第1109期:Brain Drain

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Doron: In England, I don't think we have much of a problem with brain drain, but I think we have, like an internal problemmaybe, like all of the best jobs, or at least the best-paying jobs, seem to be in London. So like, a lot of people have to move to London if they want to do the job they're interested in, and it just makes London really crowded and expensive because everybody has to live there, it seems.Pernais: Sounds like Kingston.Doron: Everybody moves to Kingston?Pernais: Everybody's moving from rural areas to Kingston.Doron: What's the population of Kingston now, do you know?Pernais: I think it's about half a million.Doron: Half a million. And was it much smaller before?Pernais: I think it was because a lot of people lived out in the countryside, because farming was very profitable, maybe, some decades ago. But now that, you know, technology is changing everything, people want, like, office jobs and they want to earn more, so lots of people actually move into the city areas now.Doron: Yeah, I think technology in the near future might actually help to stop that because you can pretty much do most jobs online from anywhere. It's like, personally, I wouldn't want to live in London. I'd rather live somewhere a little more rural, more peaceful, cheaper, and be able to do my job online. So maybe that's something that'll change in the near future.Doron: Are you from Kingston?Doron: Are you actually from the middle of Kingston? I remember you have a town with a really cool name, right?Pernais: I'm not from the middle of Kingston. I'm from... just outside city center.Doron: How far outside city center?Pernais: 8 miles from Kingston.Doron: And what's the name of your hometown.Pernais: My hometown is called Bull Bay.Doron: I thought it was called "8 miles from Kingston"Pernais: Sometimes they call it that.Doron: Were you kidding me when you said that?Pernais: No, the bigger part of it is called Bull Bay and then that's subdivided into 8 miles, 9 miles, 7 miles.Doron: So place names outside of Kingston are actually named after how far they are from Kingston.Doron: That's one of the coolest things I've ever heard. I live 8 miles from Kingston. Where do you live? I live in 12 miles from London. That's a great name.Pernais: Or sometimes it's shortened to 8 miles.Doron: Wow. Like in Detroit. Maybe that's what it means, in the movie.

brain drain 人才流失

e.g: To stop brain drain, the government is trying to improve opportunities at local universities.

One country's brain drain, is another country's brain gain.

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Starting this year, Chinese education authorities will institute random checks on undergraduate theses to crack down on plagiarism, ghostwriting, and other forms of academic misconduct.
從今年起，教育管理部門將對本科畢業論文進行抽檢，以打擊剽竊、代寫及其他形式的學術不端行為。

本科教育 undergraduate education

考研 national postgraduate entrance examination

學分 academic credits

輔修專業 academic minor

主修專業 academic major

學術評價體系 academic appraisal system

聽力測試(答案請見最底部)

1) People _____ move to London for the best jobs. a) do not need to
 b) have to
 c) used to2) People move to Kingston for ________. a) higher pay
 b) to be near family
 c) for the nightlife3) Doron thinks technology will ________. a) make people leave the countryside.
 b) allow people to stay in rural areas.
 c) make cities more efficient4) How many names does her town have?5) Doron thinks the name is _______. a) cool
 b) crazy
 c) confusing

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