1、1 Job hunting or a Master DegreeAs the day of graduation draws near,college students have to make decisions about their future life.Whether one wants to become a postgraduate or look for a job largely depends on ones personal interests.随着毕业的临近，学生对自己未来的生活做决定。是否想成为一名研究生还是找工作，在很大程度上取决于一个人的利益。For those
2、who are eager to become economically independent and to put into practice what they have learned in college,taking a job will be both satisfying and rewarding.For years,they have been using their parents money to support their education-and not without a sense of guilt.Moreover,at many times during
3、their study,they must have been embarrassed by the lack of money or the guilty feeling of spengding their parents money on “luxuries”. 对于那些渴望成为经济独立和付诸实践他们学到的知识在大学，参加工作既能满足和奖励。多年来，他们一直用父母的钱来支持他们的教育，没有罪恶感。此外，在很多时间在他们的研究中，他们一定是缺乏资金或费用他们父母的钱“奢侈品”的罪恶感尴尬。Those,who want to take advantage of the favorable c
4、onditions in college,however,will try to enroll in graduate programs.For them,a Masters degree or even a Doctoral degree represents a much more ambitious goal than a bachelors degree.In the same way,their lifetime success and interest lies more in academic achievements than in making money.As far as
5、 I am concerned,getting a higher degree has long been my dream.This is based on my belief that I should do more research and learn more while I am still young.而那些想更好地利用学校有利条件的人要报名参加研究生课程。对他们来说，一个硕士学位甚至博士学位代表着比学士学位更高的目标。在同样的方式，他们一生的成功和利益在于学术成果比在赚钱。就我而言，拿到更高的学位是我长久以来的梦想。这是基于我的信仰，我应该做更多的研究和学习，更在我还年轻的时候
6、。2. Effects of AdsAdvertisers tend to think big and perhaps this is why they re always coming in for criticism.广告商总是雄心勃勃，也许这就是为什么他们老挨批评。Their critics seem to resent them because they have so much money to throw around. “It s iniquitous,“ they say, “that this entirely unproductive industry (if we can
7、 call it that) should absorb millions of pounds each year. It only goes to show how much profit the big companies are making.Why dont they stop advertising and reduce the price of their goods? After all, its the consumer who pays.“他们的批评者似乎对他们很气愤，因为他们挥金如土。”这是不公平的，”他们说，“这完全是非生产性行业（如果我们可以这样称呼）应该吸收每年数百万
8、英镑。它只表明大公司赚多少利润。他们为何不停止做广告以降低商品的价格呢？毕竟，这是谁支付消费。”The poor old consumer! Hed have to pay a great deal more if advertising didnt create mass markets for products. But we get the wrong idea if we think the only purpose of advertising is to sell goods. Another equally important function is to inform. Adv
9、ertisements introduce us to new products or remind us of the existence of ones we already know about.可怜的消费者！他会付的更多如果广告不为产品开辟了大规模的市场。但我们得到错误的想法，如果我们认为广告的唯一目的就是推销商品。另一个同等重要的功能就是告知。广告为我们介绍新产品，或者提醒我们一些我们已经知道的存在。We must not forget, either, that advertising makes a positive contribution to our pockets. Ne
10、wspapers, commercial radio and television companies could not subsist without this source of revenue. The fact that we pay so little for our daily paper, or can enjoy so many broadcast programs is due entirely to the money spent by advertisers.我们不能忘记，要么，广告作出了积极贡献我们的口袋。报纸，商业电台和电视公司就不能没有收入来源，生存。事实上，我们
11、为我们付出这么少的日报，也可以享受那么多的节目完全是因为广告商花的钱。3 School Education and Successit is commonly believed in the united states that school is where people go to get an education. nevertheless, it has been said that today children interrupt their education to go to school. the distinction between schooling and educat
12、ion implied by this remark is important.人们普遍认为在美国，学校是人们获得教育的地方。然而，现在却有人认为孩子们上学打断了他们的教育。学校和教育之间的这句话隐含的区别是很重要的。education is much more open-ended and all-inclusive than schooling. education knows no bounds. it can take place anywhere, it includes both the formal learning that takes place in schools and
13、 the whole universe of informal learning. the agents of education can range from a revered grandparent to the people debating politics on the radio, from a child to a distinguished scientist. Whereas schooling has a certain predictability, education quite often produces surprises people are engaged
14、in education from infancy on. education, it is a lifelong process, and one that should be an integral part of ones entire life.教育更具开放性和包容性的教育。教育无边界。它可以发生在任何地方，它既包括发生在学校的正式学习和非正式学习的整个宇宙。教育的范围可以从受尊敬的祖父母到收音机里进行政治辩论的人们，从孩童到著名的科学家。而学校教育有一定的可预测性，教育往往能带来意外的惊喜。人们从幼时起就开始受教育。教育，它是一个终身的过程，并应成为人一生中不可或缺的一部分。scho
15、oling, on the other hand, is a specific, formalized process, throughout a country, children arrive at school at approximately the same time, take assigned seats, are taught by an adult, use similar textbooks, do homework, take exams, and so on.教育，另一方面，是一个特定的，正式的过程，在整个国家，孩子们几乎在同一时刻到达学校，坐在指定的座位上，由一位成年人教，使用大致相同的教材，做作业，参加考试，等等。
