A recent report from the British Chambers of Commerce said too many graduates have "fairly useless degrees in non-serious subjects". Phil McCabe from the Forum of Private Business said: "The value of a degree is dwindling." Tanya de Grunwald, founder of Graduate Fog.co.uk, a website for job-seeking graduates, said many are devastated by the salaries they are offered. She said: "Finally, the figures from the ONS back up what our graduates have been saying – that they are just not getting the quality of job that they thought their degree would lead to. People say that a graduate typically earns £26,000, but this doesn't reflect the reality. Many of them are just scraping the barrel."
最近一份英国商务部的报告称，太多的大学毕业生“空有一纸无用的文凭，而且学的专业也没什么意义”。来自私人企业论坛的菲尔•麦凯布说：“学历的价值正在缩水。” 毕业生求职网站Graduate Fog.co.uk的创始人塔尼亚•德•格伦沃尔德说，很多大学毕业生都对自己能拿到的薪水感到崩溃。 她说：“最终，国家统计局的数据证明我们的大学毕业生所言非虚——他们得不到自己当初以为凭学历能拿到的那种工作。 人们说大学毕业生一般年薪2.6万英镑，但这和实际不符。他们中的很多人都只能勉强度日。”

One anonymous contributor to a student website wrote: "If I could have my time back, I wouldn't have gone to university. I graduated last year and work in a friend's cafe for £6 an hour."
一位学生网站的匿名投稿者写道：“如果时光倒流，我不会去上大学。我去年毕业，现在在一个朋友的咖啡店打工，每小时6英镑。”

词汇学习：

A-level: 英国的中学高级水平考试

quadruple: 使成四倍，翻了两番

porter: （旅馆、学校、医院等的）看门人，门房，警卫

turn one's back on: 拒绝，冷眼相看

dwindle: 渐渐减少；变小

devastate: 使垮掉；使震惊

scrape the barrel: 勉强度日；刮家底；采用最后的办法