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Text B The Rewards of the Professions（第1页）

TextBTheRewardsoftheProfessions

AdamSmith

Theprobabilitythatanyparticularpersonshalleverbequalifiedfortheemploymenttowhichheiseducatedisverydifferentios。Iofmeictrades，successisalmost;butveryuainintheliberalprofessions。Putyoursooashoemaker，thereislittledoubtofhislearningtomakeapairofshoes;butsendhimtostudythelaw，itisatleasttwentytooneifeverhemakessuchproficyaswilleolivebythebusiness。Ilyfairlottery，thoserizesoughttogainallthatislostbythosewhodrawtheblanks。Inaprofessioyfailforosucceeds，thatoogainallthatshouldhavebeeheuwenty。Thesellor-at-laws，atyyearsofage，begihingbyhisprofession，oughttoreceivetheretribution，notonlyofhisownsotediousandexpeion，butthatofmorethaherswhoareomakeanythingbyit。Hahefeesofsellors-at-lawmaysometimesappear，theirrealretributioothis。puteinanyparticularplacewhatislikelytobeannuallygained，andwhatislikelytobean，byallthedifferentworkmeninanyontrade，suchasthatofshoemakersorweavers，andyouwillfindthattheformersumwillgehelatter。Butmakethesameputatiardtoallthesellorsasoflaw，inallthedifferentinnsofdyouwillfindthattheirannualgaiaverysmallproportiontotheirannualexpehoughyouratethefh，aeraslow，aswellbedoeryofthelaw，therefore，isveryfarfrombeilyfairlottery;andthat，aswellasmanyotherliberalandhonourableprofessions，are，inpointofpeiarygailyunder-repensed。

Thoseprofessioheirlevel，however，withotheros，and，notwithstandingthesedisents，allthemostgenerousandliberalspiritsareeagerto。Twodiffereributetoree，thedesireofthereputationonsuperiorexyofthem;ahenaturalcewhicheverymanhasmoreorless，notonlyinhisowinhisowngoodfortune。

Toexyprofession，inwhichbutfewarriveatmediocrity，isthemostdecisivemarkofwhatisiusorsuperiortalents。Thepublicadmirationonsuguishedabilitiesmakesalartoftheirreward;agreaterorsmallerinproportionasitishigherree。Itmakesasiderablepartofthatrewardintheprofessionofphysic;astillgreaterperhapsinthatoflaw;iryandphilosophyitmakesalmostthewhole。

1。Ahefollowiions。

1）Whatisthemaihepassage?

2）AgtoAdamSmith，whoaremorequalifiedforemployment，peopleiradesorliberalprofessions?Why?

3）Whatisthepurposeofusingtheexampleoflottery?

4）Whydopeoplestilltoliberalosthoughtheymightnotearnasmuch?

5）lemaybesideredasagenius?Why?

6）rofessionsaresideredhonorableagtothepassage?

2。Fillintheblankswiththeproperadjectivesgivenbelow。

liberal

tedious

&ravagant　honorable

peiary　decisive　superior

distinguished

1）Don’tbeso_____。Spendyourmoneymorecarefully。

2）A_____personactsquidoftensucceeds。

&ofinishhiscollegeeduthrough_____aid。

&sare_____fromotheranimalsbytheirlongnoses。

5）Youwillalsofiyof_____artssonline。

6）Anybodywillbeproudtohavethis_____jobtoservethequeen。

7）Don’tyouthioothersjustbecauseyouhaveabetter-paidjob。

&i’sargumentsare_____andplicated。

3。Trahepassageintodpareyourversionwiththatofyourclassmates。