新视野大学英语读写教程(第三版) Book 2-unit 2-课文原文及翻译

2021年2月12日发(作者：愿意)

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The humanities: Out of date?

人文学科：过时了吗？

When the going gets tough, the tough takeaccounting. When the job market worsens, manystudent

s

calculate

they can't major in English orhistory. They have to study something that booststheir

pr

ospects

of landing a job.

当形势变得困难时，强者会去 选学会计。当就业市场恶化时，许多学生估算着他们不能再

主修英语或历史。他们得学一 些能改善他们就业前景的东西。

The data show that as students have increasingly shouldered the ever-rising cost of tuition,they ha

ve defected from the study of the humanities and toward applied science and

bet will lead to employment. In other words, a college education is more andmore seen as a mean

s for economic betterment rather than a means for human is a

trend

that is likely t

o persist and even

accelerate

.

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数据显示，随着学生肩负的学费不断增加，他们已从学习人文学科转向他们相信有益于将

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来就业的应用科学和

“

硬

”

技能。换言之，大学教育越来越被看成是改善经济而不是提升人

类自身的手段。这种趋势可能会持续，甚至有加快之势。

Over the next few years, as labor markets struggle, the humanities will probably continue theirlon

g

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 boundto continue or

even

accelerate

. Once the

dominant

pillars of university life, the humanities nowplay little roles

when students take their college tours. These days, labs are more

vivid

and

compelling

than librari

es.

在未来几年内 ，由于劳动力市场的不景气，人文学科可能会继续其长期低迷的态势。在上

一代大学生中 ，主修文科的学生数跌幅已近

50%

。这种趋势会持续、甚至加速的想法是合情合理的。人文学科曾是大学生活的重要支

柱， 而今在学生们参观校园的时候，却只是一个小点缀。现在，实验室要比图书馆更栩栩

如生 、受人青睐。

Here, please allow me to stand up for and

promote

the true value that the humanities add topeople

's lives.

在这儿，请允许我为人文学科给人们的生活所增添的真实价值进行支持和宣传。

Since ancient times, people have speculated aboutthe

mystery

of those inner forces that drive som

epeople to greatness and others to self-

destruction

.This inner drive has been called many things o

ver thecenturies. The famous

psychologist

, SigmundFreud, called it the

unconscious

mind

morefamiliarly,

instinct

< br>自古以来，人们一直在思索人类自身具有什么神奇的内力使一些人变得崇高伟大，而使另

< br>一些人走向自我毁灭。几个世纪以来，这股内力被称作很多东西。著名的心理学家西格蒙

< br>德

·

弗洛伊德称之为

“

潜意识

”

，或更为人熟知的

“

本能

”

。

From the beginning of time, this inner aspect of our being, this drive that can be

constructive

or

de

structive

, has captured our imagination. The stories of this amazing struggle have formedthe basis

of cultures the world over. Historians, architects, authors, philosophers and artistshave captured th

e words, images and meanings of this inner struggle in the form of story,music,

myth

, painting, ar

chitecture,

sculpture

,

landscape

and traditions. These men andwomen developed

artistic

ges

understand

these aspirations and alsoeducate generations. This

fertile

body of w

ork from ancient times, the very

foundation

ofcivilization, forms the basis of study of the humanit

ies.

从一开始， 人类这股可以是建设性也可以是毁灭性的内在驱动力，就令我们心驰神往。这

些惊人的、 充满内心挣扎的故事形成了世界文化的基础。历史学家、建筑师、作家、哲学

家和艺术家 们以故事、音乐、神话、绘画、建筑、雕刻、风景画和传统的形式，捕捉到了

这些撞击心 灵的文字、形象及内涵。这些男男女女创造出了具有艺术性的

“

语言

”

，帮助我

们了解人类的这些强烈 愿望，并用以教育一代又一代人。从古时起开始的这些充满想象的

大量作品，正是文明的 底蕴，它奠定了人文研究的基础。

Studying the humanities improves our ability to read and write. No matter what we do in life, wew

ill have a huge

advantage

if we can read

complex

ideas and

understand

their meaning. Wewill h

ave a bright career if we are the person in the office who can write a clear and

elegantanalysis

of t

hose ideas!

学习人文 学科会提高我们的阅读和写作能力。无论我们这一生中从事什么职业，如果我们

能读懂复 杂的思想并理解它们的内涵，我们都会受益匪浅。如果我们是在办公室里能对这

些思想写 出既明确又简洁的分析的人，我们会有光明的职业前景。

Studying the humanities makes us familiar with thelanguage of emotion and the

creative

process.

In aninformation economy, many people have the ability to

produce

a useful product such as a ne

w MP3 , very few people have the ability to create a

spectacular

brand

: the iPod. Most

importantly,studying the humanities invests us with great

insight

and self-

awareness

,

thereby

rele

asing our

creative

energy and talent in a positive and

constructive

manner.