Ever made a university bucket list? With only a few weeks left of her degree, Eleanor Doughty——a third-year student at QMUL, takes a look over hers and makes some suggestions.

你有列過大學畢業愿望清單么?在離畢業只有幾個星期的時候，埃莉諾·道蒂——一名倫敦大學瑪麗女王學院三年級的學生，看著自己的愿望清單，和大家分享一些建議。

1. My Personal Review

1. 我的個人回顧

I have achieved a lot in my three undergraduate years. I have lived alone and haven't overslept for morning lectures. I’ve been “Mum” of the house and have hoovered, washed up and dusted - probably far more than I needed to.

大學三年里，我做到了很多事情。一個人住，而且從沒在早晨有課時睡過頭過。我成了房子里的“母親”，自己打掃和清洗——恐怕都有些操勞過多了。

I have extra-curriculars coming out of my ears, I have learnt how to put up a shower curtain rail (something everyone should know how to do) and I’ve managed the bills. I am now a capable adult, and I’ve (hopefully) got a degree in the process. It’s all gone rather well.

我參加過非常多的課外活動，有時自己都會忙不過來，我學會了怎樣安裝浴簾桿(這是每個人都應該會做的)，并且付掉了自己的賬單。現在，我是一個有生活能力的大人了，在這個過程中我也將拿到學位(希望如此)。一切都很好。

However, I haven’t done anything spectacular. I haven’t climbed Kilimanjaro or been to Machu Picchu, I haven't cycled to Paris from London (or anywhere else), or swum the Channel. I wasn’t even a Games Maker at the Olympic Games and I live five minutes away from the stadium.

然而，我沒有做過任何精彩的事情。我沒有爬過非洲乞力馬扎羅山，沒有去過秘魯的馬丘比丘，沒有從倫敦騎行到巴黎，也沒有游泳穿越海峽。我住在距離倫敦奧運會場五分鐘路程以外，卻連志愿者都沒去當。

It wasn't from lack of inclination, I just haven't had the time. Even with my four hours of contact time per week.

不是我不想，只是沒有時間——即使在每星期只有四個課時的時候。

2. What Is Available On the Internet

2. 網上流行的畢業清單

So, it was only yesterday, when I booked my graduation tickets, that I revisited the idea of a university bucket list.

所以，只是在昨天訂了畢業典禮的入場券之后，我重新開始考慮大學愿望清單這個想法。

The Internet has loads of them: ‘57 things to do before you graduate’. Most of them are tedious, including banal entries like ‘apply for internships and jobs’, as if that wasn’t obvious.

網上有很多相關內容：“畢業前要做的57件事”。列舉的很多都比較無趣，包括諸如“找實習，找工作”這樣的平庸條款，這還用說么?

I’m not one for bucket lists, but I do like a good life appraisal; an end of (the final) term report, if you will. So I sat down to see how many points I could tick off on the various generic lists.

我不是熱衷于列愿望清單的人，但的確喜歡給生活做個好的評估：比如可以準備(最后一個)學期末報告。所以，我坐了下來，看看這各種概括清單中提到的愿望，我可以勾掉幾條。

There are some that I’m on board with. ‘Hand in an essay early’ – this has applied to me on every occasion but one since 2011. ‘Sit in on a lecture that’s completely out of your field’ – this I managed accidentally last year, and it took me too long to realise it was Maths and not Modernism I had stumbled into. I left hastily, Ulysses in hand.

這些是我做到了的。“早交論文”——2011年后，除了一次例外，我每次都有做到。“聽一個和你的領域完全不沾邊的講座”——這點我在去年意外實現了，而且過了很久我才意識到自己無意亂入的講座是關于數學而不是現代主義。匆匆離開時，手里還拿著《尤里西斯》。

Other points, not so much. ‘Hire a bike for a week and see how it works out for you’ – I live on Mile End Road and value my life, so no thanks. ‘Go and see the art department’s end of year show’ – Queen Mary doesn’t offer art as a subject. ‘Make a kite and fly it’ – I’m all for DIY but has anyone ever made a kite successful, apart from Neil Buchanan on Art Attack?

其他的一些條，做到的不是很多。“租一個星期自行車，看看這樣做對生活的影響”——我住在倫敦高速公路英里路盡頭，而且我惜命，所以謝謝了，但我不要騎車。“去看藝術部的年終盛典”——瑪麗女王學院沒有把藝術作為主題。“做個風箏飛飛”——我喜歡自己動手做，但是除了“藝術創想”節目中的尼爾·布坎南，有人成功做好過風箏么?

3. Start My Own List

3. 我眼中的畢業清單

Because all these suggestions were pretty rubbish – and largely irrelevant to student life – for the first time ever I made my own bucket list. This one is retrospective – you could say it's more of a highlights reel of the last three years.

因為所有這些建議都蠻垃圾的——而且和學生生活實在沒多大關系——所以生平第一次，我制作了自己的愿望清單。這個是回顧性的——你可以講這更多是一個過去三年大學生活的亮點集錦。

Instead of being things I want to do before I graduate, it’s things that I think everyone should do, and mainly stuff I’ve already done. For that reason, some are quite specific, but they were all formative experiences.

在這我不是要列舉自己在畢業前想做的事情，而是分享個人認為每個人都該在畢業前去做的事情，其中主要的我已經做過了。因而很多列舉都很具體，但這些都是有助于成長的經歷。

I reckon, if you haven’t got a bucket list (or you’d like to add to yours), they might be fun things to try. Especially if you’re not a finalist and have some time on your hands. Lucky.

我想著，如果你還沒有畢業愿望清單(或者你想要加些事情到你的清單去)，這些有意思的事情值得一試。尤其如果不是畢業在即，那么你很幸運，還有時間。

As for me, in my last few days as an undergraduate, I'm going on a library tour. Yep, it's sad, but that's what finals do to you. I'm going to try and work in every library that my student card allows me access to.

至于我，在大學生涯的最后幾天中，我要巡游圖書館。是有些慘，但都是被期末考逼的。我要挨個兒去每個用我的學生卡可以進去的圖書館學習!

Why? Because although it's a place of hell for so many, I'm really going to miss the library. This is the last week of my life when going to the library will legitimately be my day job. I'm going to relish it.

為什么?因為盡管圖書館對于很多人是煉獄，離開校園后我卻真的會想念。這是我人生中最后這樣一個星期——當白天泡圖書館仍是我的工作，我要去享受這樣的日子。

Sit on a committee of some kind

參加XX委員會

Everyone should experience the rollercoaster of emotions that is organising other people.

每個人都應該去體驗其他人在委員會面前經歷的情緒過山車。

Attend your university’s Varsity

參加大學代表隊

Best fun you’ll have all year. With me please: V-A-R-S-I-T-Y.

這會是你每年最有趣的經歷噢。請和我一起參加：大學代表隊!

Cook a dinner as good as your Mum’s

做頓可以和媽媽手藝相媲美的晚餐

My mac ‘n’ cheese is up there with the home version now. You too can do it (with Delia’s help).

我做的奶酪通心粉現在已經是家傳版本的啦。你也可以噢(照著英國烹飪天后迪莉婭的指南)!

Drink the SU dry

在學生會喝酒喝爽

There was a night in January with ten glasses of wine and not enough crisps. Do this once and never again.

一月份的一個晚上，喝了十杯酒，吃了一點薯片。這樣瘋狂一次，以后就再也別了。

Find your exam term library crush

考試季瘋狂愛上圖書館

They will unwittingly get you through finals.

這樣的愛，會讓你不知不覺笑傲期末考。

Learn your landlord’s limits

掌握你房東/宿管的極限

And also yours with white goods.

還有不要弄壞自己家里的白色電器(冰箱、洗衣機等)。

Function without the Internet when your provider fails

斷網時，學會繼續生活

My flat did this for ten days in September and we can now use a dongle. Harder than it sounds.

九月份，我的公寓斷網十天。現在，我們可以用藍牙適配器連網了。用起來比聽起來難噢。

Face your alcohol fear

直面你對酒精的恐懼

Good life lesson on determination. Bad experience with Sambuca? Get a shot and realise it's not actually that bad. ‘Insert double Tequila here.’

這是關于決斷力很好的一課。有薩姆布卡茴香酒的心理陰影?來一杯，你會意識到這酒也沒那么糟。“這兒要雙倍龍舌蘭。”

Wear your university hoody with pride

穿起學校的文化衫，并為之自豪

The second you leave you'll find the very idea of putting it on a little sad. It just won't feel the same.

要離開的那刻，你會意識到再穿時會有些許傷感。總之，那個時候感覺就變了。

Make the most of every student discount out there

充分利用你所有的學生折扣

Or, ideally, shop exclusively at places that offer one for a week. You'll miss it when you graduate.

或者，理想的是，去所有提供每周學生折扣的店里購物。畢業的時候，你會想念的!

 

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