Last year, he applied to Harvard University for a scholarship and succeeded in passing a difficult examination.
去年,他向哈佛大学申请奖学金并通过了一个很难的考试。
but I do not turn for protection to dreary cliches about respect of elders -- as if mere age were a reason for respect.
但我不会用应当尊重长者这一套陈词滥调来为我自己辨护,似乎年长就是受人尊敬的理由。