China Daily新闻赏析（二）

University should be curbed, especially when higher education is no longer the realm of a chosen few－for example, more than 10 million of the 10.7 million students who took gaokao this year will qualify to enroll in colleges. Besides, university students account for more than a half of the total population of 18-22-year olds in the country.

翻译：考入名牌大学的热潮应该得到遏制，尤其是当高等教育不再是少数人的专利时——例如，今年参加高考的1070万学生中有1000多万人有资格进入大学。此外，大学生占全国18-22岁总人口的一半以上。

好词赏析：

curb：遏制

a chosen few：被选中的少数人

besides：另外

account for：占据

There is a need for society to accord high priority to talent quality over diploma. After all, learning is a life-long journey.

翻译：社会需要优先考虑人才质量而不是文凭。毕竟，学习是一生的旅程。

好词赏析：

accord...to...：给予

after all：毕竟

a life-long journey：一生的旅程

It's wrong to consider all graduates, postgraduates and PhD holders from Peking University, Tsinghua University or other top universities as high-quality talents, because many of them could be mediocre students, may not understand the value of education and/or lack expertise and life skills.

翻译：把北京大学、清华大学或其他顶尖大学的所有毕业生、研究生和博士生都视为高素质人才是错误的，因为他们中的许多人可能是平庸的学生，可能不理解教育的价值和/或缺乏专业知识和生活技能。

好词赏析：

mediocre：平庸的

expertise：专业知识

lack sth：缺乏某物

It's also unfair to belittle jobs at the grassroots level, because they can serve as a platform for going on to do greater things. The stereotype of taking all top university students as crème a la crème among job seekers is what has led to the present controversy.

翻译：轻视基层的工作也是不公平的，因为它们可以作为一个平台，继续做更伟大的事情。在求职者中，把所有优秀的大学生都视为精英的刻板印象导致了目前的争议。

好词赏析：

belittle：轻视

serve as：作为

job seekers：求职者

lead to：导致