【正文】 。瓦慕斯博士也學(xué)過人文學(xué)科。達(dá)蒙，也都如此。帕特洛、蕾妮賴德拿的也是人文學(xué)科的學(xué)位。你知道世界聞名的電影《泰坦尼克號》的導(dǎo)演詹姆斯s likely we will be a candidate only for jobs as a mathematician. If we include studying the humanities, we can make breakthroughs on many barriers and are limited only by our effort and imagination.Titanic, graduated with a degree in the humanities? So did Sally Ride, the first woman in space. So did actors Bruce Lee, Gwyneth Paltrow, Renee Zellweger and Matt Damon. Dr. Harold Varmus, who won a Nobel Prize for Medicine, studied the humanities. Even Michael Eisner, Chairman of the Disney Company, majored in the humanities. Famous people who studied the humanities make a long list indeed. It39。最重要的是，學(xué)習(xí)人文學(xué)科使我們具有偉大的洞察力和自我意識，從而以積極和建設(shè)性的方式來發(fā)揮我們的創(chuàng)造力和才藝。在信息經(jīng)濟(jì)中，很多人都有能力創(chuàng)造出一個如新的MP3播放器那樣的有用產(chǎn)品。Studying the humanities makes us familiar with the language of emotion and the creative process. In an information economy, many people have the ability to produce a useful product such as a new MP3 player. Yet, very few people have the ability to create a spectacular brand: the iPod. Most importantly, studying the humanities invests us with great insight and selfawareness, thereby releasing our creative energy and talent in a positive and constructive manner.無論我們這一生中從事什么職業(yè)，如果我們能讀懂復(fù)雜的思想并理解它們的內(nèi)涵，我們都會受益匪淺。從古時起開始的這些充滿想象的大量作品，正是文明的底蘊(yùn)，它奠定了人文研究的基礎(chǔ)。歷史學(xué)家、建筑師、作家、哲學(xué)家和藝術(shù)家們以故事、音樂、神話、繪畫、建筑、雕刻、風(fēng)景畫和傳統(tǒng)的形式，捕捉到了這些撞擊心靈的文字、形象及內(nèi)涵。From the beginning of time, this inner aspect of our being, this drive that can 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, landscape and traditions. These men and women developed artistic languages that help us understand these aspirations and also educate generations. This fertile body of work from ancient times, the very foundation of civilization, forms the basis of study of the humanities.從一開始，人類這股可以是建設(shè)性也可以是毀滅性的內(nèi)在驅(qū)動力，就令我們心馳神往。著名的心理學(xué)家西格蒙德自古以來，人們一直在思索人類自身具有什么神奇的內(nèi)力使一些人變得崇高偉大，而使另一些人走向自我毀滅。Here, please allow me to stand up for and promote the true value that the humanities add to people39。人文學(xué)科曾是大學(xué)生活的重要支柱，而今在學(xué)生們的大學(xué)游中卻只是一個小點綴。在上一代大學(xué)生中，主修文科的學(xué)生數(shù)跌幅已近50%。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, and it is logical to think that the trend is bound to continue or even accelerate. Once the dominant pillars of university life, the humanities now play little roles when students take their college tours. These days, labs are more vivid and pelling than libraries.換言之，大學(xué)教育越來越被看成是改善經(jīng)濟(jì)而不是提升人類自身的手段。他們得學(xué)一些能改善他們就業(yè)前景的東西。當(dāng)形勢變得困難時，強(qiáng)者會去選學(xué)會計。二、讀寫教程（一）課文翻譯（英譯中）Unit 2 CollegeThe ladder to successThe humanities: Out of date?人文學(xué)科：過時了嗎？When the going gets tough, the tough take accounting. When the job market worsens, many students calculate they can39。 preference for their products is putting them in the sticky position of determining how to assist police efforts without betraying lawful customers39。t as familiar with the technology as the offenders are. The NYPD unit intends to educate officers about such technology to remedy this defect.In the London riots in particular, the police suspect the rioters relied heavily on BlackBerry Messenger to coordinate and plan their riots. Police there are working with BlackBerry Messenger to identify those messages that are linked to burning and robbing London stores.Connor, is in charge of an NYPD unit created specifically to b social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and BlackBerry Messenger for information on planned crimes and their offenders. growing use of some websites to plan and celebrate illegal achievements.What will the man do to help his grandmother?s grandmother and the woman39。s grandmother have?Question：What did the man do for his grandmother?W: OK, I have an idea! You need to get her liking electronic gadgets. Why not get her one of those video games made for families and kids. I bought my grandfather a Wii. He loves it. I got it all set up. The games are easy and fun! These days, he spends hours playing Wii golf.t really want to learn — so it took six lessons plus nine phone calls to learn basic ! — how to open and close an , how to attach a document!s a wonderful person. My problem is I spent six hours on Saturday and five hours on Sunday at her apartment trying to teach her how to use her new electronic gadgets. I set up her telephone, Internet, TV, and DVD player. But she refuses to try and learn and she gets really confused. She just has no idea how to make any of them work.M: Oh, I love talking to my grandmother, too, usually! She just moved from New York City down here to Washington . And I39。s wrong? I love talking to my grandmother! She39。Unit 7 Time of technology：A blessing or a curse？Long conversationM: Oh! Another call from my grandmother!Masdar is a city that stands in the middle of the desert of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. It is designed to be one of the most sustainable cities on the planet. With a solar power station at its heart and wind farms providing energy for it, it aims to be carbon free. Everything in the city, from water to rubbish, is measured and monitored, being a source of information. The city is built on a raised platform to allow its “digital plumbers” easy access to the system of advanced technologies that run it. It is pedestrianfriendly and entirely car free. The city is experimenting with a network of electric driverless podcars. The PRT — personal rapid transit — will run six meters under street level across the city. The buildings in the city have been designed by Norman Foster’s architecture firm, which designed a number o