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新视野大学英语

读写教程(第二册)

Unit2College-Theladdertosuccess

TextAThehumanities:Outofdate?

ReadingComprehension

1.becauseEnglishorhistorymajorsareconsideredless

competitivewhenthejobmarketisshrinking,andthey

havetostudysomethingthatcanhelpthemmoreeasily

locatetheirfuturejobs.

2.becauseasthetuitionisclimbinghigherandhigher,

manystudentshaverunawayfromstudyingthe

humanitiesandtoward“hard”skillsthattheythinkwill

leadtoemployment.

3.sincemorestudentsarenowtakingjob-oriented

courses,libraries,wherestudentsofliberalartsusedto

study,aregettinglesspopularthanbefore;incontrast,

labsaregettingmoreeye-catchingbecausestudentsof

scienceandengineeringdoexperimentsandresearch

there.

4.becausethisinnerdrivethatcanbeeitherconstructive

ordestructiveissomysteriousandpowerfulthatithas

attractedmanypeopletospeculateonit.Fromancient

times,thesemenandwomendevelopedartistic

“languages”intheformofstory,music,myth,painting,

architecture,sculpture,landscapeandtraditions,which

fromtheveryfoundationofcivilization.

5.Studyingthehumanitiesimprovesyourabilitytoread

andwrite,makesyoufamiliarwiththelanguageof

emotionandthecreativeprocess,and,more

importantly,providesyouwithawidescopeof

possibilitiesthatareopentoyou.

6.Becauseinmodernlife,anidealcapacityfor

establishingone’scareeristohavebothtechnical

knowledgeandinnerinsight,notjustonewithoutthe

other.

7.“Well-roundedhumanbeings”arethosewhohave

insightandunderstandthepassions,hopesanddreams

commontoallhumanity.

8.Sincemanypeoplewhooncestudiedthehumanities

becamefamous