第十三课 live and learn.pptVIP

第十三课 Live and Learn Good grades and a good job are easy to get. A good education is a different story. 好分数和好工作都不难获得，但接受良好的教育却是另一回事。 译1： Her eyelids sank from lack of sleep, but Terasa’s exams were always perfect, her writings longer than required, and her math problems rewritten to ensure cleanness. She played the violin and the piano, volunteered at the hospital, participated in various school clubs and enjoyed none of them. 译2：It seemed that she was born to succeed and was more than willing to sacrifice hereself in the name of achievement. I watched her as her laughter stopped. And on Teresa’s graduation day, she wore the valedictory （告别的，告辞的） medal, but her eyes were empty. 全优毕业生的奖章 译3：Many students today display a worrying tendency to choose universities, fields of study and careers on the basis of earning potential. 当今许多学生表现出一种让人不安的倾向，他们基于将来能挣多少钱的考虑来选择院校、研究领域和职业。 In a large 1989 survey of college students all over the U.S., 72 percent of the students reported that their primary goal in attending college was to make more money upon graduation. This state of mind came with the present generation. Studies show that the majority of baby boomers attended college to develop themselves, their critical thinking skills and their personal philosophies of life. Nationally, the number of students (going into business-related fields) has sharply increased, and 译4： the rise has been attributed primarily to the change in educational and career emphases. 译5：At Duke, Economics is now the most popular major, attracting nearly 15 percent of the undergraduates, while history majors are only 5 percent of the undergraduate population. 译6：Thirty years ago the situation was reversed, with economic and business administration majors together being 8.7 percent of the undergraduates and almost 12 percent of the undergraduates declaring them history majors. The number of English majors has also decreased from 9 percent in 1969 to 5.5 percent today. 译7