The intramural athletic program pits residential colleges against each other in friendly, spirited contests.

校内运动项目使各个住宿学院在友好、活泼的气氛下竞赛。

For the extracurricular activities, there are countless ways to become involved in residential college life.

对于课外活动部分，学生有许许多多的融人住宿学院生活的方式。

Yale faculty members from a broad spectrum of disciplines are associated with each residential college.

来自各种专业的教职员都分属于各个住宿学院。

Students remain affiliated with their residential college for all four years (and beyond).

学生整个四年（或四年以上） 都隶属于自己所在的住宿学院。

As you settle into your residential colleges and begin your classes, I invite you to participate in a dialogue.

当你们在住宿学院安顿下来开始上课时，我鼓励你们加入一场场对话之中。

Yale's residential college system which is more than seventy years old is perhaps the most distinctive feature of the College.

耶鲁的住宿学院体制已拥有70多年的历史，而且恐怕它也是耶鲁学院最具特色的地方。

Before freshman year, all incoming undergraduates are assigned to one of the twelve residential colleges by the individual college deans with two considerations in mind: compatibility and diversity.

在开学之前，每个学院的学监已经为所有即将入学的新生分配好了其所归属的住宿学院。这个分配是基于两方面的考虑的：相容性与多样性。

The original house was converted into a residential college for the university in 1940 and since then has continued to be added on to and modernized.

1940 年，原来的房子被改建为大学的住宿学院，此后不断扩建和现代化。

The twelve residential colleges all have their own master and dean who live in the college with their families and eat their meals with students in the dining hall.

每所住宿学院都有各自的院长及学监，他们和家人都住在学院里，并且同学生一样在食堂吃饭。