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夏本番のダートマス
今、ダートマス大学は夏学期の真っ最中です。3年への進級が決まっている2年生は、この学期はキャンパス内にいることが義務付けられています。暑い時期に学校…と思いきや、学生には評判のいい学期なのです。人のまばらなキャンパスはわが物顔でかっ歩できるし、なんといっても、待望の恒例行事が行なわれるのですから。
Soaking up the sun
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ダートマス大学の夏の名物行事 "Tubestock"。 学生たちはコネチカット川にゴム輪やいかだを浮かべて、夏のひとときを満喫する
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Having classes in the summer isn't all that bad, even though it might not quite measure up to your ideal beach holiday. In fact, sophomore summer - the summer that all rising juniors must spend on campus - is famous for being one of the best terms, with the atmosphere so relaxed that students often jokingly refer to it as "Camp Dartmouth."
With less people on campus, varsity teams in the off-season, and the sun finally reminding us of its presence, summer definitely slows down the pace of college life. Even professors, realizing that students' minds are not going to be focused on their studies, tend to be more lenient and laid-back than usual. Many students purposefully take only two courses, or gut courses (courses that are said to be easy, like the history of baseball), in order to ensure a stress-free summer.
It is also the one time when most of your friends will be on campus, and is also a great opportunity to meet and bond with new people. It's amazing how many faces I had not realized until now as belonging to people in my year!
One of the great advantages of us having the campus to ourselves is being able to live in the spacious dorm rooms that are normally reserved for seniors. I am currently living in a room intended as a triple with my roommate, and we have our own private bathroom, which is a luxury I have never had before. However, the most attractive feature of the summer is undoubtedly the nearby Connecticut River. Its waters are very enticing now that the ice has melted.
Dartmouth, living up to its reputation as a truly "outdoorsy" university, offers as many options in the summer as it does in the winter. Taking the place of the skis and snowboards are canoes and kayaks that students can rent out from the student-run Ledyard Canoe Club. No experience is necessary to go for a simple paddle down the river, although life jackets are required just for safety's sake.
The other day, I went to the river for a canoe ride with two of my more experienced friends to enjoy the gorgeous scenery and to listen to the peaceful sound of lapping water. In reality, it was more of a struggle to keep the canoe going straight (harder than it looks!), to keep it from capsizing, and to try not to get in the way of more professional rowers and swimmers. I ended up with sunburn and extremely sore arms, but it was a lot of fun anyway.
A few weekends ago was Tubestock, the big annual summer tradition that started in 1987. It is basically a huge and wet party, with students turning the Connecticut River into a sea of rubber tubes, hand-made rafts and floating bodies. The event is "unofficial" in the sense that it isn't college-approved, which is understandable because the combination of alcohol, students and water just begs for disaster. Although undercover police officers patrol the banks of the river, there fortunately haven't been any casualties so far and Tubestock remains the highlight of the summer.
Walking around campus now in summer makes me aware of how quickly time passes. It's strange to think that my term in Paris has already ended, and the heat makes writing, and internship interviews snow sculptures seem like a distant memory. Junior year, resume writing, and internship interviews loom just around the corner. What is most surprising is the fact that it has nearly been a whole year since I started writing for the Campus Life column, and it is sad to consider that this will be my last opportunity to report on the many goings-on of my college. It has been a wonderful experience and a great pleasure to be able to have shared various aspects of my college life with all of you, and I'm very grateful for your support.
Shukan ST: Aug. 22, 2003
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- Soking up the sun
- 太陽を浴びる
- might not quite measure up to 〜
- 〜には及ばないかもしれない
- ideal beach holiday
- 浜辺で過ごす理想的な休み
- sophomore
- 2年生
- rising juniors
- 3年に進級する学生
- terms
- 学期
- atmosphere
- 雰囲気
- jokingly refer to it as 〜
- 冗談めかして〜と呼ぶ
- Camp
- 林間学校
- varsity teams
- (スポーツなどの)代表チーム
- reminding us of its presence
- その存在を知らしめる
- definitely
- 確実に
- professors
- 教授
- be focused on 〜
- 〜に集中する
- tend to 〜
- 〜する傾向にある
- lenient
- 甘い
- laid-back
- のんびりした
- purposefully
- 意図的に
- gut courses
- 楽勝科目
- ensure 〜
- 〜を確保する
- bond with 〜
- 〜と仲良くなる
- having the campus to ourselves
- キャンパスを自分たちだけで使う
- spacious dorm rooms
- 広々とした寮の部屋
- are normally reserved for 〜
- 通常〜に当てられる
- seniors
- 4年生
- intended as a triple
- 3人用の
- luxury
- ぜいたく
- attractive
- 魅力的な
- feature
- 呼び物
- undoubtedly
- 間違いなく
- Connecticut River
- コネチカット川
- enticing
- 魅力的な
- ice has melted
- 氷が溶けた
- living up to its reputation
- 評判に背かない
- outdoorsy
- 野外活動の盛んな
- Taking the place of 〜 are 〜
- 〜に代わるのは〜だ
- rent out
- 借りる
- student-run
- 学生が運営する
- simple paddle down the river
- 簡単な川下り
- life jackets
- 救命胴衣
- for safety's sake
- 安全のために
- gorgeous scenery
- 素晴らしい景色
- lapping
- 打ち寄せる
- more of a struggle
- かなりの苦戦
- keep it from capsizing
- 転覆させない
- get in the way of 〜
- 〜の邪魔になる
- rowers
- こぎ手
- ended up with 〜
- 結局〜になった
- sunburn
- 日焼け
- extremely sore arms
- 腕のひどい筋肉痛
- annual
- 毎年恒例の
- wet
- 濡れる
- rubber tubes
- ゴム輪
- hand-made rafts
- 手作りのいかだ
- floating
- 浮かんでいる
- in the sense that 〜
- 〜という意味で
- college-approved
- 大学が認可した
- begs for disaster
- 事故を引き起こす
- undercover police officers
- 私服警官
- banks
- 土手
- casualties
- 死傷者
- makes 〜 seem like a distant memory
- 〜をはるか昔のことのように思わせる
- snow sculptures
- 雪像
- resume
- 履歴書
- loom just around the corner
- 間近に迫っている
- goings-on
- 出来事
- various aspects
- いろいろな面
- (am)grateful for 〜
- 〜をありがたく思う