走下神坛的天之骄子?

Ge Donghua looks tired. With a tough job market at the year-end it will be a tough Spring Festival.
葛东华（音译）看上去十分疲惫。年末就业市场的不景气，注定这个春节也不会好过了。

“Looking for a job is exhausting,” said the fresh graduate from Beijing University of Technology. “We have to condescend ourselves to giving up on ideal posts and accepting average jobs. It’s depressing.”
今年刚刚从北京科技大学毕业的葛东华说：“找工作真的让人筋疲力尽，我们不得不屈从显示，放弃那些理想的工作，接受那些平淡无奇的职位，这太让人沮丧了。”

Ge’s graduation blues is shared by the majority of his peers, according to the 2013 Blue Book of China’s Society released by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). The report indicates that 70 percent of college graduates see themselves at the mid-lower or lower level in the social stratification.
由中国社科院（简称CASS）发布的2013年《中国社会蓝皮书》显示，葛东华与大多数同龄人可谓同病相怜，纷纷遭遇毕业低谷。该报告显示，七成大学毕业生自认处于社会的中低层或者底层。

With a growing number of college graduates considering themselves to belong to the lower levels of society, experts suggest that students lower their expectations of the job market.
面对自认处于社会低层的大学毕业生人数的增加，专家们建议大学生们应该降低对就业市场的期望值。

As the 2010 Report on Chinese College Graduate Job Pressure, released by CASS, shows, 18 percent of graduates would accept unpaid employment, compared with only 1.58 percent in 2006.
由中国社科院发布的“2010中国大学毕业生就业压力报告”显示，18%的大学毕业生愿意接受零月薪，而2006年的同期数字仅为1.58%。

“The once high-flying college graduates are now accepting the fact that they are not as rare as their predecessors decades ago,” commented South Metropolitan Daily last week.
上周《南方都市报》有评论指出：“这些曾经一腔雄心壮志的大学毕业生们正在接受一个现实，那就是他们不再像几十年前的大学生那样稀缺了。”

Experts say that the expansion of university enrolment since 1999 significantly increased university output while society’s ability to absorb such a great number of graduates has not been fully developed.
专家认为，自1999年各高校实行扩招后，大学毕业生数量急剧增加，然而社会并没有足够的能力来吸收这么多大学毕业生。

Hu Ruiwen, from the Shanghai Academy of Educational Sciences, said that graduates positioning themselves at the lower levels of society is a reflection of the current market demand for college graduates.
来自上海市教育科学研究院的胡瑞文（音译）表示，毕业生将自身定位成社会底层，这也反映出当今市场对于大学生毕业生的需求。