中国的新一代富豪是:高校中的科学家们!

 Chinese President Xi Jinping has called upon the country's best and brightest to make more breakthroughs in science and technology, with billions of yuan being pumped into higher education.

中国国家主席习近平号召中国最杰出的优秀人才，要在科学技术领域做出更多突破，为此，数十亿元的资金投入到了高等教育中去。

Now, it seems that an increasing amount of that money is going into scientists' pockets. According to a new report by South China Morning Post, the ranks of millionaire scientists in China are growing rapidly.

而现在看起来，越来越大数额的钱进入了科学家们的腰包里。根据南华早报的一份最新报告显示，中国身价百万的科学家的数量正在迅速增长。

中国的新一代富豪是:高校中的科学家们!

A survey published in the scientific journal¹ Nature concluded that university scientists in China made on average $40,000 a year in 2010, while their counterparts² in the U.S. made double that amount. Now, the gap³ is vanishing⁴.

一项发表在科学杂志《自然》上面的文章总结称，中国高校的科学家在2010年的人均收入是4万美元，而在美国，科学家的收入要多一倍，但是，现在差距正在变得越来越小。

"In major cities, more and more Chinese scientists are making as much as they can for the same position in the U.S.," a senior life scientist at Tsinghua University in Beijing told the SCMP.

北京清华大学的一名高级生命科学家接受南华早报采访时表示：“在中国各大主要城市，越来越多的中国科学家的收入已经和美国科学家持平了。”

Chinese professors with overseas experience get an average starting salary of about $120,000 a year, it added. Additionally, some university researchers can get a $100,000 bonus for each paper published by top academic journals⁵.

南华早报补充称，有海外留学经验的中国教授起薪是每年12万美元。此外，在一些高校，如果论文发表在顶级学术期刊中，研究者还可获得10万美元左右的奖金。

There's also commercial potential in the scientists' research. A professor at Wuhan Institute of Technology in Hubei reportedly earned $2 million from selling ceramic⁶ coating technology to a company last year.

而一些科学家的研究中还有很多商业价值。据报道，武汉科技大学的一名教授在去年就通过出售陶瓷涂层技术获得了200万美元的收益。

These top earning scientists have, however, come under fire, with critics questioning whether their heart truly lay in science – or in their paychecks.

不过，这些顶级科学家还是受到了批评，很多批评者质疑他们是在专心做科研，还是在赚钱。

1 journal   

n.日志，日记；议事录；日记帐；杂志，定期刊物

参考例句：

• He kept a journal during his visit to Japan.他在访问日本期间坚持记日记。
• He got a job as editor of a trade journal.他找到了一份当商业杂志编辑的工作。

2 counterparts   

与对方地位相当的人，与另一方作用相当的物( counterpart的名词复数 )； 同仁

参考例句：

• Deep-sea valleys are the counterparts of the mountain chains. 深海里的峡谷相当于陆地上的山脉。
• Many states have enacted their own counterparts to RCRA and CERCLA. 许多州都已经针对《资源保护和恢复法》和《综合性环境反应、赔偿与责任法案》制定了他们各自的实施细则。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

3 gap   

n.缺口；间隔；差距；不足，缺陷

参考例句：

• We must see that there is no gap in our defence.我们必须确保我们的防御没有漏洞。
• There is a gap of five miles between towns.镇与镇之间相隔五英里。

4 vanishing   

消失，消没，等于零

参考例句：

• Many of the ranchers themselves see all this tourism as a cheeky attempt to commercialise a real and vanishing culture. 在很多农场主看来，这种旅游完全是一种厚颜无耻的行径，它试图让一个行将消失的、真正意义上的文化成为商品。
• His vanishing sum suggested that he would need sustenance. 他那逐渐消失的钱提醒他，需要找点生计了。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

5 journals   

n.（某学科或专业的）杂志( journal的名词复数 )；期刊；日志；（用于报纸名）…报

参考例句：

• Which journals does the library subscribe to? 图书馆订有哪些报刊？
• This short story was published by two journals of repute. 这篇短篇小说由两种著名的杂志刊出。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 ceramic   

n.制陶业，陶器，陶瓷工艺

参考例句：

• The order for ceramic tiles has been booked in.瓷砖的订单已登记下来了。
• Some ceramic works of art are shown in this exhibition.这次展览会上展出了一些陶瓷艺术品。