Peking University has about 10 percent of its students from rural areas at present, down from the 30 percent between the 1970s and early 1990s. Similar figures were reported at other universities, including Tsinghua University, also in Beijing, and Fudan University in Shanghai.

现在，北京大学共有10%的学生来自农村，但是在上个世纪70年代至90年代间，农村学生所占的比例是30%。其他的包括清华、复旦在内的高校也出现了同样的情况。

Huang Keke, a student at Peking University, was the first person from her hometown—Xiliu Village in Shaanxi Province—to go to such a top university. She had to apply for postgraduate study to give her an edge in the job market because she couldn't find a job.

来自陕西省西流乡的清华大学学生黄XX是他们乡的第一个考上名牌大学的学生。但是她不得不申请读研，以此让自己往后就业时更有优势，因为她现在根本就找不到工作。

She said her father has become disillusioned with higher education and believed it would have been better for his children to have looked for work earlier.

她说，她的父亲已经对读大学不抱期望了，他觉得让孩子早日工作还更好些。

Her brother Huang Lei didn't sit the college entrance examination but started work on a construction site instead.

她的弟弟连高考都未参加，现在在一个建筑工地上打工。

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