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1、MaterialsforRecitation(week1-3)Shoulduniversityprovidetheoreticalknowledgeorpracticaltrainingbeneficialtosociety?Whichkindofcoursesshoulduniversitiesprovide:theoreticalknowledgeorpracticaltraining?Somepeoplepreferthelateroneandassertthatthepracticaltrainingcanbenefitoursociety.Personally,Istrong
2、lydisagreewiththeirpointofviewforthreereasons.Amongcountlessfactorswhichinfluencemypropensity,thereisamostconspicuousone:practicalexperienceshouldbeaccumulatedinsociety,notinuniversities.Icanthinkofnobetterillustrationthanthesaying:"societyisanotherkindofuniversity95(MaoZedong).Literalily,insoci
3、etypeoplecanstudypracticalknowledgeaswellasstudytheoreticalknowledgeinuniversities.Besides,campusisfullofacademicatmosphere,andthisistotallydifferentfromthecircumstanceinsociety.Thus,itisdifficultforstudentstoaccumulatetherealpracticalexperienceincampus.Thesecondaspectrelatestotheimportanceofthe
4、oreticalknowledge.Apparently,itwouldseemthatsomeacademicsubjects,suchasmathematicsorsociology,cannotbenefitcompaniesorsocietydirectly.Infact,however,theyarethebasisofpracticalsubjects,suchasmanagementorfinance.Forexample,itisalmostimpossibletotalkofeconomicswithoutmentioningthefundamentalrolespl
5、ayedbystatisticsandmathematics.Furthermore,universitiesarewheretheoreticalknowledgeishandeddownfromgenerationtogeneration.Asweknow,fromOxfordUniversitytoYaleUniversity,fromBeijingUniversitytoMIT,universitiescongregatealotofpreeminentscholarsandprofessorswhosemainjobsaretheacademicresearch.Theyar
6、eresponsibletoimparttheacademicknowledgetotheyounggenerationincaseoftheyarefadedfromourmemory•Insummary,fromwhathasbeendiscussedabove,wemaysafelyarriveattheconclusionthatthetheoreticalcoursesarenotasobsolete,profitlessandunimportantassomepeoplebelieved.Andouruniversitiesshouldberesponsibletoprov
7、idethetheoreticalknowledge.(week4-6)ToLieornottoLie—theDoctor^DilemmaShoulddoctorseverlietobenefittheirpatients—tospeedrecoveryortoconcealtheapproachofdeath?Doctorsconfrontsuchchoicesoftenandurgently.Attimes,theyseeimportant
