1 The primary goal of technological advancement should be to increase people’s efficiency so that they have more leisure time.

技术进步的首要目的是增加人们的效率，以便大家有更多闲暇的时间。

2 Educators should base their assessment of students’ learning not on students’ grasp of facts but on the ability to explain the ideas, trends, and concepts that those facts illustrate.

在评估学生的学习情况时，教育工作者应该关注学生是否能够解释所学知识阐明的思想、趋势和概念，而不是是否牢记知识。

3 Unfortunately, in contemporary society, creating an appealing image has become more important than the reality or truth behind that image.

很不幸，在当代社会，打造一个引人入胜的外表已经变得比外表下的内容更加重要。

4 The effectiveness of a country’s leaders is best measured by examining the well-being of that country’s citizens.

国家领导工作效能最好通过国民的安乐来评判。

5 All parents should be required to volunteer time to their children’s schools.

所有的家长都必须无偿地为子女的学校花费时间。

6 A nation should require all of its students to study the same national curriculum until they enter college.

在进行大学教育以前，国家应该要求所有的学生学习统一的国家课程。

7 Colleges and universities should require their students to spend at least one semester studying in a foreign country.

学院或大学应该要求学生在国外至少学习一个学期。

8 Educational institutions should actively encourage their students to choose fields of study in which jobs are plentiful.

教育机构应该鼓励大学生选择那些就业前景好的研究领域。

9 People’s behavior is largely determined by forces not of their own making.

人们的行为多是被外界力量所左右，难以被自己控制。

10 Colleges and universities should require their students to spend at least one semester studying in a foreign country.

学院或大学应该要求学生在国外至少学习一个学期。