---译评2015年浙江卷完形填空

【短评】本文体现现代社会中物质成功与精神满足的矛盾这一核心价值，突出人们在职业选择中面临的现实与理想的博弈能力，彰显对人生意义进行深度叩问的素养，展示都市职场人群在高薪职位与内心渴望间挣扎的情境。具有反思功利化社会评价体系的社会意义，启示人们在追逐物质保障时，需正视精神需求的重要性，避免让财富追求成为束缚心灵自由的枷锁，努力在现实与理想间找到平衡。

【英汉对照】
Since finishing my studies at Harvard and Oxford, I've watched one friend after another land high-ranking, high-paying Wall Street jobs. As executives (高级管理人员) with banks, consulting firms, established law firms, and major corporations, many are now well on their way to impressive careers. By society's standards, they seem to have it made.  从哈佛和牛津毕业后，我眼看着一位又一位朋友在华尔街觅得高职高薪的工作。他们身为银行、咨询公司、老牌律所和大型企业的高管，很多人正稳步迈向令人称羡的职业生涯。按社会标准来看，他们似乎已功成名就。

On the surface, these people seem to be very lucky in life. As they left student life behind, many had a last drink at their cheap but friendly local bar, shook hands with longtime roommates, and moved out of small apartments into high buildings. They made reservations at restaurants where the cost of a bottle of wine equaled a college year's monthly rent. They replaced their beloved old cars with expensive new sports cars.  表面上，这些人似乎是人生幸运儿。告别学生时代时，很多人在便宜却温馨的本地酒吧喝最后一杯，与多年室友握手作别，从小公寓搬进高楼大厦。他们在一瓶葡萄酒价格抵得上大学一学年月租金的餐厅订位，用昂贵的新跑车换下心爱的旧车。

The thing is, a number of them have admitted that despite their success, they aren't happy. Some complained of unfriendly coworkers and feel sad for eight-hour workweeks devoted to tasks they hate. Some do not respect the companies they work for and talk of feeling tired and empty. However, instead of devoting themselves to their work, they find themselves working to support the lifestyle to which they have so quickly become accustomed.  然而，他们中有不少人坦言，虽功成名就却并不快乐。有人抱怨同事冷漠，为每周八小时投身于厌恶的工作而伤感；有人不认同所在公司，称感到疲惫空虚。他们并非在投身工作，而是发现自己在为维持迅速习惯的生活方式而奔波。

People often speak of trying a more satisfying path, and yet in the end the idea of leaving their jobs to work for something they believe in or finding a position that would give them more time with their families almost always leads them to the same conclusion; it's impossible. They have loans, bills, a mortgage (抵押贷款) to pay off, retirement to save for. They recognize there's something missing in their lives, but it's hard to step off the track.  人们常说要尝试更有满足感的人生道路，但最终，辞去工作为信仰而奋斗，或寻找能多陪伴家人的职位这种念头，几乎总让他们得出同一结论：不可行。他们有贷款、账单、房贷要还，有退休储蓄要筹备。他们明白生活中缺了点什么，却难以偏离既定轨迹。

In a society that tends to measure everything in terms of dollars and cents, we learn from a young age to consider the costs of our decisions in financial terms. But what about the personal and social costs involved in pursuing money over meaning? These are exactly the kinds of costs many of us tend to ignore—and the very ones we need to consider most.  在一个习惯用金钱衡量一切的社会里，我们从小就学会从经济角度考量决策成本。但在追逐金钱而非意义的过程中，所涉及的个人与社会成本又该如何衡量？这些恰恰是我们很多人容易忽视，却最该重视的成本。