英语报刊阅读Is Harvard Worth It课件.ppt

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1、IsHarvardWorthIt?Whatisthispassageconcerned?Q:ThisarticledealswithapopularissueintheUnitedStates—collegecost,tobemoreexact,thecorrelationbetweencollegeselectivityandfutureincomeofcollegegraduates.Para1:ArousingthequestionQ:Whatquestiondoestheauthorraisehere?A:Whetherit

2、isworthpaying$125,000togivechildrenaneducationataneliteprivateUniversity?What’syourchoice?Why?*That’swhencollegesfloodthepostalsystemwithnewsofwhohaswonaplaceinnextfall’sfreshmanclass.flood—fillsthinlargequantity,crowd.Para2:AnsweringthequestionCertainlymanyneuroticboo

3、merparents—andtheirstressedout,resume-buildingteenagers—assumethatitisalwaysbettertochooseHarvardoverBigStateU.Q:Whydotheymakesuchachoice?A:Accordingtoconventionalwisdomsuperioreducationalenvironment;betteralumniconnections;andmorelucrativeon-campusrecruitingopportunit

4、ies.*boomerparents:“boombaby”,“boomer”forshort.*BabyboomGeneration(BoomGeneration)1946-1966Hippies(20centurylate60s):(flowerchildren/people)YuppiesGeneration*MissionaryGeneration:(bornin19century60s)*LostGeneration(popularin20century20s)*GIGeneration(bornin1901-1924):（

5、GI:governmentissue）*Silent/SilenceGeneration*BeatGeneration(popularin20centurylate50s)MillennialGeneration(bornafter1981):*MeGeneration*SandwichGeneration*GenerationX:(bornin1961-1981)*GenerationE（E:entrepreneur）*GenerationY(bornin20century70s)*wirelessGeneration(Gener

6、ationW)*GenerationXXLPara3.supportingandcounterevidencesupportingevidence:*It’struethatbiglawfirms,majorteachinghospitals,andinvestmentbanks—heck,eventheofficesofFORTUNE–arestuffedwithIvyLeaguers.*ItalsotruethatifyouwanttoacareeratwhatpassesfortheAmericanestablishment—

7、agilt-edgeddiplomaisadistinctadvantage.heck—istheeuphemismofFortuneRankingChart:TheFortune500;TheFortune500OutsidetheU.Sstuffwith—tofilltightly,crowdsthtointo.Establishmentgilt-edgeddiploma:counterevidence:anecdotalevidenceSteveJobs;JackWelch;WarrenBuffettThemajorityof

8、topCEOssurveyedbyFORTUNEin1990didnotattendanelitecollege.IvyLeague:BrownUniversityColumbiaUniversityCornellUniversity