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[tw] Fascination of Universities

2007-03-29T23:02:00.000+08:00

Topic:

People attend college or university for many different reasons (for example, new experiences, career preparation, increased knowledge). Why do you think people attend college or universiy? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

Essay: Fascination of University

In my country, most students in high school are fascinated by university and they are for a great many distinct whys. The eviroment of university attracts people. It offers the greatest settings for learning and study and the freest circumstance for creativity and innovation. Also oppotunities in varied fields are provided.

In most of the case, the universitiy own a library with far more books than most of the high schools's. It is sometimes said that the plentier books the library stores, the better education the university gives. Most universities make it a convenience that students can find what they want efficiently in the library, such as searching the database of the books by using the intramural network. Perhaps, one will focus on the "software", too. The professors in university can give a guide to students with a higher view point which helps them take a shortcut to understand the lessons.

Not only the impersonal conditions, but also the personal one make sence. The key point is the freedom. If you were a student in university, more time would be dominated by yourself and you could take more time to think about your own interest. Except for the free for allocating time, the free for thoght is the other essential things. The which The fact that creating and innovating often happens in university implies that thought won't be restricted.

Finally, close attention the socity pays to the university results in the increasing chances. For example, industry or company gives not a few oppotunies for students to practice; places for exchange students are supplied anually.

All in all, people can not withstand the fascination of university which is the heaven designed for the scholar.

Rater's Comments:

Great! There're many sparks that really attract me, but many gramma and spelling mistakes might prevent you from getting a high mark. Besides, be concise and be more logical and raise more evidence that are more directly in proving your idea.

Recension: Fascination of Universities

In my country, most students in high schools are fascinated by universities with a great many distinct whys. The seraphic environment, great facilities and faculties, a large pool of friends, all of these make the campus the kindom of creativity and innovation which provides oppotunities in various fields.

Usually, a universitiy own a library so wonderful that a high school student can hardly think of. It is sometimes said that the plentier books the library stores, the better education the university gives. Most make it a convenience that students can easily find what they want in the library and search the books by using the intramural and imtercampus network. Fancy catching the sight of the book which you have casted about for a long time shortly after clicking the keyboard, how wonderful it is! In terms of the "software", the professors in university can give a guide to students with a higher view point which helps them take a shortcut to success.

Not only the public facilities, but also every sudent can bring out their own value there. The key point is the freedom. If you were a student in a university, more time in hand and you could calm down to think about your own interest and life. In addition, the free for thoght really light up your mids. The fact that creating and innovating often happens in university implies that thought won't be restricted.

Finally, close attention the society pays to the university results in the increasing chances. For example, companys give series of oppotunies for students to practice at real posts; places for exchange students are supplied anually.

All in all, people can not withstand the fascination of university which is the heaven designed for the students.

[ectp] Why the Americans Are So Restless (为什么美国人这么不安分)

2007-03-18T12:23:00.001+08:00

In certain remote corners of the Old World you may sometimes stumble upon little places which seem to have been forgotten among the general tumult and which have stayed still while all around them moves. The inhabitants are mostly very ignorant and very poor; they take no part in affairs of government, and often governments oppress them. But yet they seem serene and often have a jovial disposition.

在欧洲大陆偏僻的一角，你会不时发现一些小地方，它们仿佛在乱世中被遗忘，在周围的地方发展时，他们却止步不前。这些地方的居民非常无知和贫穷，他们不参政并受到政府的压迫。但是他们似乎仍然很平静并且大多数性格开朗。

In America I have seen the freest and best educated of men in circumstances the happiest to be found in the world; yet it seemed to me that a cloud habitually hung on their brow, and they seemed serious and almost sad even in their pleasures. The chief reason for this is that the former do not give a moment's thought to the ills they endure, whereas the latter never stop thinking of the good things they have not got.

在美国，在这世上能找得到的最快乐的环境中，我看见享有最大自由的高素质的人们，但是他们的眉宇间总是挂着一朵阴云，并且甚至在他们寻欢作乐的时候，都看上去好像严肃、近乎忧愁的样子。这样的反差，其主要的原因是前者片刻都不去思考他们所忍受的不幸，然而后者则从不停止思考着他们尚未得到的幸福。

It is odd to watch with what feverish ardor the Americans pursue prosperity and how they are ever tormented by the shadowy suspicion that they may not have chosen the shortest route to get it. Americans cleave to the things of this world as if assured that they will never die, and yet are in such a rush to snatch any that come within their reach, as if expecting to stop living before they have relished them. They clutch everything but hold nothing fast, and so lose grip as they hurry after some new delight.

美国人如此疯狂地追求繁荣，当他们被置疑可能没有选择正确的路线去得到繁荣时，他们的那种痛苦，这一切，旁观者很难理解。他们执着于世上的一件事情，就好像他们永远不会死去，然而他们又急于抓住任何一个他们可以触及的东西，就好像他们认为人生短促，岂能不及时行乐。他们什么都抓住但什么都不抓牢，并且当他们去追逐其他新的乐趣时丢了旧的。

An American will build a house in which to pass his old age and sell it before the roof is on; he will plant a garden and rent it just as the trees are coming into bearing; he will clear a field and leave others to reap the harvest; he will take up a profession and leave it, settle in one place and soon go off elsewhere with his changing desires. If his private business allows him a moment's relaxation, he will plunge at once into the whirlpool of polities. Then, if at the end of a year crammed with work he has a litt1e spare leisure, his restless curiosity goes with him traveling up and down the vast territories of the United States. Thus he will travel five hundred miles in a few days as a distraction from his happiness.

一个美国人会造一个房子安度晚年但在屋顶建成之前卖了它；他会建造一个花园但在树已成形时出租它；他会耕耘一片土地但让别人去收获成果；他会热衷于一个职业然后放弃，带着变化无常的愿望从一个地方离开，去另一个地方。如果他处理完个人的事务后仍有片刻的闲暇，他会立即投入政治的漩涡。于是，如果在充满工作的一年的岁尾年末尚有一点空闲时光，他的永不休止的好奇心会驱使他在美国的广阔版图上各处旅行。因此他将这几天行驶的500英里作为来自他的幸福的一种消遣。

Death steps in the end and stops him before he has grown tired of this futile pursuit of that complete felicity which always escapes him.

他因为追求幸福而感到日渐疲惫，然而真正的幸福却从他身边溜走，最终死亡来临，结束了他的一生。

[ectp] Problem with Educational System (教育体制的问题)

2007-03-17T11:28:00.001+08:00

There are 39 universities and colleges offering degree courses in Geography, but I have never seen any good jobs for Geography graduates advertised. Or and I alone in suspecting that they will return to teach Geography to another set of students, who in turn will teach more Geography undergraduates? Only ten universities currently offer degree courses in Aeronautical Engineering, which perhaps is just as well, in view of the speed with which the aircraft industry has been dispensing with excess personnel. On the other hand, hospital casualty departments throughout the country are having to close down because of the lack of doctors. The reason? University medical schools can only find places for half of those who apply. It seems to me that time is ripe for the Department of Employment and the Department of Education to get together with the universities and produce a revised educational system that will make a more economic use of the wealth of talent, application and industry currently being wasted on diplomas and degrees that no one wants to know about.

虽然有39所大学开设地理学的学位课程，但是我从没有在广告上看到过适合地理学毕业生的好工作。难道只有我一个人发现他们将反过来去教另一批学生地理学，然后让这些学生重蹈覆辙吗？现在，只有10所大学提供航天航空工程学的学位课程，但当考虑到各个航空公司裁员的速度，我们发现这和前面的地理学情况可能没什么差别。另一方面，因为医生的紧缺，全国各地大量一员的急症部被迫关门。为什么？医学院提供的名额只有申请人总数的一半。在我看来，企业机构与教育机构共同去改进教育体制的时机已经成熟，这样能充分发挥学生的智力和勤奋的经济价值，而不是像现在这样把他们浪费在无人关心的学位与证书上。

[d] the Birds out of the Window

2006-12-25T16:54:00.001+08:00

Birds sometimes fly close to me. They often settled on the bamboo poles of the northern balcony. I remember that I used to listening to the vivid songs sung by them in the summer holiday which make me awake in the early morning. Being afraid of their leaving, I never approach. But this time, I carried my digital camera and photographed. Why photo? Maybe, I am scared that the beauty passed and will never return.