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课程介绍:
在本系列课程中,圣母院大学提出了“你会为什么而奋斗”这一话题,主要围绕学生们和教职人员的研究、学术成就和社会行动力展开。本片采取纪录片形式,采访了很多不同的人。
学院介绍:
圣母大学(University of Notre Dame)创建于1842年,位于美国印第安那州的南湾市,是一所文理兼顾的著名私立大学。大学校风严谨、纯正,学生非常热衷于各项志愿的社会工作,也有大量学生加入社会事务中心,帮助照顾老人及伤残人员。

hint:
seed money
Notre Dame's Social Venture Plan Competition
literacy
instrumental
mentors
Ultimately
Better World Books
The Fighting Irish

(文中一律使用省略形式,如:they've, it's)

Founded in 2002,with seed money from Notre Dame's Social Venture Plan Competition,the company has converted over 30 million books into more than $8 mollion of funding for education and literacy programs worldwide.
From our initial business plan to where we are today, Notre Dame has been instrumental every step of the way.It gave us access to a network of investors mentors and future executives that helped us build something much bigger than we ever could have built by ourselves.
Better World Books is the kind of company that we like to develop.
Notre Dame wants to build value,more than just financial value,but value for mankind.
Ultimately,our success is a direct reflection of the fact that most people feel the same way we do.
They want to do more with their purchases.They want to know that they can change the world.
The University of Notre Dame asks,"What would you fight for?"
Fighting to bring books to the world.
We are "The Fighting Irish"

创立于2002年,资金来源于诺特丹社会企业大赛,公司把三千多万本书转化为八百多万美元,用于支持教育和消除文盲的项目中。
从开始创业到现在,诺特丹在各个步骤中都发挥重要作用。它让我们接触到投资者、执行官,他们帮助我们扩大规模。
“更好的书的世界”就是我们想要的公司。
诺特丹希望建立价值观,不止实现财富价值而要有社会价值。
最大的成功是其他人的评价与我们的初衷相同。
他们想从买的书里得到更多东西。他们知道自己能改变世界。
诺特丹大学问道:“你为何奋斗?”
为人们带去书。
我们是战斗的爱尔兰人