1、作文：In my understanding, if we refer to an ideal college life as a formal western dinner, then a high GPA, that is, Grade Point Average, should be the main course, while an active part in activities, together with associations, means the appetizer. Some romances, of course, play the role as desserts. They are the 3 key elements for an ideal college life.
Those, however, are not what college life is all about. As we all know, college is wildly different from middle school. It connects not only adolescence to adulthood, but also the ivory tower to the real society. Therefore, the ideal college life is that I become matured both physically and mentally, and that I obtain qualified academic knowledge and get well prepared for society at the same time.
Under this circumstance, I never expect my college life to be too ideal, or you can call it too perfect. It is not realistic to make all things on my own way, with everyone liking me, winning the first prize all the time, and so on. Of course, I’d like to lead a carefree life. However, this does little good to my future. What really helps is hardships like failure, betrayal, and unjust treatment. Only after experiencing those can I know what society is like, and what life is like.
To conclude my speech, I wanna say, some positive experiences are surely part of the ideal college life. But, I should not forget about the negative sides. They are not less necessary.
2、翻译：在我的理解中，如果我们把理想的大学生活称为正式的西餐，那么高GPA，也就是平均成绩，应该是主菜，而积极参加活动，加上交往，就意味着开胃菜。当然，有些浪漫故事扮演着甜点的角色。它们是理想大学生活的三大要素。
然而，这些并不是大学生活的全部。众所周知，大学和中学大不相同。它不仅把青春期与成年联系起来，而且把象牙塔和现实社会联系起来。因此，理想的大学生活是我身心成熟，同时获得合格的学术知识和为社会做好准备。
在这种情况下，我从不期望我的大学生活太理想，或者你可以说它太完美了。所有事情都按我自己的方式来做是不现实的，每个人都喜欢我，一直拿一等奖等等。当然，我想过一种无忧无虑的生活。然而，这对我的未来没什么好处。真正有帮助的是像失败、背叛和不公正待遇这样的困难。只有经历了这些，我才能知道社会是什么样的，生活是什么样的。
最后，我想说，一些积极的经历肯定是理想大学生活的一部分。但是，我不应该忘记消极的一面。它们的必要性并不低。
