英语听力：告诉你一生必知的事25：村官——大学生就业的新途径

　　导语：读者在听读该文时，重点注意以下单词和短语：relatively adv. 相当地;相对地，比较地;accelerate vt. 使……加快;使……增速。为加深印象，小编又给每个重点词或短语配了一个精彩的例子。

　　For decades, college students have been regarded as "the society's elites". Today, however, things have changed greatly.

　　几十年来，大学生一直被看做是社会的精英。然而如今的情形已大不相同。

　　The ever-growing rate of college enrollment(录取) has led to a relatively popularized higher education and a huge army of graduates every year. What's more, most of the graduates just want to work in big cities such as Beijing and Shanghai, which makes employment situation in the big cities more serious.

　　大学扩招导致每年毕业生大军激增。另外，大部分毕业生只想在诸如北京、上海等大城市工作，这又使得大城市本已严峻的就业情形雪上加霜。

　　Therefore, having well-educated graduates work at village-level governments is an important decision made by the government to solve the employment problem and further implement(实现) the scientific

　　outlook on development and. accelerate the construction process of the new socialist countryside.

　　因此，鼓励受过良好教育的毕业生到村级政府机构工作是政府下达的一个重要决定。这不仅有助于解决就业问题，同时也进一步加快了建设社会主义新农村的步伐。

　　Maybe for some graduates, landing a job in a rural area or a remote region is a face-losing proposition. But, in fact , working in a low-ranking occupation can toughen one's will, help to accumuLate(积累) experience and develop competitiveness. In this sense, being a village official can be a good start to their career.

　　或许，对于许多毕业生而言，到农村或偏远地区工作是件很没面子的事，但事实上，在底层工作能够磨炼一个人的意志，有助于积累工作经验，提升竞争力。从这点来讲，村官是其职业发展的一个良好开端。

　　注释：

　　relatively adv. 相当地;相对地，比较地

　　例句：Some firms did perform better than others, but only relatively so.

　　也有一些公司比其他的表现更好，但只是相对的。

　　accelerate vt. 使……加快;使……增速

　　例句：How do you plan to accelerate the development of these technologies?

　　目前您打算如何加快这方面的技术研发?