BBCLearningEnglish–AudioProgrammes音频精选AboutthisscriptPleasenotethatthisisnotawordforwordtranscriptoftheprogrammeasbroadcast.Intherecordingandeditingprocess,changesmayhavebeenmadewhichmaynotbereflectedhere.关于台词的备注：请注意这不是广播节目的逐字稿件。本文稿可能没有体现录制、编辑过程中对节目做出的改变。UniversityorNot上大学值得吗Li:大家好，欢迎收听BBCLearningEnglish的音频精选节目。我是杨莉。Helen:Hello,I’mHelen.Li:今天我们的话题有关高等教学。上大学到底是值得还是不值得？Helen:Giventhecurrenteconomicclimate,isitstillworthwhiletogotouniversityornot?Li:这个问题现在困扰着很多英国的高中毕业生。30年前，仅仅百分之四的人口是大学毕业，可是现在有百分之四十。Helen:Doesthismeanadegreeisnolongerasvaluableasitusedtobe?Li:Notasvaluableasitusedtobe是不是没有以前那么值钱了？另外，上大学的费用可是一年比一年高。Helen:That’sright.Highereducationusedtobefree,butnotanymore.It’sbeenestimatedthatwhenagraduatefinisheshisdegree,hewillbeover£20,000indebt.Li:现在一个大学生毕业时会负债indebt.要偿还超过两万英镑的贷款loans.Helen:Let’shearfromKeithDougdale,DirectorofGlobalRecruitmentforKPMG.InsertWe’vegotarecession,timesaretoughandit’sdifficultforgraduates.Butlong-term,theprospectsareactuallygreatandthey’regoingtogetbetter,becauseofthedemographictimebomb,whichmeansweneedmoreandmorepeoplewithmoreandmoreskillstoentertheworkforceasgraduates.Li:刚才我们听到的是KeithDougdale,他有着几十年的招聘经验。他认为目前经济处于萧条阶段recession.对大学生的确是不利的。Helen:Withrecession,therearefewerjobsavailableandit’stoughfornewgraduates.ButKeithtellsusthatlong-term,theprospectsarestillverygood.Li:Prospects前景，不过从长远来说long-term,大学毕业生的就业前景还是不错的。Keith提到了demographictimebomb,demographic就是人口统计的，timebomb定时炸弹。Helen:Hedoesn’treallymeanthere’sgoingtobebombexplosion;it’sametaphortoindicatethatthere’llbeabigincreaseinpopulation.Li:原来Keith的意思是人口会大幅度增长，到时候需要更多的大学生graduates来满足各行各业的需求。Helen:Butyoungpeoplemustrealisethatadegreequalificationalonecan’tguaranteethatyou’llgetajob.Li:是的，单有文凭是不够的。人事经理JonathanEvans告诉我们，公司雇主对大学生的工作经验也非常重视。InsertThey’relookingforgraduateswhoareemployable,justhavingadegreedoesn’tmakesomeoneemployable.They’relookingforpeoplewhohavesupportiveevidenceofhowtheycanapplytheirknowled