考试段落总结(研究生英语多维教程熟谙).pdfVIP

考试段落总结(研究生英语多维教程熟谙).pdf

不飞则已，一飞冲天；不鸣则已，一鸣惊人。——《韩非子》

Unit1从能力到责任

Whentoday’shigh-schoolseniorsareaskedwhattheyplantodoaftergraduates,mostsaythat

theyintendtogetabachelor’sdegree.Theyhavebeentoldthattheirgenerationhasonly“one

waytowin”-bygettingatleastatleastabachelor’sdegree,inthehopethatitwilleventuallylead

toaprofessionaljob.

Inarecentsurveyofhigh-schoolseniorsconductedbytheNationCenterforEducationStatistics,

85percentoftherespondentssaidtheyplannedtogetabachelor’sdegree.And,although20

yearsagoonly45percentofhigh-schoolgraduateswentontocollege,today68percentactually

matriculate(注册),withthemajorityenrollinginfour-yearortwo-yearprogramsdesignedto

allowthemtransfertofour-yearinstitutions.

Accordingtoconventionalwisdom,therapidriseinthenumberofstudentsattendingcollege

iscausefornationalcelebration.Butourresearchsuggeststhat,intenditmaybecausefor

nationalconcern.Why?Becauseformanyyoungpeople,the“onewaytowin”paradigm(例子)is

notrealistic,giventheiracademictalentsandthelabor-marketprojections.Studentsranking

belowthetopthirdoftheirhigh-schoolgraduatingclasstoooftenfailtoearnasbachelor’sdegree

iftheyenrollincollege.Thecostofsuchfailure–inbothdollarsandunmetexpectations-isrising

andbeginningtoerodepublicconfidenceinoursystemofhigheducation.

1.（ArnodToynbeehassaidthatallprogress…）德.汤说过，一切进步，一切发

展均来自挑战及由此引起的反应。没有挑战就没有反应，没有发展，没有自由。所以，我们

首先应该在我们孩子的能力允许的范围内为他们开设最严格最富有挑战性的课程。