change our career 改变我们的职业生涯

The thought that we should, if we're honest with ourselves, probably try to change our career is one of the most anxiety inducing of all realizations.事实上，如果我们对自己诚实，我们都曾想过改变我们的职业生涯那也是令人焦虑的事情之一。

a big drop in salary 调降薪资

be beginning again close to zero 再度归零

We're going to have to face for possibly a very long time a big drop in salary, we might have to move back home, it will be hard to sound impressive at parties about what we're doing, and we'll be beginning again close to zero.我们可能得面对很长时间调降薪资可能得搬家，而且这在聚会中不会成为什么威风的话题此外我们还得面对人生因此再度归零。

be potent/ˈpəʊtnt/ = having a strong effect on your body or mind 有的；有力的；烈性的；影响身心的

Tellingly, the agony about this can be most potent when we're young.引人关注的是，当我们还年轻的时候这个痛苦可能是有效的。

gain the right qualifications 获得专业资格

Imagine someone who's 20; they've been planning a career in chemical engineering and they're well on the way to gaining the right qualifications.想象一下，当一个20岁的人;他已经计划未来从事化学工程的职业他也表现良好，以获得专业资格。

select particular subjects  选择特定科目

take the right courses  进修正确的课程

do some relevant work experience 得到一些相关工作经验

They selected particular subjects at school, took the right courses at university, and did some relevant work experience.他们在学校选择了特定科目，在大学进修相关的课程并拥有一些相关的工作经验。

make what feels like an enormous investment 做了感觉像是一个巨大投资的事

They've already made what feels like an enormous investment.

他们已经做了感觉像是一个巨大投资的事。

marine biology 海洋生物学

anthropology 人类学

But now, they start to think very seriously of switching course, perhaps towards marine biology or anthropology.但现在，他们开始认真思考关于转换跑道，或许是海洋生物学或人类学。

unforeseen years of studying 未知的时间去学习

It might mean another two unforeseen years of studying.

这可能意味着未来将要花上未知的时间去学习。

feels like a very long time indeed 感觉就像花了很长的一段时间

At 20, two years feels like a very long time indeed: 10% of the whole of one's life so far.在20岁的时候，花两年时间学习感觉就像花了很长的一段时间是整个人生中的10％。

psychologically 从心理学上

And, psychologically, it's even bigger than that.而且，在感觉上，它比实际上更长。

be in a kind of daze 处于一种迷惘状态

At 20, you've maybe only felt you were you since you were about 16; before that, you were in a kind of daze of childhood and adolescence, and didn't have any real idea of what your life might be about.20岁，或许直到16岁之后，你才开始感觉你是你;在此之前，你则处于一种迷惘的童年和青春期心中对于人生还并未产生任何真正的想法。心中对于人生还并未产生任何真正的想法。

a vast commitment 巨大的承诺

So two years feels like half of your existence.It's a vast commitment.所以"两年"，彷佛就像花掉你生命的一半。像是一个巨大的承诺。

be hard to grasp 难以掌握

What's so hard to grasp, and yet essential, is how things will look in the future.然而未来到底是什么模样，它是如此难以掌握但却至关重要。

be at the climax /ˈklaɪmæks/of 处于…的顶峰

Age, say, 56. From there, two years will have a very different meaning. It'll only be one 20th or 5% of the forty years between being 16 and being at the climax of middle age.假设当我们56岁时两年的时间，就有非常不同的意义了。两年的时间，其实只是占16岁到56岁这一段精华时光的5%时间两年的时间，其实只是占16岁到56岁这一段精华时光的5%时间

against the backdrop of a whole working life  在整个工作生活的背景下

Over time, the length of further study grows relatively small against the backdrop of a whole working life while the consequences of not having undertaken it grow ever larger.随着时间的(推移)演进，在整个工作生活的背景下，进一步学习所需的时间相对较小，但承担不起的后果则越来越大。

paradox /ˈpærədɒks/悖论

turn away from retraining 对于再次学习敬而远之

We call his paradox the "job investment trap," and it explains why many people, especially young people, mistakenly turn away from retraining.我们把这种悖论称作“工作的投资陷阱”它解释了为什么很多人，尤其是年轻人，错误的对于再次学习敬而远之。

draw up timelines 制定时间表

与...相比

The present looms too large and the long long future, which will in fact constitute by far the greater part of our lives doesn't carry the weight it really should.To counter this tendency, we should draw up timelines to force ourselves to see that the period from 16 to 24 is truly quite short in comparison with what lies between 24 and 65.眼前的压力越来越沉重，而在长远的未来，实际上构成我们生活中很大一部分的事，在此刻却无法显示它的重量。而在长远的未来，实际上构成我们生活中很大一部分的事，在此刻却无法显示它的重量。所以为了应对这个状况，我们应该制定时间表，以强迫自己检视整个生命周期16到24岁 与 24到65岁相比真的只是短暂的时光而已。

weight up investments 加重投资

in the light of 根据，按照

We need to weight up investments now, not against our most recent experiences, but in the light of a more accurate picture of an entire life. 我们现在需要加重投资，而不是拘泥于现阶段的经验，我们应该放眼在整个生命的蓝图。

dare to switch track 勇敢的切换轨道

We need to believe in something that is so hard to really trust in: the reality of our own future decades of life. And then, we need to dare to switch track.我们需要相信那难以相信的事：将会出现在我们人生未到来的时光里。最后，我们需要勇敢的切换轨道。

一、适用对象

时间紧张，备考时间仅有一到两个月的学员。

学习能力、执行能力、自控能力较薄弱的学员。

备考时间较长，但多次考试分数都很低的学员。

二、学习目标

通过听、说、读、写、语法、词汇等模块的多媒体强化训练，达到应试通过的能力。

三、课程介绍

主流的出国留学英语考试为雅思、托福、SAT考试等。入学时我们会进行英语测试，根据测试结果，会安排经验丰富的教师教学，在保持学员原有优势的情况下，针对学员的薄弱点，着重讲解，使学员在短期内有大幅度提升。同时，我们会为每一位学员配备专业助教，根据学员在课堂上的学习情况以及进步程度，督促学员及时复习、掌握重点，定期还会进行一次检测，根据检测结果，合理安排以后的学习任务，为考试做好充分的准备。

四、适合人群

1、出国留学需要英语考试的学员。

2、喜欢英语，但学习方法、技巧掌握不好的学员。

3、能够自己学习，有自制力的学员。

4、喜欢团队学习，共同进步的学员。

五、课程特色

1、全程VIP学习

2、经验教师：安排教学经验十分丰富的教师授课。

3、弱点针对：针对学员弱点，强化讲解，提高。

4、配备助教：专业私人助教，督促学习，充分备考。