Private Schools and Training Schools
　　1.現在，社會上存在著各種各樣的私立學校和培訓學校
　　2.私立學校和培訓學校的存在有利有弊

　　【精彩范文】
　　 Private Schools and Training Schools

　　 Education determines the destiny of individuals and of a nation. That’s why China has experienced tremendous boom in education amid its 3-decade reform and opening campaign. Apart from universities and colleges rapidly expanding their scale, private schools and training schools have also mushroomed, attracting large number of students.
　　Private schools and training schools have proliferated because they can considerably compensate for the deficiencies inherent in government-established institutions. They are closely geared to the changing demands for the talents valued by the labor market and are most sensitive to introduce adjustments, in keeping with those evolving needs. Without the rigid bureaucracy and executive interference usually associated with government-supported institutions, they are much more efficient in administration and in providing the kind of education catering to the individual needs of students.
　　However, those schools are not without their flaws. They are almost invariably driven by commercial purposes.The fees they charge are forbidding, disproportionate with the limited education and training they provide. They tend to lack standardized curriculum and the faculty there are of varying quality. The legitimate rights and interests of students cannot be fully guaranteed, especially when some of them go bankrupt. In view of all those possible negative consequences, it is all the more important that students choose the right school at the right time.

　　【參考譯文】
　　私立學校與培訓學校
　　教育決定著個人的命運，也決定著國家的命運，這就是為什么伴隨著三十多年的改革開放運動，中國的教育事業經歷了高度的繁榮。除了高等院校飛速地擴大其規模，私立學校與培訓學校也似雨后春筍般地涌現，慕名而來的學生門庭若市。
　　私立學校與培訓學校之所以數量激增，因為它們在相當程度上彌補了官辦學府所固有的某些不足之處。此類學校緊密地切合勞動力市場不斷變化著的對有價值人才的需求，并且依據這些不斷變化著的需求， 能敏銳地作出調整。沒有了那些常常與官助學府相聯系在一起的僵硬的官僚主義及行政干預，它們無論在教學管理方面， 還是在向學生提供可滿足其個性需求的教育方面，都來得遠為高效。
　　然則，此類學校也并非完美無缺。它們幾乎毫無例外地都受著商業目的的驅動。它們收取的費用常常令人望而生畏，與它們所提供的有限的教學與培訓不成比例。它們往往缺乏規范的課程設置，那里的師資也良莠不齊。學生們合法的權益無法獲得充分的保障，尤其是當其中的一些學校關門倒閉的時候。鑒于所有這些有可能存在的負面后果，學生們在恰當的時機，選擇恰當的學校，就顯得尤為重要。

　　【值得熟記的句式與短語】
　　1. the destiny of individuals and of a nation個人的命運和國家的命運
　　2. tremendous boom高度的繁榮
　　3. reform and opening campaign改革開放運動
　　4. Apart from…除了……
　　5. compensate for彌補
　　6. government-established institutions官辦學校
　　7. be geared to適應……的需要
　　8. be most sensitive to introduce adjustments能敏銳地做出調整
　　9. in keeping with與……協調；與一致
　　10. rigid bureaucracy and executive interference僵硬的官僚主義及行政干預
　　11. cater to滿足……的需要，迎合
　　12. be driven by commercial purposes受著商業目的的驅動
　　13. disproportionate with與……不成比例
　　14. be of varying quality良莠不齊
　　15. The legitimate rights and interests of students cannot be fully guaranteed學生們合法的權益無法獲得充分的保障
　　16. go bankrupt破產
　　17. In view of all those possible negative consequences鑒于所有這些有可能存在的負面后果
　　18. all the more important愈加重要