英文原文

Recording 3
记录3

Earlier this month the think tank called Onward published a report "a question of degree" which argues that degrees and the creative arts are not good value for money.
本月早些时候，名为“Onward”的智库发布了一份名为《学位问题》的报告，该报告认为学位和创意艺术并不是物有所值的投资。

ministers according to Onward, should crack down on courses that offer extremely limited value for money to students 10 years after graduation, restricting the ability of such courses to recruit new students.
根据Onward的说法，部长们应该打击那些在学生毕业后10年内提供极低价值课程的课程，限制这些课程招收新学生的能力。

if the average graduate earns below the student loans payment threshold, courses like science technology, engineering and math and economics, where the average graduate earns a lot, should be favored.
如果平均毕业生收入低于学生贷款还款门槛，则应倾向于那些平均毕业生收入较高的课程，如科学、技术、工程和数学以及经济学等。

the report provides insight into a government review which looks at how to reform technical education and how to ensure students get good value for money.
该报告对政府审查提供了见解，该审查着眼于如何改革技术教育以及如何确保学生物有所值。

at first glance, it might even seem like Onward have a point.
乍一看，Onward似乎有些道理。

according to their data, the majority of creative art students earn less than £25,000 a year 10 years after graduation.
根据他们的数据，大多数创意艺术专业学生在毕业后10年内每年的收入都低于25,000英镑。

the average male creative arts students indeed apparently earn much less than they would had they simply never gone to university.
平均而言，男性创意艺术专业的学生实际上赚得比他们从未上过大学时少得多。

this isn't really good for anyone, and it's certainly no good for graduates who are forced to endure a lifestyle where they can never save up, never buy a house, never hope to retire.
这对任何人来说都不是好事，尤其是对那些被迫忍受无法存钱、无法买房、无法希望退休的毕业生来说，更不是好事。

Onward have identified a real problem.
Onward已经发现了一个真正的问题。

creative arts graduates from top universities like Oxford, with a high proportion of privately educated students, have fairly good work prospects.
来自牛津等顶尖大学的创意艺术专业毕业生，由于私立教育学生的比例较高，就业前景相当不错。

while 40% of all graduates regardless of their degree earn less than £25,000 a year five years after graduation.
然而，无论学位如何，所有毕业生中有40%的人在毕业后五年内每年的收入都低于25,000英镑。

this suggests that the problem isn't really to do with specific students studying specific degrees.
这表明问题并不在于特定学生攻读特定学位。

but really with the economy as a whole
但真正的问题其实在于整个经济环境

regardless of what they've studied
无论他们学的是什么

young people find it hard to get ahead
年轻人发现很难出人头地

unless they're lucky enough to be born with successful parents
除非他们幸运地出生在有成功父母的家庭

if ministers want to make education pay for young people
如果部长们想让教育为年轻人带来回报

they need to look beyond the higher education sector towards the wider world
他们需要超越高等教育领域，放眼更广阔的世界

the rewards that education gives us are not measurable
教育给我们的回报是无法衡量的

they are not always instantly obvious
它们并不总是立即可见的

and certainly not always direct
当然也不是直接的

an education makes you a different person from the one you would have been if you hadn't received it
教育让你成为一个不同于没有接受教育时的自己

we need to look at the value of education not in the context of a bank balance but of a life
我们需要从生活的角度而不是银行余额的角度来审视教育的价值

if we continue to allow ourselves to be distracted with talk of value for money
如果我们继续让自己被金钱价值的话题所分散注意力

we will all be made poorer as a result
结果我们所有人都会变得更穷

questions 22 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard
问题22到25是基于你刚刚听到的录音

question 22 what does onwards report proposed ministers should do
问题 22：报告建议部长们应该怎么做

question 23 Best Woods arguments
问题 23：最佳森林论据

question 24 what do we learn about British college graduates five years after graduation
问题24：我们了解到英国大学毕业生在毕业后五年的情况是什么

question 25 what does the speaker say actually accounts for the problem identified by Onward
问题25：说话者认为什么才是造成Onward所识别问题的真正原因