During her uy days, her excuse was, \"I\'m sorry, I don\'t want to date in college.\"

    她大学时的借口是：对不起，大学阶段我不谈恋爱。

    After starting her career, she said, \"I\'m sorry, I want to foy career for the  few years. No time for romance.\"

    工作后的借口是：对不起，最近几年我想以事业为重，不谈恋爱。

    But durigraduate studies, her exged to, \"We are not suitable.\" rather than I don\'t want to date.

    研究生时的借口却变了，不是不谈恋爱，而是我们不合适。

    She had started to think more deeply about love and marriage.

    因为这个时候她已经开始对爱情婚姻这个话题深入思考。

    While she  student during her ue years, she became a lesser-kn her postgraduate studies. Not because Gu Xiang lacked brillia because she attended a differey level.

    大学时期的学霸在研究生阶段是碌碌无名的，她很普通，并非顾湘不优秀，而是学校的档次不同。

    She had studied at an e fraduate degree and theo a world-iversity fraduate studies.

    她本科是就读于一所普通院校，而研究生是世界一流大学。

    Surrounded by numerous social elites, Gu Xiang ood out and was he ter of atte an irl, passionately g her dreams.

    面对众多社会精英，顾湘就泯然众矣，所以她不再受瞩目，不再是众人的焦点，只是一个普普通通追梦的女孩子。

    Despite fag poverty and the ges of balang work and study, she persevered, moviime jobs and academics.

    贫穷，坚强，半工半读，身影穿梭于兼职和学业的忙碌生活中。

    With ext spoken English, finding a job i allowed her to work and study simultaneously wasn\'t diffi her part-time work, she enany fellow ese students who were als to achieve their ad life goals, driven by their owion. She admired their resilien a fn land, where life might heir spirits remained fiery and full of ce.

    她口语极好，所以在美国找份能供得起自己半工半读的工作并不难，在勤工俭学中她也遇到了一些自强不息，靠着自己个人的力量去实现自己的学业梦，去追逐自己的人生梦的中国同胞。

    Humarange animals. In their het exeet fners who e to a, eager to chat with them and practice their language skills. However, they see people of different rad bads after going abrely, they find themselves resisting suterad longing for the preseheir fellow ese, feeling that ese faces are more appealing.

    人其实是很奇怪的动物，我们在国内，见到来中国的外国人很是兴奋，都想往外国人身边去凑热闹，和他们聊天，然后锻炼自己的口语和听力能力。可是出了国后，见到的都是和自己不同肤色、不同种族的人，看多了外国人的身影后心中居然不知为何生出了抵抗之情，反而更怀念中国人的身影，觉得还是中国人的身形面孔好看。

    While in the US, Gu Xiao speh ese students aerag with her fellow ese. Even while w at a five-star hotel, she felt the same  aing with ese staff.

    在美国的时光，顾湘更喜欢和中国学生待在一起，也更喜欢和中国人相处，就连一起在五星级酒店工作也一样，她也同样喜欢和中国服务员交谈。

    She firmly believed that poverty was o be ashamed of. It was oo feel inferior because of it.

    贫穷并不可耻，因贫穷自卑才可耻。

    She admired her hardw colleagues who pursued their dreams through part-time jobs ae living iry with ges, their hearts remained passio , but they exuded self-assurance.

    她觉得这些和自己勤工俭学的同事都是可敬可佩的，虽然身处寒冷世界，他们的内心仍是火热。生活或许不尽如意，但他们的内心充满自信。