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1、BookTwoUnitOneDiscoveringtheFutureSectionAFutureShockPARTIBackgroundInformation1.MITTheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology(MIT)isaprivateresearchuniversitylocatedinCambridge,Massachusetts,UnitedStates.MIThasfiveschoolsandonecollege,containingatotalof32academicdepartments,withastrongemphasisonscienti
2、ficandtechnologicalresearch.MITisoneoftwoprivateland-grantuniversitiesandisalsoaseagrantandspacegrantuniversity.FoundedbyWilliamBartonRogersin1861inresponsetotheincreasingindustrializationoftheUnitedStates,theuniversityadoptedtheGermanuniversitymodelandemphasizedlaboratoryinstructionfromanearlydate
3、.Itscurrent168-acre(0.7km2)campusopenedin1916andextendsover1mile(1.6km)alongthenorthernbankoftheCharlesRiverbasin.MITresearcherswereinvolvedineffortstodevelopcomputers,radar,andinertialguidanceinconnectionwithdefenseresearchduringWorldWarIIandtheColdWar.Inthepast60years,MIT’seducationalprogramshave
4、expandedbeyondthephysicalsciencesandengineeringintosocialscienceslikeeconomics,linguistics,politicalscience,andmanagement.MITenrolled4,172undergraduates,6,048postgraduatestudents,andemployed1,008facultymembersinthe2007/08schoolyear.ItsendowmentandannualresearchexpendituresareamongthelargestofanyAme
5、ricanuniversity.72NobelLaureates,47NationalMedalofSciencerecipients,and31MacArthurFellowsarecurrentlyorhavepreviouslybeenaffiliatedwiththeuniversity.2.BostonBostonisacityinMassachusettsontheAtlanticcoast,themostimportantcityinNewEngland,andoneoftheoldestcitiesintheUS.Itsfamouscollegesanduniversitie
6、sincludeHarvardandMIT.3.NewburyStreetNewburyStreetislocatedintheBackBayareaofBoston,Massachusetts.Itrunsroughlyeast-to-west,fromtheBostonPublicGardentoMassachusettsAvenue(oftencalledMassAve)wherethereisaentrancetotheMassPikewestbound.Itislinedwithhistoric19th-centurybrownstonesthatcontainhundredsof
7、shopsandrestaurants,makingitapopulardestinationfortouristsandlocals.ThemostexpensiveboutiquesarelocatedneartheBostonPublicGardenendofNewburyStreet.Theshopsgraduallybecomeslightlylessexpensiveandmorebohemian
