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1、英语演讲稿《TheSocialValueofthe OFWHATUSEisacollegetraining?Wewhohavehaditseldomhearthequestionraisedmightbealittlenonplussedtoansweritoffhand.AcertainamountofmeditationhasbroughtmetothisasthepithiestreplywhichImyselfcangive:Thebestclaimthatacollegeeducationcanpossi
2、blymakeonyourrespect,thebestthingitcanaspiretoaccomplishforyou,isthis:thatitshouldhelpyoutoknowagoodmanwhenyouseehim.Thisisastrueofwomen’sasofmen’scolleges;butthatitisneitherajokenoraone-sidedabstractionIshallnowendeavortoshow. Whattalkdowecommonlyhearaboutthecontrastbe
3、tweencollegeeducationandtheeducationwhichbusinessortechnicalorprofessionalschoolsconfer?Thecollegeeducationiscalledhigherbecauseitissupposedtobesogeneralandsodisinterested.Attheschoolsyougetarelativelynarrowpracticalskill,youaretold,whereasthecollegesgiveyouthemorelibera
4、lculture,thebroaderoutlook,thehistoricalperspective,thephilosophicatmosphere,orsomethingwhichphrasesofthatsorttrytoexpress.Youaremadeintoanefficientinstrumentfordoingadefinitething,youhear,attheschools;but,apartfromthat,youmayremainacrudeandsmokykindofpetroleum,incapable
5、ofspreadinglight.Theuniversitiesandcolleges,ontheotherhand,althoughtheymayleaveyoulessefficientforthisorthatpracticaltask,suffuseyourwholementalitywithsomethingmoreimportantthanskill.Theyredeemyou,makeyouwell-bred;theymakegoodcompanyofyoumentally.Iftheyfindyouwithanatura
6、llyboorishorcaddishmind,theycannotleaveyouso,asatechnicalschoolmayleaveyou.This,atleast,ispretended;thisiswhatwehearamongcollege-trainedpeoplewhentheycomparetheireducationwitheveryothersort.Now,exactlyhowmuchdoesthissignify? Itiscertain,tobeginwith,thatthenarrowesttrade
7、orprofessionaltrainingdoessomethingmoreforamanthantomakeaskilfulpracticaltoolofhim鈥攊tmakeshimalsoajudgeofothermen’sskill.Whetherhistradebepleadingatthebarorsurgeryorplasteringorplumbing,itdevelopsacriticalsenseinhimforthatsortofoccupation.Heunderstandsthedifferencebetwee
8、nsecond-rateandfirst-rateworkinhiswholebranchofindustry;hegetstoknowagoodjobinhisownlineassoonasheseesi
