ShouldtheBrainDrainBeStoppedbyRestrictions?
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BrainDrain(1)
ItissaidthatShanghaismusiciansabroadcouldformaworldclasssymphonyorchestra(2).
ButtheShanghaiSymphonyOrchestraoncefailedtofindaqualifiedconductorforawholeyear!
Asimilarsituationexistsinscience,medicineandsportscircles.
Stoppingtheoutflowoftalentdependsoncreatingasounddomesticenvironmentratherthansimplysettingupbarriersforthosewhowishtogoabroad.
Ahandfulofpeoplegoabroadtoseekacomfortablelife.ButmostChineseintellectualsemigratebecausetheycannotbringtheirtalentintofullplayintheirmotherland.
ManyconductorstrainedbytheShanghaiConservatoryofMusic(3)havegoneabroadeitherbecausetheycannotfindjobsinsymphonyorchestrasduetothecompetitionfroplaces,orbecausetheycannotdevelopthemselvesinorchestraswherepromotioncomesonlybywayofseniority.
Wefaceakeenshortageoftalent,butonebatchofgiftedpeopleafteranotherhavegoneabroad(4).Thesituationisgrim.
Itisimpossibletoimprovetheconditionsforallintellectualsbyawidemargin(5).Butitispossibleforgovernmentsatalllevelstocreateabetterenvironmentfortheirdevelopment.
Theoutflowoftalentisalosstoournationaswellasapressureforcingustooptimizetheenvironment(6)forthetalented.
I.Listen
Listentothetextwiththehelpofthefollowingnotes.
1.BrainDrain:人才外流。
2.aworldclasssymphonyorchestra:世界一流水平的交响乐队。
3.ShanghaiConservatoryofMusic:上海音乐学院。
4.onebatchofgiftedpeopleafteranotherhavegoneabroad:一批又一批的有才华的人们相继出国。
5.byawidemargin:大幅度地。
6.tooptimizetheenvironment:尽可能改善工作环境。