英語背誦文選第二冊(陳冠商)27．An Important Aspect Of College Life 大學(xué)
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27．An Important Aspect Of College Life
It is perfectly possible to organize the life of our colleges in such a
way that students and teachers alike will take part in it; in such a way
that a perfectly natural daily intercourse will be established between
them; and it is only by such an organization that they can be given real
vitality as places of serious training(1), be made communities in which
youngsters will come fully to realize(2) how interesting intellectual
work is, how vital, how important, how closely associated with(3) all
modern achievement- only by such an organization that study can be made
to seem part of life itself. Lectures often seem very formal and empty
things; recitations generally prove very dull and nrewarding.
It is in conversation and natural intercourse with scholars chiefly that
you find how lively knowledge is, how it ties into everything that is
interesting and important, how intimate a part it is of everything that
is interesting and important, how intimate a part it is of everything that
is "practical'' and connected with the world. Men are not always made
thoughtful by books; but they are generally made thoughtful by association
with men who think.
大學(xué)生活的一個(gè)重要方面
完全有可能把我們大學(xué)的生活組織得使學(xué)生和教師都參加在其中，使師生之
間產(chǎn)生完全自然的日常交流；只有通過這樣的組織，才能使大學(xué)這種嚴(yán)格地培養(yǎng)
人的地方真正充滿朝氣，才能使它們成為共同生活的團(tuán)體，年輕人在其中會(huì)充分
認(rèn)識(shí)到腦力勞動(dòng)是多么有趣味，多么充滿活力，多么重要，并且與一切現(xiàn)代成就
有著多么緊密的聯(lián)系--只有通過這樣的組織，才能使學(xué)習(xí)似乎成為生活本身的組
成部分。課堂講授常常顯得很一本正經(jīng)而空洞無物，背誦往往非常枯燥而收效甚
微。主要是在與學(xué)者們的談話和自然的交往中，你才能懂得知識(shí)是多么生氣蓬勃，
知識(shí)與一切有趣和重要的事物是多么緊密相連，它是這些事物的不可分割的一部
分，是一切'實(shí)用的"以及與當(dāng)今世界有關(guān)的事物密切相連的一部分。讀書并不一
定能使人變得善于思考，但是，一般說來，與善于思考的人們交往，就能使人好
學(xué)善思。
伍德羅·威爾遜
(1)as places Of serious training：進(jìn)行嚴(yán)格訓(xùn)練的地方。用 as 引出的
這個(gè)詞組用來進(jìn)一步說明前面的主語 they(指 colleges)。
(2)come fully tO realize；(逐漸)充分認(rèn)識(shí)到。
(3)how closely associated with¼：與¼¼多么緊密聯(lián)系。此處 associated
為過去分詞，how closely associated with all modern achievement 與 how
vital ， how important 并 列 ， 用 來 補(bǔ) 充 說 明 前 面 的 how interesting
intellectual work is, 它們后面可以看作都各自省略了不起 intellectual
work is.
