CNN News:美國(guó)一少年同時(shí)被常青藤八所學(xué)校錄取

In the U.S., the Ivy League consists of Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Brown, Dartmouth, Cornell and Pennsylvania. This is true. Ivy League colleges and universities are known for academic excellence and social prestige.

在美國(guó)，常青藤盟校包括哈佛，耶魯，普林斯頓，哥倫比亞，布朗，達(dá)特茅斯，康奈爾和賓夕法尼亞大學(xué)。這是真的，常青藤高等院校以其杰出的學(xué)術(shù)和社會(huì)聲望聞名。

They are also known for high tuition. At Harvard, costs of attendance, which includes tuition, fees, room and board is $60,000 a year. Can you say scholarship? It`s also selective. Last year`s acceptance rate was less than six percent. So, Ivy League acceptance is an accomplishment in itself, especially if it`s to the whole league.

同樣巨額學(xué)費(fèi)也眾人皆知，在哈佛，報(bào)道費(fèi)包括學(xué)費(fèi)，雜費(fèi)，食宿費(fèi)總共60,000美元每年。你在說(shuō)獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金嗎? 獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金的頒布也是有選擇性的。去年的錄取率不到6%。所以能被常青藤聯(lián)盟學(xué)校接受本身就是一種至高的成就，尤其被整個(gè)盟校要求錄取來(lái)講。

Kwasi Enin is a 17-year old student a William Floyd High School who now has the biggest decision of his life ahead of him. Enin applied to and was accepted to all eight Ivy League Schools.

Kwasi Enin是一個(gè)來(lái)自威廉佛洛依德高中17歲的學(xué)生，目前正面臨著人生重大選擇。Enin申請(qǐng)了常青藤所有八所學(xué)校，結(jié)果都被錄取了。

My dream came true, basically.

我的夢(mèng)想基本上實(shí)現(xiàn)了。

Kwasi says he hasn`t picked which one he wants to attend yet. As expected, he says he`ll do his research and select the one he really wants to go to. He says his parents have been the driving force behind his academics.

Kwasi表示現(xiàn)在還沒(méi)有決定要去哪所學(xué)校讀書(shū)。他表示會(huì)按計(jì)劃做研究并選出一個(gè)自己真正想去的學(xué)校。并說(shuō)他的父母是他學(xué)術(shù)研究的動(dòng)力源。

They are very proud because the whole journey, I mean, of childhood here and hoping for the best and then the best becoming like this level.

他們對(duì)我從小到大的整個(gè)學(xué)習(xí)生活感到驕傲，打小想讓我上最好的學(xué)校，現(xiàn)在希望成真了。

Kwasi got a 22-50 out of 24-50 on his SAT score, which places him in a 99 percentile for all students taking the exam. But for him, it`s not just about SAT scores.

總分24-50Kwasi拿到了22-50的優(yōu)異成績(jī)，這讓他在所有參加考試的學(xué)生中獨(dú)領(lǐng)風(fēng)騷。但是對(duì)于他自己來(lái)講，這僅僅代表著SAT的成績(jī)。

I think I have the newly well-rounded - when it comes to academics, music, sports and just like - doesn`t always been like the very best in all of them.

我想我應(yīng)該全面發(fā)展，當(dāng)涉及到學(xué)術(shù)，音樂(lè)，運(yùn)動(dòng)和其他專(zhuān)業(yè)時(shí)，我并不太擅長(zhǎng)。

His principal Barbara Butler says his accomplishments have inspired other students in the school.

他的校長(zhǎng)芭芭拉巴特勒說(shuō)他的成就極大的鼓舞了其他在校學(xué)生。

He`s been an inspiration for other kids, even just walking down the hall today. Kids have said things like I want to do that. I want to try that.

他對(duì)其他學(xué)生來(lái)講就是精神領(lǐng)袖，盡管他今天已經(jīng)離開(kāi)了學(xué)校。他們說(shuō)我也想要這樣，我也想試一試。

In addition to his achievements, Kwasi just has a great attitude towards life.

在他取得成就之余，Kwasi有的就是對(duì)生活積極樂(lè)觀的態(tài)度。

I mean knowing that I`m going to have a happy day because of the things I`m doing in this day. Because I love doing all of them. So I think that`s what really pushes me.

我是指我知道我現(xiàn)在所做的一切是為了將來(lái)可以過(guò)得更好，因?yàn)槲蚁矚g做這些事情。這是我認(rèn)為對(duì)我最大的推動(dòng)力。