This Times reporter is almost certainly a bookish Ivy League graduate with no lack of self-esteem and also no great familiarity with life on the street.

• 这些《纽约时报》的记者几乎都是从美国名牌大学(常青藤)毕业的书生气十足的人，他们不乏自信，但却缺少对实际生活的深入了解。