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職場(chǎng)雙語(yǔ)：考試與工作脫節(jié)
It’s tempting to conclude that the exam system is wrong to inflict such pain for so little gain. It is not as if we remember the facts that we stuffed into our heads at the very last minute. On the evening of my finals, I could probably have told you about Wittgenstein’s view on the indeterminacy of translation but now all I can recall is the picture that was a duck one minute and a rabbit the next.
我們很容易得出這樣一個(gè)結(jié)論：考試制度造成如此大的痛苦，但換來(lái)的收獲如此之少，證明這種制度存在問(wèn)題。我們根本記不住在最后一分鐘硬塞進(jìn)腦子里的那些事實(shí)。在期末考試前一天晚上，我或許還能夠告訴你維特根斯坦(Wittgenstein)有關(guān)翻譯不準(zhǔn)確性的看法，但現(xiàn)在，我只記得起那幅上一分鐘還是鴨子，下一分鐘卻變成兔子的圖片。
Yet that isn’t why it’s all a waste. Even though I’ve forgotten what I learnt, I am still proud to have once known it. This seems a less shameful state of ignorance than never having known it at all.
不過(guò)，這并不是考試制度一無(wú)是處的原因所在。盡管我曾學(xué)過(guò)的東西都忘記了，但我還是以曾經(jīng)知道為傲。與從來(lái)不知道相比，這種無(wú)知狀態(tài)似乎不那么可恥。
The real problem with the exam system is that it teaches lessons about work itself that you need to unlearn pretty smartly if you want to get ahead in business.
考試制度的真正問(wèn)題在于，它教授了一些關(guān)于工作本身的錯(cuò)誤知識(shí)，如果你想在商界中獲得成功，你就必須很快忘卻這些東西。
First, it teaches you that there is a fairly straightforward relationship between effort and result. In exams, if you work very, very hard in the evenings you are going to do an awful lot better than if you spend your evenings in the pub. In most office life, this is not true. The relationship between effort and reward is much more complicated.
首先，它灌輸給你一個(gè)概念，即付出與成績(jī)是完全對(duì)等的。就考試而言，如果你每天晚上都非常、非常認(rèn)真地復(fù)習(xí)，而不是泡在酒吧里，那么你的成績(jī)就會(huì)好很多。但在大多數(shù)辦公室生活中，情況并非如此。付出與回報(bào)之間的關(guān)系要復(fù)雜得多。
Second, in an exam there is nowhere to hide. If you fail you may try to pin the blame on your teachers or the examiner, but in your heart you know there is no one else to blame but yourself. You either weren’t bright enough, or you didn’t work hard enough.
其次，在考試中，你無(wú)處可躲。如果你沒(méi)通過(guò)，你可能會(huì)試圖怪罪于你的老師或考官，但內(nèi)心深處，你知道這件事不怪任何人，只能怪你自己。你不是不夠聰明，就是不夠努力。
One of the beauties of office work is that there is no shortage of candidates to blame for one’s failures. Management, the market, the culture, one’s colleagues, the competitors, an IT failure; the options are endless. You can screw something up royally and get away with it indefinitely. Indeed, so long as you are quite senior you can bring the entire banking system down and still get a big bonus.
工作的一個(gè)好處在于，你永遠(yuǎn)可以將你的失敗歸咎于其它因素：管理、市場(chǎng)、文化、你的同事、競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手、一個(gè)IT故障；選項(xiàng)無(wú)窮無(wú)盡。即使你把事情弄得一團(tuán)糟，也能永遠(yuǎn)避開懲罰。實(shí)際上，只要你職位夠高，就算你把整個(gè)銀行系統(tǒng)都搞垮，還是可以收到巨額獎(jiǎng)金。 來(lái)源:考試大-實(shí)用英語(yǔ)考試
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