26. Much of thetime you once had for pleasure reading is going to disappear. Keep a list ofthe books you would have read had you had the time, so that you can startreading them.
为享乐而阅读的时光过去了。是时候列一张你想读的书单等开始读了。
27. Things thatseem like the end of the world really do become funny with a little time anddistance. Knowing this, forget the embarrassment and skip to the good part.
看上去是世界末日的事情，过段时间真的会显得很搞笑。知道了这个，你就能忘掉尴尬直接跳到之后好的部分了。
28. Every once ina while, there will come an especially powerful moment when you can actuallyfeel that an experience has changed who you are. Embrace these, even if theyare painful.
隔三差五会有极为震撼的时刻发生重大事件让你切身体会到自己为之改变，接纳这些事吧，即便遍体鳞伤。
29. No matter whatyour political or religious beliefs, be open-minded. You're going to bechallenged over the next four years in ways you can't imagine, across allfronts. You can't learn if you're closed off.
撇开你的政治主张或宗教信仰，做旷达的人。在接下来四年你会受到各种方式的挑战，你甚至无法想象它们从各个方面而来的架势。如果你闭塞自己的观念，你就无法学习。
30. If you need toget a job, find something that you actually enjoy. Just because it's workdoesn't mean it has to suck.
如果你想工作，做你真正喜欢的。就算是工作也不应该无聊。
31. Don't alwayslead. It's good to follow sometimes.
不要总是做领导者，有时候跟从也很好。
32. Take a lot ofpictures. One of my major regrets in life is that I didn't take more picturesin college. My excuse was the cost of film and processing. Digital cameras arecheap and you have plenty of hard drive space, so you have no excuse.
多拍照。我大学最后悔的事情之一就是没有多拍几张照片。我的借口是胶卷和冲洗的钱。数码相机现在不贵而且你有足够存储空间用，所以你没有借口了。
33. Your healthand safety are more important than anything.
你的健康和安全最最宝贵。
34. Ask for help.Often.
学会求助，并习惯。
35. Half of youwill be in the bottom half of your class at any given moment. Way more thanhalf of you will be in the bottom half of your class at some point in the nextfour years. Get used to it.
你有一半几率始终在班里垫底，而你四年里偶尔垫底的几率甚至更高。你要淡定。
36. In ten yearsvery few of you will look as good as you do right now, so secretly revel in howhot you are before it's too late.
十年后你多半没有现在这么迷人，所以悄悄地自恋吧，别等到来不及的时候。
37. In the longrun, where you go to college doesn't matter as much as what you do with theopportunities you're given there. The MIT name on your resume won't mean muchif that's the only thing on your resume. As a student here, you will haveaccess to a variety of unique opportunities that no one else will ever have -don't waste them.
长远来看，你读什么大学没有你在大学所把握的机遇重要。你简历上写着麻省理工并不意味着什么如果其他什么都没有。作为麻省理工的学生，你会比别人有更多的独一无二的机遇——别错过。
38. On the flipside, don't try to do everything. Balance = well-being.
另一方面，别试图做遍所有事情。平衡=充分。
39. Makeperspective a priority. If you're too close to something to have goodperspective, rely on your friends to help you.
长远为重。如果你过于沉迷于当下的事而失去大局观，让你的朋友帮你。
40. Eat badlysometimes. It's the last time in your life when you can do this without feelingguilty about it.
偶尔饮食无序。这是你这辈子最后的机会去这么做还不自责的。
41. Make acomplete ass of yourself at least once, preferably more. It builds character.
出次洋相，多几次更好。这能铸造性格。
42. Wash yoursheets more than once a year. Trust me on this one.
一年洗一次以上床单吧，这个可以有。
43. If you are ina relationship and none of your friends want to hang out with you and yoursignificant other, pay attention. They usually know better than you do.
如果你在恋爱，然后没有一个朋友想和你&你的恋人一起出去，请留心。他们比你更能看清楚(他/她是怎么一个人)。
44. Don't beafraid of the weird pizza topping combinations that your new friend from acrossthe country loves. Some of the truly awful ones actually taste pretty good.Expand your horizons.
别怕你来自外地的朋友喜欢的披萨配料组合，有些确实很难吃但有些确实很美味。开拓眼界吧。
45. Explore thecampus thoroughly. Don't get caught.
充分探索你的校园，但别被抓。
46. Life is tooshort to stick with a course of study that you're no longer excited about.Switch, even if it complicates things.
人生苦短别坚持学你失去兴趣的课程。换掉吧，即便会很麻烦。
47. Tattoos arepermanent. Be very certain.
纹身是一辈子的事，请谨慎。
48. Don'tmake fun of prefrosh. That was you like 2 hours ago.
别取笑菜鸟(新生)，那就是两小时前的你。(我猜这个是刚刚入学的学生看的，所以是他们看的时刻往前两小时左右)
49. Enjoy everysecond of the next four years. It is impossible to describe how quickly theypass.
享受接下来四年的每一秒，你无法描述它多快就逝去了。
50. This is theonly time in your lives when your only real responsibility is to learn. Try toremember how lucky you are every day.
这是人生中仅有的时刻，你仅有的职责是去学习。试着每一天都告诉自己，你有多幸运。
