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1. Young people should be encouraged to pursue long-term, realistic goals rather than seek immediate fame and recognition.
年轻人应该被鼓励去寻求长期的可行目标而不是追求眼前的名声。
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2. The best way to teach is to praise positive actions and ignore negative ones.
教育最好的方法就是赞扬积极的行为,无视消极的行为。
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3. If a goal is worthy, then any means taken to attain it are justifiable.
只要目标值得,不择手段达到目的是合理的。
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4. In order to become well-rounded individuals, all college students should be required to take courses in which they read poetry, novels, mythology, and other types of imaginative literature.
为了成为全面的人,所有大学生都应该修一些诗歌、小说、神话等富有想象力的文学的课程。
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5. In order for any work of art—for example, a film, a novel, a poem, or a song—to have merit, it must be understandable to most people.
任何的艺术作品为了有价值,例如电影、文学、雕塑或者歌曲,都必须让大多数人易于理解。
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6. Many important discoveries or creations are accidental: it is usually while seeking the answer to one question that we come across the answer to another.
大多数重大的发现或创造都是偶然的:我们经常在寻求一个问题的答案的时候偶然获得了另外一个问题的答案。
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7. The main benefit of the study of history is to dispel the illusion that people living now are significantly different from people who lived in earlier times.
研究历史的最大好处就是打破了这样一种幻觉:不同时代的人之间存在着显著的差别。
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8. Learning is primarily a matter of personal discipline; students cannot be motivated by school or college alone.
学习主要是自己的事情,学生不能只靠学校的驱动去学习。
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9. Scientists and other researchers should focus their research on areas that are likely to benefit the greatest number of people.
科学家和其他研究者应该把精力集中在能为大多数人造福的领域。
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10. Politicians should pursue common ground and reasonable consensus rather than elusive ideals.
政治家不应追求虚无缥缈的理想,而应寻求相互的理解和合理的共识。
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