In a way to earn a university degree--a Bachelor's degree,

为了获得学士学位或博士学位
a Ph.D.--is entering in some ways a status group.

某种程度上你就进入了某个地位群体
It's not accidental that we wear these funny medieval robes

在学位授予仪式上
on those ceremonies where the degree is conferred on you.

身穿可笑的中世纪礼服并非偶然
And many professions which require formal university training

有许多行业需要正规的大学训练
act as a status group; like the doctors constitute --right?--a status group.

就如同医生作为一个地位团体一样
Like, in some ways, university professors constitute a status group.

也好比大学教授组成一个地位群体一样
Lawyers constitute a status group,

律师也组成一个地位群体
and they somehow control ethics and entrance into the law profession. Right?

他们左右职业道德准则和该行业的准入权
There you have to pass a board exam

要想成为一位律师
if you want to become a lawyer. Right?

你就必须要通过专业的资格考试
And, in fact, states will make--in California,

事实上在加州