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“刚从复旦大学法学院毕业时，我曾 考虑过回兰州老家当律师。”她说。

“但是我发现，

如果想在兰州开创律 师事业的话，

就得有人脉关系和社会关

系网。”陈曦明说。

陈曦明认为 ，这并非她想追求的生活方式。“相比之下，在上海，人脉网对

于求职或晋升的影响并不 是很大。老板更看重你的能力。”她解释说。

一些毕业生希望在离开校园后继续提升自己，

一线城市可以更好地达成他们

的目的。

22

岁的杨振琪去年毕业于中山大学，现就职于深圳一家电子公司。她说：< /p>

“在深圳，我很容易就能找到合格的英语培训机构。”

同样，

生 活在北京、

上海等大城市也能为学生们提供丰富的文体生活，

并 享

受更多大都市专属的福利。

26

岁的张盛喜爱古典音乐会和足球 赛。他说：“像北京这样的大城市拥有

一些主流剧场以及一票与众不同的剧团。

在这，

你可以欣赏戏剧、

芭蕾以及其他

舞蹈和交响乐演出。”

“另外，

这里还经常有体育赛事。< /p>

包括曼联在内的一些专业球队会来踢比赛，

你还可以观看

NBA

中国赛事。”张盛说。

一线城市还提供了更多的机会，可以去结识志同道合之士。

< /p>

25

岁的林贵川加入了两个兴趣小组。一个小组是周末欣赏法国电 影的兴趣

小组，另一个则是北京美食小组。

< br>“在我的家乡广西柳州，

很难找到像这样自发成立的兴趣小组。

< br>那里最普遍

的娱乐活动就是唱卡拉

OK

< br>和打麻将。”林贵川说。

但是，大城市的生活成本高， 而且拥挤不堪。你会在购物时遭遇人山人海

;

就医时面对漫漫长 队。生活在大城市的压力也同样不容小觑。

中国游客“惹”了谁

25

岁的张思雨是来自北京一家演艺公司的经理人，今年八月，她踏上了一< /p>

次新加坡至马来西亚的游轮之旅。

但甲 板上的美景却没能为她带来多少愉悦，

一队同样来自中国的游客就在一

< br>旁边打牌边大声说笑。

船上大都是西方游客。“那一刻，作为一名中国人，我真想找个地洞钻进

去，”她说道 ，“我根本没什么兴致去欣赏美景了。”

随着中国出境游客人数的增加，他们的一些举止令人哗然。

< /p>

美国团购网站

LivingSocial

发布的一份

2012

最新调查显示，

近 年来，

中国

游客“紧随”美国游客之后，在全球最差游客榜单中 位列第二。

中国社会科学院 旅游研究中心副主任兼研究员刘德谦说，中国游客往往将

“彬彬有礼、举止得体”这八个 字抛到脑后。

“头一两次出 国，

中国游客往往会忘记自己是独在异乡为异客，

经常忽视东< /p>

道主们的礼仪。”他说道。

国际休闲产 业协会副主席李克夫表示，

中国游客对于国际习俗以及礼仪的忽

视，势必“会对国家形象造成不良影响”。

有关专家表示，中 国人缺少获取国外文化风俗以及国际行为准则的信息渠

道。

< /p>

比如，

中国人也许没有意识到飞机等交通工具上的出行礼仪。

而近来发生的

两起航班斗殴事件也恰恰证实了这点。

来自河北

30

岁的会计师王 景广素爱旅游。他发现，很多中国人在欧洲不给

服务员或行李生小费。

< br>

“这并不是因为他们没有钱，”他说，“他们 只是不知道是否应该给小费，

或者并不知道该给多少合适。”

28

岁的张冠仁曾协助组织过澳洲团体游项目，他观察 到，在国际航班上，

当飞机还在降落时，第一个站起来去取行李的往往都是中国人。

“我们的同胞们似乎缺乏耐心，

他们总是匆匆忙忙做事，

唯恐落在人后。

”

有些人无视野生动物园园规：

虽 然当地保护部门禁止游客在自然栖息地用手

触摸考拉，当他们依旧我行我素。“这太妨碍 生态环境了。”张冠仁说。

刘德谦教授还认为，

有钱的中国游客通常傲慢自大。

“当他们享受游客特权

时，忘记去考虑自身责任以及他人感受。”

而在享受美好时 光的同时，

所有游客都应该遵守当地的道德准则，

爱护环境，< /p>

保护公共设施。

旅行社也应该向游客传授一些文化意识，

协助他们收集相关信息。

有关部门已经出版了至少两本

《出境旅 游文明行为指南》

，

尚有一本正在起草中。

“我们加大宣传力度，情况就会改善许多。”

A Luxury We C

an’t

Afford?

All the information you need is at your fingertips and transmitted within a fraction of

a

second

-

from

personal

e-mails,

company

files,

to

music,

movies

and

entire

databases.

As

Internet

use

and

cloud

computing

soar

to

unprecedented

levels,

data

centers

are

becoming a key component to every company’s success. According to a story in The

New York Times last month, not only do the thousands of large data centers around

the world consume large amounts of electricity, they are also astonishingly wasteful:

Online companies typically run their facilities at maximum capacity around the clock,

regardless of demand. As a result, 90 percent or more of the electricity consumed by

data centers is wasted. Worldwide, digital

warehouses use about

30 billion

watts

of

electricity, equivalent to the output of 30 nuclear power plants.

Furthermore, to ensure that data centers continue operating during emergency power

outages,

they

are

also

equipped

with

heavily

polluting

diesel-powered

generators.

This

is

not

the

clean,

low-carbon

image

the

Internet

industry

has

tried

to

impress

people with.

Information technology brings broad and deep benefits to the entire economy. But is

the pollution and waste worth the vast convenience and instant gratification it brings?

Grads Attracted to Metropolises

With the quick development of second and third-tier cities, more and more jobs are

emerging

in

urban

areas.

This

provides

students

with

a

wider

choice

of

work

locations.

Despite

this,

fresh

graduates

still

tend

to

flood

toward

China’s

metropolises,

rather

than residing in smaller places.

According

to

a

recent

survey

of

32,000

university

graduates

conducted

by

, 63 percent of respondents said they wanted to stay in first-tier cities

for at least a year after graduation this year. Last year, that figure was only 38 percent.

“The hustle and bustle of a large metropolis seems to transfer its energy to residents.

A

big

city

has

more

work

opportunities

than

a

s

mall

city

or

town,”

said

Zhang

Tingwen, a HR expert at .

“It

may

have

a

more

varied

workforce

with

different

skills

and

it

means

that

it

is

easier for graduates to find suitable jobs with a decent salary.”

A big city means there is a more diverse range of job opportunities, including working

for

major

foreign

companies.

Competition

might

be

fierce,

but

it

is

also

fairer

and

open to everyone.

Chen Ximing, 26, works as senior legal counsel at Canon (China) Co Ltd Shanghai

Branch.

“When

I

finishe

d

my

studies

at

the

Law

School

of

Fudan

University,

I

considered going back to my hometown, Lanzhou, to work as a lawyer,” she said.

“But I discovered relationships and social networking were required to launch a career

there as a lawyer”, Chen said.

Che

n thought this was not the type of lifestyle she wished to pursue. “In contrast, in

Shanghai,

social

networking

is

not

so

influential

in

getting

hired

or

promoted.

An

employer emphasizes your ability,” she explained.

Some

graduates

want

to

continue

improving

themselves

after

leaving

campus

and

first-tier cities better serve this purpose.

“It is easy for me to find a qualified English training center in Shenzhen,” said Yang

Zhenqi, 22, who graduated from Sun Yat-sen University last

year and works for an

electronics company in Shenzhen.

Likewise, living in

a big city such

as

Beijing or

Shanghai

offers students

enriching

cultural or sports events, and further benefits associated with big cities.

Zhang Sheng, 26, is fond of classical concerts and soccer ma

tches. “Major cities like

Beijing

have

several

mainstream

theaters,

plus

a

number

of

off- the-beaten-path

theater

groups.

You

can

watch

operas,

ballets,

other

dance

performances

and

symphonies here,” he said.

“In

addition,

there

are

sporting

events.

Profes

sional

teams

like

Manchester

United

come to play, and you can watch NBA China matches too,” said Zhang.

First-tier

cities

also

provide

increased

opportunities

for

meeting

a

larger

bunch

of

people sharing your interests.

Lin

Guichuan,

25,

has

joined

a

group

watching

French

movies

every

weekend

and

another that enjoys Beijing’s delicious food.

“It

is

hard to

find such

self

-organized interest

groups in

my hometown

of

Liuzhou,

Guangxi, where the most popular pastimes are karaoke and mahjong,” said Lin.

However, living in

a large city is

expensive and crowded. You may

encounter vast

crowds of people when you go shopping, or long queues at hospitals. Pressure in large

cities is very high, too.

Chinese Tourists 2nd Most Annoying in World

Zhang Siyu, 25, who works as an agent for a performance company in Beijing, went

on a cruise trip from Singapore to Malaysia in August.

But the stunning views from the ship’s deck didn’t provide much pleasure,

as a group

of Chinese compatriots playing cards laughed raucously nearby.

Most passengers

were

Westerners. “At that moment, as a Chinese

I

wished

I could

find a hole in the ground and hide,” she recounted. “I was in no mood to appreciate

the view.”

As more and more Chinese tourists

travel

abroad, some of their behavior is

raising

eyebrows.

According

to

the

latest

2012

Living

Social

survey,

Chinese

tourists

were

recently

ranked second behind US citizens in a global poll of the worst travelers.

Liu

Deqian,

researcher

and

deputy

director

of

the

Tourism

Research

Center

at

Chinese

Academy

of

Social

Sciences,

said

that

Chinese

visitors

often

lack

an

awareness of being courteous or behaving appropriately.

“On

their

first

or

second

time

abroad,

Chinese

visitors

tend

to

forget

that

they

are

visiting other people’s homeland and overlook the etiquette of their hosts,” he said.

Li

Kefu,

vice

chairman

of

the

International

Leisure

Industry

Association,

says

that

Chinese

travelers’

ignorance

of

international

customs

and

manners

“will

certainly

produce a very bad national image”.

According to experts, Chinese people lack access to information regarding the cultural

customs of foreign countries, as well as international behavior guidelines.

For instance, Chinese might not be aware of travel manners on certain transportation

means such as airplanes, as evidenced by two recent fight incidents.