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大学毕业找工作的第一要义：别躺在沙发上做梦 Looking for a job after university? First, get off the sofa? 今年夏天，超过65 万的大学生毕业离校，其中有许多人根本不知道怎么找工作。在当今金融危机的背景下，做父母的该如何激励他们？ More than 650,000 students left university this summer and many have no idea about the way to get a job. How tough should a parent be to galvanize them in these financially fraught times? 七月，你看着英俊的21 岁的儿子穿上学士袍，戴上四方帽，骄傲地握着优等学士学位证书，拍 毕业照。这时，记忆中每年支付几千英镑，好让儿子吃好、并能偶尔参加聚会的记忆开始消退。但现 在，你又不得不再考虑钱的问题。 In July, you looked on as your handsome 21-year-old son, dressed in gown and mortar board, proudly clutched his honors degree for his graduation photo. Those memories of forking out thousands of pounds a year so that he could eat well and go to the odd party began to fade. Until now. 等到暑假快要结束，全国各地的学生正在为新学期做准备的时候，你却发现大学毕业的儿子还 歪躺在沙发上看电视。除此之外，他只是偶尔发发短信，浏览社交网站Facebook，或者去酒吧喝酒。 这位属于“千禧一代”的年青人一夜之间变成了“抱怨一代”的成员。他能找到工作吗？ As the summer break comes to a close and students across the country prepare for the start of a new term, you find that your graduate son is still spending his days slumped in front of the television, broken only by texting, Facebook and visits to the pub. This former scion of Generation Y has morphed overnight into a member of Generation Grunt. Will he ever get a job? 这就是成千上万家庭所面临的状况：今年夏天，65 万多大学生毕业，在当今金融危机的背景下， 他们中的大多数人不知道自己下一步该做什么。父母只会唠叨，而儿女们则毫无缘由地变成了叛逆 者。他们知道自己该找份工作，但却不知道如何去找。 This is the scenario facing thousands of families. More than 650,000 students left university this summer and most in these financially testing times have no idea what to do next. Parents revert to nagging; sons and daughters become rebels without a cause, aware that they need to get a job, but not sure how. 来自米德尔塞克斯郡的杰克·古德温今年夏天从诺丁汉大学政治学系毕业，获得二级一等荣誉 学士学位。他走进大学就业服务中心，但又径直走了出来，因为他看见很多人在那里排长队。跟他一 起住的另外5 个男孩子也都跟他一样，进去又出来了。找工作的压力不大，虽然他认识的大多数女生都有更明确的计划 Jack Goodwin, from Middlesex, graduated with a 2:1 in politics from Nottingham this summer. He walked into the university careers service and straight back out again; there was a big que