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University Nostalgia (Part 2)

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ID: 2189 Upper Intermediate
Ah, college days! A group of older Chinese relive moments from their college glory days again in the second part of this series from ChinesePod. Hear about reserving a seat for a lecture, lining up to take a shower and more!
Thu May 16 2013 | John, Vera
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印象 yìnxiàng impression
深刻 shēnkè profound, deep
占 zhàn to occupy
占座位 zhànzuòwèi to occupy a seat
蓉蓉呢，对什么印象深刻？
Róngrong ne ，duì shénme yìnxiàng shēnkè ？
Rongrong, what left an impression on you?
我印象最深的就是占座位。呵呵，我通常起得比较早，几乎每天早上帮宿舍的姐妹们占座位。喜欢的课就占中间的座位，不喜欢的就占后排的。
wǒ yìnxiàng zuìshēn de jiùshì zhàn zuòwèi 。hēhē ，wǒ tōngcháng qǐ de bǐjiào zǎo ，jīhū měitiān zǎoshang bāng sùshè de jiěmèimen zhàn zuòwèi 。xǐhuan de kè jiù zhàn zhōngjiān de zuòwèi ，bù xǐhuan de jiù zhàn hòupái de 。
The most lasting impression I had was getting a seat. Haha. I would often get up early. It seemed like every morning I'd help the girls in my dorm get seats. For the classes I liked the most, I'd get a seat in the middle. I didn't like to get the seats in the back.
我们也是，尤其是快考试的时候，大家都要复习，图书馆和一些大教室的座位太紧俏了。
wǒmen yě shì ，yóuqí shì kuài kǎoshì de shíhou ，dàjiā dōu yào fùxí ，túshūguǎn hé yīxiē dà jiàoshì de zuòwèi tài jǐnqiào le 。
It was the same for us, especially right before exams. Everyone would need to review. The seats in the library and in some of the lecture halls were in high demand.
因为占座位我还丢掉好几本书呢。
yīnwèi zhàn zuòwèi wǒ hái diūdiào hǎojǐ běn shū ne 。
For the sake of getting a seat, I lost a bunch of books.
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