第一篇:教育英语文献选读部分文章翻译
一、Y: 杨锐中央电视台英语频道“对话”节目主持人
H: 何其莘教授北京外国语大学副校长
D: Donald Holder 北大附中外籍教师
Y: What do Eastern and Western family education share in shaping a child's mind and character? Y:东方和西方家庭教育分享在塑造孩子的人的心灵和品格? H: Parental guidance is probably the first thing.Both the east and west emphasize the quality of family life.Usually parents are the first teachers for a child.A child very often imitates the parents and he is likely to regard whatever the parents do as positive.H:父母的指导可能是第一件事。东方和西方都强调家庭生活的质量。通常父母为孩子的第一任老师。一个孩子经常模仿父母和他可能认为不管父母做积极的。
D: I agree with Prof.He.It seems that in both families whether it's east or west, the child is the center and becomes the focus of the parents' hopes and dreams.And on both sides we also have this idea of putting pressure on the child.Especially in China, that pressure becomes even more apparent.Americans...sometimes it's a little more subtle in this side.But both sides share that a child is
医生:我同意教授他。看来在这两个家庭无论是东方还是西方,孩子是中心,成为关注的父母的希望和梦想。和在双方我们也有这个想法的孩子施压。尤其是在中国,这种压力变得更加明显。美国人„有时候这是一个小更微妙的在这一边。但双方分享这一个孩子
what carries the family to next generation and is the base for the improvement of a family.什么携带家人下一代的基础,是提高一个家庭。
Y: Parents sometimes have moments of embarrassment with their children, for example, what do you think is the most reasonable way of answering children's questions such as how they were born and why their parents sleep together while putting them in their own rooms?
Y:父母有时有尴尬的时刻与他们的孩子,例如,你认为什么是最合理的方式回答孩子的问题,比如他们如何出生和为什么他们的父母睡在一起而使他们在他们自己的房间吗? D: In America because we have so many different religions and cultures that at present everybody has their own taboos and about what to do.Every family and culture has its own definition of “sexual morality”.Some parents are very frank, they'll tell the child from a very early age when they start questioning about sex.D:在美国,因为我们有这么多不同的宗教和文化,目前每个人都有他们自己的禁忌和对要做什么。每个家庭和文化都有自己的定义“性道德”。一些父母非常坦率,他们会告诉孩子们从很小的时候当他们开始询问关于性。
Y: How is sex education conducted in a typical American school?
Y:性教育进行了在一个典型的美国学校吗? D: In primary school education we leave the parents to handle that.By the time of junior high school when their bodies are changing, they have the health classes or PE classes1.You have the boys and girls over and they are going to talk about the physical changes.And by the time they go to high school, they have a health class, which talks about sex, sexual problems and diseases.D:在小学教育我们离开父母来处理这样的。到初中当他们的身体正在改变,他们有健康类或PE classes1。你有男孩和女孩在和他们要谈的是物理变化。和当他们去高中,他们有一个健康类,它谈论性、性问题和疾病。
Y: As a parent and teacher of English, did you ever talk to your child or students explicitly about sex? Y:作为家长和老师的英语,你有没有跟你的孩子或者学生明确的关于性? H: Well, sex is a more sensitive topic in China especially in families and schools.In most families,sex is regarded as a rigid taboo so teachers would avoid talking about it and parents would not talk about sex at home either.If I were asked by a little boy of five or four why Mom and Dad sleep together I would probably say Mom and Dad love each other and we need talk when you get into bed, something like that.H:嗯,性是一个更加敏感的话题在中国尤其在家庭和学校。在大多数家庭,性被视为刚性禁忌,教师会避免谈论它和父母不会谈论性在家里也。如果我问一个小男孩的五个或四个为什么妈妈和爸爸一起睡,我大概会说妈妈和爸爸爱彼此,我们需要谈话当你上床,这样的东西。Y: Okay, let's say, if the parents know clearly that sex will inevitably happen between their sons and their girlfriends when they go camping during the summer holiday, what do American parents usually do in this case?
Y:好吧,让我们说,如果父母很清楚,性将不可避免地发生在他们的儿子和他们的女朋友当他们去露营暑假期间,美国的父母通常在这种情况下吗? D: Well, this is back to parental education.The parents are resigning themselves sometimes to the fact that their teenager children in high school might have sex with his or her girlfriend or bo yfriend.We can't stop this from happening, but can teach them to be careful and responsible.维:嗯,这是回到父母的教育。父母都是辞职自己有时这样的事实,即他们在高中少年儿童可能性与他或她的女朋友或bo yfriend。我们不能阻止这种情况的发生,但是可以教导他们要谨慎和负责任的。
Y: Prof.He, you have said that another main difference between Eastern and Western education is that the Asian teaching method is much more test-oriented.A student's future may be determined by the result of one test after he or she graduated from high school.So are you questioning the current national entrance exam2 for entering universities?
Y:教授,你曾经说过,他的另一个主要区别东方和西方的教育是,亚洲教学方法更以考试为目的。一个学生的未来也可能取决于一个试验的结果后,他或她从高中毕业。所以你要质疑当前高考进入大学exam2吗? H: This is what's in my mind.I understand the difficulty of conducting national entrance exams more than once in such a large country like China, but I think we probably should learn from our American colleagues, especially in their SAT3 system, to provide more chances for children to take part in the exams.H:这是什么在我的头脑。我理解的困难进行不止一次的国家入学考试在这样一个幅员辽阔的国家像中国一样,但我认为我们应该从我们的美国同事学习,特别是在他们的SAT3系统,提供更多的机会对孩子参加考试。
Y: How many national tests do you have or do you have any national tests for entering universities?
Y:有多少国家测试你或你有任何国家测试进入大学吗? D: There are two national exams for entering college: the SAT and the ACT.4 But we have to emphasize here that these exams are optional.They are not required by every school in America, and in fact most state schools5 don't require them at all if you live in the United States.So when you're at your last year of high school, the question is not whether you like to enter a college or the exams will let you enter a college, the question is “Do you want to go to college? ” And that takes a lot of pressure off the child and gives more room to the child to grow as a learner, knowing that the exams are important but they don't decide who you are and what kind of student you are.I think this is one of the biggest differences between Chinese education and American education.D:有两个国家考试:SAT和进入大学的行为。4但我们必须强调在这里,这些考试是可选的。他们并不要求每一所学校在美国,事实上,大多数国家schools5不要求他们如果你住在美国。所以当你在你的高中的最后一年,问题不在于你是否喜欢进入大学或考试会让你进入大学,问题是“你想去上大学?“,这需要很大的压力下的孩子,提供更大的空间来孩子成长为一个学习者,知道考试是很重要的,但是他们并不决定你是谁,你是什么样的学生。我认为这是一个区别最大的中国教育和美国教育。
Y: Asian students usually score the highest in math and science in the world.What comments do you have on this?
Y:亚洲学生通常得分最高的数学和科学的世界。你有什么评论吗? H: This reminds me of one TV program, a special report on Asian students in American universities by NBC6 in 1996.After citing a few examples to illustrate the excellent performance of Asian students in American universities, the anchorman7 concluded by saying:“There has been a saying in many top American universities lately, if you see so many Asian faces in your class on the
H:这让我想起了一个电视节目,一个特殊的报告在美国大学的亚洲学生在1996年NBC6。在举出一些例子来说明性能优良的亚洲学生在美国的大学,anchorman7得出结论说“:已经有了许多美国顶尖大学说在最近,如果你看到这么多亚洲面孔在你的类
first day of the semester, drop it out.”8 I think in a way this is a good summary of the excellent academic performance of Asian students.But at the same time, we have to admit that Asian students do not do an equally good job in their laboratories.I think this is partly because too much emphasis has been placed on test result instead of their ability of using their hands.So I think if we start giving more emphasis on the ability of doing things, I think they can probably do a better job not only in tests but also in their abilities.新学期的第一天,掉出来。“我认为在某种程度上8这是一个很好的概括的亚洲学生优异的学业表现。但同时,我们必须承认亚洲学生不做一个同样好工作在他们的实验室。我认为部分原因是由于太多的重点是要测试的结果,而不是他们使用他们的手的能力。所以我认为如果我们开始给予更多强调的做事的能力,我认为他们可以做一个更好的工作不仅在测试中,也在自己的能力。
D: The problem is that if you don't balance that by taking knowledge from head and putting it on hands and use it, I won't need that person for a job market.This person will be a scholar and will know much, but he can't do anything.Let me be very honest with you.We praise our Asian students in our colleges, but in fact they never ever get to the top.They are always the best assistants, the best researchers if I give them a task, but they are never the team leaders and they are never the managers.They are always the workers.I think that reflects the exam-memorization side of the education system.They know how to memorize and learn it, but they don't know how to creatively take it out of their heads and do things on their own.That is something that needs to be looked at carefully in the education system here.D:问题是,如果你不平衡,以知识并把它从头部和手使用它,我不需要那人对就业市场。这个人会成为一个学者,就会知道太多,但他不能做任何事情。让我很诚实地告诉你。我们赞美我们的亚洲学生在我们的大学,但事实上他们永远不会到达山顶。他们总是最好的助手,最好的研究人员如果我给他们一个任务,但他们从不团队领导人和他们永远是经理。他们总是工人。我认为这反映了考试识记一边的教育系统。他们知道如何记忆和学习它,但他们不知道如何创造性地把它从他们的头和做自己的事情。这是需要仔细的在这里的教育体系。
Y: Now more and more Chinese parents are sending their children abroad for secondary schooling.9 Do you think they do so simply to let their children to have a taste of Western life and education? Or is it because of a very practical concern, Prof.He?
Y:现在越来越多的中国家长把孩子送到国外中学教育。9你认为他们这么做只是为了让他们的孩子有品味的西方生活和教育?或者是因为一个非常现实的担忧,教授吗? H: The reasons behind that vary.Some of the parents are thinking of providing a proper college education for the child, because the competition of entering a Chinese college is still fierce at this moment.And some are thinking of providing a well paying job for their children in the future.And some are probably thinking of sending their children abroad as the first step of immigrating into a foreign country themselves.H:变化的背后的原因。一些父母都想提供一个合适的大学教育孩子,因为竞争进入中国的大学仍然是激烈的这一刻。和一些正考虑提供好工作为孩子支付在未来。和一些可能考虑把子女送到国外作为第一步的移民到国外自己。
Y: But how do we look at this, many Asian Ph.D.students are roaming the streets of Singapore,Hong Kong and Taiwan even looking for Jobs?
Y:但是我们怎么看这,许多亚洲人漫步街头,博士生的新加坡、香港和台湾甚至找工作吗? D: Well, the Ph.D.only tells me you have studied.If I want to be a university professor or a science researcher, definitely Ph.D.is important because I need to be in the top of my field of research.But if I were the president of the company and I need to hire creative work staff, I'm going to look what you've done and I don't care how much you've studied.维:嗯,博士学位只告诉我你研究过。如果我想成为一个大学教授或科学研究员,绝对博士是很重要的,因为我需要在我的研究领域的顶部。但如果我是这家公司的董事长和我需要雇佣有创造性的工作人员,我要看看你都做了什么,我不在乎你是多么的研究。
Y: Now a question for each of you before we end this interview.What should we as parents and teachers do to let children be more creative and innovative?
Y:现在一个问题对每个你在我们结束这个采访。我们应该为家长和教师都让孩子们更有创造力和创新? D: I would encourage them to question and always be supportive to them.You should take the time to make the child be interested in the world around them and question everything they know and to seek their own truth as well.So be there as a listener, but at the same time, be a guide that can show them how to find the answers themselves.D:我会鼓励他们的问题和永远支持他们。你应该花时间使孩子有兴趣在他们周围的世界,并质疑一切他们知道和寻求自己的真理一样。所以在那里作为一个监听器,但同时,是一个指南,可以向他们显示如何找到答案。
H: I think we should have more discussion classes, both at the primary and secondary levels.The debates in the classes will encourage the students to think more creatively.And they will become thinkers instead of followers of the instructions of teachers.H:我认为我们应该有更多的讨论类,无论是在初级和中级水平。在类的辩论将会鼓励学生更富创造性的思考。他们将成为思想家,而不是老师的指示的追随者。1.体育课。PE: Physical Education.2.高考。3.SATscholastic aptitude test学业能力倾向测验。4.ACTAmerican College Test美国大学测验。
5.公立学校。6.NBCNational Broadcasting Company美国全国广播公司。7.节目主持人。8.别上这个班。9.上中学。__
二、Let's Put the Heat on Campus Cheats 让我们把热量在校园骗子 The scandal of college cheating.该丑闻的大学作弊。By Stephen Barr 斯蒂芬·巴尔 Declining Morals 道德滑坡
James Karge-Taylor was astonished at the rampant cheating taking place in his jazz-history class at the University of Arizona.Students looked over each other's shoulders, devised coughing codes to communicate to friends, and flashed answers on the backs of their hands while pretending to stretch.詹姆斯Karge-Taylor感到惊讶猖獗的作弊发生在他的修读爵士历史类的亚利桑那大学。学生看着彼此的肩膀,设计了咳嗽编码与朋友交流,和闪烁的答案背后的手而假装伸展。
He once caught one student using his cell phone to send answers to a friend's pager.The code “54*2,” for instance, meant the answer to question 54 was B.Karge-Taylor kicked them out of his classroom and gave both an F.他曾抓住一个学生用他的手机发送一个朋友的寻呼机的答案。代码“54 * 2,“例如,意味着题的答案是B 54。Karge-Taylor踢他们离开自己的教室,并送了一个F。
At small Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa, philosophy professor Heather Reid discovered cheating in, of all places, her introductory ethics class.Two students turned in homework assignments that were almost identical.Reid reported the incident to the academic dean, leading to an investigation.One student was suspended and given an F for the course.在小晨边学院爱荷华州苏城,哲学教授希瑟·里德发现作弊,所有的地方,她的介绍性的伦理类。两个学生在作业了,几乎是相同的。Reid报道此事的教务长,导致一个调查。一个学生被停职,给定一个F的课程。
Incidents such as these are all too common.In recent years many colleges and universities have reported a surge in plagiarism, unauthorized collusion on assignments and cheating on tests.诸如此类的事件都太常见。近年来许多学院和大学报道激增的剽窃,未经授权的勾结的作业和考试作弊。
In research conducted at 31 schools over the past decade, Rutgers University professor Donald McCabe has found that nearly 70 percent of students admit to cheating at some point during college, with over 15 percent reporting that they were, in McCabe's words, “serious, repetitive cheaters.”
在研究31学校在过去的十年中,罗格斯大学教授唐纳德麦凯布已经发现,近70%的学生承认作弊在某种程度上,大学期间超过15%报告说,他们在McCabe的话说“严重的、,重复的骗子。” While this surge has been blamed on many factors, including a declining emphasis on moral values in the home and school, without question it's never been easier to cheat.With the Internet, students have access to a treasure-trove of information they can pinch without proper attribution.“There's a cowboy feeling about the Internet that the information is out there for everybody to use as they see fit,” says
虽然这个激增归咎于许多因素,包括一个下降的强调道德价值观在学校和家里,毫无疑问从未如此的容易作弊。有了互联网,学生获得珍贵的信息他们可以捏没有适当的属性。“有一个牛仔感觉关于互联网的信息是拿出来给大家使用在他们认为合适的地方,”说
Michele Goldfarb, director of the Office of Student Conduct at the University of Pennsylvania.米歇尔·戈德法布办公室的主任,学生行为在宾夕法尼亚大学。
In a composition class, University of Texas instructor Sharan Daniel asked students to write an evaluative argument, which could include reviewing a contemporary film.在一篇作文类,德克萨斯大学讲师夏朗丹尼尔要求学生写下一个评价参数,其中可能包括回顾当代电影。
One student chose a Bruce Willis movie.一个学生选择一个布鲁斯·威利斯的电影。
Daniel suspected plagiarism when the paper turned in was different in style from the 丹尼尔涉嫌剽窃论文的时候把在不同的风格
student's previous work.She did a search on the Internet and found the review the 学生以前的工作。她做了一个在互联网上搜索,发现了审查 student had lifted in its entirety.学生在其全部解除。
There are hundreds of websites, with names like schoolsucks.com and 有成百上千的网站,像schoolsucks.com和名称
CollegeTermPapers.com, which offer ready-made essays on topics ranging from
CollegeTermPapers.com,它提供现成的文章主题从
anthropology to zoology.Some sites are free, as long as you contribute a paper of 人类学生态。有些网站是免费的,只要你贡献的一篇论文
your own, while others charge anything from a modest membership fee to over 你自己的,而其他的收费从一个适度的会费超过 $100 a paper.100美元一纸。
Students also get papers directly from their peers.As the semester-end approaches, 学生可以直接从他们的同龄人的论文。随着学期结束的临近, the online message boards and chat rooms on many websites fill with requests for 在线留言板和聊天室在许多网站充满请求 papers from desperate students.论文从绝望的学生。
The website of the Evil House of Cheat boasts 2000 daily visitors.There you can pick 该网站的邪恶的房子的欺骗拥有每天接待2000名参观者。在那里你可以选择
up tips on how to cheat on exams and read comments from people described as satisfied users, like one student who said he had raised his grade-point average from a D-to a B+ after he paid his $9.95 annual membership fee.小技巧如何在考试中作弊和阅读评论人描述为满足用户,像一个学生说他举起他的平均分从DHe was unmoved.´´You are smart enough.You´ll see a change!´´Nothing.然而,在那之后,战争。史蒂夫依然不想´t做他的家庭作业。´´试试它,一个星期!´´——他无动于衷。´´你足够聪明。你会看到一个变化´!´´——没有什么感到他。´´给自己一个机会。唐´t放弃你的生活!´´——没有什么。
´´Steve, please!I care about you!´´ Wow!Suddenly Steve got it.Someone cared about him? Someone totally unattainable and perfect, caredhim ?
´´史蒂夫,谢谢!我在乎你!´´哇!突然史蒂夫得到它了。有人关心他?有人完全高不可攀和完美,关心——他——大约? Steve went home from school, thoughtful that afternoon.He could not bear the overpowering stench in his house.He quickly gathered up his camping gear: a jar of peanut butter, a loaf of bread, a bottle of water, and this time his school books.Grim-faced and determined, he headed for the woods.史蒂夫从学校回家,深思熟虑的那个下午。他不能忍受这些刺鼻的臭味在他的房子。他迅速收拾起他的野营装备:一罐花生酱,一块面包,一瓶水,这一次他的学校的书。冷面和决心,他又去了树林。
The following Monday Miss White gave a quiz on the weekend homework.Steve hurried through the test and was first to hand in his paper.With a look of surprise Miss White took his paper.Obviously puzzled, she began to look it over.在接下来的星期一怀特小姐给对周末的家庭作业进行测验。史蒂夫匆匆完成测试,是第一个手在他的论文。用一下惊奇怀特小姐把他的论文。显然很困惑,她开始看仔细了。
Miss White´s face was in total shock.She glanced up at Steve, then down then up.Suddenly her face broke into a radiance of smile.The smartest boy in the 7th grade had just passed his first test.怀特小姐´s脸上总冲击。她瞟了一眼史蒂夫,然后下来然后起来。突然她的脸闯入一个光辉的微笑。最聪明的男孩在七年级刚刚通过了第一个测试。
From that moment nothing was the same for Steve.Steve began to excel.And he continued this course throughout his school life.After high school Steve enlisted in the Navy, and he had a successful military career.Steve began a second career after the Navy, and he continued to inspire others, as astral professor in a nearby college.Miss White left great legecy3年高等教育改革
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former SEdC have established 216 teaching reform pilots for short 2-3 years higher education nationally, and the establishments of pilot colleges are progressing successfully and a number of disciplines and colleges with short higher education characteristics are also taking shape.Recently, with the condition of education provision of those colleges greatly improved and their pace of basic construction speed up, the overall capacity of education provision of them has remarkably strengthened and important achievements have been made in the field of teaching reform.The experience and achievements gained in the reform of short 2-3 years higher education provied important experience for the development of higher vocational education.The state policy of energetically developing higher vocational education in return provides new opportunity for the development of short 2-3 years higher education, which has shown up its great vitality.上次更新216年前建立了教学改革飞行员短23年高等教育加上重要经验,为发展高等职业教育。国家政策的大力发展高等职业教育作为回报提供了新的机会为发展高等教育只有2-3年,它显示了强大的生命力。
7The establishment of macro management system on quality of higher education made stable progress
7建立宏观管理系统在高等教育质量,使之稳定进展
In
1993, the Department of Higher Education of former SEdC began to research the assessment plan and the practice of teaching assessment.Aimed at helping the HEIs consistently identify their schooling directive ideology, improving the schooling conditions, enhancing the basic construction of teaching, deepening teaching reform, increasing management level and gradually setting up and perfecting the system of self-development and self-restrain so as to continuously improve education quality and increase schooling efficiency, the assessment of undergraduate teaching adheres to the principle of “promoting reform and establishment through assessment, combining assessment and establishment together with the emphasis laying on establishment”.There are three forms of assessment: the first is the pass level teaching assessment to the universities with comparatively weak basis and short history of undergraduate education£? the second is the excellent level assessment to the universities with good basis, high teaching level and a comparatively long history of undergraduate education;and the last one is the random level assessment to the universities between pass level and excellent level.Since 1994, 146 HEIs with weak basis and short history of undergraduate education have undertook the pass level assessment step by step and 10 key universities have undertook the excellent level assessment.The development of teaching assessment evoked intense repercussions among educational administrative departments and HEIs and played an important role in promoting the improvement of higher education quality.在1993年,高等教育部门的前上次开始研究评估计划与实践教学评估。旨在帮助他实现识别他们的学校教育指导思想、改善教育状况,加强教学基本建设,深化教学改革,提高管理水平,逐步建立和完善系统的自我发展和自我约束,以不断提高教育质量和提高教育效率、评估本科教学坚持原则的“促进改革和机构通过评估,结合评估和建立重点一起躺在机构”。有三种形式的评估:第一个是通过水平的高校教学评估与相对较弱的基础和短暂历史的本科教育£?第二个是优秀的水平评估的高校有良好的基础,高教学水平和相对历史悠久的大学本科教育;最后一个是随机水平评估的高校之间通过水平和优秀的水平。自1994年以来,146年他与基础薄弱和短暂历史的本科教育已经承担了通过水平评估一步一步和10个主要大学的高超水平进行了评估。教学评估的发展引发强烈反响教育行政部门和高校,发挥着重要作用,推动高等教育质量的提高。
8The importance attached to the research of higher education theory and directing teaching reform with scientific theory
8的重视高等教育研究的理论和教学改革以科学的理论指导
In
early l993, with other three departments, the Department of Higher Education of former SEdC jointly sponsored and organized research team for the task of “On the research of theory for socialistic higher education with Chinese characteristics”.With the keys on what is the socialistic higher education with Chinese characteristics and how to establish such higher education, the team carried out their theoretical research.Supported by educational administrative departments at various levels, after four years' endeavour, a number of important research achievements like “the Theory keys of Higher Education with Chinese Characteristics” have been made and aroused great influence in the higher education circle.After this research, in the light of development of our socialistic modernization construction and higher education reform and the historic opportunity of entering anew millenium for our human beings, MoE organized the research team for the task of “ Chinese Higher Education in 21st Century ” to continue the theoretical research on socialistic higher education with Chinese characteristics.在早期的基本法草案,与其他三个部门,该部门的高等教育的共同发起和前上次研究小组的任务”的理论研究高等教育具有中国特色的社会主义”。用钥匙在什么是中国特色社会主义的高等教育,以及如何建立这样的高等教育,研究小组进行了理论研究。支持各级教育行政部门,经过四年的努力,许多重要的研究成果就像“高等教育理论键具有中国特色的“已经和引起极大的影响的高等教育圈。在这之后的研究,针对我们的社会主义现代化建设的发展和高等教育改革和历史性的机遇重新进入年对于我们人类,MoE组织研究小组的任务是“中国高等教育在21世纪的“继续理论研究具有中国特色的社会主义的高等教育。9
The track of managing higher education through laws 9的轨道高等教育管理通过法律
OnAugust, 1998, the 4th conference of the 9th standing committee of National Congress passed the “Higher Education Law of People's Republic of China” which is implemented from 1 Jan, 1 999.Higher Education Law is the first complete higher education legal document in term of legislature.It is a law, which standardizes the internal and external complicated social re1ationship of higher education and its own activities.It is a basic law promulgated under the direction of the constitute and Education Law which laying the important foundation for the establishment of a systematic and perfect higher education legal system led by the Higher Education Law.8月29日,1998年,第四届会议第九届全国代表大会常务委员会通过了“高等教育法律中华人民共和国实现从999年1月,1。高等教育法律是第一个完成高等教育法律文件在术语的立法机构。这是一个法律,规范了内部和外部的复杂的社会re1ationship高等教育和自己的活动。这是一个基本的法律颁布指导下构成和教育法律,奠定了重要基础,建立一个系统和完善高等教育法律体系高等教育领导的法律。
The assurance of further deepened reform through further improvement of schooling conditions
10的保证进一步深化改革通过进一步改善教育状况
With
the deepening of teaching reform, inadequate input in it has been an obstacle.In order to solve the problem, educational administrative departments at various levels and HEIs have actively explored the measures and ways to increase educational expenditure and improve schooling conditions.At present, the World Bank Loan Project, which is being carried out, will all together input $70 million to improve the experiment conditions for the basic courses in HEIs.Local governments at various levels have also take a serious of measures to expand the input to locaI HEIs to enhance the construction of disciplines, bases, curriculum, laboratory and library for HEIs, greatly improving the material
与深化教学改革,在它已经不足输入一个障碍。为了解决这个问题,各级教育行政部门和高校有积极探索的措施和方法来增加教育经费,提高教育条件。目前,世界银行贷款项目,这是贯彻执行,将一起输入7000万美元用于改善实验条件的基本课程在高校。地方各级政府也采取了一系列措施来扩大的输入locaI高校加强学科建设,基地,课程,为高校实验室和图书馆,大大提高了材料
conditions of these HEIs.这些高校的条件。
The Construction Of Teaching Contingent
教师队伍的建设
From
the end of l980's to the early l990's, the problems of aging, lacking young teachers and low qualification have obviously shown up concerning the teaching contingent in HEIs.To change the situation, educational administrative departments at various levels and HEIs made different policies and took all kinds of measures, After l0 years unremitting efforts, all those problems have been solved primarily.从l980年底的早期l990的,问题的老化,缺少年轻教师和低资格已经明显出现有关教学在高校队伍。为改变此现状,各级教育行政部门和高校让不同的政策,把各种各样的措施,在10年不懈努力,所有这些问题已经解决主要。
1With many young teachers replenished, the age structure of teachers' contingent has been adjusted.A number of middle-aged and young teachers have gradually developed themselves and become the backbone teams in teaching and research.1和许多青年教师补充,年龄结构的教师队伍已经被调整。大量的中青年教师已逐渐发展了自己和成为骨干团队在教学和研究。
2The policies relative to position promotion have been made and the position structure of teaching contingent has been adjusted.这个政策相对位置推广已经和位置的结构已经调整教师队伍。
3The proportion of Ph.Ds and masters to be selected and remained in HEIs has been increased and the degree structure of teachers has been adjusted.Ds的比例和硕士博士被选中和仍在增加,高校教师的学历结构得到调整。
4The knowledge structural of teachers has been adjusted through in-service training, offering in-service degree education, selecting teachers to go aboard for advanced studies and carrying out cooperative research.The teachers contingent is replenished and the development of new disciplines is promoted by recruiting the returning overseas students.4知识结构的教师已经调整通过在职培训,提供在职学位教育,选择教师上船高级研究和开展合作研究。教师队伍是补充和发展新学科是被招募返回的海外学生。
The Industry, Teaching And Research In HEIs 这个行业,在高校教学和科研
In
recently years, taking full advantage of their talents, knowledge, science and technology, the HEIs emphasized the practical research and development in the light of economic construction of our country and made great effort to serve the central task of economic construction while at the same time strengthening the basic research.In addition, HEIs have taken part in the construction of science parks, establish high-tech enterprises run by HEIs and combine industry, teaching and research together to turn the scientific and research fruits into real productivity and spread them to the whole society.For example, with its own advantage of talents and technology, the Fourder Group run by Peking University not only revolutionized the printing industry of China, but also occupied 90% of the market of Chinese newspapers at home and aboard.The Group has its own master and doctoral training pilots, post-doctor mobilizing departments, national key laboratories and research centers for national projects, thus the integration of industry, teaching and research into reality.在最近几年,充分利用他们的才能、知识、科学和技术,他强调实际研究和开发针对我国的经济建设做出了巨大的努力,为经济建设的核心任务,同时加强基础研究。此外,他参与了建设科学公园,建立高新技术企业由他和结合工业、教学和研究在一起把科学和研究成果为真正的生产力和传播到整个社会。例如,利用自身优势的人才和技术,Fourder集团由北京大学不仅彻底改变了中国的印刷行业,但也占据了90%的市场份额的中国报纸国内外。该集团有自己的硕士和博士训练飞行员、与工程从事博士后研究动员部门,国家重点实验室和研究中心为国家项目,因此一体化的产业、教学和研究变成现实。
Chinese government attaches great importance to the international cooperation and exchanges of higher education.Since the reform and opening up to the outside world in 1978, international cooperation and exchanges of higher education have become more and more active and achieved fruitful results.In the past 20 years, China has established educational cooperative and exchanges relationship with 154 countries and areas, sent 300, 000 students to go aboard for study to more than l00 countries and areas, received 210, 000 foreign students from 160 countries and areas, sent 1800 teachers and experts to teach aboard and employed 40, 000 foreign teachers and experts.Recently, through the reform of sending and management of overseas students, Chinese government adopted the policy of “supporting overseas studies, encouraging overseas students to come back after they complete their studies and guaranteeing their freedom of coming and go” to encourage the overseas students to come back and serve the country in various forms after they finish their studies.By opening to the outside world, we broadly learn the useful foreign experience, promote the reform and development of our higher education and enhance mutual understanding and friendship between China and other countries.中国政府高度重视国际合作与交流的高等教育。改革开放以来外部世界在1978年,国际合作与交流的高等教育已成为越来越多的活动,取得了丰硕的成果。在过去的20年中,中国已经建立了教育合作与交流关系,与154个国家和地区派出300学生出国学习到超过l00国家和地区,收到了210的外国学生来自160个国家和地区,派出1800名教师和专家教登上和雇佣了40 000外籍教师和专家。最近,从改革发送和管理的海外学生,中国政府采取的政策,”支持海外研究,鼓励海外学生回来之后他们完成学业,保证他们的自由的未来,去“鼓励海外学生回来、为国服务以各种形式在他们完成他们的学业。通过打开到外面的世界,我们广泛学习有用的国外经验,促进改革和发展我国高等教育和增进相互了解和友谊中国和其他国家。
第二篇:英语文献翻译
文章1: 题目:
集成的人机交互的发展到系统开发生命周期的方法
Abstract:
将人机交互(HCI)的角度来看,系统开发生命周期(SDLC)是必要的信息系统(IS)的成功,反过来,企业的成功。然而,现代的软件开发生命周期模型是基于组织的需求比人类的需要。信息系统的人机交互方面通常被认为是太小(只有屏幕界面),在太晚的发展过程(仅在设计阶段)。因此,往往一个缺口的表达。moreists满足组织的需求和支持和丰富人类用户之间的。这个问题可以通过仔细整合人机交互的发展为软件开发生命周期过程中实现真正的以人为本的开发方法。本文探讨了人机交互系统开发中的作用,证明考虑人机交互贯穿整个软件开发生命周期的重要性,提出了一种方法,以人为中心的发展,并演示了如何应用这种方法来发展以人为中心的信息系统。
Keyword:系统开发生命周期(SDLC);信息系统;信息系统中人的因素(发布);人机交互(HCI);信息系统开发方法;以用户为中心的设计;以人为中心的系统开发
文章2: 题目
对影响敏感的多人–计算机相互作用
要认识到一个人的情感状态是COM的沟通与情绪智力的核心能力。情感intelligenceisafacetofhumanintelligencethathasbeenarguedtobe不可缺少的也许是最重要的成功的跨-个人的社会互动。本文认为,新一代人机交互(HCI)的设计需要包括情商来识别用户的情感状态,为了更加哼……能力的本质morean一样,更多的有效性,并更有效。情感的激发调节所有非言语communicativecues(面部表情,架,和声乐生理反应)。在面对面的互动,人类探测和解释这些互动的信号有很少或没有努力,他们的沟通。然而,一个自动化系统,完成这些任务的设计和开发是比较困难的。本文调查了过去的工作由计算机在解决这些问题,并提供了一系列建议,为开发智能多模态人机交互的用户的非语言情感反馈个性化自动分析仪的第一部分。
Keyword:
情感计算;人机交互(HCI);情感状态;非言语交际线索的自动分析;多模态人机交互的个性化人机交互。
文章3:
题目:人机交互:跨学科的根和趋势
Abstract:方法,理论,在人机交互(HCI)领域的实践都产生互动的软件,可以用来操作,能有效,安全目标,并满意。人机交互是跨学科和多学科的行为在其根。人机交互的核心概念是可用性,使用加有用缓解。实现了良好的可用性,需要注意两个产品的发展过程中,特别是对用户的交互设计,应服务……莫里作为用户界面的软件组件的要求。本文回顾了一些建模支持人机交互的实践理论,开发生命周期的活动,和很多的实践,构成` `可用性工程”。兴趣在HCI的未来应用领域包括新的交互方式,虚拟环境,万维网,信息可视化,和可穿戴计算。
Keyword:
发展的过程;用户交互;万维网;互动系统;理论与实践;人为因素;应用领域;软件构件;弗吉尼亚理工大学;可用性工程;认知心理学;交互方式;人类±计算机;良好的可用性
文章4:
题目:人机交互的方法训练的交通控制 Abstract:
在瑞典,列车已经在过去的几年中增加和今天的任何时候都高。同时为提高正点率和更好的可预测性要求越来越高。是否有可能提高准时,从而可能利用基础设施资源更优化的控制列车交通提供改进的系统的出现,这将是一个非常有效的方法提高列车。本文研究的一个主要目标,对我morenvestigate如何,从人机交互的角度,系统可以被设计来更好的支持人的能力和能力的一个有效途径火车交通控制。对复杂系统的控制人类早期的研究有助于这方面的工作。本研究的一个重要组成部分,是获取知识的边缘有火车调度执行他们今天的工作和困难的关系。研究了以用户为中心的方法。在密切合作运行的火车交通专业人士探讨和发展的解决和改善情况自项目开始于1996建议的控制新策略,解决这样一个系统的设计已被开发和一定程度的评价。瑞典国家铁路管理局(国家铁路局)正计划建立基于控制的策略和思路从这个研究项目的操作控制系统。
Keyword:同一时间;人机交互;交通控制;乌普萨拉大学;人机交互划分;部门;列车控制;有效途径;列车控制;控制复杂;列车调度员 文章5:
题目:在人机交互说话口头语预测
Abstract:本研究的特点自然说话disfluencies典型的人机交互,并给出了其发生的一个预测模型会计。数据在三个实证研究中人们说或者写一个高度互动的模拟系统为他们完成业务交易的收集。研究涉及的学科内的析因设计的输入方式和格式是不同的。口语不流利的人机接口速率在……moreraction被证明是大大低于率通常观察到的类似人类的演讲中。两个独立的因素,增加与规划的要求,是高等disifuency率显著相关:(我)长度的话语;和(2)在演示文稿格式缺乏结构。回归技术证明了线性模型基于简单的发音长度占了在说话disfluencies 77%变异。因此,设计方法,能够指导用户讲话简短的句子要消除说话disfluencies大多数潜在的。在这项研究中,例如,一个结构化的表示格式成功地消除了6O 70%的不流利的讲话。本研究的长期目标是提供强大的语言技术设计经验的指导。Keyword:工程俄勒冈;人机交互;呈现方式;预测说话disfluencies;工艺盒 文章6:
题目:教学交互:第一次的经验
Abstract:人机交互是在哥斯达黎加大学最近的纪律。在本文中,我们提出的第一个学年关于人类-计算机交互的先修课程的经验,本科和硕士课程,设计和教。HCI课程介绍战略包括两个步骤:1)启动一个专门的本科课程在第一学期,和2)启动一个专门的硕士课程中的第二个任期,同时发展。moreaught与本科课程。课程大纲都分享。然而,由于差异的本科生和研究生的学生在本科和硕士课程的差异,评价方法的实施,导致更多的任务和研究生水平较高的紧迫性。在教室里的工作是为每个不同的课程,因为研究生可以建立自己的知识的基础上以前的工作经验和思想的交流与其他学生。在本科和硕士课程,强调的是实践的理论支持。
Keyword
人机交互;人机互动教学
文章7:
题目:人机交互
Abstract:人机交互是通过物理或心理互动确立人与计算机之间的关系的过程。在这里,我们总结了人机交互的基础上,与历史的互动形式与产品设计。后来的人机交互的不同方面进行了应用,如人机交互通过逼真的人脸模型,人脸识别技术的人机交互界面,远程教育和人机交互。USI……moreng人工智能系统,我们可以把所有这些方面,提供了一个先进的人机交互,计算机或机器人能够识别人脸的学习和掌握自己的情绪反应,通过面部模型,连接到不同的世界大学通过远程教育和帮助社会中通过学生福利改进尽可能的。
Keyword:人机交互;人脸模型;人机交互;远程教育;产品设计;智能
文章8:
题目:提供用户模型直接访问接口:一个简单的界面和交互影响的HRI的探索性研究 Abstract:
用户模型的方式来理解和提高计算机接口的可用性。我们在这里提出的ACT-R认知建模语言的一个公开的驾驶模拟一个简单的模拟机器人接口交互模型。该模型通过将位图的解析的新用途未修改的Java接口进行交互。该模型的结构开始描述知识的人为操作的机器人必须具备的。该模型还表明某些方面……更多的任务将为运营商很难。例如,该模型的性能进行定量的预测机器人的速度会如何影响导航的质量,以及相关的人的行为。而模型并不能涵盖所有的人机交互方面,它说明了如何提供用户模型通过位图访问接口可以导致更准确和更广泛的适用模型的用户。
Keyword:图形用户界面;人机交互;图像处理;人机交互;遥操作;用户建模;用户接口的人为因素
文章9:
题目:公共服务的设计标准 Abstract:
本文的重点是对公共服务的设计标准。本文挑战传统的列表的可用性标准的设计和评估的IT系统支持。传统的标准在人机交互领域内被认为是太有限,扩大鉴于通信和业务过程提出。这扩展的视野内,现有的可用性标准被认为是重要的但不是充分的。基于这一要求,标准也支持系统提出了moreation和企业的行动…。该标准是关于发展的实证研究产生的电子服务。这种服务的目的是支持企业之间的沟通和市当公司将获得经营许可。分析在这种情况下,通信的需要已经产生的设计和评价标准,为特定利益互补。标准生成的例子有:用户成为有良好的条件(感知,理解和信息支持),区分信息和表演之间的部分,提供元信息(目的和内容)。
Keyword:可用性;人机交互;电子政务;电子商务;电子政务;电子商务;人机交互(HCI);可用性
文章10:
题目:人机交互作为一门工程学科:是或不是!?
Abstract:在新兴的跨学科领域的人机交互的主要挑战之一(HCI)是一个研究的线,可以使验证设计知识交互系统的设计,预测能力发展的规范。基于三种不同的元素交互系统的设计方法:(1)人(的),(2)技术人工制品(S),和(3)的情况下使用,不同的学科有不同的研究范式,这……更多新领域:具有强烈的社会经验和实验方法科学,工业设计和交互设计与艺术设计的高度重视,和工程学科具有较强的技术和正式的AP的方法。本项目提出了建议,并结合不同的研究和基于三角网的设计范式的优势的一种可能的方式,我们认为人机交互作为一门工程学科。
Keyword:
人机交互;研究议程的设计范式;三角剖分;
第三篇:最新英语报刊选读部分翻译
第二单元(passage2)榜样作用:奥巴马从里根身上学到了什么
奥巴马去年5月曾邀请一些研究总统执政的史学家到白宫共进工作晚餐。这是他入主白宫以来第二次邀请同一批史学家共进晚餐。奥巴马在晚宴上敦请学者们能给出一些前任总统执政期的经验。随着宾客交流渐进佳境,一些史学家逐渐感到奥巴马似乎对谈论林肯的工作班底,肯尼迪的智库兴致不高,而对令人感到亲近的保守人士、前总统里根所做出的成就更感兴趣,而正是他在30年前入主白宫后便引发了一场革命。实际上除了毫无先期制约外,奥巴马和里根还有若干相同的才干。然而,奥巴马显然对里根让民众能改变对政府态度的办法印象深刻。有出席晚宴的史学家事后表示,这位第44届总统已把第40届总统看作是一个至关重要的参考基准。让负责编纂里根日记、并两次出席晚宴的Douglas Brinkley留下最深刻的印象是,奥巴马已找到了行为榜样。他称,榜样因素会影响到许多政策,而榜样的作用各不相同。奥巴马在以里根式的方法履行着责任。
当奥巴马在国会、内阁和民众前发表第二次国情咨文演讲时,里根的榜样和政策已体现在其中。他在演讲中提议冻结可自由支配开支和联邦政府雇员工资,推动简化税法和削减成百亿美元的国防预算,同时,他还呼吁两党共同努力改革社会保障体制。以上每一条建议都是由身处第三年任期,在高失业率期内遭遇中期选举失败的总统所提出。里根曾在1983年的国情咨文演讲中表示,在未来两年内,两党各派人士和各种政治势力要重视政府在今后长期的,和两党共同承担的责任,而不应由短期的党派政策所左右。
人们最初难以想象这位毕业于常春藤联合会院校,以前是夏威夷律师的总统,会与里根有任何共同之处,前者支持更大规模的联邦政府投资、更广的社保覆盖面,以及要求对华尔街和石油业提高监管力度。但实际情况是,奥巴马越来越借重这位前任总统的思路,把他当成对自己有益的模板是清晰无误的。自去年11月中期选举以来,奥巴马常把企业高管邀请到白宫座谈,造访美国商会,并在自己的政治理念做出妥协。在讨教了里根政府的前白宫办公厅主任Ken Duberstein有关里根处理严重经济问题的经验后,奥巴马签署了会让里根都感到喜极而泣的、令人惊讶的8580亿美元减税法案。白宫新闻发言人吉布斯(Robert Gibbs)圣诞假期内在Tweeter中称,奥巴马在阅读里根传记,并确认了这种关联。奥巴马近期在为《今日美国(USA Today)》报纸撰写的一篇对里根表示敬意的文章中写道,“里根意识到了民众对责任和变革的强烈愿望”,并把里根看成自己最珍视的两项政治动力。
每位进入椭圆形办公室者都会因前任的成功和失败而倍受折磨。他们会很自然地自问,自己如何才能与之相提并论;历史会怎样评价自己;自己是否真正具有像华盛顿、杰佛逊和其他前任那样的才干而来到此地。约翰逊一直对艾森豪威尔的看法感到焦虑;里根也常以富兰克林-罗斯福的风格来塑造自己;布什(George H.W.Bush)经常自问,自己是否能成为另一位西奥多-罗斯福(Theodore Roosevelt)。当乔治-沃克-布什(George W.Bush)在首届总统任期后曾被人问及,是否或多或少地考虑过前任对自己的影响。他称自进入白宫后就一直思考着所有前任的影响。
奥巴马对里根政治风格的偏爱有着清晰的自利目的。白宫助手们天真地专注于里根的任期,他们因此祈祷着奥巴马也能反映出类似风格。两人入主白宫时都处在政治中心发生历史性转移时期,在首届任期内都面对着伴随着高失业率的经济衰退形势,以及两人在选举中都充分调用了演讲术的力量。
历史学家们注意到,奥巴马当前境遇有着与里根时代的黑暗阶段的相似性:反对者的阵营在分化。民主党在1980年代早期一分为二,一派是劳工支持的左翼,另一派是想要把政党转向中间道路的温和派。奥巴马今天面对的是一个想要努力把党的传统、对工商业友善和无耐心的暴发户、茶党(Tea Party)派别进行调和的共和党。这种分裂开始让共和党走向混乱。在奥巴马发表了国情咨文演讲后,共和党出现了两个反馈,一个来自该党的领导层,另一个是来自聚集在茶党旗帜下的,来自明尼苏达州的新国会女议员Michele Bachmann。她自称无意对抗共和党的正式表态,但却实际上起到了如此效果。曾为共和党总统候选人麦凯恩的高级顾问Mark McKinnon称,她的做法无疑会让共和党出问题,让外人感到莫名其妙。
里根思想最坚定的保卫者自然怀疑奥巴马与里根有相同渊源的说法,其中有人称,这是奥巴马在尝试梳理里根代表的各种思想。里根的榜样行为不是奥巴马真正可以让不稳定的左翼值得夸耀的东西。奥巴马将不会出席3月初在加州Simi Valley举行的纪念里根诞辰100周年的纪念活动,虽然他可能会在春季末在华盛顿举行的同类正式活动中发表演讲。
奥巴马19个月前在签署成立纪念里根诞辰百年委员会法律文件之时,曾邀请里根夫人南希访问白宫。两人会面表现的热情、大方。南希和奥巴马夫人共进午餐。尽管已是90高龄,仍保持着丰富的幽默感南希,从不错过点明奥巴马和丈夫之间差别的机会。在看到奥巴马用左手签署纪念委员会的法律文件时,南希调侃道,奥巴马是左派(lefty,也有左撇子之意)。
奥巴马承认自己是左撇子。然而,他想成为像里根一样的值得人们回忆的左派。(皖东)
政治掮客穆罕默德·穆尔西
如果你需要证明阿拉伯之春转中东颠倒,停留一刻的讽刺穆罕默德•穆尔西,埃及的伊斯兰总统,设法把美国和以色列的自在,即使他已经充满了他的许多同胞的恐惧.成为埃及首位民选领导人六月 30,穆尔西在内阁中纳入非伊斯兰教徒,忽视宗教极端分子呼吁世俗自由的限制,限制了军事力量和克制的民粹主义经济政策。他甚至放弃自己的会员在穆斯林兄弟会加强他声称代表所有埃及人。在国外,他保持着33岁的以色列与埃及的和平条约,并试图说服叙利亚暴君巴沙尔阿萨德下台。十一月,他利用兄弟会的长期关系与哈马斯的经纪人巴勒斯坦和以色列之间的停火,在这一过程中赢得国际赞誉。
当天在加沙停火生效,然而,穆尔西引发了大规模的抗议活动在埃及时,他宣布了一项急救法令赋予自己更多的权力。他推翻了前总统穆巴拉克立即指责穆尔西回收独裁者的权力埃及革命者。一些随后变成了致命的抗议。穆尔西把急救法令,但坚持一个匆匆写的宪法草案进行全民公投。最有争议的部分定义,在模棱两可的条款,在一定程度上,埃及将受伊斯兰教法,或伊斯兰法。
他在家里所有的烦恼,穆尔西仍然是中东地区最有影响力的人物。他有能力让哈马斯在停火协议线;具有撮合交易,他现在有责任确保巴勒斯坦集团没有向以色列发射火箭弹。随
着埃及,土耳其,继续敦促叙利亚结束屠杀和塑造将任何后阿萨德过渡中发挥重要作用。更加自信的埃及也可以稳定抗衡伊朗在该地区的野心。与穆尔西处理他的国家的宪法危机将提供所有的其他阿拉伯国家分,任何想加入他们的行列-伊斯兰民主的前景。
一个自焚的突尼斯水果小贩掀起抗议活动,就会变成革命的两年后,国家在旧的秩序被推翻了,像埃及,努力走出自己的新情况创造秩序。在大多数地方,伊斯兰政党是民主进程比自由主义革命者更好的准备和轻松赢得选举;但管理-管理经济,企业创造就业,打击腐败,消除旧政权的残余被证明更加困难。
最难的任务吗?的性质和新的民主国家的法律界定。像埃及,其他阿拉伯国家希望新宪法,和突尼斯一样,埃及的自由主义者要求的过程中,一个特大的声音。在利比亚和也门,其他两个阿拉伯国家的新政府,这是谁鼓动大说伊斯兰教徒。在所有这些国家,双方有很大的分歧,有时在伊斯兰法律必须发挥治理作用。
到目前为止,埃及是一个警世故事,如何不去写一个新的宪法研究。穆尔西的自由派反对者并不是完全无辜的:他们在反对任何国家的穆斯林身份表达了强硬,经常歇斯底里。但总统的伊斯兰兄弟,谁主导了制宪会议,不遵循自由主义者的忧虑和国家的少数民族,因为他们害怕合法的迫害。自始至终,穆尔西已经表现出不愿遏制他的前同事和消除对方的疑虑。他的行动引发了不可避免的问题:这只是一个不完美的人或伊斯兰早期的独裁者?
第三单元
Round Up the Guns!Or Don’t 枪支回收争议犹存
REST easy, gun-owners of Cherokee County, Georgia: your sheriff is on your side.Roger Garrison, who won election last year to a sixth term as Cherokee County's sheriff despite questionable taste in Halloween costumes, is “a strong supporter of the Second Amendment”, and has vowed not to “enforce any laws or regulations that negate the constitutional rights of the citizens of Cherokee County.” In a letter he accuses the president, vice-president and “many members of Congress” of “exploiting the deaths of innocent victims by attempting to enact laws, restrictions;and, even through the use of executive orders, prevent law-abiding American citizens from possessing certain firearms and ammunition magazines.” Even through executive orders!乔治亚州切罗基县的持枪者可以高枕无忧:你们的司法长官支持你们。尽管有人质疑罗杰.加里森的万圣节服装品味但是他还是当选了去年第六届切罗基县的司法长官。罗杰.加里森是第二修正案的坚定支持者,他发誓不执行任何法律或法规,以否定切罗基县公民的宪法权利。在一封信中,他指控总统、副总统和国会的很多成员利用无辜受害者的死试图通过法律、限制甚至使用行政命令,阻止守法的美国公民拥有武器和枪支弹药。甚至通过行政命令。Mr Garrison is not alone: the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers' Association(CSPOA)boasts “a growing list of sheriffs saying no to Obama gun control”.The sheriff of Gilmer County, Georgia, says that she “would not be a part of going door-to-door and rounding up weapons”, which is quite a relief.That precisely nobody in Mr Obama's administration—or indeed anyone outside the perfervid and overworked imaginations of the paranoid fringe right—has proposed doing such a thing seems to have passed unnoticed.In that vein, I wonder what the Gilmer County's sheriff's positions are on making Ashanti America's official language, or selling unicorn steaks without a permit.无独有偶:宪法司法长官和和平警察协会夸耀说“越来越多的行政长官对奥巴马枪支管制说
不”。吉尔默县的行政长官格鲁吉亚说她“将不会是挨家挨户收缴武器的那类人”这是一件轻松的事情。在奥巴马执政时期,确切的说没人或者实际上是除了十分热情而接近类似偏执狂边缘的过度想象力的之外的人,已经打算做这件事似乎已经被忽略了。本着这种精神,我怀疑吉尔默县的治安官的职位可以将阿散蒂语变成美国的官方语言或者无许可售卖独角兽肉排。
It may dismay Mr Garrison, but issuing executive orders is not an impeachable offense.Presidents do it all the time.And it may surprise Mr Garrison, but the executive orders Mr Obama has issued are in fact rather anodyne.They do not ban or attempt to ban any guns, accessories or magazines of any kind;in fact, by providing more money for “school resource officers”(armed police officers assigned to schools), they may well increase the number of regularly-armed Americans.这可能让加里森先生沮丧了,但是发布的行政命令不构成弹劾的行为。总统一直都在这样做。这可能让加里森先生吃惊了,但是奥巴马先生行政命令的发布已成事实而不是止痛而已。他们没有禁止或者尝试禁止任何枪支、配件或任何相关弹药库;事实上政府为“学校资源警官”提供了更多的资金(武装警察进驻学校),他们可能更好的提高常规武装的美国的数量。Now, Mr Obama also has among his legislative goals a strengthened assault-weapons ban, as well as bans on armour-piercing bullets and magazines that hold more than ten bullets, but those will have to pass Congress, just like any other law.It may both surprise and dismay Mr Garrison that in fact nothing Mr Obama has proposed runs afoul of the constitution.In 2008 the Supreme Court held in District of Columbia v Heller that the second amendment allows private gun-ownership, and that total bans on handguns, like the one at issue in Heller, are therefore unconstitutional.But the court also held that “the Second Amendment right is not unlimited.It is not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose”.By the way, that was written by Antonin Scalia.现在,奥巴马在他的立法目标也有一个加强突击武器的禁令,以及对穿甲子弹和容纳超过10发子弹弹仓的禁令,但这些禁令必须通过国会,就像任何其他的法律。这可能会让加里森先生沮丧和吃惊,但事实是奥巴马先生的建议没有与宪法相违背。2008年最高法院裁决了哥伦比亚特区诉海勒案。在这一案的判决中,以宪法第二条修正案为据,宣称个人有权在家中拥有强制武器,并称绝对禁止枪支像海勒案中的问题,是不符合美国宪法规定的。但是法庭也支持“第二条修正案的权利是有限制的。法案规定不管以何种方式和因为何种目的都没有权利存有和持有武器。”顺便说一句,这是由安东宁.斯卡利亚所指定的条文。
Mr Garrison and his ilk among CSOPA seem gripped by two common fallacies.The first is the belief that county sheriffs can violate federal laws that they happen to disagree with, and can deny federal officers the right to enforce federal law in their counties.This is simply hogwash.It is true that as a local law officer Mr Garrison will not be required to enforce federal laws, but neither can he violate them just because he happens to believe they are unconstitutional.As for keeping federal officers out, well, the South has tried that a couple of times before.It did not end well.在CSOPADE 的加里森先生和他的同类似乎被二个常识性的错误所吸引。首先是他们相信当联保法律与他们本身发生冲突时,城市的执行长官们可以违反联邦法律,而在他们的城市中他们能够否定联邦官员执行联邦法律的权利。这简直是一派胡言。事实上是,作为一位当地的执法官员加里森先生不会被要求强制执行联邦法律,但是他也不能因为他碰巧认为他们是违宪而违背联邦法律。至于扣留联邦官员,南方城市曾经也尝试过多次,但是都是以失败而告终的。
The second is a misguided notion that the second amendment is the best and surest constitutional protection against tyranny.As Conor Friedersdorf sagely noted, the Bill of Rights
offers much more effective and less costly checks on government power.There is the fourth amendment, which protects against unreasonable search and seizure;the fifth amendment, which guarantees due process;the sixth amendment, which establishes fair trials;and so on.When these rights were hollowed out during the war on terror—by acts of Congress, the courts and even through executive orders—where was the outrage from those who see tyranny in every gun law? 第二个误导的观点是第二条修正案是反对暴政的最好最可靠的宪法保护。美国记者Conor friedersdorf贤明的支出,《权利法案》提出了更加有效而低成本的方法来制约政府的权利。第四修正案:不受无理搜查和扣留的权利。第五修正案:保障正当程序;第六修正案建立公开的审判;等等。当这些权利在反恐战争中被国会、法院的行为,甚至总统行政令架空的时候,那些在一切控枪法律中看到暴政的人,怎么就不见他们义愤填膺呢?
The second amendment has a lizard-brain appeal: it is sexier to imagine yourself a lone soldier for justice defending your loved ones against an oppressive, tyrannical government than it is to imagine yourself protesting warrantless wiretapping.Mr Garrison approvingly cites a letter written by another sheriff, which states: “We must not allow, nor shall we tolerate, the actions of criminals, no matter how heinous the crimes, to prompt politicians to enact laws that will infringe upon the liberties of responsible citizens who have broken no laws.” Stirring words, and entirely unobjectionable.I wonder if he had the same response to the Patriot Act.美国宪法第二条修正案具有独特的性魅力:比起抗议非法窃听,想象自己是一名孤独而正义的战士,为了保护所爱的人免受残暴政府的压迫去战斗,显然要更性感。加里森先生十分满意地引用了一封另一位县行政司法长官的信,信中写道:我们绝不允许和容忍罪犯的行为——不管他们的罪行多么地令人发指——促使政客们通过一些法律来侵犯守法负责公民的自由。多么激动人心的话语呀,并且完全没有异议。我怀疑他是否对《美国爱国者法案》有相同的反应呢?
第四单元
在“财政悬崖”的协议,下一步是什么?
“财政悬崖”是华盛顿为华盛顿定做的一个把戏——意在形成这样一个局面,严重到总统和国会必须最终解决这个国家的重大税务和开支问题。结果是,政客们再次找到一个办法避开很多最棘手的问题,而且在过程中再搞出一个可能更严重而在新的一年必须摊牌的新问题。参议院领导人们在周二早些时候批准了协议,使得中产阶级免于面对所得税的提升,对年收入在40万美元以上的个人和年收入在45万美元以上的夫妻延长了布什总统时期首先开始的税务豁免。协议还将原定在周三自行启动的,包括国防和国内项目全面深入开支削减措施的开始时间推迟了两个月。
一旦交易获得批准,将会启动预计会持续2013年上半年的一系列新的争议,虽然奥巴马总统非常希望把国会的注意力转移到移民改革和枪械管制。内布拉斯加州共和党众议员杰夫-夫滕巴利(Jeff Fortenberry)表示,“这已经不太像是一个财政悬崖,更像是一个财政山区的长途旅行。”
下一个重要截止期应该是在2月底,也就是财政部穷尽所有办法,再也无法拖延美国联邦政府达到16.4万亿美元债务上限的时刻。届时,除非国会表决同意提升合法的借贷限制,美国政府将无法支付任何账单。
共和党希望利用这个机会逼迫奥巴马总统和国会民主党人同意进行大规模的开支削减,以换
取债务上限的提高——这也是2011年夏季时候债务上限大讨论的续集。
如果周一的协议获得批准,3月初的时候还会有一个截止期:被延迟两个月的1100亿美元开支削减还是会启动。
将近一个月之后的3月27日,为政府机构提供融资的一组短期措施将会无法继续。如果项目无法更新,政府将会被迫关门,这将是一个新的摊牌时刻。
南卡罗来纳州共和党参议员林赛-格拉汉姆(Lindsey O.Graham)指出,“第二轮就要开始了,我们将就这个国家的方向和未来展开一场恶战。”
很多共和党人坚信,由于对富人增税的讨论已经得出结论,到债务上限讨论开始时,共和党会有更多筹码。
在他们看来,奥巴马已经使用了一个强力武器:国会共和党人阻止了赤字的削减协议,同时通过拒绝允许对富人增税妨碍了中产阶级的税负减少。但是共和党在周一的协议中对所得税部分做出了让步,它允许利率上升对个人年收入超过400000美元,收入超过450000美元的夫妇,将从讨论中删除的问题,这样共和党可以在未来的讨论中将重点转向开支削减。林赛-格拉汉姆表示,将会在未来的讨论中迫使民主党人在共和党认为的开支优先级事务上做出让步。提高Medicare项目的适格年龄,提高健保项目富裕受益人的保费,使用新的通货膨胀计算方式来降低社会福利项目的金额等等。
“我想如果我们坚持这样的改变,我们会找到他们的,”他说。那是,如果民主党人甚至同意讲价。奥巴马坚称他不会卷入另一个谈判在债务上限问题上像一个导致国家的首次债券降级和2011消费者信心受损。这也让他在政治上打击伤。
“我想发出一个非常明确的信息,这里的人。我们不是明年要玩这个游戏,”奥巴马告诉商界领袖上个月。
奥巴马也明确表示,在白宫星期一出现他认为未来所有的交易应该从提高富人的附加税钱,以及削减开支。
“我们已经有了以平衡和负责的方式做到这一点,”他说。“如果我们对减少赤字和债务削减严重,那么它很可能是一个问题的共同牺牲。至少我是总统一样长。” 这样的结果是双方的第一选择。
奥巴马想照顾提高债务上限为财政悬崖的解决方案的一部分。
“这应该是交易的一部分,”白宫新闻秘书Jay Carney说,12月4日。“这是应该做的,应该是没有戏。” 但它不是。
同样,共和党人希望在福利计划的增长贡献最显着的国家的债务将会显著失衡。
“为了获得共和党支持的新收入,总统必须愿意减少开支和支撑,我们的债务的主要驱动力的福利项目,”众议院议长约翰·博纳(来自俄亥俄州)十一月选举后一天说。这种情况并没有发生。
没有担保的决议2013变得更容易。
上星期四,12个新的参议员和67个新的众议院议员就职,许多新鲜的活动,他们将自己党派的支持者们不要在财政问题上屈服。
“作为新的人都是善意的,他们甚至不知道卫生间在哪里,说:”众议员史提夫烈(俄亥俄州共和党人),他将退休,星期四。“这倒在圈的不公平。这是不切实际的期望他们能解决90天我们没能在两年内解决。”
奥巴马本人辞职星期一的现实,“大交易”,共和党不会一蹴而就。“这可能是我们可以分阶段做它,”他在星期一说他曾经想要达到今年年底共和党主要的赤字削减计划。“我们要解决这一问题而不是几个步骤。”
passage4--朴槿惠在9岁的时候出现在公众眼中,当1961年她的父亲发动政变控制了韩国。
半个世纪之后,朴槿惠成为一个强大的政治人物。周三投票显示,她很有可能成为韩国首位女总统。,民意调查显示她与满头银发的劳工律师文在寅是不分上下。
一些评论家称在60岁的“冰雪女王”朴槿惠,她在公共场合缺乏明显的情绪。优雅、沉稳,她从来没有结过婚,韩国人喜欢的东西,因为没有配偶或孩子可以用手指蘸。
朴槿惠被逮捕并驱逐出境的大学抗议朴槿惠的父亲,后来担任参谋长的中间偏左的前总统卢武铉。但选举与其说是文在寅的资历比朴槿惠的偏振图
在某种程度上,这次选举是她父亲的分裂遗留的全民公投,朴正熙。他是快速工业化,把韩国变成世界上最富有的国家之一。但他也暂停宪法和逮捕和折磨学生抗议者。他的安全部队试图杀死他的对手,金大中,后来成为总统获得诺贝尔和平奖,他与朝鲜的关系。
“我恨她,我别无选择,只能投票给文在寅,”Lee Sang-gun说一位47岁的杂志发行商,作为一个大学学生,参与民主示威反对独裁统治的朴槿惠的父亲。在他看来,选举公园将是一个倒退。“我觉得这是一个非常关键的时刻对韩国民主,”李说。
今年9月,朴槿惠道歉她父亲的统治期间犯下的侵犯人权。“恒星增长的背后是牺牲的工人遭受压抑的劳动环境中,”她说。“我相信这是一个不变的价值目的不能证明手段的民主政治”。
尽管意识形态色彩,运动问题大多是平淡无奇的工作,经济和社会服务。月球有攻击公园财阀关系过于密切,庞大的企业集团,主导韩国经济。
候选人同意与朝鲜接触的需要,凡获胜可能远离采取的强硬立场保守的现任总统李明博(Lee myung-bak)。
不过,这个5000万人口的国家的选民非常极化以及意识形态和年龄。
“这就像乔治•布什(George w.Bush)和阿尔•戈尔(Al Gore)。你对自由派和保守派之间的仇恨他们很强,“说Hahm Sung-deuk,韩国大学政治学教授。
在韩国几十年了,朴槿惠是最明显的公众人物之一。作为一个年轻的女人,她打断了她的研究在法国1974年后她的母亲被刺客的子弹瞄准她的父亲。她作为事实上的第一夫人,直到1979年,当她父亲的自己的安全服务开枪打死了他。
自1998年以来,她一直在国民大会。她第一次在2002年竞选总统时,她被视为只是一个悠久传统的亚洲女性领导人试图夺取政权的一个强大的男性亲属。
但有十年的经验,朴槿惠现在被视为一个可靠的保守,特别是老年选民。
虽然她的竞选试图提高能量水平在她的外表与震耳欲聋的韩国流行音乐刺耳的喇叭——公园自己甚至有点“Gangnam风格”手运动在一个竞选出现白发的优势是不可否认的。
首尔郊区的一个集会上上周在15度的天气,支持者在50年代和60年代被捆绑大量红色围巾,执政党新边疆的颜色。
“世界大国的领导人正在发生变化,我们需要一个良好的判断力在国家安全问题上,”Lee Shin-baek说。他跟朋友们热情地挥舞着红色横幅。
前一晚,不见好转的咖啡馆充满座无虚席,观众包括40岁大学学生和专业人士聚集在一起观看第二次总统辩论。每当朴槿惠说话的时候,他们的嘲讽和嘘声在超大的电视监视器。
”,很多人在我的家人,他们认为朴正熙是像神一样,当然,他们都是支持他的女儿,“金以斯帖说,39岁的保险公司工人。
“我的叔叔认为文在寅是共产主义,”她笑着说。“我想他会说我是一个共产主义太如果我告诉他我投票给文在寅。”
朴槿惠在民调中领先了大部分的活动,但是第三个候选人的撤军,安Cheol-soo,支持月球,甚至几乎把候选人。最新的民意调查,依法不能发表在韩国选举的星期,显示甚至分裂——45.2%的朴槿惠和文在寅,根据政治学家Hahm。
Hahm说天气可能是决定性的。冷被认为支持朴槿惠因为年轻人不像老年选民的政治承诺,不太可能。
第五单元
美国经济 重整旗鼓
美国经济再一次自我改革
恐怕奥巴马总统和他的对手——共和党总统候选人米特·罗姆尼只能在一件事上达成共识,即美国经济表现不佳。8%的失业率居高不下,今年上半年的经济增长率估计也会跌破2%的年平均增长率。美国还要面对欧元区解体、中国经济增速放缓以及“财政危局”——削减开支及增加税负共同作用导致年末经济萎缩(注释1)。奥巴马和罗姆尼只在怎样进一步恶化美国经济这一问题上存在分歧:是让左倾总统奥巴马连任还是换成罗姆尼上台。因为前者不喜欢也不理解私营部门却限制其发展,后者贪婪地掠夺私人财产,还偏袒为美国带来经济危机的资本家。
其实美国经济已经改善了不少,只不过总统大选带来的悲观情绪使美国民众忽略了这一点。私营部门的创造力促使美国经济自我改革,传统的经济薄弱环节得以整改,新兴优势产业崭露头角。经济发展停滞的欧洲和计划经济体制下的亚洲很有必要学习美国的灵活性。
调整经济 恢复平衡
美国经济增长的停滞来源于危机前的过度消费和畸形经济,这纯属自作自受。2008年之前美国经济过度依赖消费和房地产市场,二者资金均来源于国外储蓄,而国外储蓄又受到金融系统资金不足的限制。家庭负债在2000年已接近100%,2007年则增至133%。修补债务破
产需要数年时间,因为家庭和银行要修复资产负债表。
尽管如此,过去的三年中美国的修补速度还是很快的。根据房屋价格指数,美国的房屋价格低于实际价值19%,这使得美国成为世界上房屋价格低估程度最大的国家之一。而且不同于欧洲,美国财政部和政策制定者不愿快速采取行动,直面金融系统的弊病。因此美国偿还债务和筹资的步伐必须快于欧洲。(仅花旗一家银行就流失了1430亿美元的贷款,而欧洲没有任何一家银行放出的贷款超过300亿),美国是世界上资产负债率最高的国家之一。消费者也在削减开支,如今家庭负债已降至收入的114%。
也有新的优势部门出现,其中之一就是更具活力的出口部门。美元的进一步疲软可以解释贸易逆差从2006年占GDP比重的6%降至今天4%的原因。其他的变化更为持久,尤其是新兴市场消费群体的壮大,这对美国经济来说是一个好兆头。在竞选游说中,奥巴马和罗姆尼都对中国横加指责,认为中国进行货币欺诈,不遵守游戏规则,对美国出口廉价商品。不过日益富强的中国已经成为美国第三大出口品消费市场,美国出口商品在中国的销量自2007年以来上升了53%。
美国的出口商品也在发生变化。部分商品如波音飞机、微软软件以及好莱坞大片跟以前一样热销。同时高附加值服务(建筑、工程和金融)的出口量正在激增,“应用程序经济”也是如此,它由脸谱、苹果公司和谷歌培育而成,雇佣着30多万员工。他们开发的游戏等虚拟商品在海外市场上大受欢迎。由于本国和欧洲市场消费不旺,再小的企业都想在新兴市场上分一杯羹。美国的制造商正在夺回被进口产品侵占的市场,并率先开发出3D印刷(注释2)等新工艺。
同时,美国的传统弱势产业也转变为相对优势产业。对进口石油的依赖性让美国花了大笔银子。只要西德州轻质原油公司每桶原油的价格超过100美元(2008年就是这种情况,去年和今年也一样),美国的经济增长就会受到制约。不过高价正在发挥作用,它可以减少需求并刺激供给。今年美国的石油净进口量降至1995年以来的最低水平,而且美国终将成为天然气的净出口国。
很多国家都储存着页岩气,不过如同因特网革命,美国页岩气的出口量世界领先(参见本期杂志特别报道)。联邦政府为“水力压裂”技术提取页岩气提供资金支持,就像它当年支持因特网的开发者一样。不过页岩气的商业化是通过德克萨斯州一个名叫乔治·米歇尔、极具美国式冒险主义精神的投机开采商实现的。而欧洲的页岩气的开却采受到绿色守则和财产限制的制约。美国页岩气的开发利用降低了消费者的能源支出,也替代了煤炭,减少了碳排放量。将来美国任何与能源有关的产业都会受益于页岩气的开发,取得长足发展。
美国的疲软期还没有结束。尽管经济成果清晰可见,但也会留下很多有待解决的问题。因为在经济复苏中发挥重要作用的公司效率极高,他们的员工工资高但人数少。因此他们会加重收入差距,却不会对减少失业起到多大作用。不过现在已经比美国前几年的情况强多了,经济发展的基础更加均衡、更加持续。而且与缺乏改革、死气沉沉的欧洲相比,美国经济发展的平台更加广阔。
财政危局和其他经济风险的预防针
下一任总统应该怎样增强经济实力呢?首先,他不能帮倒忙,不能让美国的经济陷入财政危局。相反地,他应该选择一个可靠的、长期的债务计划,包括对福利项目增税和削减开支。也有人提出不够理智的经济措施,部分民主党议员想要限制天然气出口从而降低国内天然气价格,这个“好主意”一定会在削减国内投资和降低产量上大有作为。为了顺利当选,奥巴马需要更多魄力,加快批准天然气出口。至于罗姆尼,他应该放弃将中国视作货币操纵者的承诺,放弃发动贸易战的号召。
其次,新总统应该修复美国破旧的公共设施。公路破旧不堪,医疗费用世界排名第一,公立学校教学质量不佳,还有拜占庭式的移民制度无法为公司留住世界上最优秀的人才。受到这些条件制约,生产效率再高的公司都无法为经济增长做出贡献。奥巴马总统、罗姆尼先生,请在公共服务上多花点心思,私营部门的自我发展能力会让你们大吃一惊。
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第四篇:优秀英语文章选读
love your life
热爱生活
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however mean your life is,meet it and live it;do not shun it and call it hard names.it is not so bad as you are.it looks poorest when you are richest.the fault-finder will find faults in paradise.love your life,poor as it is.you may perhaps have some pleasant,thrilling,glorious hourss,even in a poor-house.the setting sun is reflected from the windows of the alms-house as brightly as from the rich man’s abode;the snow melts before its door as early in the spring.i do not see but a quiet mind may live as contentedly there,and have as cheering thoughts,as in a palace.the town’s poor seem to me often to live the most independent lives of any.may be they are simply great enough to receive without misgiving.most think that they are above being supported by the town;but it often happens that they are not above supporting themselves by dishonest means.which should be more disreputable.cultivate poverty like a garden herb,like sage.do not trouble yourself much to get new things,whether clothes or friends,turn the old,return to them.things do not change;we change.sell your clothes and keep your thoughts.不论你的生活如何卑贱,你要面对它生活,不要躲避它,更别用恶言咒骂它。它不像你那样坏。你最富有的时候,倒是看似最穷。爱找缺点的人就是到天堂里也能找到缺点。你要爱你的生活,尽管它贫穷。甚至在一个济贫院里,你也还有愉快、高兴、光荣的时候。夕阳反射在济贫院的窗上,像身在富户人家窗上一样光亮;在那门前,积雪同在早春融化。我只看到,一个从容的人,在哪里也像在皇宫中一样,生活得心满意足而富有愉快的思想。城镇中的穷人,我看,倒往往是过着最独立不羁的生活。也许因为他们很伟大,所以受之无愧。大多数人以为他们是超然的,不靠城镇来支援他们;可是事实上他们是往往利用了不正当的手段来对付生活,他们是毫不超脱的,毋宁是不体面的。视贫穷如园中之花而像圣人一样耕植它吧!不要找新的花样,无论是新的朋友或新的衣服,来麻烦你自己。找旧的,回到那里去。万物不变,是我们在变。你的衣服可以卖掉,但要保留你的思想。
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Astronaut's Brother Recalls A Man Who Dreamed Big
By NPR Staff
Ronald McNair was one of the astronauts killed 25 years ago on Jan.28, when the space shuttle Challenger exploded.As his brother recalls, McNair's life was all about exploring boundaries — and exceeding them.McNair was only the second African-American to visit space.He'd been there once before, aboard a Challenger mission in 1984.On that trip, he played his saxophone while in orbit.Carl McNair says that his brother, astronaut Ronald McNair, saw possibilities where others only saw closed doors.As his older brother, Carl, recalls, McNair started dreaming about space in South Carolina, where he grew up.And he wanted to study science.But first, he needed to get his hands on some advanced books.And that was a problem.“When he was 9 years old, Ron, without my parents or myself knowing his whereabouts, decided to take a mile walk from our home down to the library,” Carl tells his friend Vernon Skipper.The library was public, Carl says — “but not so public for black folks, when you're talking about 1959.”
“So, as he was walking in there, all these folks were staring at him — because they were white folk only — and they were looking at him and saying, you know, 'Who is this Negro?'
”So, he politely positioned himself in line to check out his books.“Well, this old librarian, she says, 'This library is not for coloreds.' He said, 'Well, I would like to check out these books.'
”She says, 'Young man, if you don't leave this library right now, I'm gonna call the police.'
“So he just propped himself up on the counter, and sat there, and said, 'I'll wait.' ”
The librarian called the police — and McNair's mother, Pearl.When the police got to the library, Carl says, “Two burly guys come in and say, 'Well, where's the disturbance?'
”And she pointed to the little 9-year-old boy sitting up on the counter.“And he [the policeman] says, 'Ma'am, what's the problem?'
By then, the boys' mother was on her way, Carl says.”She comes down there praying the whole way there: 'Lordy, Jesus, please don't let them put my child in jail.' And my mother asks the librarian, 'What's the problem?' “
”He wanted to check out the books and, you know, your son shouldn't be down here,“ the librarian said, according to Carl.”And the police officer said, 'You know, why don't you just give the kid the books?'
“And my mother said, 'He'll take good care of them.' ”
So, the librarian reluctantly handed over the books.And then, Carl says, “my mother said, 'What do you say?' ”
And Ron answered, “Thank you, ma'am.”
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Eventually, Ronald McNair graduated from North Carolina A&T State University.And in 1976, he earned a Ph.D.from MIT, in physics.Soon after that, he applied to join NASA's astronaut program.For Carl McNair, watching his brother's career was like seeing something from the TV shows of his youth.“As youngsters, a show came on TV called Star Trek,” he says.“Now, Star Trek showed the future — where there were black folk and white folk working together.” And back in the 1960s, that premise didn't seem believable, Carl says.“I just looked at it as science fiction, 'cause that wasn't going to happen, really,” he says.“But Ronald saw it as science possibility.”
In that era, NASA's astronauts were celebrities — people like Neil Armstrong.“So how was a colored boy from South Carolina — wearing glasses, never flew a plane — how was he gonna become an astronaut?” Carl says.“But Ron was one who didn't accept societal norms as being his norm, you know? That was for other people.And he got to be aboard his own Starship Enterprise.”
Ronald McNair was 35 at the time of the Challenger tragedy.To mark the anniversary of his death, a ceremony will be held in Lake City on Friday, in which the building that housed McNair's childhood library will be named after him.The list of people whose lives McNair touched includes Charles Bolden.Like McNair, Bolden grew up in South Carolina, pursued a career in science and became an astronaut.Bolden is now the administrator of NASA.