新世纪商务英语综合教程2-Unit3

Unit3CollegeEducation:SearchingforaChangeu3ActivationActivation_mainWhatistheroleofuniversity?ThemeoftheUnitWhatdoyouexpecttoachievefromuniversitystudy?23133ActivationActivation_1.1Whichofthefollowingwouldyouagreeabout“education?Wecannotalwaysbuildthefutureforouryouth,butwecanbuildouryouthforthefuture.—FranklinD.RooseveltTheonlypersonwhoiseducatedistheonewhohaslearnedhowtolearnandchange.—CarlRogersGiveamanafishandyoufeedhimforaday.Teachamantofishandfeedhimalifetime.—ChineseproverbActivationActivation_1.2Menarebornignorant,notstupid;theyaremadestupidbyeducation.—BertrandRussellEducationwouldbesomuchmoreeffectiveifitspurposeweretoensurethatbythetimetheyleaveschooleveryboyandgirlshouldknowhowmuchtheydon'tknow,andbeimbuedwithalifelongdesiretoknowit.—SirWilliamHaleyActivationActivation_2.1Whatdoyouthinkistheroleofuniversity?educateresearchteachknowledgehelpfindajobimpartinformationtrainskillsbroadenhorizonActivationActivation_2.1Whatdoyouexpecttoachievefromuniversitystudy?degree,certificateknowledgejobopportunityfriendssocialstatusfindtruthDetailedReadingTextI_warmup1Warm-upBackgroundTEXTIWhatkindofpeopleshoulduniversityproduce?LookatthefollowingpeoplementionedinTextI.Whatdoyouthinktheyhaveincommon?Whatrolesdoesauniversityplayinturningoutthesepeople?businessmenmenofscienceprofessionalmendoctorspresidentsoflargecorporationsstatesmenmenofletterspriestslawyersTextI_warmup2DetailedReadingWarm-upBackgroundTEXTIWhatqualitiesdobusinessmenshare?Howaboutdoctors?Trytomakeacomparison.TextI_BG_mainDetailedReadingWarm-upBackgroundTEXTIAbouttheAuthor—AlfredNorthWhitehead•1861－1947•Britishmathematicianandphilosopher•taughtprincipallyattheUniversityofCambridgeandHarvardUniversity•collaboratedwithBertrandRussellontheepochalPrincipiaMathematicaTextI_BG_1DetailedReadingWarm-upBackgroundTEXTIWhiteheadwasalsoanimportantsocialandeducationalphilosopher.HisthoughtresemblesmuchinthephilosophyofJohnDewey.HispopularwritingsincludeScienceandtheModernWorld,AdventuresofIdeas,ProcessandReality,andTheAimsofEducation.TextI_DR_1DetailedReadingWarm-upBackgroundTEXTIUniversitiesandTheirFunctionTheuniversitiesareschoolsofeducation,andschoolsofresearch.Buttheprimaryreasonfortheirexistenceisnottobefoundeitherinthemereknowledgeconveyedtothestudentsorinthemereopportunitiesforresearchaffordedtothemembersofthefaculty.AlfredNorthWhiteheadTextI_DR_2DetailedReadingWarm-upBackgroundTEXTIThejustificationforauniversityisthatitpreservestheconnectionbetweenknowledgeandthezestoflife,byunitingtheyoungandtheoldintheimaginativeconsiderationoflearning.Theuniversityimpartsinformation,butitimpartsitimaginatively.Atleast,thisisthefunctionwhichitshouldperformforsociety.Auniversitywhichfailsinthisrespecthasnoreasonforexistence.Thisatmosphereofexcitement,arisingfromimaginativeconsideration,transformsknowledge.Afactisnolongerabarefact:itisinvestedwithallitspossibilities.Itisnolongeraburdenonthememory:itisenergizingasthepoetofourdreams,andasthearchitectofourpurposes.TextI_DR_3DetailedReadingWarm-upBackgroundTEXTIImaginationisnottobedivorcedfromthefacts:itisawayofilluminatingthefacts.Itworksbyelicitingthegeneralprincipleswhichapplytothefacts,astheyexist,andthenbyanintellectualsurveyofalternativepossibilitieswhichareconsistentwiththoseprinciples.Itenablesmentoconstructanintellectualvisionofanewworld,anditpreservesthezestoflifebythesuggestionofsatisfyingpurposes.Youthisimaginative,andiftheimaginationbestrengthenedbydisciplinethisenergyofimaginationcaningreatmeasurebepreservedthroughlife.Thetragedyoftheworldisthatthosewhoareimaginativehavebutslightexperience,andthosewhoareexperiencedhavefeebleimaginations.TextI_DR_4DetailedReadingWarm-upBackgroundTEXTIimaginations.Foolsactonimaginationwithoutknowledge;pedantsactonknowledgewithoutimagination.Thetaskofauniversityistoweldtogetherimaginationandexperience.Thesereflectionsuponthegeneralfunctionsofauniversitycanbeatoncetranslatedintermsoftheparticularfunctionsofabusinessschool.Weneednotflinchfromtheassertionthatthemainfunctionofsuchaschoolistoproducemenwithagreaterzestforbusiness.Inasimplerworld,businessrelationsweresimpler,beingbasedontheimmediatecontactofmanwithmanandonimmediateconfrontationwithallrelevantmaterialcircumstances.TodaybusinessorganizationrequiresanimaginativegraspofthepsychologiesofpopulationsengagedTextI_DR_5DetailedReadingWarm-upBackgroundTEXTIindifferingmodesofoccupation;ofpopulationsscatteredthroughcities,throughmountains,throughplains;ofpopulationsontheocean,andofpopulationsinmines,andofpopulationsinforests.Itrequiresanimaginativegraspofconditionsinthetropics,andofconditionsintemperatezones.Itrequiresanimaginativegraspoftheinterlockinginterestsofgreatorganizations,andofthereactionsofthewholecomplextoanychangeinoneofitselements.Itrequiresanimaginativeunderstandingoflawsofpoliticaleconomy,notmerelyintheabstract,butalsowiththepowertoconstruethemintermsoftheparticularcircumstancesofaconcretebusiness.Itrequiressomeknowledgeofthehabitsofgovernment,andofthevariationsofthosehabitsTextI_DR_6DetailedReadingWarm-upBackgroundT