新托福口語練習材料——關于人才外流(1)
2014-12-25 16:16:27留學網整理
ShouldtheBrainDrainBeStoppedbyRestrictions?
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BrainDrain(1)
ItissaidthatShanghai’smusiciansabroadcouldformaworldclasssymphonyorchestra(2).
ButtheShanghaiSymphonyOrchestraoncefailedtofindaqualifiedconductorforawholeyear!
Asimilarsituationexistsinscience,medicineandsportscircles.
Stoppingtheoutflowoftalentdependsoncreatingasounddomesticenvironmentratherthansimplysettingupbarriersforthosewhowishtogoabroad.
Ahandfulofpeoplegoabroadtoseekacomfortablelife.ButmostChineseintellectualsemigratebecausetheycannotbringtheirtalentintofullplayintheirmotherland.
ManyconductorstrainedbytheShanghaiConservatoryofMusic(3)havegoneabroadeitherbecausetheycannotfindjobsinsymphonyorchestrasduetothecompetitionfroplaces,orbecausetheycannotdevelopthemselvesinorchestraswherepromotioncomesonlybywayofseniority.
Wefaceakeenshortageoftalent,butonebatchofgiftedpeopleafteranotherhavegoneabroad(4).Thesituationisgrim.
Itisimpossibletoimprovetheconditionsforallintellectualsbyawidemargin(5).Butitispossibleforgovernmentsatalllevelstocreateabetterenvironmentfortheirdevelopment.
Theoutflowoftalentisalosstoournationaswellasapressureforcingustooptimizetheenvironment(6)forthetalented.
I.Listen
Listentothetextwiththehelpofthefollowingnotes.
1.BrainDrain:人才外流。
2.aworldclasssymphonyorchestra:世界一流水平的交響樂隊。
3.ShanghaiConservatoryofMusic:上海音樂學院。
4.onebatchofgiftedpeopleafteranotherhavegoneabroad:一批又一批的有才華的人們相繼出國。
5.byawidemargin:大幅度地。
6.tooptimizetheenvironment:盡可能改善工作環境。
