雅思阅读素材英文原文：A victory for coeducation
"Well, I hate to say it, but that was acolossalfailure!"Said Mr. Wells after he hadcollectedall of the surveyshe had passed out. ~I thought there wouldbecoherentarguments againstcoeducation, as wellas a clear majority to keep things the way they arealready. But all of the students andcolleaguesin ourverycognitiveuniversity setting seem to think thatwe should change our schoolcodeto allowacoeduniversity. Some even wantcoeddormitories.That won' t happen over my dead body! Do youthink there is any way that we cancoercethem otherwise?"
"Well, let's firstcollatethe surveys to see what the exact numbers are." Said Mr. MacKenzie inresponse. "Okay, I'vecollapsedthe results into three categories. It's nocoincidence; themajority favors thiscoarsechange in policy just as you said. Well Mr. Wells, I guess that therewas really no need for us tocollaborateon this issue. We havefailed. Wecoinedseveral goodslogans. Severalcollocationswere brilliant. And thecoherenceof our arguments was sound. Butwe have justcollidedwith reality! They want a coed university!"
"Okay. admit defeat." Sighed Mr. Wells. "Let's take thiscollectionof surveys to the library. Oh,watch out! We just avoided a majorcollisionwith that biker. Ah well, maybe students willremember some of ourcoinageslater in life."
"Yes, but they' 11 probably remember and laugh. We' re in for a lot of change, Mr. Wells, a lotof change! "
雅思阅读素材翻译："男女同校"的获胜
“嗨，我讨厌提这事，可那实在是个巨大的失败。”威尔士先生把所有发出去的调查表收上来之后说道，“我原以为绝大多数人会赞成保持现状而且大家对男女同校会一致持反对意见，可是在我们这个认识能力很强的大学环境里，所有的学生和同事似乎都认为应该改变学校道德标准，允许它变成一所男女同校的大学。有人甚至还想把宿舍也变成男女混住。我死也不会同意他们这么做!你认为我们有什么办法强迫他们不那样吗?”
“好，我们先核对一下调查结果，看看具体的数字是什么。”麦肯锡先生回答道，“好啦，我已经把调查结果分成三大类。大部分人都如你所说，同意对政策做粗俗的改变，这不是巧合。威尔士先生，我看咱们没必要在这个问题上合作了。咱们输了。我们杜撰了几句不错的口号，有些搭配相当精彩，论点也条理清楚!可是我们的做法就是和现实发生了冲突!他们想要一所男女同校的大学!”
“好吧，我承认失败了。”威尔士先生直叹气，“我们把这批收集到的调查表拿到图书馆去吧。啊，小心!刚才我们差点儿和那个骑自行车的撞了个正着。嗯，学生们也许以后会记住一些我们创造的新词。”
“是啊，不过他们可能会记住并笑话我们。我们肯定会有翻天覆地的变化，威尔士先生，翻天覆地的变化!”
文章中的单词学习
coarse a.粗的,粗糙的;粗俗的,粗鲁
code n.密码,电码,代号;准则
coed n.男女同校的,对男女都开的
coeducation n.男女同校(制)
coerce v.强迫,迫使
cognitive a.人士的,认识过程的,认识能力的;以实验经验为根据的
coherence n.1粘合性2连贯性,前后一致,条例清楚
coherent a.一致的,协调的;条理清楚的,前后一致的
coin n.硬币,钱币
v.发明,创造,杜撰(新词语等的)
coinage n.(总称)硬币;(新短语等的)创造,杜撰;臆造的事物
coincidence n.巧合,巧事;符合,一致;同时发生,共同存在
collaborate v.(尤指在文艺科学等方面的)协作,合作
collapse v./n.倒坍,崩溃,瓦解;倒下,跨掉
collate v.核对,校对
colleage v.同事
collection n.收集,搜集,采集;(一批)收集的东西
collide v.碰撞,互撞;冲突,抵触
collocation n.(语)组合,搭配,组配;词组
colossal a.巨大的,其大无比的