大学毕业生就业破常规 Recent graduates breaking the mold

While many college graduates choose(选择) to secure(获得) a stable(稳定的) and high-paying(高收入) job(工作), a few try to carve out different(不同的) ways(方法) to success(成功).

Let's have a glimpse of alternate(替代的) choices some have made.

A graduate of Tsinghua University has invented(发明) a pancake printer able to draw various patterns(图案) on pancakes with a computer.[Photo/VCG]

Chen Yanling, a doctoral degree candidate from Tsinghua University, runs a café in Mianzhu, Southwest China's Sichuan province, on Jan 9, 2016. [Photo/VCG]

A woman waits for roasted trotters at a Shanghai stand(摊位) run by Lai Zhangping(赖章平) on Nov 5, 2014. Lai gave up his career as an engineer(工程师) in 2012. [Photo/VCG]

Guo Wen, a graduate from the University of Stirling in the UK, works as a model(模特) at an auto exhibition in Shanghai on July 27, 2017. As an ACCA certificate holder, she is also an auditor at a firm. [Photo/VCG]

Li Zihui, a graduate from Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts, makes a sculpture at a workshop he started managing after graduation in Liaocheng, Shandong province on June 16, 2016. [Photo/VCG]

Chen Jun and his wife Li Jiaxuan, having finished their studies in Japan and the UK respectively, run(经营) a kindergarten(幼儿园) based on their educational concept in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province, on Aug 24, 2015. [Photo/VCG]

Ye Lei resigned from a State-run company and started a business of selling flowers via the internet along with her friends in Nanning, capital city of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. [Photo/VCG]

Huang Chao, enrolled by Tsinghua University in 1987, runs a breeding base in Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on July 25, 2017. [Photo/VCG]

Zhao Jie, reportedly enrolled by Harvard University in 2015, developed a VR+ project, which passed tests and won funding of 13 million yuan, in Zhengzhou, Henan province. [Photo/VCG]

Zhuang Dong, a graduate from Xi'an Jiaotong University, gave up(放弃) an opportunity(机会) to work at a Fortune Global 500 company and sells liangpi(凉皮), or cold noodles made from wheat or rice flour, in Xi'an, Shaanxi province. [Photo/VCG]

词汇 Words:

[xuǎn zé] 选择 choose
[huò dé] 获得 secure
[fā míng] 发明 invent
[jīng yíng] 经营 run
[mó shì] 模式 mold
[fāng fǎ] 方法 way
[tú àn] 图案 pattern
[tān wèi] 摊位 stand
[gōng chéng shī] 工程师 engineer
[mó tè] 模特 model

重点词汇 Key word:

业  <名词 n.> 

• Course of study; school work
  E.g. Tā yī bìyè jiù jiéhūn le。
  他一毕业就结婚了。
  He got married as soon as he graduated. 

• Occupation; profession; job
  E.g. Zài wǒguó dàxué bìyèshēng jiùyè bùchéng wèntí。
  在我国大学毕业生就业不成问题。
  Getting a job is no problem for college graduates in our country. 

• Line of business; industry
  E.g. Zhègè hángyè lìrùn búdà。
  这个行业利润不大。
  The profits in this business are not large. 

• Cause; enterprise
  E.g. Yèjì chūzhòng de rén huì huòdé xiànjīn jiǎnglì。
  业绩出众的人会获得现金奖励。
  High achievers will receive cash bonuses.