2025年06月六级第1套仔细阅读 Passage 2 原文翻译及答案解析

After earning a bachelor's degree, I was determined to do what I love. I headed straight to graduate school to pursue a doctorate.

获得学士学位后，我决心做自己热爱的事情。我直接进入研究生院攻读博士学位。

For almost a decade, I told everyone I encountered that they should do the same. "Follow your passion," I counseled. "You can figure out the employment stuff later."

近十年来，我告诉遇到的每个人都应该这样做。"追随你的热情，"我建议道。"就业问题可以以后再解决。"

It wasn't until I began to research this widely accepted career advice that I understood how problematic it really was.

直到我开始研究这个被广泛接受的职业建议时，我才明白它实际上是多么有问题。

As a sociologist, I interviewed college students and professional workers to learn what it really meant to pursue their dreams, which I will refer to here as the passion principle. I was stunned by what I found out about this principle in the research for my new book.

作为一名社会学家，我采访了大学生和职业工作者，以了解追求梦想的真正含义，我在这里称之为热情原则。在研究我的新书时，我对这个原则的发现感到震惊。

Surveys show the American public has long held the passion principle in high regard as a career decision-making priority. And its popularity is even stronger among those facing job instability.

调查显示，美国公众长期以来高度重视热情原则，将其作为职业决策的首要考虑。而且，在面临工作不稳定的人群中，其受欢迎程度更高。

Advocates of the passion principle found it compelling because they believed that following one's passion can provide workers with both the motivation necessary to work hard and a place to find fulfillment.

热情原则的倡导者认为它很有说服力，因为他们相信追随热情可以为员工提供努力工作的动力和实现满足感的地方。

Yet, what I found is that following one's passion does not necessarily lead to fulfillment, but is one of the most powerful cultural forces perpetuating overwork. I also found that promoting the pursuit of one's passion helps perpetuate social inequalities due to the fact that not everyone has the same economic resources to allow them to pursue their passion with ease.

然而，我发现追随热情并不一定会带来满足感，而是导致过度工作的最强大文化力量之一。我还发现，倡导追求热情有助于延续社会不平等，因为并非每个人都拥有相同的经济资源来轻松追求自己的热情。

While the passion principle is broadly popular, not everyone has the necessary resources to turn their passion into a stable, good-paying job. Passion-seekers from wealthy families are better able to wait until a job they are passionate about comes along without worrying about student loans in the meantime. They are also better situated to take unpaid internships to get their foot in the door while their parents pay their rent. And they often have access to parents' social networks to help them find jobs. Surveys revealed that working-class and first-generation college graduates, regardless of their career field, are more likely than their wealthier peers to end up in low-paying unskilled jobs when they pursue their passion.

虽然热情原则广受欢迎，但并非每个人都有必要的资源将自己的热情转化为稳定、高薪的工作。来自富裕家庭的热情追求者更能等待他们热爱的工作出现，而不必担心在此期间的学生贷款。他们也更有条件接受无薪实习以进入行业，同时由父母支付房租。而且他们通常可以利用父母的社交网络帮助找工作。调查显示，无论专业领域如何，工人阶级和第一代大学毕业生在追求热情时，比富裕的同龄人更有可能最终从事低薪的非技术工作。

Colleges, workplaces and career counselors who promote the "follow your passion" path for everyone, without leveling the playing field, help perpetuate socioeconomic inequalities among career aspirants.

那些为每个人推广"追随热情"道路的大学、工作场所和职业顾问，如果不创造公平的竞争环境，就会帮助延续职业抱负者之间的社会经济不平等。

It's not just well-off passion-seekers who benefit from the passion principle. Employers of passionate workers do, too. Potential employers showed greater interest in passionate applicants in part because they believed the applicants would work hard at their jobs without expecting an increase in pay. They even sacrifice a good salary, job stability and leisure time to work in a job they love.

不仅富裕的热情追求者从热情原则中受益。雇佣热情员工的雇主也是如此。潜在雇主对热情申请者表现出更大的兴趣，部分是因为他们相信这些申请者会努力工作而不期望加薪。他们甚至牺牲高薪、工作稳定性和闲暇时间去做自己热爱的工作。