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University Nostalgia (Part 1)

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ID: 2170 Upper Intermediate
College days are the glory days for many of us. In this lesson, a group of Chinese coworkers reminisce about those bygone days.
Fri Apr 19 2013 | John, Vera
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
分享 fēnxiǎng to share
令 lìng to make, let (cf. 让)
抑郁症 yìyùzhèng depression
住校 zhùxiào to live at school
大学时代在每个人心里都是非常难忘的。那今天我们就分享一下大学时代那些令你难忘的事吧。高灵，你先说说。
dàxué shídài zài měige rén xīnli dōu shì fēicháng nánwàng de 。nà jīntiān wǒmen jiù fēnxiǎng yīxià dàxué shídài nàxiē lìng nǐ nánwàng de shì ba 。Gāo Líng ，nǐ xiān shuō shuo 。
College days are an unforgettable time in everyone's mind. So today let's share the unforgettable things from our college days. Gao Ling, you go first.
我啊，首先就是我一上大学就得了抑郁症。
wǒ a ，shǒuxiān jiùshì wǒ yī shàng dàxué jiù dé le yìyùzhèng 。
Me? The first thing is that as soon as I started college I suffered from depression.
怎么会呢？
zénme huì ne ？
Why?
我大学时候第一次住校嘛，八个人一个宿舍，各种的不习惯，又想家，然后就抑郁了。
wǒ dàxué shíhou dì yī cì zhùxiào ma ，bā gè rén yī gè sùshè ，gèzhǒng de bù xíguàn ，yòu xiǎngjiā ，ránhòu jiù yìyù le 。
College was the first time I lived in a dorm. With eight people in one dormitory, there were all kinds of things I wasn't used to. I also missed home, so I got depressed.
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