新视野大学英语第三版第二册U2课文原文 翻译.doc

Unit2Thehumanities:Outofdate?1 Whenthegoinggetstough,thetoughtake accounting. Whenthejobmarketworsens,manystudents calculate theycan'tmajorinEnglishorhistory. Theyhavetostudysomethingthat boosts their prospects  Thedatashowthatasstudentshaveincreasinglyshoulderedtheever-risingcostoftuition,theyhave defected fromthestudyofthehumanitiesandtoward applied scienceand"hard"skillsthatthey bet willleadtoemployment. Inotherwords,acollegeeducationismoreandmoreseenasameansforeconomicbettermentratherthanameansforhumanbetterment. Thisisatrendthatislikelytopersist andeven  Overthenextfewyears,aslabormarketsstruggle,thehumanitieswillprobablycontinuetheirlongslidein ession. Therealreadyhasbeenanearly50percentdeclineintheportionof liberal artsmajorsoverthepastgeneration,anditis logical tothinkthatthetrendis bound elerate. Oncethe dominant pillars ofuniversitylife,thehumanitiesnowplaylittleroleswhenstudentstaketheircollegetours. Thesedays,labsaremore vivid pelling  Here,pleaseallowmetostandupforand promote thetruevaluethatthehumanitiesaddtopeople'slives. Sinceancienttimes,peoplehave speculated aboutthe mystery ofthoseinnerforcesthatdrivesomepeopletogreatnessandothersto self-. Thefamouspsychologist, SigmundFreud,calleditthe"unconsciousmind"or,morefamiliarly,"instinct".5 Fromthebeginningoftim