高考是中国最重要的大学入学考试。
最近，一个有名的企业家在演讲的时候说，选学校不是最重要的，他高考的时候只填了北京和上海的学校，就是为了让自己在大城市，可以站得更高，看得更远。
网友们都在讨论，考大学的时候，应该是学校更重要，专业更重要，还是城市更重要。
有的人觉得学校更重要，因为好的学校有很好的老师和资源，可以帮助你学到更多的东西。
有的人觉得专业更重要，如果选自己喜欢的专业，学习过程会非常开心；
如果选很好的专业，毕业以后可以找到很好的工作。
还有的人觉得城市更重要，因为大城市可以让你看到更大的世界，认识更多更有趣的人，让自己的生活和思想都更丰富。
你觉得哪个最重要？
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 高考 | gāo kǎo | college entrance exam |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 最 | zuì | (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est |
| 重要 | zhòng yào | important; significant; major |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 大学 | dà xué | university / college |
| 入学 | rù xué | to enter a school or college / to go to school for the first time as a child |
| 考试 | kǎo shì | exam |
| 最近 | zuì jìn | recently |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 有名 | yǒu míng | famous / well-known |
| 企业家 | qǐ yè jiā | entrepreneur |
| 在 | zài | (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) |
| 演讲 | yǎn jiǎng | to give a lecture; to make a speech |
| 时候 | shí hou | time / length of time / moment / period |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 选 | xuǎn | to choose / to pick / to select / to elect |
| 学校 | xué xiào | school |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 只 | zhǐ | only; merely; just |
| 填 | tián | to fill or stuff / (of a form etc) to fill in |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 北京 | Běi jīng | Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 上海 | Shàng hǎi | Shanghai municipality |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 为了 | wèi le | for; for the purpose of; in order to |
| 让 | ràng | to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |
| 城市 | chéng shì | city; town |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 站 | zhàn | to stand / to halt / to stop |
| 得 | de | structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc |
| 更 | gèng | more / even more / further / still / still more |
| 高 | gāo | high / tall / above average / loud |
| 看 | kàn | to see; to look at / to read / to watch / to visit; to call on / to consider; to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for |
| 远 | yuǎn | far / distant / remote |
| 网友 | wǎng yǒu | online friend / netizen; Internet user |
| 们 | men | plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 讨论 | tǎo lùn | to discuss; to talk over |
| 考 | kǎo | to check / to verify / to test / to examine / to take an exam / to take an entrance exam for |
| 应该 | yīng gāi | ought to; should; must |
| 专业 | zhuān yè | specialty / specialized field / main field of study (at university) / major |
| 还是 | hái shi | still (as before) |
| 有的人 | yǒu de rén | some people; certain people |
| 觉得 | jué de | to think that ...; to feel that ... |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 好 | hǎo | good / appropriate; proper |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 老师 | lǎo shī | teacher |
| 资源 | zī yuán | natural resource / resource |
| 帮助 | bāng zhù | to help; to assist |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 学到 | xué dào | to learn (sth); to learn about |
| 更多 | gèng duō | more; greater in amount, degree, or number |
| 东西 | dōng xi | thing / stuff / person |
| 如果 | rú guǒ | if; in case; in the event that |
| 喜欢 | xǐ huan | to like; to be fond of |
| 学习 | xué xí | to learn / to study |
| 过程 | guò chéng | course of events; process |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 非常 | fēi cháng | very; really |
| 开心 | kāi xīn | to feel happy / to rejoice / to have a great time |
| 毕业 | bì yè | graduation |
| 以后 | yǐ hòu | after / later / afterwards / following / later on / in the future |
| 找到 | zhǎo dào | to find |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | job / work / task |
| 还 | hái | in addition, also, else, even |
| 看到 | kàn dào | to see |
| 世界 | shì jiè | world |
| 认识 | rèn shi | to know / to recognize / to be familiar with / to get acquainted with sb |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |
| 有趣 | yǒu qù | interesting; fascinating; amusing |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 生活 | shēng huó | life / livelihood |
| 思想 | sī xiǎng | thought / thinking / idea / ideology |
| 丰富 | fēng fù | rich / plentiful / abundant |
| 哪 | něi | which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier) |