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新视野三版读写B2 U2 Text A Thehumanities:Outofdate? 1Whenthegoinggetstough,thetoughtakeaccounting.Whenthejob market worsens, manystudents calculatethey cant major in Englishor history.They havetostudysomethingthatbooststheirprospectsoflandingajob. 2Thedatashowthatasstudentshaveincreasinglyshoulderedtheever-rising cost of tuition, they have defected from the study of the humanities and toward applied science and hard skills that they bet will lead to employment. Inotherwords, acollegeeducation ismoreand moreseenasa means for economic betterment rather than a means for human betterment.Thisisatrendthatislikelytopersistandevenaccelerate. 3 Over the next few years, as labor markets struggle, the humanities will probably continue their long slide in succession. There already has been a nearly 50 percent decline in the portion of liberal arts majors over the past generation,anditislogicaltothinkthatthetrend isboundtocontinueoreven accelerate. Once the dominant pillars of university life, the humanities now play little roles when students take their college tours. These days, labs are morevividandcompellingthanlibraries. 4 Here, please allow me to stand upfor and promote the true value that the humanities add to peoples lives. Since ancient times, people have speculated about the mystery of those inner forces that drive some peopleto greatness and others to self-destruction. This inner drive has been called many things over the centuries. The famous psychologist, Sigmund Freud,calledittheunconsciousmindor,morefamiliarly,instinct. 5 Fromthebeginningoftime,this inneraspectofourbeing,thisdrivethatcan be constructive or destructive, has captured our imagination. The stories of this amazing struggle have formed the basis of cultures the world over. Historians, architects, authors,philosophers and artists have captured the words, images and meanings of this inner struggle in the form of story, music,myth,painting,architecture,sculpture, landscapeandtraditi