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翻译 Unit1 She thought she had a good shot. Wally consistently took the toughest classes she could fit into her schedule, and her grade point average puts her near the top of the class at her well-regarded public high school in Berkeley, Calif. 沃莉认为自己被录取的机会很大。她总是在课程安排允许的情况下上难度最大的课程，而且她的平均积分点在口碑甚好的加州伯克利公立高中都名列前茅。 College counselors say that as schools get choosier, parents have grown more resigned to the realities of kids’ prospects. 院校咨询人员说由于学校录取越来越慎重，家长们已经比过去更能接受孩子被大学录取几率渺小的事实了。 annual tab. 但是招生人员已经开始担忧申请者数量缩减的问题，尤其是为数不多的每年有能力支付4万美元费用的那部分申请者。 Those who left private schools in the 1980s and early 1900s can expect to earn 35% more in life than the average product of a state school, they found,around half of which can be attributed to education,not background. 20世纪80年代和90年代初期，私立中学的毕业生能够期望一生的收入比国立中学的普通毕业生高35%，他们发现这其中大约一半可以归因于他们所接受的教育，而非他们的背景。 The researchers also managed to pinpoint the way private schools work their magic:through better exam results,rather than through networking opportunities or better teaching of soft skills,such as etiquette or leadership. 研究人员也尽量精确地描述私立中学施展魔力的办法：凭借更优秀的考试成绩，而不是凭借关系网带来的各种机会或者质量更高的诸如礼仪和领导方法等软技巧的教学。 One insider thinks this unlikely:many parents have remortgaged to pay fees,and with house prices shaky and banks tightening their lending criteria,this route is fast closing off. 一位知情人士认为这种做法不太可能：许多父母通过再抵押贷款来支付学费，但是由于不稳定的房价和银行日益紧缩的信贷条件，这条路很快就走不通了。 13.For the first time, places in its eight secondary schools will have been allocated randomly within each catchment area. 八个中学的招生名额首次在每一个学区被随机分配。 14.One reason for their success, the researchers suggest, is that the schools, mindful of their positions in official league tables, were keen to keep these valuable clients. 研究者认为，这些学校成功的一个原因是由于他们很在乎自己的官方排名，所以极力要留着这些重要的学生。 15.So parents inclined to take this route must ask themselves two things: what their risk profile is, and whether they are willing to be activist investors. 所以有意采取这种办法的家长必须问自己两个问题：自己的风险预测能力如何以及是否愿意做积极地投资者。 1