Unit Seven Education and employment
Passage one
1.Fourteen years of higher education and a handful of Ivy League degrees, and there I was, stiff
and stupid, struck dumb by my own dumbness.
鈥?/p>
Ivy retardation,
鈥?/p>
a friend of mine calls this.
1.
鎴戝崄鍥涘勾鐨勫ぇ瀛︽暀鑲插拰鍦ㄥ嚑鎵�甯告槬钘ゅぇ瀛﹀伐浣滅殑缁忓巻浣垮緱鎴戝偦涔庝箮绔欏湪閭ｉ噷锛岀鎷欎笉鐪嬶紝
灏村艾涓嶅凡銆傛湁涓湅鍙嬬О杩欑鐜拌薄涓衡�滃父鏄ヨ棨閿欎綅鈥濄�?/p>
2. To consider that while some opportunities are being created, others are being canceled and that
while some abilities are being developed, others are being crippled is, within this context, not only
outrageous, but inconceivable.
2.
浣嗘槸鍐嶈繖涓儗鏅笅锛屽鏋滆涓哄畠鍒涢�犱簡涓�浜涙満浼氾紝鍗翠抚澶变簡鍏朵粬鏈轰細锛屽煿鍏讳簡鏈変簺鑳藉姏锛?/p>
鍗村叾娑堝急浜嗗叾浠栬兘鍔涳紝涓嶄粎鏄ぇ閫嗕笉閬撶殑鑰屼笖鏄笉鍙�濊鐨勩�?/p>
3. There is nothing wrong with taking pride in one
鈥?/p>
s intellect or knowledge. There is something
wrong with the smugness and self-congratulation that elite schools connive at.
3.
瀵硅嚜宸辩殑鏅烘収鎴栬�呭彧鏄劅鍒拌嚜璞病鏈変换浣曚笉瀵圭殑鍦版柟锛?/p>
闂鍑虹幇鍦ㄥ悕鐗屽ぇ瀛﹀綍鍙栭�氱煡涔﹁繘
鍏ュ闂ㄧ殑鏃跺埢璧凤紝鏄悕鐗屽ぇ瀛︽墍绾靛鐨勬簿娌捐嚜鍠滃拰鑷垜鍚规崸銆?/p>
4.Not
the
most
abject
academic
failure,
not
the
most
heinous
act
of
plagiarism,
not
even
threatening a fellow student with bodily harm
鈥?/p>
I
鈥?/p>
ve heard of all three
鈥?/p>
will get you expelled.
4.
涓嶇鏄渶缁濇湜鐨勮绋嬩笉鍙婃牸锛岃繕鏄渶鍙伓鐨勬妱琚姡琛岋紝鐢氳嚦瀵瑰叾浠栧悓瀛︾殑韬綋浼ゅ鐨勫▉鑳?/p>
绛夐兘涓嶄細琚紑闄わ紝杩欎笁绉嶆儏鍐垫垜閮藉惉璇磋繃銆?/p>
5.Long
before
they
got
to
college,
they
turned
themselves
into
world-class
hoop-jumpers
and
teacher-pleasers, getting A
鈥?/p>
s in every class no matter how boring they found the teacher or how
pointless
the
subject,
racking
up
eight
or
ten
extracurricular
activities
no
matter
what
else
they
wanted to do with their time.
5.
鍦ㄤ粬浠繘鍏ュぇ瀛︿箣鍓嶅緢涔呭氨宸茬粡鎶婅嚜宸卞彉鎴愪笘鐣屼竴娴佺殑淇甯栬�筹紝璁ㄥソ鑰佸笀鐨勫皬鐖櫕锛屽湪
姣忛棬璇句笂閮藉緱浼樼鎴愮哗锛?/p>
涓嶇浠栦滑瑙夊緱杩欎釜鑰佸笀澶氫箞涔忓懗锛?/p>
涓嶇浠栬寰楄繖闂ㄨ澶氫箞娌℃湁鎰忎箟銆?/p>
浠栦滑涔熷敖鍔涚Н绱叓鍒板崄涓澶栨椿鍔紝涓嶇澶氫箞鎯崇敤杩欎簺鏃堕棿鍋氬埆鐨勪簨鎯呫�?/p>
Passage two
1.Certainly
many
neurotic
boomer
parents-and
their
stressed-out
,resume-building
teenagers
鈥?/p>
assume
that
it
is
always
better
to
choose
Harvard
over
Big
State
U.
because
of
Harvard
鈥?/p>
s
presumably
superior
educational
environment,
better
alumni
connections,
and
more
lucrative
on-campus recruiting opportunities.
瀵逛簬閭ｄ簺鍦ㄧ敓鑲查珮宄版湡鍑虹敓锛?/p>
宸蹭负浜虹埗姣嶇殑浜哄拰浠栦滑鐒﹁檻涓嶅畨锛?/p>
鏁存棩蹇欎簬澧炲姞闃呭巻锛?/p>
浠ヤ娇绠�
鍘嗗唴瀹规洿鍔犱赴瀵岀殑鍗佸嚑宀佺殑瀛╁瓙鏉ヨ锛?/p>
閫夋嫨鍝堜經澶у褰撶劧姣旈噸鐐瑰窞绔嬪ぇ瀛︽洿濂姐�?/p>
鍥犱负鍝堜經鍙?/p>
鑳戒細鏈変紭瓒婄殑鏁欒偛鐜锛屾洿濂界殑鏍″弸鍦堝瓙锛屼互鍙婃洿鍔犺浜虹殑鏍″洯鎷涜仒鏈轰細銆?/p>
2.It
鈥?/p>
s true that big law firms,
major teaching hospitals, and investment banks
鈥?/p>
heck, even the
offices of FORTUNE
鈥?/p>
are stuffed with Ivy Leaguers. It
鈥?/p>
s also true that if you want a career at
what passes for the American establishment
鈥?/p>
Sullivan&Cromwell, McKinsey, Goldman Sachs
鈥?/p>
a
gilt-edged diploma is a distinct advantage.
浜嬪疄涓婏紝澶у瀷娉曞緥鍏徃锛?/p>
涓昏绀烘暀鍖婚櫌鍜屾姇璧勯摱琛岋紝鐢氳嚦鏄储瀵屾潅蹇楃殑鍔炲叕瀹わ紝婊℃槸甯告槬钘?/p>
瀛︾敓銆?/p>
杩欎篃鏄簨瀹烇紝
濡傛灉浣犳兂鍦ㄨ褰撳仛缇庡浗缁忔祹鍩虹煶鐨勫叕鍙歌皨寰椾竴浠借亴涓氾紝
濡傝嫃鍒╂枃锛婂厠浼?/p>
濞佸皵寰嬪笀浜嬪姟鎵�锛岄害鑲敗锛岄珮鐩涚瓑锛岄偅涔堜竴浠介暥閲戠殑瀛︿綅璇佷功鏃犵枒鏄竴涓嫭鐗圭殑浼樺娍銆?/p>
3.The
advantages
of
Harvard,
in
other
words,
confer
few
benefits
on
the
class
slacker.
Robert
Zemsky.
An
education
professor
at
the
University
of
Pennsylvania,
who
believes
a
prestigious