英语展示：伯南克在普林斯顿大学的演讲.ppt

Princeton University普林斯顿大学 Established in 1746, Princeton is the fourth oldest college in the United States. As a world-famous research university, Princeton seeks to achieve the highest levels of distinction in the discovery and transmission of knowledge Princeton University has been associated with 37 Nobel laureates and 17 National Medal of Science winners. Princeton University topped the list in the 2012 American University Rankings released by Forbes. By endowment(捐赠) per student, Princeton is the wealthiest school in the United States. Princetons undergraduate program is highly selective, admitting 7.28% of undergraduate applicants in the 2013. Ben Bernanke本·伯南克 Ben Bernanke served two terms as chairman of the Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States from 2006 to 2014. During his term as chairman, Bernanke oversaw(管理监督) the Federal Reserves response to the financial crisis. Obama said it was Bernankes courage and creativity that helped to prevent another Great Depression in 2008. Bernanke scored 1590 out of 1600 on the SAT and attended Harvard University. Later he received a doctor’s degree in Economics from the MIT in 1979. Before becoming Federal Reserve chairman, Bernanke was a professor at Princeton University for 6 years and chaired the department of economics . The First Suggestion The poet Robert Burns once said something about the best-laid plans of mice and men ganging aft agley.（再周密的计划也不能确保成功）.A more contemporary(当代的） philosopher, Forrest Gump(阿甘), said something similar about life and boxes of chocolates and not knowing what you are going to get. Life is amazingly unpredictable（出乎意料的）；any 22-year-old who thinks he knows where he will be in 10 years, much less in 30, is simply lacking imagination. Life is like a box of chocolates.You never know what you are going to get. ----Forrest Gump The best laid schemes(计划) of mice and men, gang aft agley. ----Robert Burns Take a few minutes th