一生必知英语话题背诵 29如何从“海龟”蜕变为“海带”

How does a "sea turtle" turn out to be a "seaweed"? The following are a series of criteria¹ for you to be "seaweeds" successfully. Please read them carefully.

怎样才能“完成”从“海龟”到“海带”的蜕变呢?以下几条准则将有助于你成功实现该过程。请仔细阅读。

1. Keep your sense of superiority(优越感) forever and remember your special status as an honorable "sea turtle".

1.永远保持自我优越性，牢记你是一名光荣的"海龟"这一特殊身份。

2. Limit the choice of your job location to a few metropolises(大都市), such as Beijing and Shanghai.

2. 在选择工作地点时，仅限于北京、上海等大都市。

3. Take the cost of your overseas education into consideration when calculate your starting salary request.

3. 当你计算薪金要求时，将海外留学的教育成本考虑在内。

4. Believe the area of specialty² that you majored in is in high demand and your foreign language ability is an advantage to compete with others.

4. 坚信你的专业领域处于高需求状态，你的外语语言能力将会使你在与人竞争时所向披靡。

Now, compare yourself with the above criteria one by one. If you are qualified³ with all of them, well, congratulations to you and welcome to the "seaweeds" team.

现在，将你的具体情况与上述标准逐条进行对照。如果你满足上述所有标准，那么恭喜你，欢迎加入“海带”团队。

1 criteria   

n.标准

参考例句：

• The main criterion is value for money.主要的标准是钱要用得划算。
• There are strict criteria for inclusion in the competition.参赛的标准很严格。

2 specialty   

n.(speciality)特性，特质；专业，专长

参考例句：

• Shell carvings are a specialty of the town.贝雕是该城的特产。
• His specialty is English literature.他的专业是英国文学。

3 qualified   

adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的

参考例句：

• He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
• We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。