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🤔️小作业：

1. The word "utilitarian" as used to describe some views of Zhang Xuefeng is closest in meaning to:

A. idealistic

B. pragmatic

C. compassionate

D. theoretical

无注释原文：

Chinese Education Influencer's Sudden Death Prompts Grief, and Reflection

From: The New York Times

Any Chinese parent or student fixated on education — so, basically, most Chinese parents and students — knew the name Zhang Xuefeng. As China's most famous education influencer, Mr. Zhang was known for dispensing ruthlessly blunt advice about how to maximize a student's chances at success.

The liberal arts? Only good for service jobs, he declared. Finance? Don't bother unless your family has connections. Fast-talking and sharp-tongued, to his detractors he was cynical and utilitarian. But to his tens of millions of fans, he embodied a rare willingness to acknowledge the harsh realities facing less privileged students, especially in the face of steep inequality and a slowing economy.

So when Mr. Zhang suddenly died on Tuesday at age 41, of cardiac arrest, it prompted an outpouring — not only of shock, but also of reflection.

On social media, people asked: Had he steered young Chinese to better lives or discouraged their idealism? What did his abrupt death, after he had long complained of being exhausted and overworked, say about China's hypercompetitive work culture? And if life was so unpredictable, did planning so carefully — for success that seemed increasingly out of reach — even matter?

“Zhang Xuefeng's lesson to lost young people: Enjoy your life,” was one of the top hashtags on Chinese social media on Wednesday, where news of Mr. Zhang's death dominated discussion. “Excessive self-discipline” was another, a response to state media reports that Mr. Zhang had collapsed after going for a run in Suzhou, the city in eastern China where he lived.

Another popular education influencer, Zhu Wei, posted a long tribute online, praising Mr. Zhang's vigor and sincerity. Mr. Zhu urged his own students to slow down in their pursuit of test scores and jobs.

“But I also know, what's the cruelest thing about the age of internet traffic? It's that nothing lasts even a month before it's forgotten,” Mr. Zhu wrote. “Everyone will soon go back to their usual state, endlessly striving and slogging, never able to stop.”

Mr. Zhang was born in a small town in northern China. His real name was Zhang Zibiao, though he later adopted the name Xuefeng. He tested into a middling university, where he studied water supply and drainage, for which he had little enthusiasm, according to interviews he gave. After graduation, he turned to tutoring and college counseling.

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注：完整题目见本文开头；中文文本为机器翻译，仅供参考

含注释全文：

Chinese Education Influencer's Sudden Death Prompts Grief, and Reflection

From: The New York Times

Any Chinese parent or student fixated on education — so, basically, most Chinese parents and students — knew the name Zhang Xuefeng. As China's most famous education influencer, Mr. Zhang was known for dispensing ruthlessly blunt advice about how to maximize a student's chances at success.

但凡对教育稍有关注的中国家长或学生——换句话说，绝大多数中国家长和学生——都听过张雪峰这个名字。作为中国最知名的教育领域网红，他以言辞犀利、毫不留情地给出建议而闻名，直指如何最大化提升学生的成功概率。

fixated /fɪkˈseɪ.tɪd/ 表示“执著的；固着于……的”，英文解释为“unable to stop thinking about something”举个🌰：She is fixated on getting into a top university. 她一心想考上顶尖大学。

influencer /ˈɪn.flu.ən.sər/ 字面上的意思就是影响者，有影响力的人，柯林斯词典中的解释分为两种，一个就是字面上的意思：any person or thing that exerts an influence；另一种解释为：a person who uses social media to promote lifestyle choices, commercial products, etc to his or her followers. 利用社交媒体向自己的粉丝推广或推荐产品和服务的人，就是类似于现在网络中的“网红、博主”，或者说关键意见领袖，Key Opinion Leader，KOL.

dispense /dɪˈspens/ 表示“分发；提供，供应”，英文解释为“to give out things, especially products, services, or amounts of money”举个🌰：There is a vending machine on the platform that dispenses snacks. 站台上有一个出售零食的自动售货机。

ruthlessly /ˈruːθ.ləs.li/ 表示“无情地；冷酷地；残忍地”，英文解释为“in a way that shows no thought or worry about pain caused to others when deciding what you need to do”举个🌰：She ruthlessly pursued her ambition, letting nothing get in her way. 她坚定地追求她的理想，不让任何东西妨碍她。

blunt /blʌnt/  作动词，表示“使变钝”，英文解释为“to make something less sharp” 也可以表示“使（情感）减弱”，英文解释为“to make a feeling less strong”举个🌰：My recent bad experience has blunted my enthusiasm for travel. 最近的倒霉经历已经使我对旅游的热情减弱了不少。

作形容词，1）表示“（铅笔、刀等）钝的，不锋利的”，英文解释为“A blunt pencil, knife, etc. is not sharp and therefore not able to write, cut, etc. well.”

2）表示“直率的；生硬的；直截了当的”，英文解释为“saying what you think without trying to be polite or considering other people's feelings”举个🌰：I'll be blunt - that last piece of work you did was terrible. 我就直说了——你创作的最后一件作品糟糕透了。

The liberal arts? Only good for service jobs, he declared. Finance? Don't bother unless your family has connections. Fast-talking and sharp-tongued, to his detractors he was cynical and utilitarian. But to his tens of millions of fans, he embodied a rare willingness to acknowledge the harsh realities facing less privileged students, especially in the face of steep inequality and a slowing economy.

文科？在他看来“只配做服务业”。金融？没有家庭背景就不必考虑。他语速飞快、锋芒毕露，在批评者眼中他愤世嫉俗且功利；但在数千万拥趸看来，他代表了一种难能可贵的坦诚，敢于直面并揭示那些家境普通的学生所面临的严峻现实，尤其是在社会不平等加剧、经济增长放缓的背景下。

liberal arts /ˌlɪb.ər.əl ˈɑːts/ 表示“（大学的）文科”，英文解释为“college or university subjects, such as history, languages, and literature, that develop students' general education rather than preparing them for a particular job”

Liberal arts college 常见翻译“文理学院”，又称“博雅学院”，起源于美国，是美国高校的重要种类之一。但“文理学院”这个翻译并不完全准确，Liberal arts college 通常指的是以博雅教育为核心的本科院校，这些学院提供广泛的学科教育，包括人文学科、社会科学、自然科学和数学等，旨在培养学生的批判性思维、写作和沟通能力。“liberal arts”虽然字面上可以理解为“文科”，但在美国的教育体系中，它涵盖了更广泛的学术领域，不仅限于传统的文科。

sharp-tongued /ˌʃɑːpˈtʌŋd/ 表示“说话刻薄的”，英文解释为“often criticizing people and speaking in a severe way”举个🌰：He was always fair and just, never sarcastic or sharp-tongued. 他一向公平公正，从不尖酸刻薄。

detractor /dɪˈtræk.tər/ 通常复数，表示“诋毁者；贬低者；恶意批评者”，英文解释为“a person who tries to make sb/sth seem less good or valuable by criticizing it”

cynical /ˈsɪnɪkl/ 1）表示“愤世嫉俗的；怀疑人之真诚的；认为人皆自私的”，英文解释为“believing that people are only interested in themselves and are not sincere”如：a cynical view/smile 愤世嫉俗的观点。

2）表示“利用他人感情的；损人利己的”，英文解释为“used to say that someone's feelings or emotions are used to your own advantage”

3）表示“悲观的；怀疑的”，英文解释为“not believing that sth good will happen or that sth is important”举个🌰：I'm a bit cynical about the benefits of the plan. 我对这项计划的成效有点儿怀疑。

utilitarian /juːˌtɪlɪˈtɛərɪən/ 1）表示“功利主义者”，英文解释为“A utilitarian is someone with utilitarian views.”举个🌰：One of the greatest utilitarians was Claude Helvetius. 最伟大的功利主义者之一是克劳德·爱尔维修。

2）表示“（物体、建筑等）实用的”，英文解释为“Utilitarian objects and buildings are designed to be useful rather than attractive.”举个🌰：His office is utilitarian and unglamorous. 他的办公室实用而素淡。

3）表示“功利主义的”，英文解释为“Utilitarian means based on the idea that the morally correct course of action is the one that produces benefit for the greatest number of people.”举个🌰：It was Tom who was the best publicist for utilitarian ideas. 汤姆才是功利主义思想的最佳宣传家。

embody /ɪmˈbɒd.i/ 1）表示“体现（思想或品质）；具体象征；代表”，英文解释为“To embody an idea or quality means to be a symbol or expression of that idea or quality.”举个🌰：Jack Kennedy embodied all the hopes of the 1960s. 杰克·肯尼迪体现了20世纪60年代的全部希望。

2）表示“包含；收录”，英文解释为“If something is embodied in a particular thing, the second thing contains or consists of the first.”举个🌰：The proposal has been embodied in a draft resolution. 这项提议已经被包含在一份决议草案中。

So when Mr. Zhang suddenly died on Tuesday at age 41, of cardiac arrest, it prompted an outpouring — not only of shock, but also of reflection.

因此，当张雪峰于周二因心脏骤停猝然离世，年仅41岁时，这一消息迅速引发舆论巨震——不仅是震惊，更掀起了一轮广泛反思。

cardiac arrest /ˌkɑː.di.æk əˈrest/ 表示“心脏停搏”，英文解释为“a condition in which the heart stops beating”

On social media, people asked: Had he steered young Chinese to better lives or discouraged their idealism? What did his abrupt death, after he had long complained of being exhausted and overworked, say about China's hypercompetitive work culture? And if life was so unpredictable, did planning so carefully — for success that seemed increasingly out of reach — even matter?

社交媒体上，人们不断追问：他究竟是在为年轻人指路，还是扼杀了他们的理想主义？他长期抱怨过劳与透支，这次猝然离去，是否正折射出中国高度竞争、持续加压的工作生态？如果生命如此无常，那么为了那看似越来越遥不可及的成功而殚精竭虑地规划，究竟意义何在？

hyper-competitive /ˌhaɪ.pə.kəmˈpet.ɪ.tɪv/ 表示“极爱竞争的，极其好胜的”，英文解释为“extremely competitive or too competitive”举个🌰：Hyper-competitive parents are obsessed with making sure their children excel. 好胜心极强的父母痴迷于让他们的孩子出类拔萃。

“Zhang Xuefeng's lesson to lost young people: Enjoy your life,” was one of the top hashtags on Chinese social media on Wednesday, where news of Mr. Zhang's death dominated discussion. “Excessive self-discipline” was another, a response to state media reports that Mr. Zhang had collapsed after going for a run in Suzhou, the city in eastern China where he lived.

“张雪峰给迷茫年轻人的一课：享受生活”成为本周三中国社交平台的热门话题之一，关于他去世的消息占据了讨论的主流。“过度自律”也登上热搜，这是对官媒报道——他在其居住地中国东部城市苏州跑步后突然倒下——的一种回应。

hashtag /ˈhæʃ.tæɡ/ 表示“在社交媒体上发文时用来描述主题的#号”，英文解释为“used on social media for describing the general subject of a Tweet or other post (= message)”

Another popular education influencer, Zhu Wei, posted a long tribute online, praising Mr. Zhang's vigor and sincerity. Mr. Zhu urged his own students to slow down in their pursuit of test scores and jobs.

另一位知名教育网红朱伟在网上发布了一篇长文悼念，赞扬了张雪峰的活力与真诚。朱伟也借此劝告自己的学生，在追逐分数和工作时，不妨放慢脚步。

tribute /ˈtrɪb.juːt/ 1）表示“有成效的结果”，英文解释为“If one thing is a tribute to another, the first thing is the result of the second and shows how good it is.”举个🌰：His success has been a tribute to hard work, to professionalism. 他的成功是辛勤工作和兢兢业业的结果。

2）表示“（尤指在正式场合表达敬意的）颂词，礼物；称赞；敬意；（尤指对死者的）致敬，颂词；悼念；致哀；吊唁礼物”，英文解释为“A tribute is something that you say, do, or make to show your admiration and respect for someone. An act, a statement or a gift that is intended to show your respect or admiration, especially for a dead person”举个🌰：The song is a tribute to him. 这首歌是敬献给他的。

📍pay tribute to sb/sth 表示“赞扬，称赞”，英文解释为“to praise someone or something”举个🌰：The minister paid tribute to the men who had fought the blaze. 部长高度赞扬了奋力扑灭大火的勇士们。

“But I also know, what's the cruelest thing about the age of internet traffic? It's that nothing lasts even a month before it's forgotten,” Mr. Zhu wrote. “Everyone will soon go back to their usual state, endlessly striving and slogging, never able to stop.”

“但我也知道，流量时代最残酷的是什么？是所有事情，不会超过一个月就会被遗忘，”朱伟写道。“很快就是下一个，大家又会回到自己的状态里，继续拼，继续熬，继续停不下来。”

熟词僻义，traffic一词除了熟知的“交通”的意思，还有“流量”的含义，英文解释：the movement of messages and signals through an electronic communication system，如“数据流量”：data traffic。

此外，作为动词，还有“贩卖（人口）”的意思，to illegally buy or sell people, or make money from work they are forced to do, such as sex work. 如：人口贩卖 human trafficking.

📍注：traffic (v.) 过去式 trafficked 过去分词：trafficked 现在分词：trafficking.

📍people trafficking/human trafficking表示“贩卖人口”，英文解释为“the crime of buying and selling people, or making money from work they are forced to do, such as sex work”

slog /slɒɡ/ 1）表示“苦干，锲而不舍地做（尤指困难或乏味的工作）”，英文解释为“to work hard over a long period, especially doing work that is difficult or boring”举个🌰：I've been slogging away for days on this essay and I'm still not finished. 我为了这篇文章已经埋头苦干好几天了，但还没有完成。

2）表示“艰难行进，跋涉”，英文解释为“to travel or move with difficulty, for example through wet, sticky soil or snow, or when you are very tired”举个🌰：Despite the rain, they slogged on for another six miles. 尽管下着雨，他们还是又艰难跋涉了6英里。

Mr. Zhang was born in a small town in northern China. His real name was Zhang Zibiao, though he later adopted the name Xuefeng. He tested into a middling university, where he studied water supply and drainage, for which he had little enthusiasm, according to interviews he gave. After graduation, he turned to tutoring and college counseling.

张雪峰出生在中国北方的一个小镇。他的本名是张子彪，后来改名雪峰。据他本人采访所述，他考入了一所普通大学，学习给排水工程，但对此专业兴趣寥寥。毕业后，他转而从事课外辅导和高考志愿咨询工作。

drainage /ˈdreɪ.nɪdʒ/ 表示“排水系统；排污系统”，英文解释为“the system of water or waste liquids flowing away from somewhere into the ground or down pipes”如：drainage channels/ditches/systems 排水渠/沟/系统。

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