Lesson 19 English Social Differences 英国社会的差异 A gentleman is, rather than does. He is interested in nothing in a professional way. He is allowed to cultivate hobbies, even eccentricities, but must not practise a vocation. He must know ho...
Lesson 18 The Social Founction of Science 科学的社会作用 Two factors weigh heavily against the effectiveness of scientific in industry. One is the general atmosphere of secrecy in which it is carried out, the other the lack of freedom of the i...
Lesson 17 Learning to Live 学会生活 The fact that we are not sure what 'intelligence' is, nor what is passed on, does not prevent us from finding it a very useful working concept, and placing a certain amount of reliance on tests which 'measure'...
Lesson 16 The Search for the Earth's Minerals 寻找地球的矿物 The deepest holes of all are made for oil,and they go down to as much as 25,000 feet. But we do not need to send men down to get the oil out, as we must with other mineral deposits....
Lesson 15 The Consumer Society and the Law消费者社会和法律 When anyone opens a current account at a bank, he is lending the bank money, repayment of which he may demand at any time, either in cash or by drawing a cheque in favour of another p...
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Lesson 13 Thames Waters 泰晤士河水域 Oxford has been ruined by the motor industry. The peace which Oxford once knew, and which a great university city should always have, has been swept ruthlessly away; and no benefactions and research endowmen...
Lesson 12 The Language of Hollywood 好莱坞的语言 What characterizes almost all Hollywood pictures is their inner emptiness. This is compensated for by an outer impressiveness. Such impressiveness usually takes the form of truly grandiose realis...
Lesson 11 Spies in Britain英国的间谍 Alfred the Great acted as his own spy, visiting Danish camps disguised as a minstrel. In those days wandering minstrels were welcome everywhere. They were not fighting men, and their harp was their passport....
Lesson 10 Thoughts in the Wilderness 荒野里的遐想 In our new society there is a growing dislike of original, creative men. The manipulated do not understand them; the manipulators fear them. The tidy committee men regard them with horror, knowi...
