1．Hundreds of students
send me e-mail each year asking for advice about education.
（para.1）
每年都有数以百计的学生给我发电子邮件，要我就接受教育给他们提建议。
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2．They want to know what to study, or whether it's okay
to drop out of college since that's what I did.（para.1）
他们想知道该学些什么，或者可不可以从大学辍学，因为我就没有读完大学。
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3．A smaller number of parents send messages, seeking
guidance for their son or daughter. （para.2）
也有不少家长给我写信，希望知道怎么样引导他们的子女。
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4．"How can we steer our child toward success?"
they ask.. （para.2）
他们问：“我们怎样才能把孩子引向成功之路？”
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5．My basic advice
is simple and heartfelt: Get the best education you
can. Take advantage of high school and college. Learn
how to learn.（para.3）
我的基本忠告很简单，而且是发自内心的：全力获得最佳教育。充分利用高中和大学。掌握学习策略。
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6． It's true that I dropped out of college to start
Microsoft, but I was at Harvard for three years before
dropping out--and I'd love to have the time to go back.
（para.4）
不错，为创建微软，我未完成大学学业，不过辍学之前我已经在哈佛呆了三年，而且我真心希望有一天能重返校园。
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7． As I've said before, nobody should drop out of college
unless they believe they face the opportunity of a lifetime.
（para.4）
以前我也说过，谁也不应该辍学，除非他坚信自己正面临着一个一生仅有一次的机会。
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8． And even then they should reconsider. （para.4）
但就算在那个时候也还是应该深思熟虑。
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9．Kathy Cridland,
a sixth-grade teacher in Ohio, wrote to say, "Several
of my students claim that you never finished high school.
（para.5）
在俄亥俄州教六年级的老师凯西·克里德兰写道，“我的好几个学生声称你根本没有读完高中。
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10． Since you are a success, my students perceive that
as a reason not to care much about getting a good education."
（para.5）
你成功了，我的学生因此就认为没有必要接受良好的教育。”
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11．I finished high school! （para.6）
我高中毕业了的!
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12．The computer industry has lots of people who didn't
finish college, but I'm not aware of any success stories
that began with somebody dropping out of high school.
（para.7）
计算机行业中确实有很多人没有读完大学，但是我从来没有见过有谁高中没读完就开始成功创业的。
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13．I actually don't
know any high school dropouts, let alone any successful
ones. （para.7）
确切地说，我认识的人当中根本没有高中辍学的，更没有事业成功的。
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14．In my company's early years we had a bright part-time
programmer who threatened to drop out of high school
to work full-time. （para.8）
我的公司创立早期，有一个相当出色的兼职程序员，声称要从高中辍学来做全职。
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15．We told him no. （para.8）
我们叫他不要这么做。
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16．Quite a few of our people didn't finish college,
but we discourage dropping out. para.9）
我们公司里确实有好些人没有读完大学，但我们不希望人们辍学。
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17．Having a diploma
certainly helps somebody who is looking to us for a
job. （para.9）
要在我们公司谋职，有毕业证书肯定会优先考虑。
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18．College isn't the only place where information exists.
（para.10）
不一定只有在大学才能获取信息。
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19．You can learn in a library. （para.10）
在图书馆也可以学习。
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20．But somebody handing you a book doesn't automatically
foster learning. （para.10）
但人家递给你一本书并不能自动地让你学到东西。
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21．You want to learn
with other people, ask questions, try out ideas and have
a way to test your ability. （para.10）
你需要向别人学习，提问题，将设想付诸实施，设法验证自己的能力。
(简单句)
22．It usually takes more than just a book.（para.10）
这一切，往往不是读一两本书就可以做得到的。
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23．Education should be broad, although it's fine to have
deep interests, too. （para.11）
接受的教育应该是广泛的，虽然对某些了与情有独钟也不失为一件好事。
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24．In high school there were periods when I was highly
focused on writing software, but for most of my high school
years I had wide-ranging academic interests. （para.12）
读高中时，我有一段时间醉心于软件编写，但大部分时间里，我的学习兴趣相当广泛。
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25．My parents encouraged
this, and I'm grateful that they did. （para.12）
我父母鼓励我这么做，对此我感激不尽。
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26．Although I attended a lot of different kinds of classes
in college, I signed up for only one computer class the
whole time. para.13）
大学期间，我修了很多不同的课程，但我从头至尾只选修了一门计算机课。
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27．I read about all kinds of things. （para.13）
我读书涉猎很广。
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28．One parent wrote me that her 15-year-old son "lost
himself in the hole of the computer. （para.14）
有位家长写信说，她15岁的儿子“钻进计算机无底洞里了”。
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29．“He got an A in website
design, but other grades were sinking, ”she said. （para.14）
他的网站设计课得了“A”，但别的科目分数都在下降。
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30．This boy is making a mistake. （para.15）
这个孩子犯了一个错误。
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31．High school and college offer you the best chance to
learn broadly — math, history, various sciences — and
to do projects with other kids that teach you first-hand
about group dynamics. （para.15）
高中和大学给你提供了最佳机会，你可以广泛学习——数学，历史，各种学科——有机会跟着别的孩子一起做项目，亲身感受到群体的动力。
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32．It's fine to take a deep interest in computers, dance,
language or any other discipline, but （it’s）not (fine)
if it jeopardizes breadth. （para.15）
你对计算机、舞蹈、语言或其他任何的科目有深入的兴趣也无可厚非，但太偏执而舍弃学习广度则不是一件好事了。
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33．If you fall into an
obsessive pattern in high school, you've got two problems.
（para.16）
如果高中阶段兴趣过于集中，你会面临两个问题。
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34．One （problem） is that you're unlikely to change when
you go to college. （para.16）
第一个就是进了大学以后你很可能没法改变。
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35．The other (problem) is that if you don't get reasonably
good grades, it's hard to go to a college that has the
highly motivated, capable students who can really help
you learn about the world. （para.16）
另一个问题就是如果分数不够高，你就很难考入大学，而无法向那些积极性很高，很有才能的学生一起学习，他们可以真正帮助你了解这个世界。
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36．In college it's
appropriate to think about specialization. （para.17）
大学期间可以适当考虑专业的问题。
(简单句)
37．Getting real expertise in an area of interest can
lead to success--unless the specialty ends up being
a dead end or you're not good at. （para.17）
深入掌握自己感兴趣的领域的专业知识，能够引导你走向成功，除非这个专业没有发展前途，或者你并不很擅长这个方面。
(复合句)
38．Graduate school is one way to get specialized knowledge,
although extended college education isn't always a good
investment from a purely economic standpoint. （para.17）
读研究生是获取专业知识的一个途径，不过从纯经济角度来看，大学毕业后再接受教育不能算是明智的投资。
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