CCTV9英语新闻：大学生求职:去大城市打拼还是留小城市

Finding a job is hard enough for China’s 7 million college graduates, and it’s especially so for its art students. In an age of commerce and fast economic change, there are simply fewer employers in sight despite a rising number of art related schools. Wu Haojun takes a look at just how tough the job market is for Beijing’s Peking Opera students and where the opportunities lie.

In an era of modern entertainment, is there still a place for traditional arts and an even more pressing question: what about the job prospects¹ for those who dedicated² their lives to studying the art form.

Even though the students here today are among the elite³ of the elite in their field.. the pressure can still get the best of them.

For students of various art disciplines, finding work is now tougher than ever. It’s estimated that only 50% of students who majored in art-related fields, find jobs shortly after they graduate, and even less, 20% to be exact, get to apply what they learned to their profession.

In such a competitive market, employers get to be a bit pickier than usual.

But not all is doom⁴ and gloom for the country’s art talents, at least outside the mega cities.Local theater groups from across China have come to the capital city in hopes of luring⁵ the best talent. Yet despite the tough job market, many are unwilling⁶ to leave the big cities.
Many students here cite better career development in the big cities as one of the top reasons for staying, and that reflects a broad sentiment among students of other majors as well. Meanwhile, some experts are advising that if the students look carefully enough, small places may offer big opportunities.

1 prospects   

n.希望，前途(恒为复数)

参考例句：

• There is a mood of pessimism in the company about future job prospects. 公司中有一种对工作前景悲观的情绪。
• They are less sanguine about the company's long-term prospects. 他们对公司的远景不那么乐观。

2 dedicated   

adj.一心一意的；献身的；热诚的

参考例句：

• He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
• His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。

3 elite   

n.精英阶层；实力集团；adj.杰出的，卓越的

参考例句：

• The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
• We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。

4 doom   

n.厄运，劫数；v.注定，命定

参考例句：

• The report on our economic situation is full of doom and gloom.这份关于我们经济状况的报告充满了令人绝望和沮丧的调子。
• The dictator met his doom after ten years of rule.独裁者统治了十年终于完蛋了。

5 luring   

吸引，引诱（lure的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• Cheese is very good for luring a mouse into a trap. 奶酪是引诱老鼠上钩的极好的东西。
• Her training warned her of peril and of the wrong, subtle, mysterious, luring. 她的教养警告她：有危险，要出错儿，这是微妙、神秘而又诱人的。

6 unwilling   

adj.不情愿的

参考例句：

• The natives were unwilling to be bent by colonial power.土著居民不愿受殖民势力的摆布。
• His tightfisted employer was unwilling to give him a raise.他那吝啬的雇主不肯给他加薪。