来自《哈佛大学公共课-公正：该如何做是好 第8集》

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  is an example of preaching toward the top.
  就是一个鼓励努力向上的典型例子
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  Because Harvard takes the top academics.
  因为哈佛招收的都是顶尖的学生
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  And I didn't know when I was born how smart I would be.
  而我出生时我并不知道我会有多聪明
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  But I worked my life to get to a place of this caliber.
  但我长年不懈努力使我进入这种水平的学府
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  Now, if you had said Harvard's going to randomly take 1600 people
  如果现在让哈佛只是随机招收1600人
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  of absolutely no qualification, we'd all be saying,
  而完全不加考察筛选 那我们就会觉得
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  "There's not much to work for."
  其实没必要这么努力
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  And so what principle would you choose?
  那你会选择什么原则
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  In that situation I would say a merit based one.
  在这种情况下 我会选择依价值而定的原则
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  One where I don't necessarily know,
  我不一定确知其存在
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  but I would rather have a system that
  但我希望有一种基于我付出的努力
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  rewards me based on my efforts.
  来衡量回报的体系