日期：2007-11-06 the following is a letter to the editor of the waymarsh times. traffic problems here in waymarsh are obviously reaching record levels. while just three months ago it would take me 15 minutes to get to work, it now takes closer to 25. waymarsh should... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-06 the following is a recommendation from the president of appleby college. whereas appleby college holds class reunions every five years, edelston college holds annual reunions for all classes, during which edelston's alumni are treated to banquets, l... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-06 the following appeared in the sherwood times newspaper. a recent study reported that pet owners have longer, healthier lives on average than do people who own no pets. specifically, dog owners tend to have a lower incidence of heart disease. in ligh... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-06 the following was taken from a guide for aspiring writers. new writers usually cannot convince large, prestigious publishers that their work is marketable, so they must first publish with smaller, less well-known presses to establish a sales record.... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-06 the following appeared as part of a recommendation made by a faculty member to the president of a large university. never once in our 150-year history as a university have we clarified our objectives. how, then, can we hope to adapt as an institutio... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-06 最后一句是非常震撼的。作者的雄辩提醒各位，时刻从全方位思考每一个问题，也就是说，每一样新事物的出现和产生，必然附带一些不利的因素，也是就类似新概念里的The progress of knowledge所提到的two-edged weapon 效应。 In sum, the speaker's assertion that we sh... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-06 Issue 18 Money spent on research is almost always a good investment, even when the results of that research are controversial. I agree with the speaker's broad assertion that money spent on research is generally money well invested. However, the spe... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-06 Issue 30 Insgroupsto improve the quality of instruction at the college and university level, all faculty should be required to spend time working outside the academic world in professions relevant to the courses they teach. Whether college faculty s... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-06 How can we reconcile our experience in everyday endeavors with the basic assumption underlying the scientific method? Perhaps the answer lies in a distinction between two types of knowledgeone which amounts to a mere collection of observations (i.e.,... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-06 Issue 31 In any academic area or professional field, it is just as important to recognize the limits of our knowledge and understanding as it is to acquire new facts and information. Personally, I hold that knowledge knows no bounds, therefore, on r... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-06 最后这两段个人认为是整篇文章的精华了，因为无论从思想还是从语言都是精品了。我们常听到一些g友痛苦的呼声：天啊！我们这些non-native speakers什么时候才能练成像这些人一样能够I think in English, therefore I write in English.毕竟，我们十几年甚至几十年来都是... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-06 Issue 12 Anyone can make things bigger and more complex. What requires real effort and courage is to move in the opposite directionin other words, to make things as simple as possible. Whether making things simple requires greater effort and courage... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-06 (这里谈得好象都是secondary school教育的目的，非常精彩，但有些扯远了！) What is important is that secondary students develop and grow in the hands of the professionals. (最后一句才点了一下学生和老师的关系) The secondary educational experience is desi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-06 我今天细看了两遍较难的6分范文，点评这篇如下: It is unfortunate that today's educators place so much emphasis on finding out what students want to include in the curriculum and then giving it to them. It is the educators' duty to determine the curric... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-06 Issue 15 Unfortunately, the media tend to highlight what is sensational at the moment. Society would be better served if the media reported or focused more fully on events and trends that will ultimately have the most long-term significance. The spe... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-06 Issue 2 No field of study can advance significantly unless outsiders bring their knowledge and experience to that field of study. I strongly agree with the assertion that significant advances in knowledge require expertise from various fields. The w... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-06 Be primarily of significance; be worse off; Finally, it seems to me that imposing a uniform national curriculum would serve to undermine the authority of parents over their own children, to even a greater extent than uniform state laws currently do.... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-06 Issue 3 A nation should require all its students to study the same national curriculum until they enter college rather than allow schools in different parts of the nation to determine which academic courses to offer. The speaker would prefer a natio... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-06 Issue 9 Although many people think that the luxuries and conveniences of contemporary life are entirely harmless, they in fact, prevent people from developingsintostruly strong and independent individuals. Do modern luxuries serve to undermine our t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-06 最有意思的是，到DUKE后的第一个星期，每个中国学生都要写论文。他写了之后交给教授，教授看后对他说，你这个论文是剽窃的，因为我从事了20年的教学，从来没有看到中国学生能写出这么漂亮文章的。你有没有证据可以证明这是你自己写的？他说我现在不拿什么证据，但是我... 阅读全文>>