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Passage 2
Competition
It is a plain fact that we are in a world where competition is going on in all areas and at all levels.This is exciting.Yet, on the other hand, competition breeze a pragmatic attitude.People choose to learn things that are useful,and do things that are profitable.Todays' college education is also affected1 by this general sense of utilitarianism. Many college students choose business nor computing2 programming as their majors convinced that this professions are where the big money is. It is not unusual to see the college students taking a part time jobs as a warming up for the real battle.I often see my friends taking GRE tests, working on English or computer certificates and taking the driving licence to get a licence. Well, I have nothing against being practical. As the competition in the job market gets more and more intense, students do have reasons to be practical. However, we should never forget that college education is much more than skill training. Just imagine, if your utilitarianism is prevails on campus, living no space for the cultivation3 of students' minds,or nurturing4 of their soul. We will see university is training out well trained spiritless working machines.If utilitarianism prevails society, we will see people bond by mind-forged medicals lost in the money-making ventures;we will see humality lossing their grace and dignity, and that would be disastrous5.I'd like to think society as a courage and people persumed for profit or fame as a horese that pulls the courage.Yet without the driver picking direction the courage would go straight and may even end out in a precarious6 situation .A certificate may give you some advantage, but broad horizons, positive attitudes and personal integrities ,these are assets you cannot acquire through any quick fixed7 way.In today's world, whether highest level of competition is not of skills or expertise8 , but vision and strategy. Your intellectual quality largely determinds how far you can go in your career.
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adj.不自然的,假装的 | |
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2 computing | |
n.计算 | |
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n.耕作,培养,栽培(法),养成 | |
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养育( nurture的现在分词 ); 培育; 滋长; 助长 | |
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adj.灾难性的,造成灾害的;极坏的,很糟的 | |
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adj.不安定的,靠不住的;根据不足的 | |
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adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的 | |
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8 expertise | |
n.专门知识(或技能等),专长 | |
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