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教育Education[英语名人名言]

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When I give a lecture, I accept that people look at their watches, but what I do not tolerate is when they look at it and raise it to their ear to find out if it stopped.

-- Marcel Achard

Of course there's a lot of knowledge in universities: the freshmen¹ bring a little in; the seniors don't take much away, so knowledge sort of accumulates...

-- Anonymous²

Universities incline wits to sophistry³ and affectation.

-- Francis Bacon

Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a losttradition.

-- Jacques Barzun

Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.

-- Hector Louis Berlioz

It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely⁴ uneducated.

-- Alec Bourne, A Doctor's Creed⁵

It is important that students bring a certain ragamuffin, barefoot, irreverence⁶ to their studies; they are not here to worship what is known, but to question it.

-- J. Bronowski, The Ascent⁷ of Man

The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself.

-- Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Some people talk in their sleep. Lecturers talk while other people sleep.

-- Albert Camus

A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary.

-- Thomas Carruthers

Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.

-- Chinese Proverb

A university is what a college becomes when the faculty⁹ loses interest in students.

-- John Ciardi

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.

-- Cicero

The wit of a graduate student is like champagne¹⁰. Canadian champagne.

-- Robertson Davies

Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.

-- Benjamin Disraeli

The average Ph.D thesis is nothing but the transference of bones from one graveyard¹¹ to another.

-- Frank J. Dobie, A Texan in England, 1945

Education is the state-controlled manufacture of echoes.

-- Norman Douglas

How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it.

-- Alexandre Dumas fils

If you would thoroughly¹² know anything, teach it to others.

-- Tryon Edwards

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.

-- Albert Einstein

Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening¹³ the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.

-- Anatole France

You are educated when you have the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or self-confidence.

-- Robert Frost

Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.

-- Gail Godwin

The advantage of a classical education is that it enables you to despise the wealth which it prevents you from achieving.

-- Russell Green

I have a daughter who goes to SMU. She could've gone to UCLA here in California, but it's one more letter she'd have to remember.

-- Shecky Greene

Our schools have been scientifically designed to prevent over-education from happening. [...] The average American (should be) content with their humble¹⁴ role in life, because they're not tempted¹⁵ to think about any other role.

-- William Torrey Harris, U.S. Commissioner¹⁶ of Education, 1889

Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not.

-- Aldous Huxley

Colleges are places where pebbles¹⁷ are polished and diamonds are dimmed.

-- Robert G. Ingersoll, (seen attributed to "R.S. Ingersoll" - a typo?)

If someone had told me I would be Pope one day, I would have studied harder.

-- Pope John Paul I

To teach is to learn twice.

-- Joseph Joubert

An understanding heart is everything is a teacher, and cannot be esteemed¹⁸ highly enough. One looks back with appreciation¹⁹ to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude²⁰ to those who touched our human feeling. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.

-- Carl Gustav Jung

University politics are vicious precisely²¹ because the stakes are so small.

-- Henry Kissinger

Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.

-- Bob Perelman

A university professor set an examination question in which he asked what is the difference between ignorance and apathy²². The professor had to give an A+ to a student who answered: I don't know and I don't care.

-- Richard Pratt, Pacific Computer Weekly, 20 July 1990

Grad school is the snooze button on the clock-radio of life.

-- John Rogers, comedian²³ (who holds a graduate degree in physics)

It is because modern education is so seldom inspired by a great hope that it so seldom achieves great results. The wish to preserve the past rather that the hope of creating the future dominates the minds of those who control the teaching of the young.

-- Bertrand Russell

It is best to learn as we go, not go as we have learned.

-- Leslie Jeanne Sahler

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly²⁴, science into superstition²⁵, and art into pedantry²⁶. Hence University education.

-- George Bernard Shaw

Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.

-- B.F. Skinner

The philosophy exam was a piece of cake -- which was a bit of a surprise, actually, because I was expecting some questions on a sheet of paper.

-- Smith & Jones

I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.

-- Socrates

Education ... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.

-- G. M. Trevelyan

I have never let my schooling²⁷ interfere²⁸ with my education.

-- Mark Twain

The mediocre²⁹ teacher tells. The good teacher explains.The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.

-- William Arthur Ward⁸

If your professor wrote it, it's as near to the truth as you ever need to get.

-- John Watson, University of Canterbury

The first duty of a lecturer: to hand you after an hour's discourse³⁰ a nugget of pure truth to wrap up between the pages of your notebooks, and keep on the mantlepiece forever.

-- Virginia Woolf

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1 freshmen
n.（中学或大学的）一年级学生( freshman的名词复数 )
参考例句：
We are freshmen and they are sophomores. 我们是一年级学生，他们是二年级学生。来自《简明英汉词典》 University freshmen get lots of razzing, but they like the initiation. 大一新生受各种嘲弄，但是他们对这种入门经验甘之如饴。来自辞典例句

2 anonymous
adj.无名的；匿名的；无特色的
参考例句：
Sending anonymous letters is a cowardly act.寄匿名信是懦夫的行为。 The author wishes to remain anonymous.作者希望姓名不公开。

3 sophistry
n.诡辩
参考例句：
Sophistry cannot alter history.诡辩改变不了历史。 No one can be persuaded by sophistry.强词夺理不能折服人。

4 entirely
ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地
参考例句：
The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。 His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

5 creed
n.信条；信念，纲领
参考例句：
They offended against every article of his creed.他们触犯了他的每一条戒律。 Our creed has always been that business is business.我们的信条一直是公私分明。

6 irreverence
n.不尊敬
参考例句：
True irreverence is disrespect for another man's god.真正的大不敬是不尊重别人的神。 Mark Twain said irreverence is the champion of liberty,if not its only defender.马克·吐温说过，不敬若不是自由唯一的捍卫者，也会是它的拥护者。

7 ascent
n.(声望或地位)提高；上升，升高；登高
参考例句：
His rapid ascent in the social scale was surprising.他的社会地位提高之迅速令人吃惊。 Burke pushed the button and the elevator began its slow ascent.伯克按动电钮，电梯开始缓慢上升。

8 ward
n.守卫，监护，病房，行政区，由监护人或法院保护的人（尤指儿童）；vt.守护，躲开
参考例句：
The hospital has a medical ward and a surgical ward.这家医院有内科病房和外科病房。 During the evening picnic,I'll carry a torch to ward off the bugs.傍晚野餐时，我要点根火把，抵挡蚊虫。

9 faculty
n.才能；学院，系；(学院或系的)全体教学人员
参考例句：
He has a great faculty for learning foreign languages.他有学习外语的天赋。 He has the faculty of saying the right thing at the right time.他有在恰当的时候说恰当的话的才智。

10 champagne
n.香槟酒；微黄色
参考例句：
There were two glasses of champagne on the tray.托盘里有两杯香槟酒。 They sat there swilling champagne.他们坐在那里大喝香槟酒。

11 graveyard
n.坟场
参考例句：
All the town was drifting toward the graveyard.全镇的人都象流水似地向那坟场涌过去。 Living next to a graveyard would give me the creeps.居住在墓地旁边会使我毛骨悚然。

12 thoroughly
adv.完全地，彻底地，十足地
参考例句：
The soil must be thoroughly turned over before planting.一定要先把土地深翻一遍再下种。 The soldiers have been thoroughly instructed in the care of their weapons.士兵们都系统地接受过保护武器的训练。

13 awakening
n.觉醒，醒悟 adj.觉醒中的；唤醒的
参考例句：
the awakening of interest in the environment 对环境产生的兴趣 People are gradually awakening to their rights. 人们正逐渐意识到自己的权利。

14 humble
adj.谦卑的，恭顺的；地位低下的；v.降低，贬低
参考例句：
In my humble opinion,he will win the election.依我拙见，他将在选举中获胜。 Defeat and failure make people humble.挫折与失败会使人谦卑。

15 tempted
v.怂恿（某人）干不正当的事；冒…的险（tempt的过去分词）
参考例句：
I was sorely tempted to complain, but I didn't. 我极想发牢骚，但还是没开口。 I was tempted by the dessert menu. 甜食菜单馋得我垂涎欲滴。

16 commissioner
n.（政府厅、局、处等部门）专员，长官，委员
参考例句：
The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。 He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。

17 pebbles
[复数]鹅卵石；沙砾；卵石，小圆石( pebble的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The pebbles of the drive crunched under his feet. 汽车道上的小石子在他脚底下喀嚓作响。 Line the pots with pebbles to ensure good drainage. 在罐子里铺一层鹅卵石，以确保排水良好。

18 esteemed
adj.受人尊敬的v.尊敬( esteem的过去式和过去分词 )；敬重；认为；以为
参考例句：
The art of conversation is highly esteemed in France. 在法国十分尊重谈话技巧。来自《简明英汉词典》 He esteemed that he understood what I had said. 他认为已经听懂我说的意思了。来自《简明英汉词典》

19 appreciation
n.评价；欣赏；感谢；领会，理解；价格上涨
参考例句：
I would like to express my appreciation and thanks to you all.我想对你们所有人表达我的感激和谢意。 I'll be sending them a donation in appreciation of their help.我将送给他们一笔捐款以感谢他们的帮助。

20 gratitude
adj.感激，感谢
参考例句：
I have expressed the depth of my gratitude to him.我向他表示了深切的谢意。 She could not help her tears of gratitude rolling down her face.她感激的泪珠禁不住沿着面颊流了下来。

21 precisely
adv.恰好，正好，精确地，细致地
参考例句：
It's precisely that sort of slick sales-talk that I mistrust.我不相信的正是那种油腔滑调的推销宣传。 The man adjusted very precisely.那个人调得很准。

22 apathy
n.漠不关心，无动于衷；冷淡
参考例句：
He was sunk in apathy after his failure.他失败后心恢意冷。 She heard the story with apathy.她听了这个故事无动于衷。

23 comedian
n.喜剧演员；滑稽演员
参考例句：
The comedian tickled the crowd with his jokes.喜剧演员的笑话把人们逗乐了。 The comedian enjoyed great popularity during the 30's.那位喜剧演员在三十年代非常走红。

24 folly
n.愚笨，愚蠢，蠢事，蠢行，傻话
参考例句：
Learn wisdom by the folly of others.从别人的愚蠢行动中学到智慧。 Events proved the folly of such calculations.事情的进展证明了这种估计是愚蠢的。

25 superstition
n.迷信，迷信行为
参考例句：
It's a common superstition that black cats are unlucky.认为黑猫不吉祥是一种很普遍的迷信。 Superstition results from ignorance.迷信产生于无知。

26 pedantry
n.迂腐，卖弄学问
参考例句：
The book is a demonstration of scholarship without pedantry.这本书表现出学术水平又不故意卖弄学问。 He fell into a kind of pedantry.他变得有点喜欢卖弄学问。

27 schooling
n.教育；正规学校教育
参考例句：
A child's access to schooling varies greatly from area to area.孩子获得学校教育的机会因地区不同而大相径庭。 Backward children need a special kind of schooling.天赋差的孩子需要特殊的教育。

28 interfere
v.(in)干涉，干预；(with)妨碍，打扰
参考例句：
If we interfere, it may do more harm than good.如果我们干预的话，可能弊多利少。 When others interfere in the affair,it always makes troubles. 别人一卷入这一事件，棘手的事情就来了。

29 mediocre
adj.平常的，普通的
参考例句：
The student tried hard,but his work is mediocre. 该生学习刻苦，但学业平庸。 Only lazybones and mediocre persons could hanker after the days of messing together.只有懒汉庸才才会留恋那大锅饭的年代。

30 discourse
n.论文，演说；谈话；话语；vi.讲述，著述
参考例句：
We'll discourse on the subject tonight.我们今晚要谈论这个问题。 He fell into discourse with the customers who were drinking at the counter.他和站在柜台旁的酒客谈了起来。

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