英国52岁流浪汉被剑桥录取

2018-11-29

疯狂英语·新读写 2018年7期

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52岁的流浪汉都能被名校录取,我们还有什么理由不努力？

A 52-year-old man spent most of his adult life sleeping rough and selling copies of a magazine.Luckily enough， he has①beenrecentlyadmitted toCambridge University.

Geoff Edwards says he left school at a young age with two qualifications and few ambitions,and then②ended uphomeless in the city of Cambridge after work as a field laborer dried up.

Now Edwards is studying English literature,having completed a college course designed for adults who want to return to education or need extra qualifications to go on to university.

“I didn’t think of③applying toCambridge—I didn’t think Cambridge University would take someone like me,but my tutor encouraged me to apply,”Edwards said in a statement.

“It is the first thing I④am proud ofin my life,” he said.

Edwardssaidithadalwaysbeenhis“dream”to attend Cambridge,considered one of the top universities in the world.

“⑤The number ofhomeless people in Britain has soared past 300,000—an increase of 4 percentlast year—with one in 200 sleeping rough,” the housing charitySheltersaid.