【英专八级听力训练】Interview (Test 5-3/3)
来源:沪江听写酷
2014-05-07 04:00
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听写到an ever-adaptable mind.
Professor Wang, let's look at a different issue. How do you comment on the current phenomenon because of the fees they pay?
Well, once you accept students on financial grounds, one wonders whether you have to pass them as well. But this development in education is one that we have to contend with. Yet, if we are concerned about maintaining standards,
what we can do is to concentrate on improving the quality of education.
Yes, you're right. A university is judged by the quality of education it offers. Professor Wang, let's turn to the future.
What type of graduates, in your view, do universities of the future need to produce, if they are to remain relevant?
I think their graduates must be able to shift from one profession to another, because they are trained in a very independent way. If you can do that, you raise the level of the flexibility of the mind. Today's rapid changes in technology demand this adaptability. And you see the best universities in the world are already trying to guarantee that their students will be technically trained, but will be the kind of people that can adapt to any change in situation.
I guess many people would agree with you on that point.
University education should focus on both personal and
professional development of students. But still some might believe there is a definite place for education in a broader sense, that is, in personal intellectual development.
No doubt about that. We need people who will think about the future, about the past, and also people who will think about society. If a society doesn't have philosophers, or people who think about the value of life, it's a very sad society indeed.
Professor Wang, my last question: do you see any common ground in education between your generation and the young generation now?
Adapting to new challenges is perhaps the true cornerstone of our generation's legacy to education. And the future of education in a country rests not so much on the construction of better buildings, labs, etc., but in the development of an ever-adaptable mind.
王教授,我们谈谈不同的话题。您如何评价现今付费的教育现象?
一旦以经济为由招收学生,人们会质疑你如何让他们通过考试。但我们不得不与这种教育发展作斗争。然而,如果我们担心教学标准的维持,能做的就是专心提高教学质量。
是的,您说得对。评价大学的标准是其提供的教育质量。王教授,让我们展望未来。在您看来,什么类型的毕业生是大学未来需要培养的?如果大学要保持其重要地位?
我认为,毕业生必须懂得如何从一种职业转向另一种不同的职业,因为他们受到独立方式的训练。如果你能做到这点,你思想就有灵活性。今天,科技的快速变化需要这种适应能力。世界上最好的大学总是努力地确保他们的毕业生不仅有一技之长,还要能适应任何变化的环境。
我相信,许多人都同意您的观点。大学教育应该着眼于学生的个人和职业发展。但仍然有人认为,从广义上看,教育拥有绝对的地位,那就是,发展个人的智力。
毫无疑问,是这样的。我们需要有人思考未来、回顾过去,也需要有人思考当今社会。如果社会没有哲学家,或者思考人生价值的人,那社会将是多么可悲啊。
王教授,最后一个问题:您认为,您这代人与现在的年轻人在教育方面有没有共同点?
我们这一带的教育遗产的真正基石也许是适应新挑战。一个国家的未来教育不是依靠建更好的教学楼、实验室等等建筑,而是培养与时俱进的思想。