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Trend of luxury dorms
豪华宿舍走向主流
Tanning salons, shopping malls, and pool waterfalls are some of the facilities offered at colleges across the country, like Boston University's new 35-foot climbing wall.
日光浴沙龙、购物中心、瀑布泳池，这些都是美国大学提供的生活设施的一部分，比如，波士顿大学就新建了一面35英尺高的攀岩墙。
Sandy Baum, a senior analyst of higher education policy, says, "Students are driving the trend.
桑迪·鲍姆是一名高等教育政策高级分析师，他说：“学生正在推动这一趋势。
It's not so much colleges wanting to be country clubs; it's students who want to live in country clubs."
并不是院校想把自己打造成乡村俱乐部；是学生们自己想住乡村俱乐部。”
Some critics argue such grand accommodations distract students from college's real purpose.
一些批评人士认为，如此豪华的住宿条件会让学生们脱离大学的真正初衷。
However, Jonathan Zimmerman argues, "The undergraduate university experience should be about getting kids to answer the basic question—What is a life worth living?
然而，乔纳森·齐默尔曼认为，“大学本科生的经历应该是让孩子们能够回答一个基本问题——值得过的生活是什么样的生活？
By making all these lovely things for the kids, we are answering that question for them."
通过为孩子们提供所有这些好东西，我们就是在帮他们回答这个问题。”
Not everyone agrees with the luxury-dorm enthusiasm.
然而，并不是所有人都赞同追求豪华宿舍的这种热情。
Berea College in Kentucky has adopted a unique approach to the problem of limited budgets and spoiled kids:
肯塔基州的伯里亚学院就独辟蹊径，想出了一招一举解决预算有限、学生们被娇惯坏了这两个问题的办法：
Dorms are furnished by the college crafts workshops, food is provided by the school's farm, and students are required to work 10 hours a week in various campus jobs.
大学宿舍的陈设由大学手工艺工作室提供，食物由学校的农场提供，还要求学生们每周从事10个小时的校园工作。
"It is about identity and the culture you want to develop," say the college authorities.
“问题在于你想创造怎样的校园和怎样的文化，”校方说。
"In the end, every community has choices to make.
“归根结底，每个学校都有很多选择。
It's who you choose to be."
关键在于你怎么选。”
