ShouldtheBrainDrainBeStoppedbyRestrictions?

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　　BrainDrain(1)

　　ItissaidthatShanghai’smusiciansabroadcouldformaworldclasssymphonyorchestra(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:世界一流水平的交響樂隊。

　　3.ShanghaiConservatoryofMusic:上海音樂學院。

　　4.onebatchofgiftedpeopleafteranotherhavegoneabroad:一批又一批的有才華的人們相繼出國。

　　5.byawidemargin:大幅度地。

　　6.tooptimizetheenvironment:盡可能改善工作環境。