Lesson Six Another School Year—What For?又是一个新学年----上大学为了什么？John CiardiLearning Guide大学的宗旨是什么？上大学的目的又是什么？诚然，大学是培养专门人才的摇篮，但是人们往往忽视了它的另一个重要的作用——用人类历史上一切先进的思想、灿烂的文化陶冶学生，使他们不仅成为各个行业、领域里的专家，还成为文明社会中教养良好、情操高尚的成员。
教育不光是教人要掌握一技之长，而且还要教人如何做人。
本文作者希望所有的大学生把眼光放宽、放远，明确自己大学期间的双重任务。
一、Word List1.disaster n. 不幸；灾难2.career n. 职业，事业，生涯（不可数名词）3.job 指具体的工作（可数名词）4.damn v. 诅咒；骂5.hip n. 臀部6.pharmacist n. 药剂师；药商7.pharmacy n. 药剂学；药学；制药8.stuff n. 作品等的内容；题材；素材9.as conj. （引出让步从句）尽管，即使10.faculty n. 大学的系、科、院（的全体教员）11.put v. 表达；表述12.working day n. 工作日efully adv. 有用地14.engineering n. 工程（学）15.professional adj.具有专门知识的，专业的，职业的 /amateur 业余的16.cyanide n. [ˈsaɪəˌnaɪd] 氰化物17.aspirin n. 阿斯匹林（一种镇痛解热药）18.bull n. （未阉割的）公牛19.client n. （律师的）当事人；（医生的）患者20.incompetence n. 不胜任，不称职21.involve v. 包含，需要，涉及22.rear v. （美）养育（女子等）23.sufficient adj. 足够的，充足的24.raise v. （美）养育（孩子等）25.expose v. 使接触，使……处于某种作用或影响之下26.profound adj. 深刻的，深奥的27.civilization n. 文明社会；文明28.civilized adj. 文明的，开化的29.intellectually adv. 与智力（或思维）有关地；理智地30.intellect n. 智力，思维能力31.head n. 头目，领导，首脑32.contact n. 接触；联系33.continuity n. 连续（状态），连续性34.business n. 职责；工作；生意35.philosophy n. 哲学36.fine arts n. 美术（如绘画、雕刻等）37.mechanized adj. 机械的；呆板的38.savage n. 野蛮人；野人39.push-button adj. 用按纽操纵的40. unaided adj. 无助的42.invent v. 创造，发明43.essentially adv. 本质上，基本上44.spiritual adj. 精神的，心灵的45.resource n. 资源；财源46.store v. 储存，储备47.acquire v. 获得，学到，得到48.fragment n. 部分，片断；碎片49.necessarily adv. 必定，必然50.literal adj. 实际的；字面的；直译的51.limitation n. 局限（性）52.humanity n. 人性；人类53.developed adj. 成熟的54.existence n. 存在55.specialist n. 专家；专业人员二、TextPage 139 Para. 11． Let me tell you one of the earliest disasters in my career as a teacher. It was January of1940 and I was fresh out of graduate school starting my first semester at a university.我来告诉你一件我的教师生涯中最早的一次令我啼笑皆非的经历。
那是我刚刚从研究生院毕业，开始了在一所大学的第一个学期的教学工作。
A disaster 本意：灾难，彻底的失败；不幸；祸患，这里作者用夸张的手法讲述他和学生之间沟通的不愉快的事情B career 职业生涯C fresh 新鲜的；淡水的；新的；无经验的D out of = fromE. graduate school 研究所，研究生院school 指大学里面的研究生院2. A tall boy came into my class, sat down, folded his arms, and lookedat me as if to say: "All right, damn you, teach me something."一个高个子的男生来到我的课堂，坐了下来，两臂交叉往胸前一放，看了我一眼好像在说："好吧，哥们儿，教点什么吧。
"A. fold 折叠；合拢；抱住；笼罩e.g. Fold the letter and put it in an envelope. 将信折好放进信封。
B as if 似乎，此处后面接不定式3.Two weeks later we started Hamlet. 两个星期后我们开始上《哈姆雷特》4.Three weeks later he came into my office with his hands on his hips. "Look," he said, "I camehere to be a pharmacist. Why do I have to read this stuff?" He pointed to the book which waslying on the desk.三周后他叼儿郎当的来到我的办公室。
"您瞧"他指着在我的桌子上的书说，"，我到这来是想当一个药剂师，为什么我要学这些东西呢？"A with his hands on his hips , with复合结构，表示伴随情况。
即：把双手放在臀部上，双手叉腰B to be a pharmacist 想成为一名药剂师不定式表示目的C point to 朝…..方向指着Page 139 Para. 25. New as I was to the faculty, I could have told this boy that he had enrolled, not in a technicaltraining school, but in a university, and that in a university students enroll for both training andeducation.虽然我是一名新教师，我也完全可以告诉这名学生。
他现在上的是大学而不是技术培训学校，在大学里学生接受的是教育而不仅仅是培训。
A new as I was 虽然我是个新来的（新手）此处是由 as 引导的表示让步的状语从句。
其一般搭配为：adj.adv. |+as +主语+谓语， +主句nve.g. Tired as he is , he continues to work( old as he is, , young as he is ….)(形容词)e.g. Hard as he worked , he could not finish the work in time（副词）e.g. Child as he is, he knows a lot（名词）e.g. Try as he might, he could not succeed. （动词）B faculty 全体教职员C. could, must, might, +完成形式：表示虚拟，即原本可以…的D. technical training school 技术培训学院6. I tried to put it this way. "For the rest of your life," I said, "your days are going to average outto about twenty-four hours.我试着这样的向他解释。
我说："在你剩下的日子平均每天大致24小时。
"A.put 表达，表述B.the rest 其余的，剩余的C.your days are going to : 此处的be going to 表示推测，D.average out to v 平均达到e.g. Meals at school average out to about 20 Yuan per day.在学校伙食平均每天大致20元。
e.g. . Gains and losses average out to a large profit each month.每月得失相抵仍有许多赚头。
7. For eight of these hours, more or less, you will be asleep, and I supposeyou need neither education nor training to get you through that third of your life.在24小时中，大约有八个小时要睡觉，我想安然度过你生命中的这三分之一的时间，你既不需要培训也不必受教育。
A: more or less: imprecise but fairly close to correct差不多，几乎；大约；多少不等；多多少少e.g. It took more or less a whole day to paint the ceiling.粉刷天花板用了将近一整天的时间。
来自《简明英汉词典》e.g. The content of the two articles is more or less the same.两篇文章内容雷同。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》B neither…..nor…..既不…..也不…..C get through : spend or pass, as with boredom or in a pleasant manner; of time完成；读完；穿过；用完,度过e.g. It is hard to see how people will get through the winter...难以想象人们将怎样熬过这个冬天。