​六级2015年12月仔细阅读P2（American education）

4. These students need to build skills and knowledge during college if they are to use their degrees as a stepping-stone to middle-class mobility. But more privileged students must not waste this opportunity either. As recent graduates can testify, the job market isn’t kind to candidates who can’t demonstrategenuine competence, along with a well-cultivated willingness to work hard. Nor is the global economy forgiving of an American workforce with increasingly weak literacy, math and science abilities. College graduates will still fare better than those with only a high school education, of course. But a university degree unaccompanied by a gain in knowledge or skills is an empty achievement indeed. For students who have been coasting through college, and for American universities that have been demanding less work, offering more attractions and charging higher tuition, the party may soon be over.

翻译：这些学生如果想把学位作为迈入中产阶级的踏脚石，他们就需要在大学期间学习技能和知识。但是享有更多特权的学生也不应该浪费这个机会。正如刚刚毕业的学生所证明的，对于，工作市场不会对那些不能展示出真实能力以及优良奋斗精神的求职者很仁慈。全球经济也不会宽容美国劳动力日益薄弱的识字、数学和科学能力。当然，大学毕业生仍然比只有高中文凭的人表现的好。但是，如果没有获得知识或技能，大学学位也不过是一个没有意义的空壳。对于那些安然度过学院生活的学生，以及那些要求很低、活动很多以及费用很高的美国大学，这样的聚会将很快就会结束了。

分析：该段的最后一句话”For students who have been coasting…the party may soon be over.” 这句话由两个并列的for介词短语引导，表示为了…。第一个For后students后用who引导的定语从句来修饰它，第二个for后用that引导的定语从句来修饰American universities, 这定语从句中有三个并列，即demanding less work, offering more attractions和 charging higher tuition。之后整句话的主干为the party may soon be over。

词汇：

1）stepping-stone ['stepɪŋˌstəʊn] n.踏脚石；手段；方法

2）mobility [məʊ'bɪləti] n.流动性

3）privileged ['prɪvəlɪdʒd] adj.有特权的

4）demonstrate ['demənstreɪt] v.证明，演示

5）genuine ['dʒenjuɪn] adj. 真实的，真诚的

6）literacy ['lɪtərəsi] n.识字；读写能力

7）tuition [tju'ɪʃn] n. 学费

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