As an academician,I think Mathematics isan intriguing and absorbing science.[qh]

作为一名学者，我认为数学是一门既有趣又引人入胜的科学。[qh]

How ever, many of my students consider itan abstract science and they hate it because the equations are too difficult toabsorb and to remember.[qh]

然而，我的许多学生却认为这是一门抽象科学，他们憎恨数学，因为数学公式太难理解又太难记住。[qh]

I think my students would laugh if theyknew how I became so interest in Math.[qh]

我想如果我的学生知道我是如何对数学产生兴趣的，一定会哄堂大笑。[qh]

When I was a freshman in college, I alsobelieve Math was a mere abstraction. Study it was like falling into a spinningabyss of numbers and symbols.[qh]

上大一时，我也觉得数学无非就是一种抽象，学数学就好像掉进了数字和符号那令人眩晕的深渊。[qh]

Just thinking about it seems like an abuseof my brain.[qh]

仅仅是思考数学问题似乎都在浪费大脑。[qh]

However, my entire tuition was financed byan academic scholarship, so I have to maintain high marks in all of my classes,including Math.[qh]

但由于我的学费全靠学习奖学金，因此我不得不每门功课都拿高分，这自然也包括数学。[qh]

My most abstruse class was AdvancedCalculus Mathematics.[qh]

最深奥难懂的课非微积分莫属。[qh]

It was taught in a large lecture hall whichabutted the North access gate of the University.[qh]

当时在一个大讲堂上课，这个课堂紧靠学习北门的入口。[qh]

Unlike many absentees in my class who oftenabstained from attending the boring lectures, I dare not absolve myself fromthis responsibility.[qh]

班里诸多缺席者常常是刻意回避那些无聊的讲座，我却不敢自作主张的免除听课的责任。[qh]

Any degree of absenteeism would cause me tofail Math and to lose my scholarship.[qh]

旷课次数无论多少都可能导致我数学的不及格，[qh]

I was so afraid of failing that I evenpledged abstinence from my abundant supply of alcohol.[qh]

甚至还发誓要对自己充裕的酒类供应加以节制。[qh]

It wasn't until the fourth week of Mathclass when I met the wonderful person who would accelerate my interest andunderstanding of this absurd subject.[qh]

数学课上到第四周，我才遇到那位促使为对这门荒谬的学科产生兴趣继而理解它的好人。[qh]

She was a foreign exchange student fromBeijing.[qh]

她是从北京来的交换生，也是一位卓越的数学家。[qh]

She was also a brilliant mathematician. Shewould come to the class everday in a coulorful silk scraf that accentuated herlovely smile.[qh]

每天她都会系着一条色彩鲜艳的围巾来上课，那条围巾更衬托出她的笑脸。[qh]

It was so nice to meet someone from my homecountry.[qh]

能遇到同胞真是太好了。[qh]

She inspired me to love Math.[qh]

她激起了我对数学的热爱。[qh]

Although we now live and teach in differentcountries, I still see her smiling face between every number I write![qh]

尽管我们现在在不同的国家生活和教学，我仍能在我写下的各个数字间看到她微笑的脸庞！[qh]