新视野第大学英语读写教程2(第三版)unit2课文原文.docx

新视野第大学英语读写教程 2（第三版） unit 2 课文原文 新视野第大学英语读写教程 2（第三版） unit 2 课文原文 The humanities: Out of date? 1When the going gets tough, the tough takeaccounting.When the job market worsens, many studentscalculatethey can't major in English or history.They have to study something thatbooststheirprospectsof landing a job. 2The data show that as students have increasingly shouldered the ever-rising cost of tuition, they havedefectedfrom the study of the humanities and towardappliedscience and “hard s”kills that theybetwill lead to employment.In other words, a college education is more and more seen as a means for economic betterment rather than a means for human betterment.This is a trend that is likely topersistand evenaccelerate. 3Over the next few years, as labor markets struggle, the humanities will probably continue their long slide insuccession.There already has been a nearly 50 percent decline in the portion ofliberalarts majors over the past generation, and it islogicalto think that the trend isboundto continue or even accelerate.Once thedominantpillarsof university life, the humanities now play little roles when students take their college tours.These days, labs are morevividandcompellingthan libraries. 4Here, please allow me to stand up for andpromotethe true value that the humanities add to people's lives.Since ancient times, people havespeculatedabout themysteryof those inner forces that drive some people to greatness and others toself-destruction.This inner drive has been called many things over the centuries.The famous psychologist,Sigmund Freud, called it the cc ? ?■” “ unconsciousmind ” or, more familiarly, “ instinct ”. 5From the beginning of time, this inner aspect of our being, this drive that can be constructive ordestructive, has captured our imagination.The stories of this amazing struggle have formed the basis of cultures the world over.Historians,architects, authors,philosophersand artists have captured the words, images and meanings of this inner stru