访谈录 【Interview】2007-09-26&09-28, 大学学什么?

I know a new study has some parents are wondering wheather high price college education is really worthy,the study shows less than half of college seniors know the battle of new turn into the american revolution all, their needle wsa formed repersist this plaset coming in them,in fact of the result from Norm¹ Pro² /Study Institute ,shows college kids average "f" on civic³ test,so is it traditional college education really on the crack these days.

Joining us now is Las Vegas radio host Haidy Harris,Haidy,thanks for joining us.

Thanks Steve,good morning.

Well,kids do not seem to be learning⁴ their civics or their history lessons,ah,why not do you think?

Well,too busy with the gentle studies,you know i just for cases this morning i look down the website or call known university,and they have courses offering seem like syber familiar them,gender and international development ,they even have a course they are ungasconed,and i'm wondering if parents realize what they spend fortunately on kids to college,if the course is attached to taking,if kids want to take them, in additon college course is fine, but the spending all their time learning tolerance⁵ in the women study programs women learn to play boys againest girls,i don't think benifits long turn,because when leave, they don't have education.

You no think tolerance is a gentleman's goal?

I think it's a gentleman's goal,but i don't think that's what parents send their kids to be something taught in their home by the parents before the kids get the college,that's not what college therefore study teaches give education,things you can lose you can use it later in life but I don’t think they are getting that in college and this study has proved that.

Why you think it's important for us to know the batter⁶ in the american revolution, i knew that a long time ago that forgot ,is it really essentiald?

Well,i don't know it's essential date-to-day life,but i think what this study reviews ,is it a lot of missing,or information with kids,they don't understand ,for example why we have a constitution,they don't understand why we have the rights,we have, and i think that's important for kids to understand ,because they appreciate america,and to me that's an important thing,ot to understand will history ,tolerance just fine,but i think parents send kids to college to get a dance education in their just not getting it any more.

Now once good ever have it you two kids watching you too videos,is this in your view waste time or really a waste of the future.

Well,you know what maybe we be the future ,i ,that's one of the colleges in California to mention,and i have a laugh you to course,but the people want to take these things after all ,that's their business,but i think parents should know these things before they send their children to colleges especially these expensive ones,this is a kind of things the kids are learning,and what it costs you two are really,how to say,benefit you,what comes to prospect⁷ is jobless,i have a reality wll graduated from IB College,recently a lot of kids graduate with working in coffee shop,because they were prepared after their parents send all these money,to go out the world earn a living.

Haidy Harris from Las Vegas , thanks for joining us.

Thanks.

1 norm   

n.标准，规范，平均数

参考例句：

• Of his age,the child is above the norm in arithmetic.在他那个年龄，这个孩子的算术能力是超过标准的。
• These events were aberrations from the norm.这些事件不合常规。

2 pro   

n.赞成，赞成的意见，赞成者

参考例句：

• The two debating teams argued the question pro and con.辩论的两组从赞成与反对两方面辩这一问题。
• Are you pro or con nuclear disarmament?你是赞成还是反对核裁军？

3 civic   

adj.城市的，都市的，市民的，公民的

参考例句：

• I feel it is my civic duty to vote.我认为投票选举是我作为公民的义务。
• The civic leaders helped to forward the project.市政府领导者协助促进工程的进展。

4 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。

5 tolerance   

n.宽容；容忍，忍受；耐药力；公差

参考例句：

• Tolerance is one of his strengths.宽容是他的一个优点。
• Human beings have limited tolerance of noise.人类对噪音的忍耐力有限。

6 batter   

v.接连重击；磨损；n.牛奶面糊；击球员

参考例句：

• The batter skied to the center fielder.击球手打出一个高飞球到中外野手。
• Put a small quantity of sugar into the batter.在面糊里放少量的糖。

7 prospect   

n.前景，前途；景色，视野

参考例句：

• This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
• The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。