Is studying abroad worth your time?

江蘇南菁高級中學(xué) 薛海燕

作者簡介

薛海燕，江蘇省南菁高級中學(xué)高級教師，英國安格利亞魯斯金大學(xué)文學(xué)碩士，應(yīng)用語言學(xué)和對外英語教學(xué)（Applied Linguistics and TESOL）專業(yè)，市學(xué)科帶頭人，“四環(huán)閱讀研究會”常務(wù)理事兼核心創(chuàng)作成員，《瘋狂英語》高考研究與培訓(xùn)科研組核心成員。主持第十一期江蘇省中小學(xué)教學(xué)研究課題（2015JK11-L037），運用“產(chǎn)出導(dǎo)向法”研究英語的閱讀輸入與寫作輸出的結(jié)合，屢次應(yīng)邀到各地做各類分享。實驗班學(xué)生中有多人獲英語各類競賽全國一等獎；課題組中有多人獲優(yōu)質(zhì)課全國、省、市一等獎。

悅讀貼士

本刊所有文章中注釋的詞匯均為非課標(biāo)詞匯，無須記憶與理解;在文后注釋的詞匯為課標(biāo)詞匯，建議同學(xué)們將后者整理為詞匯掌中寶，以便隨帶隨記。

Step 1感知·閱讀導(dǎo)航

話題導(dǎo)入

“留學(xué)光環(huán)褪去，海歸價值何在？”本文由案例、數(shù)字表明留學(xué)生回國求職遇冷，隨即討論其背后原因，引發(fā)留學(xué)價值思考。近年來，準(zhǔn)備出國讀研的中國學(xué)生數(shù)量持續(xù)增長，有意向?qū)W成回國工作的約占七成，踩不準(zhǔn)國內(nèi)求職季和缺乏實習(xí)經(jīng)驗往往成為海歸求職時的絆腳石，但是海外學(xué)習(xí)所培養(yǎng)的語言能力、交際能力、獨立能力和全球化的思維模式幫助海歸更好地符合職業(yè)訴求。海歸求職能否破冰，你對留學(xué)怎么看？

本文為社會熱點討論，全文420字，建議用時7分鐘。

閱讀立意

閱讀時應(yīng)達(dá)到以下三個目標(biāo)：

1.學(xué)會討論一個具體的社會熱點問題，理解案例和數(shù)字的作用；

2.掌握多角度分析的方法，培養(yǎng)對相關(guān)話題進(jìn)行批判性思維的能力；

3.培養(yǎng)基于同一主題，換角度陳述的能力，掌握原文語言的重組和自我觀點的合理表達(dá)。

When Guo Shuai graduated from Zhengzhou University in Henan in 2015,he didn’t hesitate topursuean MBA at Fort Hays State University in the United States.

He is just one of many Chinese students following their dreams at foreign universities.

The number of Chinese students studying for master’s degrees overseas continued to rise this year,according to a study released in May by Chinese education consultants New Oriental Vision Overseas and UK marketresearch company Kantar Millward Brown.

According to the study,68 percent of all those planning to study abroad this year want to study for master’s degrees or above,which is 8 percent higher than last year.

And about 78 percent of those planning to study abroad choose to return to China to work,either after finishing their overseas studies or after working abroad for a while.

However,different from decades ago,a foreign degree no longer guarantees a graduate a well-paid job.

According to a 2017 study by the Center for China and Globalization (CCG),a Beijingbased think tank（智囊團）,about 45 percent of Chinese graduates with a foreign degree get a starting salary of less than 6,000 yuan per month.And nearly 70 percent of them think their salary doesn’t meet their expectation.

For example,Lucy Liu,a woman from Beijing,felt disappointed after being interviewed by a famous film studio in Beijing.She had just finished her postgraduate studies in documentary production at New York University in the US.

“The pay would be 150,000 yuan for one documentary,and at best I could finish one documentary a year,”Liu told South China Morning Post.

“After spending so much money on my studies,I couldn’t accept that pay,” said Liu.She spent about one million yuan in tuition and living expenses while studying abroad.

Worse still,it takes over four months for over 50 percent of returned students to land a job,and only 20 percent get job offers before graduation,according to Qi Bin,vice-general manager of Haiwei Career Services,a company that specializes in employment for returnees.

Two major reasons are that they often miss the main job-seeking seasons whilethey’re abroad and they lack internship experience,Qi told China Daily.

However,it doesn’t mean studying overseas is completely useless.On the contrary,it could provide students with good language and communication skills,an independent character and a global mindset,which are important for their career development,according to Qi.

“Studying overseas cannot guarantee everything,but foreign-educated students have great potential,and at some point their break will come,”Li Qing,a researcher from CCG,told South China Morning Post.

Step 2 實踐·文本解讀

酷詞解碼

1.pursue v.繼續(xù)進(jìn)行；追求

2.consultant n.顧問；咨詢公司

3.guarantee v.保證；擔(dān)保

4.documentary n.紀(jì)錄片

5.tuition n.學(xué)費

6.mindset n.思維模式

7.on the contrary正相反

立意呈現(xiàn)

Ⅰ.Understand the structure

Complete the table and fill in each blank with only one word according to the text．

【點石成金】社會熱點討論類文本具有鮮明的時代性。本文反映中國學(xué)生海外求學(xué)和海歸求職的最新動向與最新趨勢，在諸多的社會矛盾中，該問題比較突出，又普遍存在，關(guān)系你我；而且，該社會問題具有挑戰(zhàn)性，考驗學(xué)生的自我選擇，應(yīng)當(dāng)從本文的對比分析中學(xué)習(xí)看待問題的多重視角，厘清自己的需求，尋求應(yīng)變之策。

Ⅱ.Understand the issue

Weigh the advantages and disadvantages carefully．

1．What problems do overseas graduates encounter when seeking jobs back in China?

2．What encourages so many students to further study abroad?

Step 3 運用·讀寫整合

觀點重組

Para.1～5 the current situation

How is the current trend of studying abroad?(Using statistics to support your writing)

Para.6～11 descriptions of the problems and phenomena

Para.12～14 reflections

Comparing the advantages with disadvantages of studying abroad,what’s your choice if possible?

Step 4 提升·素養(yǎng)建構(gòu)

【寫作技巧】

How to write essays on social issue?

● Applying examples&statistics．

● Making comparisons from different perspectives．

● Arousing readers’ reflections．

【讀后改寫】通過對海歸求職難這一熱點問題的呈現(xiàn)、根源的分析，以及優(yōu)劣的對比，我們進(jìn)行語篇解讀，達(dá)成了對篇章的概括和理解；通過對該話題的分析和反思，我們做到了感同身受，不禁設(shè)身處地地考慮起自己未來的求學(xué)方向和職業(yè)打算。閱讀2007—2017年海歸回國意向占比圖，了解未來發(fā)展趨勢。對于是否當(dāng)一個海歸，你是不是也有自己的見解要表達(dá)？

寫作要求：

1.描述圖表中反映的海外求學(xué)及回國趨勢；

2.呈現(xiàn)海歸求職難的問題并進(jìn)行分析；

3.感同身受，表達(dá)自己對海外求學(xué)的態(tài)度。

According to the bar chart revealing the repatriation rates of overseas students from 2007 to 2017,

【點石成金】范文應(yīng)用了社會熱點討論的技巧：

1.作比較：分析討論話題的成因、特點、優(yōu)劣，以及影響等；

2.舉例子：使文章表達(dá)的意思更明確，更生動形象，增加信服力；

3.列數(shù)字：準(zhǔn)確客觀地反映事實情況，增強說服力。