Unit 1
Task5(page8)
1. A student and professional may spend plenty of time reporting the resuits of their research
projects when they present them to teachers,managers and clients.Actually,one would be faced
with many difficulties in study and on the job without the necessary research skills as well as the
ability to show the results with clarity and completeness.
2. In this part the basic rule one has to follow is to offer the entire set of data relevant to the
research question raised at the beginning.If one tends to hide findings which,to some extent,
cannot support his hypothesis,such dishonest behavior is not welcome in research reporting in
any field.
3. Little importance is attached to a lively style; however, it is acceptable to write interestingly. The essential qualities for professional communication should include accuracy, clarity, and completeness
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Task 1
The Dawn of The Age of Artificial Intelligence
Reasons to cheer the rise of the machines
Erik Brynjolfsson & Andrew Mcafee
【1】The advances we’ve seen in the past few years – cars that drive themselves,
useful humanoid robots, speech recognition and synthesis systems, 3D printers,
Jeopardy!-champion computers—are not the crowning achievements of the computer
era. They’re the warm-up acts. As we move deeper into the second machine age we’ll
see more and more such wonders, and they’ll become more and more impressive.
【2】How can we be so sure? Because the exponential, digital, and recombinant powers of the second machine age have made it possible for humanity to create two of Unit Four 2 the most important one-time events in our history: the emergence of real, useful
Unit4-6answerkeys学术英语答案
Unit 4
VII. Answer Keys
Warm up
1)Search the Internet for the following terms and choose one to present to the class.
略。2)What is culture?
Simply speaking, culture refers to a group or community with which they share common experiences that include thoughts,communication, actions, customs, beliefs, values and institutions of a racial, ethnic, religious or social group.
3)What’s the difference between Western culture and Chinese culture?
They differ in many ways. The Chinese have a strong sense of collectivism while Westerners value individualism very much.As to religion, most Chinese practices are related to religious beliefs rooted in Confucianism, Buddhist and Taoist principleswhile the westerners conform to Christianity, Islam and Judaism which are the major Western religions.
4)What are cultural awareness and cultural competency?
Key to Unit 4, Book 2
Text A
Chinese Translation
精英教育的劣势
威廉·德莱塞维茨
1 我到了三十五岁时才突然意识到我的教育可能存在一些漏洞。我刚刚买了房子，需要安装水管，请来的水管工就站在我的厨房里。他个子矮小，留着山羊胡，说话带着很重的波士顿口音，我忽然发现我压根儿就不知道该如何和这样一个人交谈。在我看来，他的经历如此陌生，他的价值观如此难以推测，他的语言怪异难懂，在他开始干活之前，我都没有办法和他闲聊几句。我曾接受过十四年的高等教育，拥有好几所常青藤名校的学位，可以用好几种语言和其他国家的人侃侃而谈，却无法和这个站在我家里的人聊天。
2 过了这么长时间我才发现我所接受的教育的错误程度，这并不让人吃惊，因为精英教育绝不可能让你认识到它自身的不足。正如在耶鲁和哥伦比亚大学二十多年的经验告诉我，名牌学校不遗余力地蛊惑学生为能到这些地方上学而自豪，不断地夸耀名牌大学经历能给他们带来的好处。精英教育的优势当然是不可不论的。至少某些方式上，你学会思考，并建立一些必要的人际关系，从而为日后能拥有让世人珍视羡慕的生活打下基础。如果认为它创造了一些机会，却取消了其他机会，培养了一些能力，却削弱了其他能力，这种情况不仅是大逆不道的，而且是不可思议的。
3 正如我那天在厨房里所认识到的，精英教育的第一个劣势是它让你无法和与你不同的人交流。精英大学常常夸耀其多元化，但这种多元化几乎总局限于民族和种族的范畴。在阶级方面，这些学校基本上越来越趋同化。如果你去拜访我们这个伟大的国家的任何一所精英大学，你会惊讶地发现白人商贾名流和专业人士的子女和黑人、亚裔、拉丁美洲裔的商贾名流和专业人士的子女一起学习和玩耍的温馨美妙的场景。与此同时，因为这些学校倾向于培养自由开放的态度，所以让学生们陷入矛盾的困境，他们愿意为劳动阶层代言，却无法与来自这个阶层的人民进行简单的交流。让我们回顾一下上次民主党的两位总统提名候选人戈尔和克里吧：他们一个来自哈佛，一个来自耶鲁，两人都很真诚、体面、富有智慧，但他们都根本无法和广大的选民们沟通。
