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Unit1 Text ATranslation1. After months of researching Northwestern on the Web and grilling friends,teachers and advisers who had gone there,Maxine pinned her hopes on getting accepted.經(jīng)過數(shù)月在網(wǎng)上搜集并研究西北大學(xué)和仔細(xì)研究詢問到西北大學(xué)的朋友，老師和咨詢顧問，瑪克辛最終希望自己被西北大學(xué)錄取。2. For students like Maxine who are applying to college for next fall,that dream is turning out to be frustratingly unobtainable. It turns out the odds of getting into a selective college have never been worse.對于像瑪克辛一樣正在申請秋季入學(xué)的學(xué)生來說，他們會沮喪的發(fā)現(xiàn)這一夢想難以實現(xiàn)，考入一所知名院校的機(jī)會從未如此渺茫。3. But when you see a kid collapse with grief because they didnt get in,well,thats not fun.但是當(dāng)你看到一個孩子因為被錄取感到傷心而一蹶不振，那可不是鬧著玩的。4. College counselors say that as schools get choosier,parents have grown more resigned to the realities of kids prospects.大學(xué)咨詢?nèi)藛T說由于學(xué)校對錄取越來越慎重，家長已經(jīng)比過去更能平靜地對待孩子被大學(xué)錄取幾率渺茫的事實了。5. College admissions offers are split. On the one hand,they say they dont like being forced to reject so many worthy kids. On the other hand,theyre enjoying-and profiting from-the attention.校方招生主管意見不一。一方面，他們說他們不愿意被迫拒絕這些優(yōu)秀的孩子。另一方面，他們正在享受這種關(guān)注的樂趣，并從中獲利。6. At some colleges the bumper crop of applications is causing crowd-control problems. For years Rutgers University has run a private bus to ferry prospective students and their parents around its sprawling New Brunswick,N.J.,campus.在一些院校，申請者激增引發(fā)了校園過度擁擠的問題。多年來，羅格斯大學(xué)為正在擴(kuò)大的新布朗斯維克校區(qū)增開一趟專用車，接送未來的學(xué)生和家長。7. By 2015 the number of high-school graduates will begin to drop back out of the stratosphere. But admissions directors are ready worrying about the shrinking pool of future applicants,especially the sliver of those who can afford to foot the $40,000 annual tab.到2015年，高中畢業(yè)生的數(shù)量將開始回落。但是招生主管們已經(jīng)開始擔(dān)憂申請者數(shù)量縮減的問題，尤其是為數(shù)不多的每年有能力支付4萬美元費用的那部分申請者。8. ”I know Im one of many,but that doesnt mean Im not smart and driven and ready to be a committed student.”“我知道我是眾多未被錄取的申請者中的一位，但這并不說明我不優(yōu)秀，我不努力，我不是一名上進(jìn)的學(xué)生。Question1. According to the text, why has the chance of getting into a college never been slimmer?Kids of the baby boomers,the greatest population increase in the history,at this moment are facing graduation from high school and applying for colleges. The applications overwhelmingly outnumber the seats colleges and universities can accommodate.2. What are college admissions offers attitudes towards the competitive enrollment of high-school graduates?Pitiful and enjoyable.3. According to the text,what problems does the large number of high-school applicants bring to colleges and universities?The large number of high-school applicants brings crowed-control problems to colleges and universities.4. What are admissions directors worrying about? Are they taking any relevant measures?Admission directors are worrying about the slump of the number of applicants several years later. Now they are enlarging the market to aim at wealthy international students.5. General ideal of P7In spite of the large number of applications,colleges still make great efforts to keep applications rolling in.Text B Translation1. There is no sign that the elevator from independent schools to professional prominence is slowing: nearly half of the undergraduates at Oxford and Cambridge were privately schooled too.沒有跡象表明，從私立學(xué)校通向職場成功的那部電梯正在減速：牛津和劍橋大學(xué)中近一半的本科生曾經(jīng)就讀于私立學(xué)校。2. So even though more Britons than ever before describe themselves as comfortably off, the share of children being educated privately is barely higher than it was two decades ago. 所以盡管覺得生活寬裕的英國人比以往任何時候都多，但孩子接受私立教育的比例并不比20年前更高。3. Other time-honoured routes, such as finding God (and a place in a religious school packed with the offspring of similarity provident parents) or buying a house next to a good state school (the price will be hefty ,but can be recouped by selling once the children have grown ), are becoming harder.其他眾所周知的傳統(tǒng)方法越來越難行，比如接受宗教教育（并進(jìn)入宗教學(xué)校，那里的學(xué)生和家長都是一些節(jié)儉而有遠(yuǎn)見的人）或者在口碑不錯的國立中學(xué)附近購房（雖然費用昂貴，但在孩子長大后，將房子出售可收回成本）。4. For the first time , places in its eight secondary schools will have been allocated randomly within each catchment area.八個中學(xué)的招生名額首次在每個受托區(qū)被隨機(jī)分配。5. Just what will these refugees from randomness be getting for their money?那么那些為了避免被隨機(jī)錄取而花了錢的人又能得到什么結(jié)果呢？6. Those who left private schools in the 1980s and early 1990s can expect to earn 35% more in life than the average product of a state school, they found, around half of which can be attributed to education , not background.20世紀(jì)80年代和90年代初期，私立中學(xué)的畢業(yè)生能夠期望一生的收入比鍋里初中的普通畢業(yè)生多35%，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)這其中大約一半可以歸因為他們接受的教育，而非他們的背景。7. The researchers also managed to pinpoint the way private schools work their magic: through better exam results, rather than through networking opportunities or better teaching of soft skills, such as etiquette or leadership.研究人員也盡量精確的描述私立中學(xué)施展魔力的方法：憑借更優(yōu)秀的考試成績，而不是憑借關(guān)系網(wǎng)帶來的各種機(jī)會或者質(zhì)量更高的諸如禮儀或領(lǐng)導(dǎo)方法等軟技巧的教學(xué)。8. One insider thinks this unlikely: many parents have remortgaged to pay fees, and with house prices shaky and banks tightening their lending criteria, this route is fast closing off.一位知情人士人物如下的操作不太可能：許多父母通過再抵押貸款來支付學(xué)費，但由于不穩(wěn)定的房價和銀行日益緊縮的信貸條件，這條路很快走不通了。9. One reason for their success, the researchers suggest ,is that the schools ,mindful of their positions in official league tables, were keen to keep these valuable clients.研究者認(rèn)為，這些學(xué)校成功的一個原因是由于他們很在乎自己的官方排名所以要極力留住這些重要的主顧。10. But as people must do with more volatile, risky investments, they watched closely and were ready to pull out if needs be. So parents inclined to take this route must ask themselves two things:what their risk profile is, and whether they are willing to be activist investors.但是就像人們處理難預(yù)測、有風(fēng)險的投資一樣，他們密切的關(guān)注，并做好如有必要隨時撤資的準(zhǔn)備。所以傾向于采用這個方法的家長必須問自己倆個問題：自己的風(fēng)險預(yù)測能力如何以及是否愿意做積極的投資者。Questions1. What does “this giled path” in line refer to ? And what are the pros and cons of parents setting their children off on this giled path?The giled path refers to the being privately educated. Private schools in Briton are widely considered to offer a quality education, which is an easier,quicker and securer way to prominence. However ,the cost of private education skyrockets.2. What are other alternatives besides private schools for kids education?Besides private schools, other alternatives for kids are religious education and entering a state school.3. What are school officials considering choosing students by lottery rather than proximity?Because many parents have adopted a way of buying a house next to a good state school, so that their children are able to get into the state school. Therefore , many state schools are thinking of choosing students in terms of randomness rather than living distance.4. Why have some parents sent their children to poorly-performing local comprehensives?Parents can do a lot of savings by sending their kids to poorly-performing local comprehensives. These schools spare no efforts in meeting their needs and improving the quality of education in order to keep these students.5. What is the main idea of paragraph 1 ?The profound influence of the private schools on Briti