高考結(jié)束了歧焦,成績(jī)出來了,又該填志愿了上真,你家的七大姑八大姨們開始咨詢你的學(xué)校咬腋、專業(yè)等等情況了嗎?
開個(gè)玩笑睡互,哈哈哈根竿,但確實(shí)應(yīng)該具體情況具體分析:D
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那么,志愿究竟怎么選就珠?選學(xué)校還是選專業(yè)呢寇壳?今天,我們就一起來看看《經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)人》2015年的這篇文章妻怎。
雖然文章非常簡(jiǎn)短九巡,只有兩段話配上兩張圖,但信息量還是比較豐富的蹂季,從中我們也能學(xué)到不少精彩表達(dá),特別是數(shù)值圖表寫作相關(guān)的疏日。
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Is your degree worth it?
It depends what you study, not where
○ be worth it: 是值得的偿洁,物有所值;
其實(shí)文章大標(biāo)題就告訴了你答案“It depends what you study, not where”沟优。你的學(xué)歷有價(jià)值嗎涕滋?取決于你所學(xué)的(專業(yè)),而非學(xué)校挠阁。
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下面看文章第一段宾肺,
? 第一句,A new report from PayScale, a research firm, calculates the returns to a college degree.
這份報(bào)告來源于PayScale侵俗,這是一家薪酬統(tǒng)計(jì)調(diào)查公司锨用,尤以發(fā)布美國(guó)大學(xué)畢業(yè)生的薪水排行聞名。
○ return 很好理解隘谣,作為名詞增拥,返回,回報(bào);報(bào)答掌栅,這里指“收益秩仆;利潤(rùn);收入”(the profit that you get from an investment)
舉個(gè)??
The return on the money we invested was very low.
我們投資獲得的收益很低猾封。
? 第二句澄耍,Its authors compare the career earnings of graduates with the present-day cost of a degree at their alma maters, net of financial aid.
○ present-day 就是“現(xiàn)在的,當(dāng)前的晌缘,當(dāng)今的”
舉個(gè)??:當(dāng)今的觀點(diǎn) present-day attitudes
○ alma maters: [??lm? 'mɑ:t?(r)]“母校”的意思(the school, college, or university where you studied)齐莲,此外還可以指“校歌”(the official song of a school, college, or university)
? 第三句,College is usually worth it, but not always, it transpires. And what you study matters far more than where you study it.
○ transpire: 指的是“(秘密或未知事實(shí))暴露枚钓,公開铅搓,為人所知”(it transpires that something has happened, this previously secret or unknown fact becomes known.)
舉個(gè)??
It may yet transpire that ministers knew more than they are admitting at the moment.
但有一天人們或許會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn),部長(zhǎng)們當(dāng)時(shí)知道的比他們現(xiàn)在承認(rèn)的要多搀捷。
此外星掰,它還可以表示“發(fā)生”,一個(gè)可以替換“happen”的更高級(jí)說法嫩舟。
舉個(gè)??
We had to watch the replay to figure out what had transpired.
我們得看回放才能知道究竟發(fā)生了什么氢烘。
○“And (what you study) matters far more than (where you study it)”這句跟標(biāo)題呼應(yīng),統(tǒng)計(jì)報(bào)告指出家厌,你所學(xué)的專業(yè)遠(yuǎn)比你在哪里就讀更重要(matters far more than)播玖。
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下面看文章的另一段:
? 前兩句,Engineers and computer scientists do best, earning an impressive 20-year annualised return of 12% on their college fees (the S&P 500 yielded just 7.8%).?Engineering graduates from run-of-the-mill colleges do only slightly worse than those from highly selective ones.
○ annualised 表示“按年計(jì)算的”(of an amount or number) calculated over a year)
舉個(gè)??
Exports fell at an annualized rate of 12.3 percent, while imports rose at a 7.5 percent pace.
從年度總額來看饭于,出口下降了12.3%蜀踏,而進(jìn)口上升了7.5%。
○ yield: “產(chǎn)生掰吕;出產(chǎn)果覆;得出”(to supply or produce something positive such as a profit, an amount of food or information)
舉個(gè)??:提高利潤(rùn)的努力 an attempt to yield increased profits
○ run-of-the-mill: 表示“普普通通的;平淡無奇的殖熟;乏味的”(ordinary and not special or exciting in any way)局待,與后文說的“highly selective”形成鮮明對(duì)比,指不同院校菱属。
舉個(gè)??
He gave a fairly run-of-the-mill speech.
他的演講很乏味钳榨。
? 第三句,Business and economics degrees also pay well, delivering a solid 8.7% average return.
○ 前面說工程師和計(jì)算機(jī)科學(xué)家最賺錢纽门,用do best薛耻;這里說金融類專業(yè)待遇也不錯(cuò),用also pay well赏陵,都非常簡(jiǎn)潔明了昭卓。
? 最后愤钾,Courses in the arts or the humanities offer vast spiritual rewards, of course, but less impressive material ones. Some yield negative returns. An arts degree from the Maryland Institute College of Art had a hefty 20-year net negative return of $92,000, for example.
○ 這里還不忘調(diào)侃人文藝術(shù)類專業(yè),雖然精神回報(bào)候醒、精神獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)之類的蠻多能颁,但物質(zhì)上的就沒有像理工科專業(yè)那么impressive了,哈哈哈倒淫,有些甚至還負(fù)回報(bào)伙菊,虧了(negative returns)
○ hefty: 指的是“(數(shù)額、尺寸敌土、力量等)大的镜硕,可觀的”(large in amount, size, force, etc.)
舉個(gè)??:a hefty bill/fine 巨額賬單/罰款
順便對(duì)比下文中一些數(shù)值的相關(guān)表述,如deliver和earn返干、什么時(shí)候用of以及百分比數(shù)字放的位置等等兴枯,這些都可以自己歸納和積累起來:
delivering a solid 8.7% average return;
earning an impressive 20-year annualised return of 12%;
a hefty 20-year net negative return of $92,000;
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最后,我們一起看下文中的配圖矩欠,紅點(diǎn)表示工程師/計(jì)算機(jī)科學(xué)家/數(shù)學(xué)财剖,就是理工科類專業(yè),藍(lán)點(diǎn)表示藝術(shù)/人文學(xué)癌淮,就是文科之類的專業(yè)躺坟。橫坐標(biāo)是大學(xué)錄取率(University Admission Rate),縱坐標(biāo)為20年平均年收入乳蓄∵涑龋可以看出,與院校沒有多大關(guān)系虚倒,紅點(diǎn)基本都高于藍(lán)點(diǎn)美侦。
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