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1、大学英语阅读练习OneofthemostinterestingparadoxesinAmericatodayisthatHarvardUniversity,theoldestinstitutionofhigherlearningintheUnitedStates,isnowengagedinaseriousdebateaboutwhatauniversityshouldbe,andwhetheritismeasuringup. LiketheRomanCatholicChurchandotherancientins
2、titutions,itisasking-stillinprivateratherthaninpublic-whetheritspastassumptionsaboutfaculty,authority,admissions,coursesofstudy,arereallyrelevanttotheproblemsofthe1990’s. 『ShouldHarvardoranyotheruniversitybeanintellectualsanctuary,apartfromthepoliticalandsocia
3、lrevolutionoftheage,orshoulditbealaboratoryforexperimentationwiththesepoliticalandsocialrevolutions;orevenanengineoftherevolution?』①ThisiswhatisbeingdiscussedprivatelyinthebigclapboardhousesoffacultymembersaroundtheHarvardYard. TheissuewasdefinedbyWaiterLippma
4、nn,adistinguishedHarvardgraduate,severalyearsago.“Iftheuniversitiesaretodotheirwork,”hesaid,“theymustbeindependentandtheymustbedisinterested…Theyareplacestowhichmencanturnforjudgementswhichareunbiasedbypartisanshipandspecialinterest.『Obviously,themomenttheunive
5、rsitiesfallunderpoliticalcontrol,orunderthecontrolofprivateinterests,orthemomenttheythemselvestakeahandinpoliticsandtheleadershipofgovernment,theirvalueasindependentanddisinterestedsourcesofjudgementisimpaired.”』② ThisispartoftheargumentthatisgoingonatHarvardt
6、oday.Anotherpartistheargumentofthemilitantandevenmanymoderatestudents:thatauniversityisthekeeperofouridealsandmorals,andshouldnotbe“disinterested”butactivistinbringingthenation’sidealsandactionstogether.http:www.baidunvo.comhttp://www.xjp1.comhttp:www.qz66.neth
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8、atthebeginning.『Theyarenotevenclearabouthowtheyshoulddebateandresolvetheirproblems,buttheyarestrugglingwiththemprivately,andhowtheycomeoutisboundtoinfluenceAmericanuniversit
