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中国考博辅导首选学校 北京工业大学考博英语真题词汇复习方法之通过阅读学词汇 Unit Seven On Ambition If ambition is to be well regarded, the rewards of ambition--wealth, distinction, control over ones destiny--must be deemed worthy of the sacrifices made on ambitions behalf. If the tradition of ambition is to have vitality, itmust be widely shared: and itespeciallymustbehighlyregardedbypeoplewhoarethemselves admired, the educated not least among them. In an odd way, however, it is the educated who have claimed to have given up on ambition as an ideal.What is odd is that they have perhaps most benefited from ambition--if not always their own than that of their parents and grandparents. There is a heavy note of hypocrisy in this , a case of closingthebarndoorafterthehorseshaveescaped--withtheeducated themselves riding on them. Certainly people do not seem less interested in success and its signsnot than formerly. Summer homes, European travel, BMWs-- the locations, place manes and name brands may change, but such items do not seem less in demand today than a decade or two years ago. What has happened is that people cannot confessfullytotheirdreams,aseasilynadopenlyasoncetheycould, lesttheybe thoughtpushing,acquisitiveandvulgar. Instead,we are treatedtofinehypocriticalspectacles,whichnowmorethaneverseem inamplesupply:thecriticofAmericanmaterialismwithaSouthampton summer home; the publisher of radical books who takes his meals in 中国考博辅导首选学校 three-star restaurants; the journalist advocating participatory democracy in all phases of life,whose own children are enrolled in private schools. For such people and many more perhaps not so exceptional, the proper formulation is, Succeed at all costs but avoidappearingambitious.Xuyaoquanguogedayuanxiaokaoboying yu zhen ti shi juan qing jia qq：qi qi er liu qi ba wu san qi ,huo er ba jiu ling ling liu si san wu yi .ye ke yi bo da quan guo