不同的職業(yè)有不同的回報(bào)。再者，回報(bào)也分多種，有金錢(qián)，有公眾的贊譽(yù)，也有自我價(jià)值的實(shí)現(xiàn)

　　The Rewards of the Professions

　　The probability that any person should ever be qualified for the employment to which he is educated, is very different in different occupations. In the greater part of mechanic trades, success is almost certain; but very uncertain in the liberal professions. Put your son apprentice to a shoemaker, there is little doubt of his learning to make a pair of shoes, but send him to study the law, it is at least twenty to one if ever he makes such a proficiency as it will enable him to live by the business. In a perfectly fair lottery, those who draw the prizes ought to gain all that is lost by those who draw the blanks. In a profession where twenty fail for one that succeeds, that one ought to gain all that should have been gained by the unsuccessful nineteen ones. The counselor at law, who, perhaps, at near forty years of age, begins to make something by his profession, ought to receive the retribution, not only of his own so tedious and expensive education, but of that of more than ten others who are never likely to make anything by it. How extravagant the fees of counselors at law may sometimes appear, their real retribution is never equal to this.

　　Those professions keep their level, however, with other occupations, and notwithstanding these discouragements, all the most generous and liberal spirits are eager to crowd into them. Two different causes contribute to recommend them. First, the desire of the reputation which attends upon superior excellence in any of them; and, secondly, the natural confidence which every man has, more or less, not only in his own abilities, but in his own good fortune①.

　　To excel in any profession, in which but few arrive at mediocrity, is the most decisive mark of what is called genius or superior talents. The public admiration which attends upon such distinguished abilities，makes always a part of their reward;a greater or smaller in proportion as it is higher or lower in degree.It makes a considerable part of it in the profession of physic;a still greater perhaps in that of law;in poetry and philosophy it makes almost the whole.

　　[377 words]

　　行文點(diǎn)評(píng)

　　本文觀點(diǎn)新穎，從一個(gè)獨(dú)特的角度向我們闡述了職業(yè)回報(bào)的衡量標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。第一段的第一句為主題句，緊接著作者引用具體數(shù)據(jù)圍繞這一主題進(jìn)行論證，具有較強(qiáng)的說(shuō)服力。在第二段中，作者用however將話題一轉(zhuǎn)，順勢(shì)引出了本文要討論的問(wèn)題：不同的職業(yè)有不同的衡量回報(bào)的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。在最后一段，作者圍繞這一觀點(diǎn)展開(kāi)了充分的論證。

　　好文妙譯

　　職業(yè)的回報(bào)

　　每個(gè)人在接受相關(guān)教育后能勝任工作的可能性，由于行業(yè)的不同而千差萬(wàn)別。就大多數(shù)技工行業(yè)而言，成功幾乎十拿九穩(wěn);但文科性職業(yè)則很難預(yù)測(cè)。假設(shè)你讓兒子跟鞋匠做學(xué)徒，他學(xué)會(huì)做鞋當(dāng)然毫無(wú)疑問(wèn)。但若送他去學(xué)法律，讓他對(duì)這一行業(yè)駕輕就熟并借此謀生，成功率只有二十分之一。在一次非常公正的搖獎(jiǎng)中，中彩者所贏份額應(yīng)當(dāng)?shù)韧诿灼闭咚斨俊Ｄ撤N職業(yè)，只有二十分之一的成功率，那惟一成功者所獲得的應(yīng)當(dāng)是十九位失敗者本可獲得的全部。律師或許年屆四十時(shí)開(kāi)始在事業(yè)上小有所成，他理應(yīng)得到回報(bào)，這不僅是他本人繁重昂貴的教育投入的回報(bào)，也包括另外十幾位可能一事無(wú)成的同行的投入。律師的收費(fèi)似乎過(guò)高，但他們真正應(yīng)得的報(bào)酬卻遠(yuǎn)非這個(gè)數(shù)目。

　　然而，有些職業(yè)同其他各行保持一致，盡管有諸多不盡如人意之處，仍有許多慷慨大度、胸襟開(kāi)闊之士渴望躋身其中。可能有兩個(gè)原因促成這種取向：首先是對(duì)名譽(yù)的渴望，在任何一個(gè)行業(yè)里只要表現(xiàn)卓越都能得到它;其次是每個(gè)人與生俱來(lái)或多或少的自信心，不僅相信自身的能力，也堅(jiān)信自己能走好運(yùn)。

　　被稱(chēng)為天才或才能超群者最顯著的一點(diǎn)是在任何一種職業(yè)中都能出類(lèi)拔萃，很少有平庸之輩。公眾對(duì)這種杰出才能的贊譽(yù)構(gòu)成他們所得回報(bào)的一部分，贊譽(yù)的高低與成就的大小相關(guān)。這種回報(bào)在醫(yī)生職業(yè)中占重要部分;律師職業(yè)中或許所占比例更大;而在詩(shī)歌和哲學(xué)領(lǐng)域里則幾乎占了全部。

　　詞匯斟酌

　　mechanic n. 技工，機(jī)修工

　　apprentice n. 學(xué)徒，徒弟

　　proficiency n. 熟練，精通

　　lottery n. ①抽彩給獎(jiǎng)法②碰運(yùn)氣的事，難于算計(jì)的事

　　counselor n. 顧問(wèn), 法律顧問(wèn)

　　tedious a. 乏味的，單調(diào)的，冗長(zhǎng)的

　　extravagant a. ①奢侈的，鋪張的②過(guò)度的，過(guò)分的

　　retribution n. 報(bào)償

　　notwithstanding prep. ad. 盡管

　　generous a. ①慷慨的，大方的②寬厚的，寬宏大量的

　　mediocrity n. 平常, 平庸之才

　　decisive 　a. ①?zèng)Q定性的②堅(jiān)定的，果斷的，決斷的

　　philosophy n. ①哲學(xué)②哲理，人生哲學(xué)，見(jiàn)解

　　佳句臨摹

　　①【注釋】more or less 差不多，幾乎

　　【臨摹】Ive more or less finished reading the book. 我差不多已經(jīng)把這本書(shū)看完了。

　　思如泉涌

　　As you sow, you shall mow. 種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。

　　A good dog deserves a good bone. 好狗應(yīng)啃好骨頭。/有功者受賞。

　　不同的職業(yè)有不同的回報(bào)。再者，回報(bào)也分多種，有金錢(qián)，有公眾的贊譽(yù)，也有自我價(jià)值的實(shí)現(xiàn)

　　The Rewards of the Professions

　　The probability that any person should ever be qualified for the employment to which he is educated, is very different in different occupations. In the greater part of mechanic trades, success is almost certain; but very uncertain in the liberal professions. Put your son apprentice to a shoemaker, there is little doubt of his learning to make a pair of shoes, but send him to study the law, it is at least twenty to one if ever he makes such a proficiency as it will enable him to live by the business. In a perfectly fair lottery, those who draw the prizes ought to gain all that is lost by those who draw the blanks. In a profession where twenty fail for one that succeeds, that one ought to gain all that should have been gained by the unsuccessful nineteen ones. The counselor at law, who, perhaps, at near forty years of age, begins to make something by his profession, ought to receive the retribution, not only of his own so tedious and expensive education, but of that of more than ten others who are never likely to make anything by it. How extravagant the fees of counselors at law may sometimes appear, their real retribution is never equal to this.

　　Those professions keep their level, however, with other occupations, and notwithstanding these discouragements, all the most generous and liberal spirits are eager to crowd into them. Two different causes contribute to recommend them. First, the desire of the reputation which attends upon superior excellence in any of them; and, secondly, the natural confidence which every man has, more or less, not only in his own abilities, but in his own good fortune①.

　　To excel in any profession, in which but few arrive at mediocrity, is the most decisive mark of what is called genius or superior talents. The public admiration which attends upon such distinguished abilities，makes always a part of their reward;a greater or smaller in proportion as it is higher or lower in degree.It makes a considerable part of it in the profession of physic;a still greater perhaps in that of law;in poetry and philosophy it makes almost the whole.

　　[377 words]

　　行文點(diǎn)評(píng)

　　本文觀點(diǎn)新穎，從一個(gè)獨(dú)特的角度向我們闡述了職業(yè)回報(bào)的衡量標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。第一段的第一句為主題句，緊接著作者引用具體數(shù)據(jù)圍繞這一主題進(jìn)行論證，具有較強(qiáng)的說(shuō)服力。在第二段中，作者用however將話題一轉(zhuǎn)，順勢(shì)引出了本文要討論的問(wèn)題：不同的職業(yè)有不同的衡量回報(bào)的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。在最后一段，作者圍繞這一觀點(diǎn)展開(kāi)了充分的論證。

　　好文妙譯

　　職業(yè)的回報(bào)

　　每個(gè)人在接受相關(guān)教育后能勝任工作的可能性，由于行業(yè)的不同而千差萬(wàn)別。就大多數(shù)技工行業(yè)而言，成功幾乎十拿九穩(wěn);但文科性職業(yè)則很難預(yù)測(cè)。假設(shè)你讓兒子跟鞋匠做學(xué)徒，他學(xué)會(huì)做鞋當(dāng)然毫無(wú)疑問(wèn)。但若送他去學(xué)法律，讓他對(duì)這一行業(yè)駕輕就熟并借此謀生，成功率只有二十分之一。在一次非常公正的搖獎(jiǎng)中，中彩者所贏份額應(yīng)當(dāng)?shù)韧诿灼闭咚斨俊Ｄ撤N職業(yè)，只有二十分之一的成功率，那惟一成功者所獲得的應(yīng)當(dāng)是十九位失敗者本可獲得的全部。律師或許年屆四十時(shí)開(kāi)始在事業(yè)上小有所成，他理應(yīng)得到回報(bào)，這不僅是他本人繁重昂貴的教育投入的回報(bào)，也包括另外十幾位可能一事無(wú)成的同行的投入。律師的收費(fèi)似乎過(guò)高，但他們真正應(yīng)得的報(bào)酬卻遠(yuǎn)非這個(gè)數(shù)目。

　　然而，有些職業(yè)同其他各行保持一致，盡管有諸多不盡如人意之處，仍有許多慷慨大度、胸襟開(kāi)闊之士渴望躋身其中。可能有兩個(gè)原因促成這種取向：首先是對(duì)名譽(yù)的渴望，在任何一個(gè)行業(yè)里只要表現(xiàn)卓越都能得到它;其次是每個(gè)人與生俱來(lái)或多或少的自信心，不僅相信自身的能力，也堅(jiān)信自己能走好運(yùn)。

　　被稱(chēng)為天才或才能超群者最顯著的一點(diǎn)是在任何一種職業(yè)中都能出類(lèi)拔萃，很少有平庸之輩。公眾對(duì)這種杰出才能的贊譽(yù)構(gòu)成他們所得回報(bào)的一部分，贊譽(yù)的高低與成就的大小相關(guān)。這種回報(bào)在醫(yī)生職業(yè)中占重要部分;律師職業(yè)中或許所占比例更大;而在詩(shī)歌和哲學(xué)領(lǐng)域里則幾乎占了全部。

　　詞匯斟酌

　　mechanic n. 技工，機(jī)修工

　　apprentice n. 學(xué)徒，徒弟

　　proficiency n. 熟練，精通

　　lottery n. ①抽彩給獎(jiǎng)法②碰運(yùn)氣的事，難于算計(jì)的事

　　counselor n. 顧問(wèn), 法律顧問(wèn)

　　tedious a. 乏味的，單調(diào)的，冗長(zhǎng)的

　　extravagant a. ①奢侈的，鋪張的②過(guò)度的，過(guò)分的

　　retribution n. 報(bào)償

　　notwithstanding prep. ad. 盡管

　　generous a. ①慷慨的，大方的②寬厚的，寬宏大量的

　　mediocrity n. 平常, 平庸之才

　　decisive 　a. ①?zèng)Q定性的②堅(jiān)定的，果斷的，決斷的

　　philosophy n. ①哲學(xué)②哲理，人生哲學(xué)，見(jiàn)解

　　佳句臨摹

　　①【注釋】more or less 差不多，幾乎

　　【臨摹】Ive more or less finished reading the book. 我差不多已經(jīng)把這本書(shū)看完了。

　　思如泉涌

　　As you sow, you shall mow. 種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。

　　A good dog deserves a good bone. 好狗應(yīng)啃好骨頭。/有功者受賞。