1 As people rely more and more on technology to solve problems, the ability of humans to think for themselves will surely deteriorate.
当人们越来越依赖技术去解决问题,人类独立思考能力却退化。
2 To understand the most important characteristics of a society, one must study its major cities.
要想了解一个社会最重要的特征,人们必须研究这个社会主要的城市。
3 Educational institutions have a responsibility to dissuade students from pursuing fields of study in which they are unlikely to succeed.
教育机构有责任劝阻学生不要从事不太可能成功的科学研究。
4 Scandals are useful because they focus our attention on problems in ways that no speaker or reformer ever could.
丑闻是有裨益的,因为它们让人们注意到一些问题,任何演说家和改革家都无法做到的。
5 Claim: Governments must ensure that their major cities receive the financial support they need in order to thrive.
Reason: It is primarily in cities that a nation’s cultural traditions are preserved and generated.
结论:政府需要给社会主要城市提供财政支持,来保证其繁荣发展。
原因:一个国家的文化传统主要是在城市中得以传承和发展。
