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大学英语自学教程课文下unit15
[00:
00.00]Unit15textA
[00:
04.28]TheComputerandThePoet
[00:
06.48]计算机和诗人
[00:
08.67]Theessentialproblemofmaninacomputerizedage
[00:
15.02]remainstheSameasithasalwaysbeen.
[00:
17.80] 电子计算机时代人们的基本问题仍是一直存在的问题相同。
[00:
20.58]Thatproblemisnotsolelyhowtobemoreproductivemorecomfortable,
[00:
23.82]问题不仅仅是如何才能更多产,更舒服,
[00:
27.06]morecontent,buthowtobemoresensitive,
[00:
29.94]更满足,而且还有如何才能更灵敏,
[00:
32.81]moresensible,moreproportionate,morealive.
[00:
35.77]更明智,更均衡,更有活力.
[00:
38.74]Thecomputermakespossibleamarvellousleapinhumanpwficiency
[00:
42.28]计算机使得人类进步的惊人飞跃成为可能.
[00:
45.82]itpulisdownthefencesaroundthepractical
[00:
51.46]andeventhetheoreticalintelligence.
[00:
54.10]它拆除了禁锢着实践甚至理论信息的围栏.
[00:
56.74]Butthequestionpersistsandindeedgrows
[01:
02.20]whetherthecomputerwillmakeiteasierorharder
[01:
04.84]但是计算机使人类更容易还是更难于了解他们自己到底是谁,
[01:
07.47]forhumanbeingstoknowwhotheyreallyare,
[01:
10.56]认明他们自己真正的问题,
[01:
13.64]toidentifytheirrealproblems,torespondmorefullytobeauty
[01:
17.71]并对美做出更全面的反应,对生活予以充分评价,
[01:
21.79]toplaceadequatevalueonlife,andtomaketheirworldsaferthanitnowis.
[01:
26.66]使世界比现在更安全?
[01:
31.53]Electronicbrains
[01:
35.58]canreducetheprofusionofdeadendsinvolvedinvitalresearch.
[01:
39.16] 电脑能减少生命研究中的许多死胡同.
[01:
42.74]Buttheycan'teliminatethefoolishnessanddecay
[01:
48.80]thatcomefromtheunexaminedlife.
[01:
50.93]但它们不能消除来自未经权衡的生活的愚蠢和腐朽.
[01:
53.06]Nordotheyconnectamantothethingshehastobeconnectedto
[02:
00.32]therealityofpaininothers;
[02:
02.66]它们也没有把一个人和与这相关的事情
[02:
05.00]thepossibilitiesofcreativegrowthinhimself;
[02:
07.66]---别人的痛苦现实,本人创造性发展的可能性,
[02:
10.32]thememoryoftherace;andtherightsofthenextgeneration.
[02:
14.24]种族的烙印,下一代的权利联系在一起.
[02:
18.16]Thereasonthesemattersareimportantinacomputerizedage
[02:
24.80]isthattheremaybeatendencytomistakedataforwisdom,
[02:
28.02] 这些事情在电子计算机化时代之所以重要的原因是有可能错把数据当做智慧,
[02:
31.25]justastherehasalwaysbeenateniencytoconfuselogicwithvalues
[02:
38.69]andintelligencewithinsight.
[02:
41.18]正如总是可能把逻辑与价值,智力与混淆起来一样.
[02:
43.66]Easyandconvenientaccesstofactscanproduceunlimitedgood
[02:
51.21]onlyifitismatchedbythedesireandabilitytofindout
[02:
57.68]whattheymeanandwheretheywouldlead.
[03:
00.62]容易,方便地获得的事实只有与查明它们的意义和导向的愿望和能力相适应,
[03:
03.56]Factsareterriblethingsifleftspreadingandunexamined.
[03:
07.09]它们太容易被看做已有定评的可靠事实,
[03:
10.62]Theyaretooeasilyregardedasevaluatedcertainties
[03:
17.09]ratherthanastherawestofrawmaterials
[03:
22.37]cryingtobeprocessedintothetextureoflogic.
[03:
25.40]而不是迫切需要处理,使之具有逻辑条理的原始材料中最原始的材料.
[03:
28.43]Itrequiresaveryunusualmind,
[03:
33.39]Whiteheadsaid,toundertaketheanalysisofafact.
[03:
36.48]怀特里德说,对事实进行分析需要非同寻常的思想.
[03:
39.56]Thecomputercanprovideacorrectnumber
[03:
42.08]计算机可以提供正确的数字,
[03:
44.60]butitmaybeanirrelevantnumberuntiljudgmentispronounced.
[03:
48.28]但只有有了明确的判断,它才会是有意义的数字.
[03:
51.97]Totheextent,then,
[03:
55.49]thatmanfailstodistinguishbetweentheintermediateoperations
[04:
02.05]ofelectronicintelligenceandtheultimateresponsibilitiesofhumandecision,
[04:
06.02] 因而,在人不能区分电子智力的中间运算与人的决定的最终责任的情况下,
[04:
09.99]thecomputercouldproveadigression.
[04:
12.37]计算机可能被证明是一种节外生枝.
[04:
14.75]Itcouldobscureman'sawarenessoftheneedtocometotermswithhimself
[04:
18.29]它可能模糊了人还需要满足于自身条件的这种意识.
[04:
21.83]Itmayfostertheillusionthatheisaskingfundamentalquestions
[04:
29.69]whenactuallyheisaskingonlyfunctionalones.
[04:
33.02]它可能助长一种错觉,当他实际上只是在问功能时,却认为他是在问基本问题.
[04:
36.35]Itmayberegardedasasubstituteforintelligence
[04:
42.59]insteadofanextensionofit.
[04:
44.93]它可能会被认为是智力的替代而不是扩展,
[04:
47.27]Itmaypromoteundueconfidenceinconcreteanswers.
[04:
50.60]它可能使人过分相信具体答案.
[04:
53.93]"Ifwebeginwithcertainties,"Baconsaid,"weshallendindoubts
[04:
57.90]"如果我们开始于确定,"培根说,
[05:
01.87]butifwebeginwithdoubts,
[05:
03.79]"我们将结束于疑惑;
[05:
05.71]andwearepatientwiththemweshallendincertainties."
[05:
09.15]而如果我们开始于疑惑,我们将会结束于确定."
[05:
12.58]Thecomputerknowshowtoconquererror,
[05:
15.06]计算机懂得如何克服错误,
[05:
17.54]butbeforeweloseourselvesincelebratingthevictory,
[05:
20.42]在我们庆祝胜利迷失自我之前,
[05:
23.29]wemightreflectonthegreatadvancesinthehumansituation
[05:
26.57]我们可能仔细考虑人类处境发生的巨大进步,
[05:
29.85]thathavecomeaboutbecausemenwerechallengedbyerror
[05:
32.88]因为人类受到错误的挑战,
[05:
35.91]andwouldnotstopthinkingandexploringuntiltheyfound
[05:
41.47]betterapproachesfordealingwithit.
[05:
43.60]直到找到更好的处理错误的方法才会停止思考和探索.
[05:
45.73]Givemeagoodfruitfulerror,fullofseeds,
[05:
48.62]"给我一个内含丰富的错误,充满了希望的种子,
[05:
51.50]burstingwithitsowncorrections."
[05:
53.72]充满对自身的纠正,"
[05:
55.94]FerrisGreensletwrote,
[05:
57.93]费里斯.格林里特写道,
[05:
59.92]"Youcankeepyoursteriletruthforyourself
[06:
02.70]"你可以自己保留贫乏的真理."
[06:
05.48]Thebiggestsingleneedincomputertechnologyisnotforincreasedspeed
[06:
09.71] 计算机技术最大的需求不是要提高速度或扩大容量,
[06:
13.94]orenlargedcapacity,orprolongedmemory,orreducedsize,
[06:
17.97]或处长存储,或减小尺寸,
[06:
21.99]butforbetterquestionsandbetteruseoftheanswers.
[06:
25.57]而是要提出更好的问题,更好地利用其答案.
[06:
29.15]Withouttakinganythingawayfromthetechnicians,
[06:
34.50]wethinkitmightbefruitfultoeffectsomesortofjunction
[06:
38.28]丝毫不是贬低技师,
[06:
42.05]betweenthecomputertechnologisandthepoet.
[06:
45.28]我们认为在计算机技术专家和诗人之间实现某种联系可能会很益.
[06:
48.50]Agenuinepurposemaybeservedbyturningloose
[06:
54.75]thewondersofthecreativeimagination
[07:
00.31]onthekindsofproblemsbeingputtoelectronictechnology.
[07:
06.76]Thecompanyofpoetsmayenablethemen
[07:
10.00]通过充分发挥由电子技术处理的问题的创造性想象的神奇力量,
[07:
13.24]whotendthemachinestoseeawiderrangeofpossibilities
[07:
16.92]计算机可能起到真正的作用.
[07:
20.61]thantechnologyalonemayinspire.
[07:
22.95]与诗人为伍可能使使用计算机的人能看到比技术自身激发出的更大范围的可能性.
[07:
25.28]Apoet,saidAristotle,hastheadvantageofexpressingtheuniversal;
[07:
29.25]亚里士多德说,诗人有表达共性的优势,
[07:
33.22]thespecialistexpressesonlytheparticular.
[07:
35.90]而专家只能表达某一特性.
[07:
38.58]Thepoet,moreover,canremindus
[07:
41.40]而且,诗人还可以提醒我们,
[07:
44.22]thatman'sgreatestenergycomesnotfromhisdynamosbutfromhisdreams.
[07:
48.55]一个人最大的能量不是来自他的精力而是来自他的梦想.
[07:
52.87]Butthequalityofaman'sdreamscanonlybeareflectionofhissubconscious.
[07:
57.09]但一个人梦想的特性只是他的潜意识的反映.
[08:
01.31]Whatheputsintohissubconscious,
[08:
06.27]therefore,isquiteliterallythemostimportantnourishmentintheworld
[08:
09.95]因此,他的潜意识中的东西确实是世界上最重要的营养.
[08:
13.64]Nothing.reallyhappenstoamanexceptasitisregisteredinthesubconscious.
[08:
18.42] 除了在潜意识中存在的东西,不会有有其他事情真的发生在一个人身上.
[08:
23.20]Thisiswhereeventandfeelingbecomememory
[08:
29.44]andwheretheproofoflifeisstored.
[08:
31.87]事件和感受在此变成记忆,生活的验证依存于此.
[08:
34.30]Thepoet--andweusethetermtoincludeallthosewhohaverespectfor
[08:
38.23]诗人--我们使用的这个词语包括所有那些尊重人类灵魂且与之对话的人
[08:
42.16]andspeaktothehumanspiritcanhelptosupplythesubconsciouswithmaterial
[08:
51.02]toenhanceitssensitivity,thussafeguardingit.
[08:
54.35]--有助于为潜意识提供材料,提高其敏感性并保护它.
[08:
57.68]Thepoet,too,canhelptokeepmanfrommakinghimselfover
[09:
05.72]intheimageofhiselectronicwonders.
[09:
08.45]诗人还可以使人不至于按照电子奇迹的形象改造自己.
[09:
11.18]Forthedangerisnotsomuchthatmanwillbecontrolled
[09:
14.42]因为危险不在于人被计算机控制,
[09:
17.66]bythecomputerasthatbemayimitateit.
[09:
20.54]在于要模仿计算机的思维.
[09:
23.41]Thepoetremindsmenoftheiruniqueness.
[09:
26.74] 诗人使人们想起自己的独特.
[09:
30.07]Itisnotnecessarytopossesstheultimatedefinitionofthisuniqueness
[09:
33.81]人们没必要拥有这种独特的基本解释,
[09:
37.54]Eventospeculateonitisagain.
[09:
40.57]即使思索一下也是一种收获.
[09:
43.60]TextB
[09:
46.66]ChangestoComeinU.S.Education
[09:
48.79]美国教育将要发生的变化
[09:
50.92]Thebiggest"infrastructure"challengefortheUnitedStatesinthenextdecade
[09:
53.74] 美国下一个十年最大的基础设施的挑战不是
[09:
56.56]isnotthebillionsneededforrailroadshighwaysandenergy.
[09:
59.43]铁路,公路和能源所需的数十亿美元巨款,
[10:
02.31]ItistheAmericanschoolsystemfromkindergartenthroughthePh.D.program
[10:
09.15]andthepostgraduateeducationofadults.
[10:
11.37]而是美国的教育体制,从幼儿园到哲学博士和成人研究生教育.
[10:
13.59]Anditrequiressomethingfarscarcerthanmoneythinkingandrisk-taking.
[10:
16.97]它要求的是比金钱更珍贵的东西---思考和冒险.
[10:
20.36]Thechallengeisnotoneofexpansion.
[10:
22.48] 这种挑战并非一种推广.
[10:
24.61]Onthecontrary,therapidgrowthinenrollmentoverthelast40years
[10:
30.88]hascometoanend.
[10:
32.35]相反,过去40多年来招生人数的迅速增长已告结束.
[10:
33.81]By1978,morethan93percentofyoungpeople
[10:
39.66]enteringthelaborforcehadatleastaneighth-gradeeducation.
[10:
42.30]到1978年,超过93的成为劳动力的青年人至少受到过8年级的教育.
[10:
44.94]Soevenifthebirthrateshouldrisesomewhat,
[10:
47.21]所以即使出生率有所增长,
[10:
49.48]littleexpansionispossibleforelementaryandsecondaryschoolenrollments
[10:
52.76]小学和中学的招生人数可能不会有多少扩大.
[10:
56.04]Thelast30yearsofsocialupheavalarealsoover.
[10:
58.52] 过去30年的社会剧变也结束了.
[11:
01.00]Busingwillcontinuetobeahighlyemotionalissueinagoodmanylargecities.
[11:
04.19]用校车接送学生在许多大城市里仍将是一个带有高度感情色彩的问题.
[11:
07.38]Andtherewillstillbeeffortstouseschoolstobringwomenintofields
[11:
10.20]想利用学校把妇女带进像工程学这些传统上被认为属于男性领域的努力依然存在.
[11:
13.02]suchasengineeringthathavetraditionallybeenconsideredmale
[11:
18.58]Butthisshifthasalreadybeenaccomplishedinmanyfields:
[11:
20.87]但这种转换在许多领域已经完成.
[11:
23.15]halformoreoftheaccountingstudentsingraduateschoolsofbusiness
[11:
25.83]例如,商业研究生院半数或更多的会计学专业学生是女性.
[11:
28.51]forexample,arenowwomen.
[11:
30.39]例如,商业研究生院半数或更多的会计学专业学生是女性.
[11:
32.27]Asformostothersocialissues,
[11:
34.15]关于大多其他社会问题,
[11:
36.03]thecountrywillnolongertr
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