Meeting a date, the grad student is trapped in a restaurant far exceeding his food budget.
约会时，博士生被困在了一个远超自己食物预算的饭店。
The grad student is informed that the undergrad to whom he gave a D- is the son of a major university donor.
博士生被告知，他打了D-的学生是学校大金主的儿子。
Afraid of being cold-called, the grad student glares at the professor in a daring game of reverse psychology.
怕被冷不丁地点名回答问题，博士生不像别人一样躲闪着教授的目光，反而直勾勾地盯着教授。
Spending the weekend coming up with one comment, the grad student deflates as a classmate makes the point first.
用了整个周末想到了一个评论，但是却被同学抢答了，博士生感到非常泄气。
Feeling no less confined at a spacious cafe, the grad student confronts the reality that his work is his prison.
在一间宽广的咖啡厅里却没有束缚感，博士生不得不面对他的工作就是他的监狱这个事实。
Lounging on the toilet, the grad student has the five most productive minutes of his day.
坐在马桶上的五分钟，是博士生每天最有生产力的五分钟。
The grad student marvels at how the professor's random thoughts eclipse several months of his dissertation work.
博士生想不通为什么教授随便的想法就超过了他几个月的工作。
Overhearing business school students complain about their workload, the grad student slowly counts to ten.
听到商学院的学生们抱怨自己的工作量，博士生慢慢数到10.
Flying to a conference, the grad student loses the ability to finish some last-minute work.
飞机起飞了，博士生失去了踩线完成工作的机会。
Sleeping in a budget motel, the grad student sits in the glow of an old TV that is brighter than his future.
谁在廉价旅馆，博士生看着比自己前途更光明的老式电视。
Spotting multiple errors on his poster, the grad student is almost relieved that nobody is looking at his research.
发现自己的海报上有数处错误，博士生庆幸没有人来看自己的研究。
Checking that the coast is clear, the grad student makes his third pass at the free cookies at the exhibition stall.
环顾四周无人，博士生第三次若无其事地走过一个参展商的免费饼干。
Seeing a renowned scholar at a reception, the grad student is sucked into a black hole of panic and worthlessness.
在招待会上认出一个著名学者，博士生陷入了恐慌和价值感缺失的黑洞。
Drawing the motel's blinds with hopes for a better and brighter day, the grad student faces a brick wall.
打开旅馆的百叶窗以期看到更好和更明亮的一天，博士生看到的是一堵墙。
Attending the panel that rejected his paper proposal, the grad student inwardly trashes each presenter's research.
参加了一个拒绝了自己提交论文的讨论组，博士生内心把每个人的研究都贬低了一遍。
Conversing with an impressive presenter, the grad student withers when he learns that she is a rising second-year.
与一个很有魅力的演讲者交谈后，博士生发现她只是研二，内心收到一万点打击。
Visiting the office of a colleague that just became an assistant professor, the grad student stifles a deep sigh.
遇见一个最近拿到助理教授的同事，博士生发出了长长的叹息。
Updating a friend about his life, the grad student hears himself say the word "still" a troubling number of times.
告诉一个朋友自己的生活时，博士生听到自己说了很多次“还是”
Seeing some colleagues head to an invite-only reading group, the grad student needs no book to know he is unwanted.
看到一些同事前往一个被邀请了才能加入的读书会，博士生没有书，因为他没有被邀请。
Perusing the latest journal, the grad student notices an article that is uncomfortably similar to his dissertation.
在最新的一期杂志，博士生读到一篇与自己的毕业论文非常相似的文章。
Needing a letter of recommendation, the grad student begins to suspect that his advisor is avoiding him.
当需要推荐信的时候，博士生开始怀疑导师是故意躲着他的。
Handing out his section syllabus, the grad student suppresses the thought that it will be his most widely read piece of writing.
把讨论课的大纲发给别人时，博士生拼命地遏制“这将是我读者最多的著作”这一念头。
Scanning the smorgasbord at the dining hall, the grad student develops a plan of attack to eat away his sorrows.
自助餐厅里，博士生决定大吃一顿来疗伤。
Preparing to ravenously stuff his face, the grad student catches the confused and pitying glances of two of his students.
正打算埋头苦吃时，博士生看到自己班上的两个学生正用困惑和同情的眼神看着自己。
Being reminded of his childhood by his soft serve, the grad student flashes back to a time when he thought he would amount to something.
被冰淇淋枸杞童年的回忆，博士生恍惚回到那个以为自己将来会有所成就的年代。
Kicking off his last office hours before the first major paper is due, the grad student regrets not setting up an online appointment system.
学生纷纷来请教第一次大作业时，博士生为自己没有建立网上预约系统感到非常后悔。
Stopping by a former student's graduation party, the grad student limply shakes the hand of the undergrad that he taught in her first year.
在一个曾经的学生毕业派对上，博士生无力地与他握手，他当她的助教时她才一年级。
Failing to find a single functioning stapler, the grad student struggles to keep things together.
所有的订书机都不能用，博士生努力让自己不发疯。
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