英國52歲流浪漢被劍橋錄取 主修英國文學

A 52--year--old man who spent most of his adult life sleeping rough and selling copies of a magazine to help the homeless has enrolled at Britain's illustrious Cambridge University.

近日，英國名校劍橋大學錄取了一名成年後大部分時間露宿街頭、並靠賣一份旨在幫助無家可歸者的雜誌爲生的52歲男子。

Geoff Edwards says he left school at a young age with two qualifications and few ambitions, then ended up homeless in the city of Cambridge after work as a field laborer dried up.

這位名叫傑夫·愛德華茲的男子表示，他年輕時拿了兩個證書後便輟學了，也沒有什麼雄心壯志。後來，在失去一份牧場工人的工作後，他成了劍橋市的一名流浪漢。

Now Edwards is studying English literature, having completed a college course designed for adults who want to return to education or need extra qualifications to go on to university.

愛德華茲現在主修英國文學，且已經修完了一門爲希望接受再教育或需要更多證書以報考高校的成年人設計的大學課程。

"I didn't think of applying to Cambridge -- I didn't think Cambridge University would take someone like me, but my (course) tutor encouraged me to apply," Edwards said in a statement.

愛德華茲在一則聲明中稱：“我之前沒有想過申請劍橋--我不認爲劍橋大學會選我這樣的人，但是我的（課程）導師鼓勵我去申請。”

"It is the first thing I am proud of in my life," he said.

他說道：“這是我此生第一件爲自己感到驕傲的事情。”

Edwards said it had always been his "dream" to attend Cambridge, considered one of the top universities in the world.

愛德華茲表示，能夠進入被視爲世界一流學府之一的劍橋大學一直是他的“夢想”。

The number of homeless people in Britain has soared past 300,000 -- an increase of 4 percent on last year -- with one in 200 sleeping rough, the housing charity Shelter said.

住房慈善基金Shelter透露，在英國，現在無家可歸者的數量已經超過了30萬，同比去年增加了4%，其中每200個人中就有1個人露宿街頭。