大学体验英语2第五单元PA原文及翻译.docVIP

Unit5 My Advice to Students: Education Counts Hundreds of students send me e-mail each year asking for advice about education. 每年都有数以百计的学生给我发电子邮件，要我就接受教育给他们提建议。 They want to know what to study, or whether its okay to drop out of college since thats what I did. 　 他们想知道该学些什么，或者可不可以从大学辍学，因为我就没有读完大学。 A smaller number of parents send messages, seeking guidance for their son or daughter. 也有不少家长给我写信，为子女寻求指导。 How can we steer our child toward success? they ask. 　 他们问：“我们怎样才能把孩子引向成功之路？” My basic advice is simple and heartfelt: Get the best education you can. Take advantage of high school and college. Learn how to learn.　 我的基本忠告很简单，而且是发自内心的：全力获得最佳教育，充分利用高中和大学，学会如何学习。 Its true that I dropped out of college to start Microsoft, but I was at Harvard for three years before dropping out--and Id love to have the time to go back. 不错，为创建微软，我未完成大学学业，不过辍学之前我已经在哈佛呆了三年，而且我真心希望有一天能重返校园。 As Ive said before, nobody should drop out of college unless they believe they face the opportunity of a lifetime. And even then they should reconsider.　 以前我也说过，谁也不应该辍学，除非他坚信自己正面临着一个一生仅有一次的机会，但就算在那个时候也还是应该深思熟虑。 Kathy Cridland, a sixth-grade teacher in Ohio, wrote to say, Several of my students claim that you never finished high school. Since you are a success, my students perceive that as a reason not to care much about getting a good education.　 在俄亥俄州教六年级的老师凯西?克里德兰写道，“我的好几个学生声称你根本没有读完高中。因为你成功了，我的学生就觉得他们也可以不必要接受良好的教育。” I finished high school! 　 我高中毕业了的! The computer industry has lots of people who didnt finish college, but Im not aware of any success stories that began with somebody dropping out of high school. 计算机行业中确实有很多人没有读完大学，但是我从来没有见过有谁高中没读完就成功创业的。 I actually dont know any high school dropouts, let alone any successful ones. 　 确切地说，我认识的人当中根本没有高中辍学的，更没有高中辍学后事业成功的。 In my companys early years we had a bright part-time programmer who threatened to drop out of high school to work full-time. We told him no. 　 我的公司创立早期，有一个相当出色的兼职程序员，声称要从高中辍学来做全职。我们叫他不要这么做。 Quite a few of our people didnt finish college,