My dad got state representatives to send letters of recommendation on my on my behalf, and I went through a battery of interviews for the program. My friends made it.

在塞伦高中一共有三人获得这项奖学金，分别是我和另外两个要好的朋友—乔治里安和迈克迪南，我爸让州议员为我写了推荐信，我也接受了一系列的面试。

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I struggled to keep my balance on my new skates.

我穿着新溜冰鞋，努力保持平衡。

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I think I'll look in on my parents on the way home from work.

我想我要在下班回家的路上顺便看望一下我的父母。

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I want to turn loose my hold on everything, and go sailing down,down, just like one of those poor,tired leaves."

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So I wrote my dissertation on Byron as a result of that-- nothing complicated, no deep reason for doing these things.

所以我论文写的就是关于拜伦的-,没有太多的考虑，就是因为我喜欢。

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There's one on my way to work and it goes up to 34th, but then it stops.

在我上班的路上就有一条自行车道，但是它到第34大街就没有了。

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After swearing that I preferred paper books, I now read e-books on my Kindle and on my iPad.

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"I wanted to be concentrated only on my repertoire, on my interpretations, " he told me during this studio performance.

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My first mentor helped me to focus on my on-line portfolio of work.

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