You have been told that dormitory rooms at your university must be shared by two students. Would you rather have the university assign a student to share a room with you, or would you rather choose your own roommate? Use specific reasons and details to explain your answer.
I'd rather have the university assign a roommate to share a room with me. As far as I'm concerned, this is part of the university experience. Students should meet new people and be open to new experiences. I like leaving this up to chance.
我宁愿让学校指派一个室友和我合住一个房间。就我而言，这是大学经历的一部分。学生应该认识新的人，接受新的经验。我喜欢把这个留给机会。
Actually, even though the university will choose, it's not totally a matter of chance. We all filled out information sheets. The school knows what we're majoring in, what our interests are, and our study habits and our goals. I think they're probably very good at matching roommates using this information. They've had a lot of practice. Besides, if a mistake is made, I can change my room assignment next semester.
事实上，即使大学会选择，这也不是完全的机会问题。我们都填写了信息表。学校知道我们的专业、兴趣、学习习惯和目标。我认为他们可能很擅长用这些信息来匹配室友。他们做了很多练习。此外，如果出了错，我可以在下学期更改我的房间作业。
If I did want to choose my own roommate, I'd first pick some candidates from the list supplied by the university. Then I'd write to them and they'd write back. Through our letters, we'd find out if we shared common interests, such as sports or movies. More importantly, we'd find out if we like doing the same things in our free time. Because my investigation, I'd probably get someone compatible with me. It's a lot of work to go through, though. Besides, the process of finding similar interests isn't all that different from what the university does.
如果我真的想选择自己的室友，我会先从学校提供的名单中挑选一些候选人。然后我写信给他们，他们回信。通过我们的信件，我们会发现我们是否有共同的兴趣爱好，如体育或电影。更重要的是，我们会发现自己是否喜欢在空闲时间做同样的事情。因为我的调查，我可能会找个和我合得来的人。不过，这需要做很多工作。此外，找到相似兴趣点的过程与大学所做的并没有什么不同。
Trying to predict whom I'm going to get along with is not a science. I might choose someone who sounds just like me and still find that the two of us just don't get along as roommates. Besides, I think it would be boring to room with somebody who's just the same as me. I'd rather be with someone who has different interests and likes to do different things. Maybe I'd even get a roommate from another culture. After all, one of the reasons I'm going to the university is to be exposed to a lot of new experiences. So, I'd rather have the university choose my roommate for me.
试图预测我将和谁相处不是一门科学。我可能会选择一个听起来和我很像的人，但仍然发现我们两个只是不作为室友相处。另外，我觉得和和我一样的人同住会很无聊。我宁愿和一个有不同兴趣、喜欢做不同事情的人在一起。也许我还能从另一种文化中得到一个室友。毕竟，我上大学的原因之一是要接触许多新的经历。所以，我宁愿让大学为我挑选室友