大学体验英语第四版第二册-5A-My Advice to Students- Education Counts电子教案

大学体验英语第四版第二册-5A-M y

A d v i c e t o

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E d u c a t i o n C o u n t s

Unit 5. Way to success

Passage A. My Advice to Students: Education Counts给学子的忠告：教育很重要

[1] Hundreds of students send me e-mail each year asking for advice about education. They want to know what to study, or whether it’s okay to drop out of college since that’s what I did.

每年都有数以百计的学生给我发电子邮件，询问有关教育的建议。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。

[2] A smaller number of parents send messages, seeking guidance for their son or daughter. “How can we steer our child toward success?” they ask.

也有少数家长给我发信息，为子女寻求指导。他们问：“我们怎样才能把孩子引向成功之路？”

[3] 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：全力获得最好的教育，充分利用高中和大学，学会如何学习。

[4] It’s true that I dropped out of college to start Microsoft, but I was at Harvard1 for three years before dropping out —and I’d love to have the time to go back. As I’ve said before, nobody should drop out of college unless they believe they face the opportunity of a lifetime. And even then they should reconsider.

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待了三年，而且我真心希望有一天能重返校园。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。

[5] Kathy Cridland, a sixth-grade teacher in Ohio2, 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.”[6] I finished high school!

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就没有读完高中。因为你成功了，我的学生们就觉得他们也可以不必接受良好的教育。”

我高中毕业了的！

[7] The computer industry has lots of people who didn’t finish college, but I’m not aware of any success stories that began with somebody dropping out of high school. I actually don’t know any high school dropouts, let alone any successful ones.

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。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。

[8] In my company’s 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.

[9] Quite a few of our people didn’t finish college, but we discourage dropping out. Having a diploma Certainly helps somebody who is looking to us for a job.

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。

我们公司里确实有好些人没有读完大学，但我们不希望人们辍学。谁要想在外面公司谋职，有毕业证书肯定会优先考虑。

[10] College isn’t the only place where information exists. You can learn in a library. But somebody handing you a book doesn’t automatically foster learning. You want to learn with other people, ask questions, try out ideas and have a way to test your ability. It usually takes more than just a book.

不一定只有在大学才能获取信息，在图书馆也可以学习。但人家递给你一本书并不能自动地促进学习。你需要和别人一起学习，提问题，将设想付诸实践，设法检验自己的能力。这一切，往往不是读书就可以做得到的。

[11] Education should be broad, although it’s fine to have deep interests, too.

[12] In high school there were periods when I was highly focused on writing software, but for most of my high school years I had wide-ranging academic interests. My parents encouraged this, and I’m grateful that they did.

接受的教育应该是广泛的，虽然对某些领域情有独钟也不失为一件好事。