College Grad's Dream to Become Schoolmaster Comes True

　　While most college graduates struggle to attain¹ employment in China's weak job market, one young man has chosen to realize his dream by starting his own business in Beijing.

 

　　CRI's Zhang Ru has the story.

 

　　Ji Zaibing chose to work at a consultancy firm after graduating with a degree in Information Management and Information Systems at Renmin University. But as a result of his love for dancing, he quit his job and set up his own dance training school two years ago. Ji spoke² about why he chose to set up his "Qianye Dance School".

 

　　"For one thing, when I was working as a consultant³, I was too busy to practice dancing, which is my hobby. And secondly⁴, I knew many dance professionals after becoming a fan of dance in 2007. So I believed that I would be successful."

 

　　However, difficulties cropped up when Ji embarked⁵ on his new career. He faced great pressure from his parents, who persuaded him to become a public servant in order to ensure a stable living.

 

　　Aside from this, the process of actually founding a school proved to be much tougher than Ji Zaibing initially⁶ thought.

 

　　"The poor quality of teaching staff struck me at first. Many teachers were good dancers themselves, but inexperienced in teaching, and failed to capture the students' imagination. The number of students dropped dramatically."

 

　　Instead of giving up, Ji constantly tried to seek new teaching methods in order to satisfy his students' needs. Within two years, as many as 4,000 dancing enthusiasts⁷ enrolled⁸ at the Qianye Dance School. In fact, the so-called school started out as a training class with no more than 30 students at the very beginning. As a result of the growing, Ji has managed to double his monthly earnings⁹ from the school's revenue.

 

　　Apart from dance training, Ji and his team have cooperated with a number of large companies to put on performances at their year-end celebrations. To further expand his business, Ji is planning to open an online store in order to sell dancing goods, such as clothes and shoes.

 

　　Ji believes that his decision to join an intercollegiate entrepreneurial contest to sell bottled water benefited him greatly in his own entrepreneurial pursuits. His persistence¹⁰ helped him to succeed in signing the biggest contract with Jingdong Mall, China's No.1 online retailer¹¹, which helped him bag a prize of 50,000 yuan with his six-person team.

 

　　With a reported 6.99 million record number of students graduating from vocational colleges and universities this year, the employment pressure amongst China's youth is mounting.

 

　　Dong Qingchun, head of the self-employment training school at Beihang University, says that the country has enforced policies to help self-employed students since March of this year.

 

　　"Firstly, students starting their own business can effectively solve the unemployment problem; secondly, it helps speed up the country's economic transformation¹², and boosts the development of small and micro enterprises."

 

　　Though Ji has made many achievements, he says he is still far from being successful. His ambition lies beyond working as a schoolmaster within this promising¹³ industry.

 

　　"My next aim is to build Qianye into a model for dance training, just like the well-known New Oriental School for English training in China. I'm really satisfied with providing a healthy lifestyle for busy people nowadays."

 

　　For CRI, I'm Zhang Ru.

1 attain   

vt.达到，获得，完成

参考例句：

• I used the scientific method to attain this end. 我用科学的方法来达到这一目的。
• His painstaking to attain his goal in life is praiseworthy. 他为实现人生目标所下的苦功是值得称赞的。

2 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

3 consultant   

n.顾问；会诊医师，专科医生

参考例句：

• He is a consultant on law affairs to the mayor.他是市长的一个法律顾问。
• Originally,Gar had agreed to come up as a consultant.原来，加尔只答应来充当我们的顾问。

4 secondly   

adv.第二，其次

参考例句：

• Secondly,use your own head and present your point of view.第二，动脑筋提出自己的见解。
• Secondly it is necessary to define the applied load.其次，需要确定所作用的载荷。

5 embarked   

乘船( embark的过去式和过去分词 )； 装载； 从事

参考例句：

• We stood on the pier and watched as they embarked. 我们站在突码头上目送他们登船。
• She embarked on a discourse about the town's origins. 她开始讲本市的起源。

6 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

7 enthusiasts   

n.热心人，热衷者( enthusiast的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• A group of enthusiasts have undertaken the reconstruction of a steam locomotive. 一群火车迷已担负起重造蒸汽机车的任务。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Now a group of enthusiasts are going to have the plane restored. 一群热心人计划修复这架飞机。 来自新概念英语第二册

8 enrolled   

adj.入学登记了的v.[亦作enrol]( enroll的过去式和过去分词 )；登记，招收，使入伍（或入会、入学等），参加，成为成员；记入名册；卷起，包起

参考例句：

• They have been studying hard from the moment they enrolled. 从入学时起，他们就一直努力学习。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He enrolled with an employment agency for a teaching position. 他在职业介绍所登了记以谋求一个教师的职位。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 earnings   

n.工资收人；利润，利益，所得

参考例句：

• That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
• Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。

10 persistence   

n.坚持，持续，存留

参考例句：

• The persistence of a cough in his daughter puzzled him.他女儿持续的咳嗽把他难住了。
• He achieved success through dogged persistence.他靠着坚持不懈取得了成功。

11 retailer   

n.零售商(人)

参考例句：

• What are the retailer requirements?零售商会有哪些要求呢？
• The retailer has assembled a team in Shanghai to examine the question.这家零售商在上海组建了一支团队研究这个问题。

12 transformation   

n.变化；改造；转变

参考例句：

• Going to college brought about a dramatic transformation in her outlook.上大学使她的观念发生了巨大的变化。
• He was struggling to make the transformation from single man to responsible husband.他正在努力使自己由单身汉变为可靠的丈夫。

13 promising   

adj.有希望的，有前途的

参考例句：

• The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
• We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。