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李笑来讲义范文第一篇 Why Do People Attend College

Today, more and more students choose to attend college or university after they graduated from high school. The motive varies from individual to individual. Students who have made such choice, however, often can be roughly divided into two groups.
       The first group of student made a decision to attend college or university involuntarily, merely because they are told that they ought to, and they are actually the majority of the students. Most of them were still immature, and had a vague vision of their future. At most, they knew attaining higher education would be beneficial for them, in that their parents and our society had told them so. In a sense, they didn't choose at all. Actually one of them were forced to do so by their parents, if they had had a chance to make a free choice, they would have chosen to work, hoping they could make money as much and as early as possible, therefore they could be independent(at least financially) -- a big dream that virtually every one had once had. Unfortunately, most of those lucky, naive boys and girls, who would not have opportunity to attend the college or university if they had no parents, are unaware of their luck at all, and they will continue to muddle along without any aim throughout their college lives. One day they will graduate from college, if they find out the fact that securing a job is not that easy after 4-yaer education as might have been imagined, they will choose to apply a master's degree. They are much the same as those unconscious species n nature, running their own course, and never have a real ability to think.
        Another group of students, who are virtually minority in quantity, know exactly what they are doing. Fortunately, more and more students will eventually join this group during 4-year process. Answering the question why they attend college or university, they may say, to have more fun, to seek new experience, to increase knowledge, to enhance interrelationship, to prepare career, and so on. Although the answers are diversified, those students, however, have one thing in common: they are expecting a better future. They are consciously or unconsciously putting their time and energies into study as an investment, hoping one day they could reaping a harvest. Sober enough as they are, they never spend time on part time job unless it is absolutely necessary to do so. They know exactly the concept of opportunity cost. They know learning any craft consumes time, but will have a better reward in the future. They refuse to enjoy immediate pleasure which in fact cost much more before long. Although most of them are still depending on their parents for daily expenditure, they are in a sense independent, at least, they are on the right track to be independent individuals.

[[i] 本帖最后由 whereiswc 于 2008-3-26 16:24 编辑 [/i]]

很早以前看的一篇文章，对我产生了很大的影响和促动
人们上大学的原因大部分居然是因为无知！
觉得写得很好，把它翻译了一下让大家欣赏一下。
题目：你认为人们为什么上大学？
文章：
       现在，越来越多的学生选择在他们毕业之后上大学。他们上大学的动机互相不同的。但是，学生们做这种决定，总是能粗略地被分为两类。
       第一种学生选择上大学是没有自己的想法的（involuntarily），仅仅是因为他们相信或者被告知他们应该读大学，读大学的大部分都是这样的。他们大多数还不成熟，对自己的未来有着天真的看法。他们至多只知道获得一个高一点的学位能对他们有益，因为他们的父母和我们的社会是这样告诉他们的。从某种意义上来讲，他们根本不是自己选择读大学的。事实上他们中的一些是被他们的父母强迫上大学的。如果他们能自由选择选择，他们会选择工作，同时希望能尽可能、尽可能快的赚钱，由此变独立——这是一个事实上每个人都有过的梦想。但不幸的是，这些幸运的、天真的、不上大学的人中的大多数一点也没有意识到他们的好运气，他们会继续在大学里没有抱负地挥霍时间（这句不知道怎么翻译，有点牵强）。直到有一天他们从大学毕业了，如果他们发现即使读了四年大学，找工作也没有像他们原先想象的那么容易，他们会选择考研。他们就像自然界中的无知动物，整日奔波，却不没有真正的思考的能力。
       另一种学生，通常是占少数的，他们确切地知道他们在做什么。幸运的是，越来越多的学生会在大学四年中最终变成这种人。当被问及为什么上大学的时候，他们会说：为了寻找更多的乐趣，为了找到新的经历，为了增加知识，为了增进人与人之间的相互关系，为了为自己的职业生涯做准备等等。尽管答案的五花八门的，但是这些学生有一点是相同的：他们期望一个更美好的将来！他们有意识或无意识地把时间花在学习上作为一个投资，并且希望有朝一日能收获果实。他们很冷静，他们从不做兼职工作除非真的有需要这么做。他们知道机遇这个概念的花费。他们知道学习任何的技术都要花费时间,但是一切都会在将来有回报。他们拒绝享受短暂的快乐，因为事实上这种快乐会花费太多。尽管他们中的大部分还在依靠着父母解决日常花消，他们在某种程度上是独立的，至少他们正在以正确的方式成长为一个独立的个体。

学习膜拜中。。。

和尚顶……

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我打算隔断几天就发一篇李笑来的作文, 给小马们学习, 楼主给点意见吧

很好的贴，很精彩的翻译。:) Is it written by Teacher Li?

我想这句可以这样翻：
Unfortunately, most of those lucky, naive boys and girls, who would not have opportunity to attend the college or university if they had no parents, are unaware of their luck at all, and they will continue to muddle along without any aim throughout their college lives.
不幸的是，大多数这些幸运天真的孩儿们，如果他们没有父母的话，他们不可能有机会上大学，然而他们根本没意识到他们已经很幸运了（相比那些orphans而言），却继续毫无目的，挥霍大学生活。:'(

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我打算隔断几天就发一篇李笑来的作文, 给小马们学习, 楼主给点意见吧 [/quote]
如果可以复制粘贴，我觉得可行
如果要自己打的话，还是算了吧……太累了不好
李笑来的作文不是每篇都那么好
关键是思路
选点思路独特的发吧

这篇俺是背过的～嘿嘿