经济学人是非常好的语言的原材料库，对于雅思写作口语甚至听力和阅读来说都是如此。当我们深入进去，细致品读一篇高手的文章，无论是语言还是观点思路，都能有收获。本文讨论的是大学择业误区，文章解读篇幅较大，将分为上中下三篇。此为上篇。
雅思写作适用场景：决策：规划&率性;坚持决定vs.随机应变;自主决定vs.寻求建议;
职业：文科vs.理科;工作内容&报酬;实习&工作;性别差异;
热门专业：高等教育应该对接职场要求吗?专业和工作应该对口吗?
科技进步：计算机技术&传统科学;新兴专业&传统专业;
段落1.Many colleges ask you to choose a major as early as your senior year of high school, on youradmissions application. Yet there’s a good chance you’ll change your mind.The Education Department says that about 30 percent of students switch majors at least once.
不少大学会要求你在高中最后一年提交入学申请时，就早早选好专业。然而，你的想法很有可能会改变。教育部说，约有30%的学生至少会换一次专业。
【经典词汇】
major专业，senior高三;大四，admissions application入学申请，switch转换
【大作文万用句式】
There’s a good chance that …很有可能…
【犀利观点】换专业;：全段
段落2.Students get plenty of advice about picking a major. It turns out, though, that most of it is from family and friends, according to a September Gallup survey. Only 11 percent had sought guidance from a high school counselor, and 28 percent from a college adviser.And most didn’t think that the advice was especially helpful. Maybe it’s because much of the conventionalthinking about majors is wrong.
学生们会得到大量关于选专业的建议。盖洛普(Gallup)9月的一项调查显示，大多数建议都来自于家人和朋友，仅有11%的学生会从高中顾问那里寻求指导，28%的人会从大学顾问那里寻求建议。而且，大多数人都不觉得这些建议特别有用。原因可能在于，许多关于专业的传统思维都是错误的。
【经典词汇】
plenty of 大量的，seek guidance from寻求指导，conventional传统的
【雅思大作文万用句式】
… get plenty of advice about …会得到大量关于…的建议。
It turns out, though,that …结果(让人惊讶)的是……
Most didn’t think … was especially helpful. 大多数人都不觉得…特别有用。
Maybe it’s because much of the conventional thinking about … is wrong. 原因可能在于，许多关于…传统思维都是错误的。
【犀利观点】做决定&寻求建议：全段
段落3.Myth1: For the big money, STEM always delivers.
误解一：STEM(Science, technology,engineering, mathematics，即科学、技术、工程、数学)总能让你赚大钱。
【高分词汇】
myth误解;神话
deliver传递;实现
【犀利观点】教育描述：
STEM(Science, technology,engineering, mathematics，即科学、技术、工程、数学)
段落4.It’s true that computer science and engineering top all the pay rankings, but salaries within specific majors vary greatly.
计算机科学和工程确实占据薪酬榜首，但具体专业内的薪水差距还是很大的。
【犀利观点】教育&职业描述：
computer science计算机科学
engineering工程
pay ranking 薪酬排名
【雅思大作文万用句式】
It’s true that …, but… …确实…但…
… within … vary greatly. …内的…差距还是很大的
【犀利观点】专业&报酬：全段
段落5.“Students and parents have a pretty good idea of what majors pay the most, but they have a poor sense of the magnitude of the differences within the major,”said Douglas A. Webber, anassociate professor of economics at Temple University who studies earnings by academic field. He points to one example: The top quarter of earners who majored in English make more over their lifetimes than the bottom quarter of chemical engineers.
“学生和家长们很清楚哪种专业的薪水最高，但他们对这些专业内部差异的程度没什么概念，”天普大学(Temple University)研究学术领域收入的经济学副教授道格拉斯·A·韦伯(Douglas A.Webber)说。他举了一个例子：英语专业四分之一收入最高的人群一生中挣到的钱，要多于四分之一收入最低的化学工程师。
【雅思大作文万用句式】
… have a pretty good idea of … …很清楚…
… have a poor sense of …对…没什么概念
differences within …内部差异
… points to one example:…举了一个例子: …
over one’s lifetime 一生
【高分词汇】
magnitude程度;大小，associate professor副教授，earnings收入，academic field学术领域，major in … 念…专业
【雅思小作文数据表达】
the top quarter of …最高的四分之一;the bottom quarter最低的四分之一
【犀利观点】教育&职业描述：
chemical engineer化学工程师
【犀利观点】误解：
Students and parents have a pretty good idea of what majors pay the most, but they have a poor sense of the magnitude of the differences within the major.
【犀利观点】收入与职业无关：
The top quarter of earners who majored in English make more over their lifetimes than the bottom quarter of chemical engineers.
段落6.But what if you never make it to the top of the pay scale?Even English or historygraduates who make just above the median lifetime earnings for their major do pretty well when compared to typical graduates in business or a STEM field.
但如果你拿不到最高的薪水呢?和一般毕业于商科和STEM领域的学生相比，那些终身收入水平仅高于其专业中等水平的英语或历史系毕业生也算不错的。
【高分词汇】
make it成功，the top of the pay scale薪酬梯度的最高级，graduate本科毕业生
【小作文数据表达】
make just above the median lifetime earnings终身收入水平仅高于中等水平
… do pretty well when compared to … 和…相比， …也算不错的。
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