Every Tuesday and Friday evening sees Miss Li，my neighbor and a secretary in a company rush home after a hard day’s work，gulp down her meals and then hurry out to catch the bus for her English class. Miss Li’s case is not unique，and now more and more city adults spend their leisure time trying to improve themselves at school or college.
    There are a number of reasons for people to go back for their education. Some people，like Miss Li，are doing it to acquire another degree or diploma to impress the society. To them more knowledge，or rather，more credentials means more opportunities for better jobs and quicker promotion.
    Other people，especially those who are laid off or out of employment go to vocational school to prepare to return to the job market. They are eager for new skills so that they can be qualified for the jobs in retail trade，administration，education and other service categories to which they are strange because most of them were blue-collar workers in the factory.
    There are also people who come to take such courses as Chinese traditional medicine，painting，calligraphy and photography. As their working weeks decline people begin to have time to fulfill their old dream of their heart’s desire.
    Out of necessity or out of interest，people go back to school for the common goal——to improve themselves，and this boom in adult education，in turn，helps to raise the intellectual standard of the whole country.
原文翻译：
    每个星期二和星期五晚上看到李小姐，一天的辛苦工作后，我的邻居在一个公司匆忙赶回家，一个秘书，吞下她吃饭然后赶快抓住车上她的英语课。李小姐的情况并不是独一无二的，现在城市里越来越多的成年人把他们的闲暇时间花在学校里提高自己。
    有一些人回到学校去接受教育，原因。有些人，像李小姐，这样做是想再取得一个学位或文凭给社会留下深刻印象。给他们更多的知识，或者说，更多的证书意味着更快更好的工作和更多的机会晋升。
    其他人，尤其是那些下岗或失业去职业学校准备重返工作岗位。他们迫切想掌握新的技术，使自己能胜任的工作在零售业，政府，教育和其他服务类别，它们很奇怪，因为他们大多数是工厂的蓝领工人。
    也有人来参加这样的课程作为中国传统医学，绘画，书法，摄影。由于他们的工作周下降，人们开始有时间去实现他们的梦想他们的心的愿望。出于需要和兴趣，人们回到学校的共同的目标——提高自己，这繁荣的成人教育，反过来，有助于提高整个国家的智力水平。