題目
People attend college or university for many different reasons (for example, new experiences, career preparation, increased knowledge). Why do you think people attend college or university? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
范文
Why People Attend College or University?
There are many advantages to a college or university education. Students have ample opportunity to explore a variety of interests, increase both their general and specific knowledge, prepare for a chosen career and develop independence. All of these are valuable goals to achieve, but it is my belief that most students today pursue higher education insgroupsto prepare for their future careers.
In the past, only the rich and privileged had the opportunity to attend a university and their goals were very different. Coming from wealthy families, few of them would have to compete for a job after graduation, and most wished only to be considered well-educated. Today’s students are more practical. They must be able to compete in a very competitive job market; therefore, a practical education is very important. Furthermore, higher education is a big investment and so most students want to get all they can out of it. For these students, it is better to have clearly defined career and education goals rather than to try and find themselves in college. Of course, all students want to increase their knowledge, but I believe that most students today want that knowledge to be relevant to their future careers.
The world has changed a great deal since universities were established. They are still wonderful places for acquiring broad knowledge and for personal development. However, in today’s competitive world these pursuits must be balanced with the pursuit of more specific goals. That is why I think most students view higher education as a valuable tool in career preparation.
參考譯文
人們?yōu)槭裁匆洗髮W(xué)?
大學(xué)教育有很多優(yōu)點。大學(xué)生能有充分的機會去探索自己感興趣的各種事物、增長一般與特定的知識、為自己所選定的職業(yè)生涯做準(zhǔn)備，并培養(yǎng)獨立的個性。這些全都是值得追求的寶貴目標(biāo)。但是我認(rèn)為，現(xiàn)今大多數(shù)的學(xué)生接受高等教育是為了要對未來的職業(yè)生涯做準(zhǔn)備。
在過去，只有富人及特權(quán)階級才有機會上大學(xué)，而且他們的目標(biāo)相差懸殊。因為他們出身于富有的家庭，所以畢業(yè)后很少有人必須要和別人競爭，以取得工作機會，大多數(shù)只是希望讓別人覺得他們受過良好的教育。現(xiàn)在的學(xué)生實際得多。由于必須在競爭激烈的就業(yè)市場和別人競爭，因此，講求實用價值的教育就變得很重要。此外，高等教育是一項重大的投資，所以大多數(shù)的學(xué)生都會竭盡所能，想從中得到一切。對這些學(xué)生而言，最好是有明確的職業(yè)和教育目標(biāo)，而不是在大學(xué)中才試著自己去尋找。當(dāng)然，所有的學(xué)生都想要增長知識，但是我認(rèn)為，現(xiàn)在大多數(shù)的學(xué)生都希望獲得跟未來職業(yè)相關(guān)的知識。
自從大學(xué)設(shè)立以來，世界已有了重大的改變。大學(xué)仍然是一個獲得廣泛知識和尋求個人發(fā)展的極佳的場所。然而，在這個競爭激烈的世界里，在追求這些目標(biāo)的同時，還必須有更明確的目標(biāo)來加以平衡。那就是為什么我會認(rèn)為大多數(shù)的學(xué)生都視高等教育為職業(yè)準(zhǔn)備的一項寶貴的工具。
注釋
ample adj.充足的 explore v.探索
a variety of各式各樣的 specific adj.特定的
chosen adj.選出來的 pursue v.追求
higher education高等教育 privileged adj.有特權(quán)的
practical adj.實際的 competitive adj.競爭激烈的
