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Diary of a fresher
Sunday
1 After a long drive from home, we arrive at my hall of residence, and I check in. The warden gives me a set of keys and a room number. It's five floors up, and the lift doesn't work. Finally, with my mother red in the face and short of breath, we find Room 8, I unlock the door, and we all walk in.
2 After one minute, my father climbs out. The room is barely big enough for one, and certainly not big enough for the whole family. I can lie on the bed and touch three walls without moving a muscle.
3 Lucky my brother and my dog didn't come too.
4 Later. My parents have just left. I'm here alone, surrounded by my books and a suitcase. What do I do next?

Monday
5 There's a coffee morning for first year students. I meet my tutor, who is tall with round shoulders, and looks determined to be pleasant.
6 "Have you come far?" he asks me. As he speaks, he moves his head from side to side, which makes his coffee spill into the saucer.
7 "I live not far from Edinburgh, about six hours away," I explain.
8 "Splendid!" he says, and moves on to the girl standing beside me. "Have you come far?" he asks, "splendid," he says, without waiting for the answer, and moves on. He takes a sip of coffee, and looks surprised to find the cup is empty.
9 My mother calls. She asks if I've met my tutor yet.

Tuesday
10 Am feeling a little hungry, and I realize I haven't eaten for two days. I go downstairs and find that I can have three meals a day in the dining hall. I go down and join a very long queue.
11 "What's for breakfast?" I ask the boy in front of me.
12 "Don't know. I was too late for breakfast. This is for lunch."
13 It's self-service and today's menu includes chicken, rice, potatoes, salad, vegetables, cheese, yoghurt and fruit. The boy in front puts it all on his plate, pays for it, and goes to sit down.
14 Not feeling very hungry any more.
15 My mother calls. She asks if I'm eating proper meals.

Wednesday
16 I have a lecture at 9 am. I wake up at 8.45. No one has woken me. Strange.
17 I get dressed, and rush over to the lecture hall. I sit down beside a girl who looks half asleep. She looks at me. "Just got up?" she asks. How can she tell?
18 The lecture takes an hour, and at the end I look at my notes. I can't read my handwriting.
19 The girl's name is Sophie and she's an English literature major, like me. She looks very intelligent, and when we chat after the lecture, she tells me she read the whole of this term's reading list during her gap year. She impresses me, and I feel so ignorant that I shouldn't even breathe the same air as her.
20 Mum calls. She asks if I slept OK.
Thursday
21 It's the Freshers' Fair today, and Sophie and I go along to see how many clubs we can join. We both agree that we want to make a lot of friends, so I sign up for ballroom dancing, the Artificial Intelligence Society, b

ell ringing and the Extreme Sports Club. Sophie signs up for Amateur Dramatics and the Mozart choir.
22 I wonder if Sophie and I are going to stay good friends.
23 Mum calls. My brother has tried to rent out my bedroom back home. Mum assures me that it's mine for as long as I need it, that it's my home and that they miss me very much, especially the dog. I burst into tears.

Friday
24 In the morning, I go to the library. But it seems I need an ID card which is used for identification. For some reason, I have to swear that I won't damage the books or break the library rules, and if I do, I'll be sent to prison. (What!? For speaking too loudly?) It seems that it's a very old library, and the university is very proud of it.
25 There's a disco tonight, but I've run out of clean clothes. I'm not sure what happens to my dirty clothes after putting them in the clothes basket and before finding them clean, ironed and folded in my wardrobe. Maybe Mum will call soon.
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星期日
从家里出发后，我们开车开了很长一段时间才到达我住的宿舍楼。我进去登记。宿舍管理员给了我一串钥匙，并告诉了我房间号。我的房间在6楼，可电梯坏了。等我们终于找到8号房的时候，妈妈已经涨红了脸，上气不接下气。我打开门锁，我们都走了进去。
但爸爸马上就从里面钻了出来。这个房间刚刚够一个人住，一家人都进去，肯定装不下。我躺在床上，不动弹就可以碰到三面墙。
幸亏我哥哥和我的狗没一起来。
后来，爸爸妈妈就走了，只剩下我孤零零一个人。周围只有书和一个箱子。接下来我该做什么？

星期一
早上，有一个为一年级新生举办的咖啡早茶会。我见到了我的导师，他个子高高的，肩膀厚实，好像打定了主意要逗人开心。
“你是从很远的地方来的吗？”他问我。他边说话边晃悠脑袋， 咖啡都洒到杯托里了。
“我家离爱丁堡不太远，开车大约6个小时，”我说。
“好极了！”他说，接着又走向站在我旁边的那个女孩儿。“你是从很远的地方来的吗？”他问。但不等那女孩儿作出任何回答，他就说到，“好极了！”然后就继续向前走。他啜了一口咖啡，却惊讶地发现杯子是空的。
妈妈打来电话。她问我是不是见到了导师。

星期二
我觉得有点儿饿，这才意识到我已经两天没吃东西了。我下楼去，得知一天三餐我可以在餐厅里吃。我下到餐厅排进了长队。
“早餐吃什么？”我问前面的男生。
“不知道。我来得太晚了，吃不上早餐了。这是午餐。”
午餐是自助餐，今天的菜谱是鸡肉、米饭、土豆、沙拉、蔬菜、奶酪、酸奶和水果。前面的男生每样儿都取一些放到托盘上，付了钱，坐下来吃。
我再也不觉得饿了。
妈妈打电话来

。她问我有没有好好吃饭。

星期三
早上9点钟我要去听一个讲座。我醒时已经8:45了。竟然没有人叫我起床。奇怪。
我穿好衣服，急匆匆地赶到大讲堂。我在一个睡眼惺忪的女生旁边坐下。她看了看我，问：“刚起床？”她是怎么看出来的？
讲座进行了1个小时。结束时我看了看笔记，我根本就看不懂自己写的字。
那个女生名叫苏菲，和我一样，也是英语文学专业的学生。她看起来惊人地聪明。听完讲座后我们一起闲聊。她告诉我在空档年( 高中毕业后等着上大学的一年) 里，她已经把这学期书单上的书都读完了。她给我留下了深刻的印象，我觉得自己太无知了，甚至不配跟她呼吸同样的空气。
妈妈来电话问我睡得好不好。

星期四
今天是新生集会（社团招新活动）。我和苏菲跑去看看我们能加入几个俱乐部。我们俩都认为我们应该结交很多朋友，所以我报名参加了交谊舞俱乐部、人工智能协会、手铃俱乐部和极限运动俱乐部。苏菲则报名参加了业余剧社和莫扎特合唱团。
我不知道我和苏菲还能不能继续做好朋友。
妈妈来电话。她告诉我哥哥曾试图把我在家住的那间卧室租出去。妈妈向我保证只要我需要，那房间永远是我的。她还说那是我的家，他们都非常想我，尤其是我的狗。我一下子就哭了起来。

星期五
早上我去了图书馆。可是好像我需要一个能验明我身份的证件才能进图书馆。不知为什么，我必须发誓不损坏书籍、不违反图书馆的规定，否则我就要被当作罪犯被送进监狱。（什么！？就因为说话声音太大？）图书馆看起来很古老，学校以此为豪。
今晚有个迪斯科舞会，可我已经没有干净衣服穿了。我只知道把脏衣服扔进衣篮中，但并不清楚衣服是如何洗净，熨平并叠好放进衣柜里的。也许妈妈快来电话