Salary or Interest
　　Upon graduation, all college students will confront the problem of career choice. Students' opinions differ greatly on this issue. Some hold that priority should be given to their interest in jobs, but others take the attitude that salary is the most critical factor influencing their career choices.
　　As to myself, I prefer the latter view. A well-paid job exerts a tremendous fascination on a great number of people, with no exception to me. Although it might be impossible to measure the value of one's job in terms of money, salary counts most when I choose my future career. And according to my experience, our career choices largely depend on how and where we have been brought up. I come from a poor urban family and my parents were both laid-off workers. In order to finance my tuition, they had been working hard over the past four years. As the only son in my family, I have to shoulder the burden of supporting my family.
　　In short, salary is the first consideration in my choice of career.                      (176 words)

confront  v. 面临，遭遇
career choice  职业选择
hold  v. 认为，相信
give priority to  认为......优先
take the attitude that  持......态度
as to myself  就我自己来说
exert  v. 运用，发挥
tremendous  adj. 极大的； 绝妙的
fascination  n. 魔力，入迷，魅力
with no exception to... 
......也不例外
laid-off  adj. 被解雇的
finance  vt. 为......供给资金
shoulder the burden of
扛起......的重担
in short 简而言之，总之
consideration  n.
要考虑的事情； 关心

薪水还是兴趣？
　　毕业后，所有的大学生都会面临职业选择的问题。学生在该问题上的看法有很大不同。有些人认为优先考虑的事应该是他们对工作的兴趣，而另一些人则认为，薪水是影响他们职业选择最关键的因素。
　　对我自己来说，我喜欢后一种说法。一份薪水丰厚的工作在许多人身上发挥着巨大的魔力，我也不例外。虽然用金钱来衡量一个人工作的价值也许不可能，但薪水在我选择未来职业的时候占最重要的地位。而且据我的经验，我们的职业选择很大程度上依赖于我们是如何以及在什么地方被带大的。我来自一个贫穷的城市家庭，我的父母都是下岗工人。为了给我筹措学费，在过去的四年中他们一直辛勤地工作。作为家里的独生子，我必须要担当起养家的负担。
　　简而言之，薪水在我的职业选择中是首先要考虑的。

Some hold that priority should be given to their interest in jobs, but others take the attitude that salary is the most critical factor influencing their career choices. 有些人认为优先考虑的事应该是他们对工作的兴趣，而另一些人则认为，薪水是影响他们职业选择最关键的因素。