision easy," he said. "Alas⁵, that didn't happen. I loved it as well."

　　“真希望自己能有一点讨厌斯坦福大学，这样我就能更容易地做出选择了。”亚伦说：“唉，可是我真的太喜欢这所学校了。”

　　He added: "But at the end of the day, Yale made sense logistically, and it's an amazing school. I don't regret my decision even though right now it kind of feels like a sacrifice."

　　他补充说道：“但是在截止日那天，我还是选择了耶鲁大学，耶鲁大学太棒了。虽然现在感觉有点不甘，但我不会后悔自己的决定。”

　　The news channel said the four brothers decided on Yale after receiving an "extraordinary" financial aid package, which no other college could beat.

　　据该新闻频道报道，在收到耶鲁大学提供的丰厚的大学助学金--这是其他学校完全无法比拟的之后，这四兄弟做出了该决定。

1 wade   

v.跋涉，涉水；n.跋涉

参考例句：

• We had to wade through the river to the opposite bank.我们只好涉水过河到对岸。
• We cannot but wade across the river.我们只好趟水过去。

2 liberty   

n.自由，自由权；冒昧行为

参考例句：

• He stood for the cause of liberty and justice.他为自由和正义的事业而奋斗。
• You are at liberty to do as you please.你可以随意行事。

3 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

4 campus   

n.大学校园，学校校园；大学　

参考例句：

• They spoke of the old days on the campus.他们谈起昔日的校园生活。
• The campus covers an area of twenty square kilometres.这个校园占地二十平方公里。

5 alas   

int.唉(表示悲伤、忧愁、恐惧等)

参考例句：

• Alas!The window is broken!哎呀！窗子破了！
• Alas,the truth is less romantic.然而，真理很少带有浪漫色彩。