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1、UniversityDays大学生涯JamesThurber詹姆斯·瑟伯IpassedalltheothercoursesthatItookatmyUniversity,butIcouldhaveneverpassbotany.Thiswasbecauseallbotanystudentshadtospendseveralhoursaweekinalaboratorylookingthroughamicroscopeatplantcells,andIcouldneverseethroughamicroscope.Ineveroncesawacellthroughamicroscope.Th
2、isusedtoenragemyinstructor.Hewouldwanderaroundthelaboratorypleasedwiththeprogressallthestudentsweremakingindrawingtheinvolvedand,soIamtold,interestingstructureofflowercells,untilhecametome.Iwouldjustbestandingthere."Ican‟tseeanything,"Iwouldsay.Hewouldbeginpatientlyenough,explaininghowanybodycanse
3、ethroughamicroscope,buthewouldalwaysendupinafury;claimingthatIcouldtooseethroughamicroscopebutjustpretendedthatIcouldn‟t."Ittakesawayfromthebeautyofflowersanyway,"Iusedtotellhim."Wearenotconcernedwithbeautyinthiscourse,"hewouldsay."WeareconcernedsolelywithwhatImaycallthemechanicsofflars.""Well,"I‟
4、dsay."Ican‟tseeanything.""Tryitjustonceagain,"he‟dsay,andIwouldputmyeyetothemicroscopeandseenothingatall,exceptnowandagainanebulousmilkysubstance.----aphenomenonofmaladjustment.Youweresupposedtoseeavivid,restlessclockworkofsharplydefinedplantcells."Iseewhatlookslikealotofmilk,"Iwouldtellhim.This,h
5、eclaimed,wastheresultofmynothavingadjustedthemicroscopeproperly,sohewouldreadjustitforme,orrather,forhimself.AndIwouldlookagainandseemilk.我大学所修各门课程都通过了，但就是过不了植物学这一关，这是因为，凡是修植物学课程的学生都必须每周在实验室里呆上若干小时，透过显微镜观看植物细胞，而我却总是看不透显微镜。我从未透过显微镜看见过一个细胞，这每每令我的老师勃然大怒。他总是在实验室踱来踱去，为所有学生在绘画有关的花朵细胞的结构上所取得的进步而高兴，大家告诉我那
6、是很有意思的结构。最后他来到我面前，我则往往站在那儿，说道：“我什么也看不见。”他开始说话时总是很耐心，说明谁都能看显微镜，但又总是以怒不可遏告终。他宣称，我也能看透显微镜，只是假装不能而已。我对他说：“不管怎样，这都剥夺了花的美。”他则说：“这门课程讲的不是美，而主要是姑妄称之为花的结构。”“唔，”我说，“我什么也看不见。”“再试一次，”他说，于是我便把眼睛放在显微镜上，除了偶尔看见一种模糊的乳状物质之外，根本什么也看不见，而这种模糊的乳状物质则是一种调试失当的现像。你应该看见轮廓醒目的植物细胞，它们形似时钟机构，生动鲜明，动作不停。“我看到的就像大量牛奶。”我告诉他，而他则声称，这是由
7、于我没能调好显微镜所致，因而他就为我调试，更确切的说是为他自己调试，而我再次观看，又看见牛乳。Ifinallytookadeferredpass,astheycalledit,andwaitedayearandtriedagain.(Youhadtopassoneofthebiologicalsciencesoryoucouldn‟tgraduate.)Theprofessorhadcomebackfromvacatio
