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Word文档下载后（可任意编辑） 第 第 PAGE 1 页 共 NUMPAGES 1 页 GRE阅读练习：韩国不公平的精英教育 GRE阅读训练：GRE阅读练习：韩国不公平的精英教育 GRE考试精品课程指导  “If you dont have the ability then blame your parents,” wrote Jung Yoo-ra on social media in 2014, after being accepted into a prestigious university.  小柳女士在被一所知名大学录取后，2014年在社会媒体平台上这样写道：“你的无能都是因为你的父母”。  Her mother, it turns out, had gone to great lengths to secure a spot for her, inducing Ehwa Womens University to alter its admissions policy in a manner tailor-made for Ms Jung.  原来，她的妈妈想方设法地让她进入了著名的梨花女子大学，并且让该大学为小柳女士量身定做了一条招生政策。  Last month a court ruled that the nine people involved in this subterfuge had fundamentally shaken the “values of fairness that prop up our society”.  上个月法院裁定，使用非正规手段进入大学的这九人已经从根本上动摇了“支撑我们社会的公平的价值观念”。  Above all, the “feelings of emptiness and betrayal they caused in hardworking students” could not be excused.  毕竟，“让不辞辛苦拼搏的学生感觉遭到背叛和产生空虚感”这是不可原谅的。  University was once seen as a source of social mobility in South Korea.  大学曾被视为韩国社会流动的源泉。  But so important is the right degree to a students prospects in life that rich families began spending heavily on coaching to improve their childrens chances, leaving poorer families behind.  但因为学位对于一个学生的未来至关重要，于是富裕的家庭开始在辅导孩子的学习上花费时间以给孩子创造更好地机会。这样一来，贫困的家庭就变得越来越贫困。  By 2007 over three-quarters of students were receiving some form of private tuition, spawning a maxim about the three necessities to win a place at a good university: “fathers wealth, mothers information, childs stamina”.  截止2007年为止，超过四分之三的韩国学生接受私人补习，坊间还流传着要进入好的大学的三个条件：“父亲的财富，母亲对信息的收集，孩子的毅力”。  A report by the ministry of education found that in 2016 households with monthly incomes of 7m won ($6,230) or more were spending 443,000 won a month on private education, nine times as much as families bringing in 1m won or less.  韩国教育部的一项报告显示，在2016年，月收入为700万韩元(6230美元)及以上的家庭每月花费44.3万韩元在个人教育上，其每月教育支出是家庭月收入为100万韩元及以下家庭的9倍。  Many South Koreans believe that the rich and influen