高三英语培优外刊阅读
班级:____________学号:____________姓名:____________
外刊精选|想在职场华丽转身,MBA还是那块“跳板”吗?
去顶尖名校读商学院,拿到工商管理硕士(MBA)学位,常常被视为“职场华丽转身最好的跳板”,能突破职业发展瓶颈、转行、获得高薪工作或成为企业领袖。然而,许多2023年毕业的MBA毕业生却面临找不到工作的窘境。部分顶尖商学院公布的数据显示,去年MBA毕业生中的待业人数与前几年相比,翻了不止一番。就连美国顶尖的哈佛大学商学院,毕业3个月后仍没找到工作的人数占比高达20%。MBA毕业生们为何面临如此困境?如何破局?
The M.B.A.s Who Can't Find Jobs
By Lindsay Ellis
Jenna Starr stuck a blue Post-it Note to her monitor a few months after getting her M.B.A. from Yale University last May. "Get yourself the job," it read.
For months, Starr has been one of a large number of 2023 M.B.A. graduates whose job searches have collided with a slowdown in hiring for well-paid, white-collar positions. Her search for a job in sustainability began before graduation, and she applied for more than 100 openings since, including in the field she used to work in—nonprofit fundraising.
An M.B.A. can cost more than $200,000 at a top school but typically pays off as a launchpad for a new, more lucrative career or the corporate leadership fast track. Many in the spring class of 2023 say they are still awaiting that payoff.
One Harvard M.B.A. living in Boston said he couch-surfs in New York to network for jobs there in person. A graduate from the University of Texas' McCombs School of Business said she is getting rent help from her parents as she works at a hotel restaurant and sells her clothing and jewelry online to cover groceries and utilities.
Some longtime job seekers are finally seeing traction. Shortly into the new year, Starr was offered a job as a sustainability analyst at a healthcare company, and she plans to accept. The extra online credentials she got in sustainability work to boost her application will help her on the job, she said.
【词汇过关】
请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。
1.opening英 [ p n ] 美 [ o pn ] n. _______________________________
2.launchpad英 [ l nt p d] 美 [ lɑ nt p d] n. _______________________________
3.lucrative英 [ lu kr t v] 美 [ lu kr t v] adj. _______________________________
4.couch-surf英 [ ka t s f] 美 [ ka t s r f] v. _______________________________
5.traction n. _______________________________
6.boost英 [bu st] 美 [bu st] v. _______________________________
【词块学习】
请从文章中找到下面中文相对应的文词块。
1._______________________________工商管理硕士(全称:Master of Business Administration)
2._______________________________把一个东西粘在另一个东西上
3._______________________________坚持、紧跟某事
4._______________________________便签
5._______________________________便签(一般称呼)
6._______________________________(本文)遭遇;与......相撞、相冲突;错配,不适应
7._______________________________(付出努力、时间、金钱之后)获得回报
8._______________________________快速发展期;快车道
9._______________________________亲历亲为地
10._______________________________看见曙光
拓展练习阅读理解
German physicist Albert Einstein is one of the most famous scientists of all time, the personification of genius and the subject of a whole industry of scholarship. In The Einsteinian Revolution, two experts on Einstein’s life and his theory of relativity — Israeli physicist Hanoch Gutfreund and German historian of science Jürgen Renn — offer an original and penetrating (犀利的) analysis of Einstein’s revolutionary contributions to physics and our view of the physical world.
By setting Einstein’s work in the long course of the evolution of scientific knowledge, Gutfreund and Renn discover the popular myth (谬论) of Einstein as an unconventional scientific genius who single-handedly created modern physics-and by pure thought alone.
As a large part of the book explains, Einstein typically argued that science progresses through steady evolution, not through revolutionary breaks with the past. He saw his theory of relativity not as something from scratch, but a natural extension of the classical physics developed by pioneers such as Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei and English physicist Isaac Newton in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, as well as nineteenth-century physicists.
The authors highlight how classical physics cannot be separated cleanly from modern Einsteinian physics. The book also includes substantial sections on Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus and Galileo whose methods inspired Einstein. When Einstein considered himself as standing on their shoulders, he meant that, without their contributions, he would not have formulated (阐述) the theory of relativity.
The Einsteinian Revolution is an important and thought-provoking (引人深思的) contribution to the scholarly literature on Einstein and his surprising scientific creativity between 1905 and 1925. Gutfreund and Renn might not have given the final answer as to why Einstein, of all people, revolutionized physics in the way that he did. But they argue in fascinating detail that, to understand his genius, one must take into account not just the earlier history of physics but also the history of knowledge more broadly. Although not always an easy read, the book will interest physicists and historians alike.
11.According to the popular view, how did Einstein create his theory
A.By generating ideas on his own. B.By standing on giants’ shoulders.
C.By carrying out experiments. D.By cooperating with other physicists.
12.What do the underlined words “from scratch” in paragraph 3 mean
A.With previous knowledge. B.From the very beginning.
C.From learning from others. D.Up to a certain standard.
13.What does the author want to say by mentioning the famous physicists
A.Their ideas were rejected by Einstein.
B.Their devotion to physics impressed Einstein.
C.Their research contributed to Einstein’s success.
D.Their hard work deserved the worldwide respect.
14.What will the author of the text say about the book
A.It opens a door to physics for beginners.
B.It gives a brief glimpse of Einstein’s legendary life.
C.It bridges the gap between readers and the greatest minds.
D.It offers a wider perspective to understand Einstein’s genius.
外刊精选答案
【词汇过关】
请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。
1.opening英 [ p n ] 美 [ o pn ] n. (本文)空缺岗位
2.launchpad英 [ l nt p d] 美 [ lɑ nt p d] n. (本文)跳板,敲门砖;发射台
3.lucrative英 [ lu kr t v] 美 [ lu kr t v] adj. 获利多的
4.couch-surf英 [ ka t s f] 美 [ ka t s r f] v. (俚语)借宿
5.traction n. (本文)取得进展、成果
6.boost英 [bu st] 美 [bu st] v. 提高
【词块学习】
请从文章中找到下面中文相对应的文词块。
1.M.B.A.工商管理硕士(全称:Master of Business Administration)
2.stick something to …把一个东西粘在另一个东西上
3.stick to ... 坚持、紧跟某事
4.Post-it Note便签
5.sticky note 便签(一般称呼)
6.collide with(本文)遭遇;与......相撞、相冲突;错配,不适应
7.pay off(付出努力、时间、金钱之后)获得回报
8.fast track快速发展期;快车道
9.in person亲历亲为地
10.see traction看见曙光
【全文翻译】
找不到工作的工商管理硕士毕业生们
詹娜·斯塔尔(Jenna Starr)在去年五月获得了耶鲁大学的工商管理硕士(M.B.A.)学位。几个月后,她在自己的电脑显示器上贴了一张蓝色便利贴,上面写着:“去争取到你想要的那份工作。”
斯塔尔是2023届MBA毕业生大军中的一员,数月以来,他们的求职因高薪白领职位的招聘放缓而受到冲击。斯塔尔在毕业前就开始在可持续发展领域寻找工作机会,此后她申请了100多个职位,包括她曾从事过的非营利组织筹款工作。
在一所顶尖院校攻读MBA的费用可能超过20万美元,但这笔投资通常是值得的,因为MBA学位是一个开启全新职业生涯、获得更丰厚薪酬的跳板,或是一条跻身企业领导层的快车道。2023年春季毕业生中,许多人表示他们仍在等待这份预期的回报。
一名住在波士顿的哈佛MBA毕业生表示,为了在纽约通过人脉寻找工作机会,他暂时借住在朋友家里。另一名得克萨斯大学麦库姆斯商学院的毕业生说,她的房租是由父母补助的,而她一边在酒店餐厅工作,一边把自己的衣服和珠宝首饰挂在二手网站上出售,以此来支付食品、日用品和水电费用。
一些待业已久的求职者终于看到了曙光。新年伊始,斯塔尔收到了一份岗位录取通知,她打算接受这份工作,担任一家医疗公司的可持续发展分析师。她说,为了提升求职竞争力,她在网上额外考取了可持续发展领域的证书,这对她今后的工作也会有帮助。
拓展练习阅读理解参考答案
11.A 12.B 13.C 14.D