2012年12月22日四級作文題中文翻譯：

　　Education Pays, published every three years, presents detailed evidence of the private and public benefits of higher education. It also sheds light on the distribution of these benefits by examining both the increases and the persistent disparities in college participation and completion. In the three years between the publication of Education Pays 2007 and Education Pays 2010, median earnings for four-year college graduates increased more rapidly than those of high school graduates and the gap between the unemployment rates of the two groups grew. In addition to earnings comparisons, the report documents differences in lifestyles, health, and other outcomes for people with and without college education. Differences in enrollment and completion patterns across demographic groups highlight the reality that gaps in educational attainment are explained by a combination of money and other factors.

　　《教育回報》

　　《教育回報》，每隔三年發布一次。它顯示了高等教育所能帶來的私人和公共利益的詳細證據。同時通過考查大學入學與畢業方面的增長和長期的差異，它闡明了由高等教育帶來的這些利益的分布狀況。在2007年和2009年《教育回報》發布后的中間三年，受過四年大學教育的高校畢業生的平均收入的增長要快于高中畢業生，并且，這兩者間的失業率的差距也加大了。除了收入對比之外，這份報告也顯示了是否擁有大學學歷給人們的生活方式、健康以及其他因素造成的差異。人群的教育入學和教育完成模式(是否上大學、是否大學順利畢業)的差異強調了一個事實，那就是教育程度的不同所帶來的差距，是可以通過收入和其他多種因素來解釋的。

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　　Education Pay

　　What is shown in the chart above is that those people with high degree earn more than those with lower. For example, staff with master’s degree receive a better payment than those with bachelor’s degree, according to a survey of the payment to the employee. These survey indicates that education degree does have a relationship with earnings, contrary to the recent theory of useless education.

　　Recently, there is a heated discussion about the significance of the education. Some people hold a view that higher education is useless since college education cannot mesh with the social needs. Some think that higher education is indispensable if you want to go far in both your studies and life. Now that survey has proved which part is wiser.

　　As for me, I definitely support the view that education is necessary for people’s life. Reading can not only make me survive well in this society with fierce competition but also help me make sense of life. I pursue for it for my whole life.