Is Harvard Worth It培训讲义.pptVIP

Useful words and phrases 1. to be stuffed with Ivy Leaguers 2. to control for unobserved characteristics/traits 3. to be admitted to a certain university 4. to attribute the ability to network 5. to specialize in economics of education 6. to be better off graduating a Sooner 7. to recruit employees on campus 8. to make a significant difference to sb. 9. to confer few benefits on the class slackers 10.be attributable to 11.pass for Words to know freshman, sophomore, junior, senior undergraduate, graduate, post-graduate bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral degree admissions office, admission notice college selectivity, selective college college cost alumni connections, educational environment public university, state(-run) university private university, a full scholarship extracurricular activities gilt-edged diploma American Establishment SAT MIT CEO Summary of the text This article deals with a popular issue in the US ---college cost, to be exact, the correlation between college selectivity and future income of college graduates. The author keeps a fairly objective point of view about this topic. In his opinion, an elite education gives students --- especially less affluent ones --- better access to certain kinds of elite jobs; There is no economic advantage to choosing an expensive, mediocre private school over a top public one; Talented students rise to the top everywhere. * 7. To start with the basics: College pays(P4 L4) --pay: bring good result or advantage That’s to say: a person with an undergraduate degree now earns almost twice as much as someone with only a high school diploma. 8. The economic literature…is far less conclusive (P5 L1) ---以名牌私立大学（相对于一般大学而言）毕业生所获得的报偿为依据而做的经济调查报告。却并非如此令人信服。 8 . SAT 一 the Scholastic Assessment Test (Para 5)(学业能力测验)， 一种由大学入学考试委员会(the College Entrance Examination Board)制定的考试，用以测试考生的智力及学术能力， 以确定其能否被录取。通常包括语文(verbal)和数学 (mathematics)两部分，两门满分为1600 分。 其作用类似中国的高考。 8. Y