時尚雙語:誰將成爲年的哈佛美男?
Harvard's online Freeze College magazine holds a beauty pageant for newly enrolled male students every year.
哈佛校園網絡雜誌“冰凍校園”每年都要舉辦一次哈佛新入校男生的“選美大會”。
Being Mr. Harvard Freshman is really a tough job: in addition to looks, the winner needs to have a sense of humor and an outgoing, charismatic personality. But before all that, he has to undergo a rather grueling competition to win the title.
由於代表着新一屆學生的風采，“哈佛男生”的遴選標準近乎苛刻——除了外形出衆、幽默、機智和富有人格魅力外，還要經歷層層考驗。
Out of over 700 freshmen from all over the world, 80 are chosen to take part in the contest. A second vote by students picks 30 to go on to the next round. Only 13 can make it to the final, in which they undergo a strict exam. After that, online voters select their favorite man, and a Mr Harvard Freshman emerges.
首先是海選，從700多名來自世界各地的哈佛新生中公開投票選出80名入圍選手，然後再由全校學生網絡公投，選出30名進入半決賽，一番PK後留下13名男生，在接受各方面人士的嚴格考覈和網絡投票後，最終誕生一位“哈佛男生”。
This genuinely fair procedure means that Mr. Harvard Freshman deserves his legend, "the star of Harvard".
整個選舉過程遵循真實、公平的原則，可以說，最終奪冠的這位“哈佛男生”絕對是實至名歸的“哈佛之星”。
This year the 13 contestants are from America, Singapore, France and Finland, among other countries. Their different cultural backgrounds make for different personalities. Some are athletes, some are refined; others are nervous, obviously scared by the occasion.
如今，“哈佛男生”已經進行到2012屆比賽的最後環節——13名候選者正等待最後一次網絡投票。13位帥哥來自美國、新加坡、法國和芬蘭等國家和地區，不同的文化背景也造就了他們迥然不同的氣質，既有斯文學院派，又有陽光運動男，當然，憂鬱靦腆型的也很受歡迎。
In order that students can get a better insight into the young men, Freeze College makes available detailed online profiles to Harvard's voting public.
爲了讓學生們更加了解這13位花樣美男，“冰凍校園”在網上開闢了專題供候選者展示風采。
On the topic webpage, there are questions for the guys to answer; for example "Why do you think Harvard are the best?"
在“哈佛男生”的專題中，除了13位選手的基本資料外，還附有一些機智問答。每個男生都回答了爲什麼他們認爲哈佛的女生最棒這個問題。
But flattering the female voters doesn't necessarily make a candidate a winner. Last year's Mr Harvard Freshman, Siddhant Singh Dormi, from Mumbai, India said that a relationship should develop naturally; showering a girl with complements wasn't the way to her heat. The simplicity and honesty of his answer must have gone a long way to winning him that year's Mr Harvard Freshman title.
儘管每個選手都會在回答中對哈佛女生極盡讚譽，但這並不代表嘴甜就能奪冠。相反，事實證明，哈佛女生還真不吃這一套——上屆的冠軍是來自印度孟買的斯丁哈特·森格，他甚至認爲不需要故意跟女孩搭訕，如果有緣，那麼感情自然而然會發生。這樣樸實無華但又智慧十足的回答，立刻捕獲了衆多支持者的心，使他戰勝其他對手。
