1 Although innovations such as video, computers, and the Internet seem to offer schools improved methods for instructing students, these technologies all too often distract from real learning.

尽管诸如电视、电脑和互联网等发明似乎给学校教育提供改良的手段，但是这些技术往往是在偏离真正的学习。

2 Universities should require every student to take a variety of courses outside the student’s field of study.

大学应该要求每个学生选修自己专业以外的各种学科。

3 The best ideas arise from a passionate interest in commonplace things.

带着炙热的兴趣，最好的主意往往来自平凡的事情。

4 To be an effective leader, a public official must maintain the highest ethical and moral standards.

想成为一名有效力的领导则，政府官员必须坚守最高的伦理和道德标准。

5 Claim: Imagination is a more valuable asset than experience.

Reason: People who lack experience are free to imagine what is possible without the constraints of established habits and attitudes.

结论：相比经验，想象力是更重要的财富。

原因：缺乏经验的人更容易放飞想象，而不受既定的习惯和态度所禁锢。

6 In most professions and academic fields, imagination is more important than knowledge.

在任何职业或学术领域，想象力比知识重要。

7 To be an effective leader, a public official must maintain the highest ethical and moral standards.

想成为一名有效力的领导者，政府官员必须坚守最高的伦理和道德标准。

8 Critical judgment of work in any given field has little value unless it comes from someone who is an expert in that field.

批判性的判断在任何领域当中都是没什么用处的，除非判断来自于该领域专家。

9 Some people believe that scientific discoveries have given us a much better understanding of the world around us. Others believe that science has revealed to us that the world is infinitely more complex than we ever realized.

有些人认为，科学发现让人们更清楚地认识周围的世界。也有人认为，科学展现给人们一个比我们想象的复杂的多的世界。

10 Critical judgment of work in any given field has little value unless it comes from someone who is an expert in that field.

批判性的判断在任何领域当中都是没什么用处的，除非判断来自于该领域专家。