One result is that when college students enter the work world, they often find that they need a lot of time to develop the skills they need to do their job.
对于作者在这部份说的感触很深。在学校里学了外贸的各种理论，各种知识。但是在工作实际操作中发现学校学的和实际遇到的相差甚远。因为遇到的客人或者遇到的困难都不会按照书中的例子来。按照老师给出的可能得满分的解题知识，在实际中其实并不会有理想的解决效果。在学校学习了外贸，或许比没有学的会更快上手一些，但是对专业的外贸人要求还是有很大的差距。所以现在公司招聘，已经把是否是对口专业不作为考量的关键要素。更多的是看应聘者的学习能力。也很建议大学专业老师少参加一些理论性的会议，多参加一些实际操作活动，这样能教学生的更接地气。
But over the long term I believe the best approach will be to develop new skills-based training programs that will supplement or completely replace the knowledge-based approaches that are the norm now in many places. This strategy acknowledges that because what is ultimately most important is what people are able to do, training should focus on doing rather than on knowing—and, in particular, on bringing everyone’s skills closer to the level of the best performers in a given area.
最近我也在着重练习英语发音，看了很多总结如何发地道美音的视频，文章。起初花了很多时间看，发现进步并不是很大。因为我只是看了理论知识，却没有真正去做。“纸上得来终觉浅，绝知此事要躬行”。我觉得很多发音的书籍或者视频可以在学习初期看，但是要在练习之后再返回去看，才会发现，哦，原来他说的是那个意思。学习－反馈－总结－学习。以此循环。而且我觉得在实践过后的学习，体会会更深刻。
Words&Expressions
1. The bottom line is what you are able to do, not what you know, although it is understood that you need to know certain things in order to be able to do your job.
the bottom line the most important aspect of something.最重要的方面
Eg: The bottom line is putting into practice of what we learned, not just pay lip service.
2. As I was writing this, I visited the website doctorsreview.com, which bills itself as “the most complete medical meetings listings on the web.”
bill sb/sth as sth to advertise or describe sb/sth in a particular way 把（某人或事物）宣传为… 常以被动语态出现。
Eg: Luyu was billed as Chinese Oprah.
3. There was a major difference in skill between surgeons who had had a great deal of experience with this surgery and those who had relatively few such operations under their belts.
have (something) under (one's) belt to have something learned or mastered.
Eg: Once he had the proper technique under his belt, Eric had no problem finishing the project on his own.
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