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如何“免费”蹭课常春藤
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  • If you want to start taking classes at an Ivy1 League university unenrolled and undetected, says Guillaume Dumas, a 28-year-old Canadian, start with big lecture courses. If you must sit in on a smaller seminar class, it’s important to show up consistently starting with the first session, instead of halfway3 through the semester. Also, one of the best alibis4 is that you’re enrolled2 as a liberal-arts student. “That`s the kind of program that`s filled with everything and that you expect people to be a bit weird5, a bit confused about what they do,” he says.

    如果你想要混进常春藤大学里蹭课而不被发现,那么就从人多的大课开始——这正是今年28岁的加拿大“蹭课大神”纪尧姆•杜马斯的建议。如果你一定要蹭人少的课,那么最好第一节课就出现在教室,并且保持高出勤率。还有,最好的掩护就是说自己是“人文学院的学生”,因为“这些学院的项目总是囊括所有,让人们不知道学生们都在学些什么。”

    From 2008 to 2012, Dumas claims he did stints6 on a number of elite7 North American universities—Yale, Brown, UC Berkeley, Stanford, and McGill, to name a few—sitting in on classes, attending parties, and living near campus as if he were an enrolled student. This deception8 may sound like a lead-up to a true-crime story, but Dumas’s exploits appear to be harmless, done in a spirit of curiosity. "A lot of students are bored in class," he observes, "so if you participate, if you ask questions, if you are genuinely interested in the class, I think the teacher will like you."

    杜马斯称自己在2008年至2012年间曾出入北美诸多一流高校,如耶鲁、布朗、加州大学伯克利分校、斯坦福、麦吉尔大学等等;他像这些学校的正式注册生一样住在学校附近、去上课,参加派对。这样的“行骗”过程,听来马上就要演变成一个真实的犯罪故事。但是杜马斯似乎并无恶意,只是出于好奇。他发现,“大部分学生都对课程兴味索然,所以只要你积极参与、提问、表现出对课程的兴趣,老师就会对你青睐有加。”

    More importantly, the concept of his story wasn`t implausible either: As tuition costs have skyrocketed, it makes sense that people might try to siphon off some of the benefits of college without paying. While the specifics of what Dumas told me may be hard to confirm, the fact remains9 that a young adult could conceivably infiltrate10 a college campus without paying tuition. What might this say about the monetary11 value of a diploma? And can its component12 parts—learning, socializing, networking—be unbundled? If so, what would remain?

    杜马斯的故事并非天方夜谭,因为(英美国)大学学费高昂,人们想要免费享受些高校资源的心理不难理解。虽然杜马斯故事的细节有待考证,但是一个年轻人能够不付学费就混进大学已是事实。通过这个故事,我们是否看到了文凭本身金钱价值?学校课程、高校社交与人脉网的打造又是否可独立存在?如果是这样,那么花钱上大学还剩下了什么?

    Representatives from some of the schools Dumas attended said that his story is quite rare, though not unheard of. A spokesperson from Stanford said that a student would be asked to leave campus if he or she was attending class without authorization13, but added, “Stanford has a relatively14 small student body and a close-knit student community. It would be challenging for someone to go unnoticed.” Yale’s spokesperson said that someone like Dumas would be trespassing15, and noted16 that he could instead take some of the free courses Yale offers online.

    杜马斯曾经蹭过课的一些学校代表称,虽然他们并非第一次听说这种情况,但杜马斯确实只是个例。斯坦福的发言人曾表示,在斯坦福,如果有学生未经允许进教室蹭课,那么他/她将被驱逐出校园,但其同时也表示“斯坦福的学生较少,学生间的来往更为密切,因此想要混入学校、不被发现并非易事”。耶鲁大学的发言人则认为杜马斯这样的行为属于非法进入,建议其他像杜马斯一样的人可以在线上耶鲁的免费课程。

    But according to Dumas, one of the best perks17 of college that’s available for free is the networking. “I think more than anything it’s meeting people. It`s contacts. It`s social capital. The kind of people I met in Berkeley or in Yale, I don`t know anywhere else in the world with so many smart, cool, open-minded, crazy people can be concentrated,” he says. “And when you think of all the dropouts right now that start companies and stuff, it`s all people that didn`t need a diploma, that didn`t need to pay anything. They went to school to open their minds and meet friends, or meet strategy partners, or something like that.”

    但是,对于杜马斯而言,上大学最大的好处之一就是免费建立的人脉关系。他说,“我觉得在那里最重要的就是结交朋友、建立人脉关系、利用好社交资源。比如在伯克利或是耶鲁,那里聚集着很多聪慧、新潮、思想开放、甚至疯狂的人。而你再想想那些从中途退学创业的人,他们都是对文凭毫无兴趣,也无需为上大学买单;他们上学不过是为了开拓思维、广交朋友、邂逅合伙人。

    From this vantage point, a diploma starts to look a lot like a receipt printed on fine cardstock. It is proof not that one has learned something in college, but that one has paid for it. Without a diploma, how can Dumas prove to anyone—a potential employer—that he’s undergone an intellectually stimulating18 experience?

    从这一点来看,文凭不过是一张制作精良的收据。它并不能说明你在学校学到了什么,只代表你交过学费。但如果没有文凭,杜马斯又要如何向他未来的老板或是其他人证明,自己曾经接受过这样“挑战智商”的教育呢?

    But these days, you don’t need a degree to become wildly successful, as Mark Zuckerberg and countless19 other young entrepreneurs have demonstrated. Researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and MIT found that what matters more than anything else in a job application is whether the candidate knows someone at the company.

    当今,无需学位也可大获成功。Facebook创始人马克•扎克伯格,以及无数创业成功的年轻人都证明了这一点。纽约联邦储备银行与麻省理工学院的研究人员发现,求职者是否在公司内部有人脉才是求职申请能否通过的关键。

    Dumas admits that his approach wouldn`t work if everyone did it. But he does believe that it could work for some people (just not those who need their degrees to function as technical certifications or licenses20, like engineers or doctors). “There might be a better interest in not paying tuition and keeping that money to travel the world and launch a business than having your diploma in philosophy from, I don`t know, Johns Hopkins,” Dumas says.

    当然,杜马斯也承认,如果大家都像他这么做,也许这个方法就不会奏效了。但是它确实适用于某些人(除了一些学位即专业性证书的领域,比如工程师或是医生)。杜马斯说,“他们可以省下学费,用这些钱去环游世界或是创业,而不是在约翰霍普金斯大学里拿一个哲学文凭。”

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    1 ivy [ˈaɪvi] x31ys   第10级
    n.常青藤,常春藤
    参考例句:
    • Her wedding bouquet consisted of roses and ivy. 她的婚礼花篮包括玫瑰和长春藤。
    • The wall is covered all over with ivy. 墙上爬满了常春藤。
    2 enrolled [en'rəʊld] ff7af27948b380bff5d583359796d3c8   第8级
    adj.入学登记了的v.[亦作enrol]( enroll的过去式和过去分词 );登记,招收,使入伍(或入会、入学等),参加,成为成员;记入名册;卷起,包起
    参考例句:
    • They have been studying hard from the moment they enrolled. 从入学时起,他们就一直努力学习。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • He enrolled with an employment agency for a teaching position. 他在职业介绍所登了记以谋求一个教师的职位。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    3 halfway [ˌhɑ:fˈweɪ] Xrvzdq   第8级
    adj.中途的,不彻底的,部分的;adv.半路地,在中途,在半途
    参考例句:
    • We had got only halfway when it began to get dark. 走到半路,天就黑了。
    • In study the worst danger is give up halfway. 在学习上,最忌讳的是有始无终。
    4 alibis [ˈæləˌbaɪz] 7300dfb05434d1648937baa6014921b7   第10级
    某人在别处的证据( alibi的名词复数 ); 不在犯罪现场的证人; 借口; 托辞
    参考例句:
    • The suspects all had alibis for the day of the robbery. 嫌疑人均有证据证明抢劫当天不在犯罪现场。
    • I'm not trying to beat your alibis any more than I'm trying to prove 'em. 我并不是不让你辩护,我只是想把那个人找出来。
    5 weird [wɪəd] bghw8   第7级
    adj.古怪的,离奇的;怪诞的,神秘而可怕的
    参考例句:
    • From his weird behaviour, he seems a bit of an oddity. 从他不寻常的行为看来,他好像有点怪。
    • His weird clothes really gas me. 他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。
    6 stints [stɪnts] f6d8da30a6b5d703c4954f5ef77f6c6b   第10级
    n.定额工作( stint的名词复数 );定量;限额;慷慨地做某事
    参考例句:
    • He stints himself in [of] sleep. 他节制睡眠。 来自辞典例句
    • She never stints herself of money to buy books for her children. 她从不吝惜掏钱让子女们买书。 来自互联网
    7 elite [eɪˈli:t] CqzxN   第7级
    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。
    8 deception [dɪˈsepʃn] vnWzO   第9级
    n.欺骗,欺诈;骗局,诡计
    参考例句:
    • He admitted conspiring to obtain property by deception. 他承认曾与人合谋骗取财产。
    • He was jailed for two years for fraud and deception. 他因为诈骗和欺诈入狱服刑两年。
    9 remains [rɪˈmeɪnz] 1kMzTy   第7级
    n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
    参考例句:
    • He ate the remains of food hungrily. 他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
    • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog. 残羹剩饭喂狗了。
    10 infiltrate [ˈɪnfɪltreɪt] IbBzb   第10级
    vt./vi.渗入,透过;浸润
    参考例句:
    • The teacher tried to infiltrate her ideas into the children's minds. 老师设法把她的思想渗透到孩子们的心中。
    • It can infiltrate as much as 100 kilometers into enemy territory at night. 可以在夜间深入敌领土100千米。
    11 monetary [ˈmʌnɪtri] pEkxb   第7级
    adj.货币的,钱的;通货的;金融的;财政的
    参考例句:
    • The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold. 过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
    • Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means. 荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。
    12 component [kəmˈpəʊnənt] epSzv   第7级
    n.组成部分,成分,元件;adj.组成的,合成的
    参考例句:
    • Each component is carefully checked before assembly. 每个零件在装配前都经过仔细检查。
    • Blade and handle are the component parts of a knife. 刀身和刀柄是一把刀的组成部分。
    13 authorization [ˌɔ:θəraɪˈzeɪʃn] wOxyV   第10级
    n.授权,委任状
    参考例句:
    • Anglers are required to obtain prior authorization from the park keeper. 垂钓者必须事先得到公园管理者的许可。
    • You cannot take a day off without authorization. 未经批准你不得休假。
    14 relatively [ˈrelətɪvli] bkqzS3   第8级
    adv.比较...地,相对地
    参考例句:
    • The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia. 兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
    • The operation was relatively painless. 手术相对来说不痛。
    15 trespassing [ˈtrespəsɪŋ] a72d55f5288c3d37c1e7833e78593f83   第9级
    [法]非法入侵
    参考例句:
    • He told me I was trespassing on private land. 他说我在擅闯私人土地。
    • Don't come trespassing on my land again. 别再闯入我的地界了。
    16 noted [ˈnəʊtɪd] 5n4zXc   第8级
    adj.著名的,知名的
    参考例句:
    • The local hotel is noted for its good table. 当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
    • Jim is noted for arriving late for work. 吉姆上班迟到出了名。
    17 perks [pɜ:ks] 6e5f1a81b34c045ce1dd0ea94a32e614   第9级
    额外津贴,附带福利,外快( perk的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • Perks offered by the firm include a car and free health insurance. 公司给予的额外待遇包括一辆汽车和免费健康保险。
    • Are there any perks that go with your job? 你的工作有什么津贴吗?
    18 stimulating ['stimjəˌleitiŋ] ShBz7A   第7级
    adj.有启发性的,能激发人思考的
    参考例句:
    • shower gel containing plant extracts that have a stimulating effect on the skin 含有对皮肤有益的植物精华的沐浴凝胶
    • This is a drug for stimulating nerves. 这是一种兴奋剂。
    19 countless [ˈkaʊntləs] 7vqz9L   第7级
    adj.无数的,多得不计其数的
    参考例句:
    • In the war countless innocent people lost their lives. 在这场战争中无数无辜的人丧失了性命。
    • I've told you countless times. 我已经告诉你无数遍了。
    20 licenses [ˈlaisənsiz] 9d2fccd1fa9364fe38442db17bb0cb15   第7级
    n.执照( license的名词复数 )v.批准,许可,颁发执照( license的第三人称单数 )
    参考例句:
    • Drivers have ten days' grace to renew their licenses. 驾驶员更换执照有10天的宽限期。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
    • Jewish firms couldn't get import or export licenses or raw materials. 犹太人的企业得不到进出口许可证或原料。 来自辞典例句

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