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1..Studying Abroad: Hardships and Rewards
There is no denying the fact that studying abroad is a hotly debated topic today. Obviously, studying abroad has a number of rewards/advantages. In the first place, a student can have access to advanced science and technology as well as desirable working conditions which might not be available at home. In the second place, he can be exposed to entirely new ideas and trends. Last but not least, by living and studying in a foreign country, one can improve his foreign language much faster than at home. Nevertheless, as every coin has two sides, studying abroad also confronts one with a series of hardships. For one thing, learning a foreign language is far from an easy thing at the beginning for most people. For another, a completely new environment with different customs and habits may also be a barrier to overseas students, especially to the young. An added difficulty lies with finance: it can cost a lot to study abroad. From my point of view, the advantages of studying abroad outweigh its disadvantages. But it is a big decision to go abroad to study and one should take into consideration his financial conditions and his ability to adapt to new surrounding. Personally, I choose to go abroad and study if I find it necessary. (Therefore, studying abroad should be viewed as a two-edged sword, which presents us with both benefits and troubles. The best policy, as I see it, is to take into consideration his financial conditions and his ability to adapt to new surrounding. Personally, I choose to go abroad and study if I find it necessary. Landing a Job Related to One’s Major or Not

That every college graduate lands a job perfectly geared to his major depends on a series of prerequisite conditionsthat there are sufficient job opportunities, every graduate loves his major, the pay is satisfactory, and the location of the workplace is ideal, etc. All those conditions render a perfect match between one’s specialty and one’s job a mere wish. In reality, such correspondence is possible only for a few fortunate students. For most students, some of whom cannot even find a job, they should be prepared for jobs only partially or even tangentially related to their major. As a matter of fact, college education does not seek to produce students who only engage in careers based on their major. More and more universities now emphasize foundational and interdisciplinary education to develop broad-caliber students capable of coping with diverse challenges in a rapidly changing world. An important function of university education is just to expand students’ intellectual capacity and enhance their emotional maturity. Students must realize that studying a particular major does not automatically guarantee a ready career in that major. Of course, students embarking on graduate studies should pursue careers related to their major. A student prepared to spend two or three years on a Master’s program and another three or five years on a Ph.D. program must have an intense and genuine interest in a particular subject. The failure to work in a related field would be a huge waste of the time and energy, and of the in-depth knowledge acquired. In seeking a job, a student should opt for the job that accords with his interest and allows him to best exploit his talents. One’s career success depends not necessarily on one’s specialized knowledge, but on how one updates the existing knowledge and fits into a new environment.
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工作是否应与专业相匹配
每个大学毕业生要找到与其专业完全契合的工作,这取决于一系列先决条件:工作机会足够的多,每个毕业生热爱其专业,薪酬令人满意,工作单位的地理位置也甚为理想……
所有这些条件,使工作与专业之间的完美匹配成为一种奢望。在现实中,这种对应只可能出现在为数不多的幸运儿身上。对于大多数甚至连工作都难于找到的学生来说,他们必须准备着去接受那些与其专业只是部分相关、甚至几乎毫不相关的工作。
事实上,大学教育所试图培养的学生,并非仅限于去从事那些基于其专业的工作。现在,越来越多的大学注重基础性教育或交叉学科教育,就是为了培养宽口径的学生,能够应对一个快速变化的社会中不尽相同的挑战。大学教育的一个重要功能是,拓展学生的智力,提高其情感成熟度。学生们应该意识到,从事某个专业的学习,并不自然而然地保证该专业领域中有一个现成的职业在等待着你。
当然,进行研究生学习的学生,应尽量去从事与其专业相关的职业。一个愿意花上二至三年去攻读硕士学位,再花上三至五年去攻读博士学位的学生,必定对某一特定科目有着强烈而诚挚的兴趣。不去从事相关领域中的工作,这是对其青春年华、精力、以及业已获得的深厚学识的一阵巨大浪费。
在寻找工作的过程中,学生应选择那种既合乎其兴趣、又能最充分地使其发挥才华的工作。一个人职业生涯的成功,并非必定取决于其专业知识,而是取决于他如何去更新现有知识,并适应一个全新的环境。
【值得熟记的句式与短语】
1.land 弄到,捞到

2.geared to his major 与其专业完全契合
3.prerequisite conditions 先决条件
4.render ...a mere wish 使....成为一种奢望
5.tangentially 无关的
6.interdisciplinary education 交叉学科教育
7.broad-caliber students 宽口径的学生
8.embarking on graduate studies 进行研究生学习
9.opt for 选择
10.in-depth knowledge 深厚学识
佳句欣赏:
1.Students must realize that studying a particular major does not automatically guarantee a ready career in that major. 学生们应该意识到,从事某个专业的学习,并不自然而然地保证该专业领域中有一个现成的职业在等待着你。
2.Of course, students embarking on graduate studies should pursue careers related to their major. 当然,进行研究生学习的学生,应尽量去从事与其专业相关的职业
Should College Graduates Start Their Own Business?
With the competition in the job market becoming increasingly fierce for college graduates, some ambitious students have tried their hands at launching their own businesses. Over the years, there have been many successful cases of student entrepreneurship and such attempts should be encouraged and promoted by both the universities and the society at large. College students who start businesses are pioneers, among whom will be born China’s future business leaders. Faced with unknown challenges, they are audacious enough to embark on a perilous journey while most of their peers enjoy stable salaries by working as white-collars at high-end office buildings. Nevertheless, they are the masters of their own destiny and, exposed to many more uncertainties and setbacks, they develop perseverance, stamina and the indomitable spirit that are indispensible to all the great entrepreneurs. Even if they fail, they are not down; they keep exploring for new business opportunities and work tirelessly until they succeed. As people of vision, of individual initiative, of leadership, and of creativity and innovation, they represent the future and the hope of a nation. Not all college graduates are suitable for undertaking entrepreneurial projects. To launch a business, one needs to have a sound business idea, a viable business plan, the charisma to create a cohesive team where members make concerted efforts for a common objective, effective managerial skills, and above all, the courage to compete against powerful rivals and ultimately to prevail. The essential difference between the students who become civic servants in government organizations or employees at leading domestic or multinational companies and those who create their own businesses is that the former are docile followers whereas the latter are aggressive trailblazers. For this reason, business-launching college graduates are more admirable, and thus they command our deep respect.
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大学毕业生应否自己创业
对于大学毕业生来说,随着就业市场上的竞争日趋白热化,某些雄心勃勃的学生已开始尝试着去自己创业。在过去几年中,已出现了诸多学生创业的成功案例,因此,此类尝试理应获得学校和整个社会的鼓励与推动。
那些自己进行创业的大学生可被视为先驱,在他们之中,将会诞生中国未来的商界领袖。尽管面对着许多未知的挑战,他们仍无所畏惧地踏上一条充斥着艰难险阻的征程。与此形成对比的是,他们的大多数同龄人却作为白领,在高端写字楼里上班,拿着稳定的薪水。但是,创业的学生才是其命运真正的主人。由于接触到更多的不确定性与挫折,他们形成了锲而不舍、坚忍不拔、顽强不屈的精神,所有这些品质都是杰出企业家所不可或缺的。即使他们失败,他们不会垮掉,他们会不断探索,寻找新的商机,不知疲倦地努力,直至成功。作为一个具有远见卓识、个人进取性、领导力、创造力和创新精神的群体,他们代表着一个国家的未来与希望。
并非所有的大学毕业生都适合去从事创业项目。要想创业,必须要有一个好的商业点子,一个可行的商业规划,非凡的个人魅力以形成一个有凝聚力的团队,使团队成员们步调一致地去奋力实现共同的目标,以及有效的管理才华; 尤其是,需要有敢于与最强劲对手展开竞争、并最终取得胜利的勇气。那些成为政府机构里的公务员的学生,或者那些成为本土大企业或跨国公司的雇员的学生,与那些自己进行创业的学生相比,最本质的差别在于,前者是温顺的追随者,而后者则是奋发进取的探路者。正是基于这一原因,创业的大学毕业生们更令人钦佩,也因而赢得了我们深深的敬意。
【值得熟记的句式与短语】
1. try their hands at launching their own businesses 尝试着自己创业

2. such attempts should be encouraged and promoted by both the universities and the society at large. 此类尝试理应获得学校和整个社会的鼓励与推动。
3. faced with unknown challenges 面对着未知的挑战
4. embark on a perilous journey 踏上一条充斥着艰难险阻的征程
5. white-collars at high-end office buildings在高端写字楼里上班的白领
6. (beexposed to many more uncertainties and setbacks 接触到更多的不确定性与挫折
7. They develop perseverance, stamina and the indomitable spirit. 他们形成了锲而不舍、坚忍不拔、顽强不屈的精神。
8. (be indispensible to all the great entrepreneurs都是杰出企业家所不可或缺的。
9. Even if they fail, they are not down. 即使他们失败,他们不会垮掉。
10. As people of vision, of individual initiative, of leadership, and of creativity and innovation 作为一个具有远见卓识、个人进取性、领导力、创造力和创新精神的群体
11. undertake entrepreneurial projects从事创业项目
12. to launch a business 创业
13.have the charisma to create a cohesive team拥有非凡的个人魅力以形成一个有凝聚力的团队

14.the courage to compete against powerful rivals and ultimately to prevail有敢于与最强劲对手展开竞争、并最终取得胜利的勇气
15. docile followers温顺的追随者
16. aggressive trailblazers 奋发进取的探路者
17. command our deep respect 赢得我们的敬意
The Craze of Pursuing Graduate Studies Each year, millions of Chinese college students sit for qualifying examinations for graduate studies, primarily in Master’s programs. Students prepare for those examinations either through years of arduous self-education or by spending large sums of money attending local training schools. The publishing of examinations-related study materials and the training programs offered, both online and offline, have combined to form a sizable industry. An alarming fact about this craze is that most students pursue graduate studies not out of their voluntary will. Faced with the harsh reality in the employment market, which is forever looking for graduates with higher degrees, many college graduates find going to graduate schools is a good way to avoid unemployment and to enhance one’s competitiveness in future job hunting. However, without that voluntary initiative, most students who do enter graduate schools are not motivated. For them, the only thing that ultimately counts is the degree or the diploma which they expect could give them an upper hand against other job hunters. As to the actual substance of their graduate studies, it’s not a big deal for them, as long as it leads to that degree or diploma. It is really pathetic to see that students undertake gradu
ate studies with an ulterior motivenot for the sake of loving what they study, but for the sake of merely landing a job, which in many cases might be unrelated to what they have studied. The chill truth is that students soon find their anticipations are a mere dream. As so many undergraduates proceed onto graduate studies, the employment situation remains as severe as ever. Instead of bringing about apparent competitive edges, two or three years of additional academic training is simply a waste of time and energy. They need to reflect on this craze and would have been better off distinguishing themselves with outstanding knowledge and skills when they were undergraduates. 【参考译文】

每年,数以百万计的中国大学生参加研究生入学资格考试,主要是攻读硕士学位课程。学生们要么通过数年艰辛的自学,要么通过花上不菲的一笔钱参加当地培训学校的课程,准备这些资格考试。与考试相关的学习材料的出版,以及网上和网下所提供的培训课程,起构成了一个规模可观的产业。
关于这股热潮,一个触目惊心的事实是,大多数学生并不是出于他们自主的意愿而去追求研究生阶段的学习的。面对着就业市场上严峻的现实,看着雇主们永远将目光投向那些学历更高的毕业生,许多大学生发现,进入研究生院去攻读硕士学位不失为一个良策,一方面避免了失业,另一方面可以提升未来求职过程中的竞争力。
然则,没有了那份由衷而发的积极性,最终得以进入研究生院的学生,其中大多数缺乏自我上进的动力。对于他们而言,最终而言,唯有其文凭或学位事关重大。他们希望,这个学位或文凭能提升其优势,战胜其他求职者。至于他们研究生课程实际学习什么内容,于他
们而言并非关键所在,只要所学的东西能带来一纸学位或文凭即可。看着学生们并非怀着一种真实的意图去攻读研究生课程,实在令人感到悲哀:学生们并不真正热爱其所学的内容,而只是为了找到一份工作,并且这份工作在很多情形中可能与其所学专业毫不相关。
一个令人心寒的事实真相是,学生们很快就会发现,他们的期望纯粹是一种幻想。由于本科之后继续读研的学生如此之众,就业形势一如既往地严峻。二至三年额外的学术训练没能给学生带来显著的竞争优势,而是令他们白白地浪费了时光与精力,大学生们有必要对此热潮展开反思。如果他们早在本科期间就以优异的学识与能力脱颖而出的话,他们的处境肯定会来的好得多。
College Students on the Job Market(大学生就业)
More and more graduates are going out of universities and entering into the society every year while the demand on the job market remains stable. The college students are facing greater and greater pressure in job-hunting. There are many reasons behind the current phenomenon. To begin with, the economy has been confronted with depression in recent years on a global level, and it takes time for the worldwide economy to recover. What's more, there is an element of irrationality in the enrollment of the campuses. Some hot majors have enrolled too many students, and many people compete for one position after graduation, whereas the majors with little attention have few students, and more graduates are needed than the campus can supply. The solution to this problem lies with both the government as a whole and the individual in specific. The government takes whatever measures possible to help the economy recover and to create more job opportunities for the applicants. And for the individual stud
ents, it is better to study what they are interested in and to gain experience through practice, thus better prepared for the society.

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