“十年樹木，百年樹人”，教育從來都是一個(gè)十分有意義的話題。讓我們看看，世界經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)達(dá)的美國，高等教育是如何開展的。
Higher Education in America
There is evidence that even incomplete university study gives a person better career prospects than none at all. So, it is accepted that the benefits of a university career are useful.
All this effort in America’s higher education is very expensive. Some of the costs come from fees and benefactions, particularly towards research, but most have to be paid from public funds. Parents favor big expenditures on higher education; a wider public opinion favors them for idealistic and cultural reasons, and because of the supposed value of education as an investment by society.
The first universities were developed by private charitable organizations. The private universities are still very important, and most of the best-known institutions, like Harvard, Yale and Princeton, are private.
Most of the principal state universities have between 10, 000 and 30, 000 students, and some have increased rapidly in the past few years. Private universities and colleges are generally smaller, and although they are more numerous than public institutions they have a smaller total number of students than those in public institutions. The private colleges vary very much in standards and reputation, from the world-famous and select to the cranky and the obscure①. The best known of all is Harvard.
There are also many junior colleges to which students may be admitted at the end of their high school career, providing only the first two years of university work.
For the most part Americans think that there’s some advantage in attending one of the better-known private institutions, in spite of the higher cost, rather than a state university. However, testate universities are becoming increasingly important, and some of them, particularly in the Midwest have a reputation practically equal to that of the private ones. Almost every state by now has several university institutions directly under the authority of the state government.
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行文點(diǎn)評
文章開篇就指出接受教育總是頗有好處的，為后文作了一個(gè)很好的鋪墊。緊接著第二段就講到美國社會各界在教育上花費(fèi)巨大，引出了文章的話題——美國的教育。第三，四，五段就具體的闡述了美國的教育體系是由私立學(xué)校，州立大學(xué)和大專學(xué)校構(gòu)成的。后一段講述了州立大學(xué)的發(fā)展前景。
好文妙譯
美國的高等教育
有跡象表明，一個(gè)人大學(xué)肄業(yè)也比從未上過大學(xué)有更好的就業(yè)前景。因此，人們相信，接受大學(xué)教育總是頗有益處的。
美國在高等教育上的投入是十分巨大的。某些費(fèi)用，尤其是科研費(fèi)用，來自學(xué)費(fèi)和捐款，但是多數(shù)費(fèi)用還得由公共基金支付。家長樂意將大筆經(jīng)費(fèi)投入高等教育；基于理想上和文化上的緣由，加上教育具有一種被認(rèn)定為社會投資的價(jià)值，社會輿論也比以前更加普遍地支持在高等教育上花費(fèi)巨資。
美國早的大學(xué)是由私立慈善機(jī)構(gòu)興辦發(fā)展的?，F(xiàn)在私立大學(xué)仍然十分重要，且多數(shù)的高等院校，如哈佛大學(xué)、耶魯大學(xué)和普林斯頓大學(xué)，都是私立大學(xué)。
美國大多數(shù)主要的州立大學(xué)在校學(xué)生人數(shù)在1萬至3萬名之間，其中有些大學(xué)近年來學(xué)生人數(shù)激增。私立高等院校一般規(guī)模較小，盡管其數(shù)量超過公立院校，其學(xué)生總?cè)藬?shù)卻比公立院校的要少。私立院校的水平與名望彼此相差甚遠(yuǎn)，從舉世聞名、出類拔萃到動蕩不定或默默無聞的都有。所有大學(xué)中，哈佛大學(xué)負(fù)盛名。
美國還有許多只開設(shè)大學(xué)頭兩年課程的大專學(xué)校，高中生畢業(yè)后就可上此類學(xué)校。
盡管私立院校費(fèi)用較高，大多數(shù)美國人認(rèn)為，就讀于名氣大一些的私立院校有某種優(yōu)越性，故不愿上州立大學(xué)。然而，州立大學(xué)日趨重要，其中部分院校，尤其是中西部地區(qū)的州立大學(xué)，現(xiàn)在已與私立大學(xué)齊名。如今，幾乎各州都有幾所隸屬于州政府直接管轄的高等院校。
詞匯斟酌
benefaction n.恩惠, 善行, 施予
expenditure n.經(jīng)費(fèi)，費(fèi)用，支出額
charitable organizations 慈善機(jī)構(gòu)
cranky a.任性的, 暴躁的
obscure a.不的，不重要的
prominent a.突出的，杰出的
佳句臨摹
①【注釋】vary from sth to sth 改變，變動，變化
【臨摹】Her mood varied from optimism to extreme depression.她的情緒由樂觀變?yōu)闃O度消極。
思如泉涌
The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas. 教育之艱苦在于從意念中獲得經(jīng)驗(yàn)。
The one real object of education is to have a man in the condition of continually asking questions. 教育惟一的真正目的，就是讓一個(gè)人進(jìn)入這種狀態(tài)：不斷提出問題。
Higher Education in America
There is evidence that even incomplete university study gives a person better career prospects than none at all. So, it is accepted that the benefits of a university career are useful.
All this effort in America’s higher education is very expensive. Some of the costs come from fees and benefactions, particularly towards research, but most have to be paid from public funds. Parents favor big expenditures on higher education; a wider public opinion favors them for idealistic and cultural reasons, and because of the supposed value of education as an investment by society.
The first universities were developed by private charitable organizations. The private universities are still very important, and most of the best-known institutions, like Harvard, Yale and Princeton, are private.
Most of the principal state universities have between 10, 000 and 30, 000 students, and some have increased rapidly in the past few years. Private universities and colleges are generally smaller, and although they are more numerous than public institutions they have a smaller total number of students than those in public institutions. The private colleges vary very much in standards and reputation, from the world-famous and select to the cranky and the obscure①. The best known of all is Harvard.
There are also many junior colleges to which students may be admitted at the end of their high school career, providing only the first two years of university work.
For the most part Americans think that there’s some advantage in attending one of the better-known private institutions, in spite of the higher cost, rather than a state university. However, testate universities are becoming increasingly important, and some of them, particularly in the Midwest have a reputation practically equal to that of the private ones. Almost every state by now has several university institutions directly under the authority of the state government.
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行文點(diǎn)評
文章開篇就指出接受教育總是頗有好處的，為后文作了一個(gè)很好的鋪墊。緊接著第二段就講到美國社會各界在教育上花費(fèi)巨大，引出了文章的話題——美國的教育。第三，四，五段就具體的闡述了美國的教育體系是由私立學(xué)校，州立大學(xué)和大專學(xué)校構(gòu)成的。后一段講述了州立大學(xué)的發(fā)展前景。
好文妙譯
美國的高等教育
有跡象表明，一個(gè)人大學(xué)肄業(yè)也比從未上過大學(xué)有更好的就業(yè)前景。因此，人們相信，接受大學(xué)教育總是頗有益處的。
美國在高等教育上的投入是十分巨大的。某些費(fèi)用，尤其是科研費(fèi)用，來自學(xué)費(fèi)和捐款，但是多數(shù)費(fèi)用還得由公共基金支付。家長樂意將大筆經(jīng)費(fèi)投入高等教育；基于理想上和文化上的緣由，加上教育具有一種被認(rèn)定為社會投資的價(jià)值，社會輿論也比以前更加普遍地支持在高等教育上花費(fèi)巨資。
美國早的大學(xué)是由私立慈善機(jī)構(gòu)興辦發(fā)展的?，F(xiàn)在私立大學(xué)仍然十分重要，且多數(shù)的高等院校，如哈佛大學(xué)、耶魯大學(xué)和普林斯頓大學(xué)，都是私立大學(xué)。
美國大多數(shù)主要的州立大學(xué)在校學(xué)生人數(shù)在1萬至3萬名之間，其中有些大學(xué)近年來學(xué)生人數(shù)激增。私立高等院校一般規(guī)模較小，盡管其數(shù)量超過公立院校，其學(xué)生總?cè)藬?shù)卻比公立院校的要少。私立院校的水平與名望彼此相差甚遠(yuǎn)，從舉世聞名、出類拔萃到動蕩不定或默默無聞的都有。所有大學(xué)中，哈佛大學(xué)負(fù)盛名。
美國還有許多只開設(shè)大學(xué)頭兩年課程的大專學(xué)校，高中生畢業(yè)后就可上此類學(xué)校。
盡管私立院校費(fèi)用較高，大多數(shù)美國人認(rèn)為，就讀于名氣大一些的私立院校有某種優(yōu)越性，故不愿上州立大學(xué)。然而，州立大學(xué)日趨重要，其中部分院校，尤其是中西部地區(qū)的州立大學(xué)，現(xiàn)在已與私立大學(xué)齊名。如今，幾乎各州都有幾所隸屬于州政府直接管轄的高等院校。
詞匯斟酌
benefaction n.恩惠, 善行, 施予
expenditure n.經(jīng)費(fèi)，費(fèi)用，支出額
charitable organizations 慈善機(jī)構(gòu)
cranky a.任性的, 暴躁的
obscure a.不的，不重要的
prominent a.突出的，杰出的
佳句臨摹
①【注釋】vary from sth to sth 改變，變動，變化
【臨摹】Her mood varied from optimism to extreme depression.她的情緒由樂觀變?yōu)闃O度消極。
思如泉涌
The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas. 教育之艱苦在于從意念中獲得經(jīng)驗(yàn)。
The one real object of education is to have a man in the condition of continually asking questions. 教育惟一的真正目的，就是讓一個(gè)人進(jìn)入這種狀態(tài)：不斷提出問題。