【正文】 ernment had decided to ask a mandate from the people.國家政府經過長期考慮后, 決定征求民意。命令解除公立學校中的種族隔離Note:Mandate v. To make mandatory, as by law。他們只是在必修課程中排除了進化論。幾個其他的州已經頒布了相似的反對進化政策，從而將宗教原教旨的感受凌駕于整個生物科學所累積的證據(jù)之上。s official science standards. Several other states have enacted similar antievolution policies, thereby elevating the feeling of religious fundamentalists over the accumulated evidence of the entire science of 、反對理性的對教育的攻擊已經找到了新的同盟軍：那些相信圣經上文學詞匯的人。鼓勵孩子們對自己“感覺良好”比確保他們獲得順利生活所必需的知識更為重要。在進步教育的影響下——讓學生了解歷史事實、數(shù)學或地理都不如感覺重要。., .. ..Essence of Education教育的本質 Robery W. Tracinki1. The essence of education is the teaching of facts and reasoning skills to our children, so that they learn to think.教育的本質是向我們的孩子們教授事實和推理的技能，讓他們學會思考。2. Yet almost a century, our schools have been under assault by an approach to education that elevates feelings over facts. Under the influence of Progressive Education It is now more important than getting him in touch with the facts of history, mathematics or ，我們的學校都在受到一種將感受凌駕于事實之上的教育方法的攻擊。Note:elevate v. to make more important or to improve . They want to elevate the status of teachers.3. Creative spelling in which students are encouraged to spell words in whatever way they feel is correct is more important than the rules of language. Urging children to feel good about themselves is more important than ensuring that they acquire the knowledge necessary for living successfully.“創(chuàng)造性的拼寫”——鼓勵學生以任何他們感覺正確的方式拼寫單詞—這比語言規(guī)則更加重要。4. This emotioncentered, antireason assault on education has found a new ally: those who believe the literal words of the Bible. The Kansas Board of Education has just excised the theory of evolution from the state39。堪薩斯州教育理事會剛剛推翻了該州官方科學標準中的進化論。Note:Ally n. a person or organization that cooperates with or helps another in a particular activity.Excise v. to remove as if by cutting . The official censors have excised the controversial sections of the report.5. These policies do not actually ban the teaching of evolution, nor do they mandate the teaching of “Creationism” biblical claim that the Earth and all life on it were created in six days. They simply drop evolution from the required curriculum. The goal of the religious activities is to keep students ignorant of the theory of evolution, or to encourage the teaching of evolution and Creationism sidebyside, as two peting ，他們也不命令教授特創(chuàng)論——圣經上說地球及其上的所有生命是在六天中被創(chuàng)造出來的。宗教活動的目的是令學生對進化論的原理保持無知，或者是鼓勵同時教授進化論和特創(chuàng)論，把他們作為兩個相互競爭的理論。 decree or require:批準：制訂一個訓令，如通過法律；發(fā)布命令或要求：. mandated desegregation of public schools. 命令解除公立學校中的種族隔離 .g. Our delegates have been mandated to vote against the proposal at the conference.n. A mand or an authorization