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Liz Coleman: A call to reinvent liberal arts education
莉姿·科爾曼呼籲重構博雅教育
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本寧頓大學校長莉姿·科爾曼號召高等教育進行深刻變革。她批駁逐漸將學生限於狹隘學習領域的趨勢，倡導真正意義上的跨領域教育，動態地結合各個學科，研究當今世界所面臨的嚴重問題。
Liz Coleman - College president
Liz Coleman radically remade Bennington College in the mid-1990s, in pursuit of a new vision: higher education as a performing art. Full bio
Liz Coleman radically remade Bennington College in the mid-1990s, in pursuit of a new vision: higher education as a performing art. Full bio
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College presidents are not the first people who come to mind
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說起創造力和想像力
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when the subject is the uses of the creative imagination.
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人們往往不會先想到大學校長
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So I thought I'd start by telling you how I got here.
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所以，我覺得有必要先告訴各位今天我來到這裡的淵源
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The story begins in the late '90s.
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起源至1990年代
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I was invited to meet with leading educators
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我接觸了一些重要的教育家
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from the newly free Eastern Europe and Russia.
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他們來自新成立的東歐各國以及俄羅斯
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They were trying to figure out how to rebuild their universities.
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他們想重建當地大學
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Since education under the Soviet Union
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因為過去蘇維埃的教育
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was essentially propaganda
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本質上是政治宣傳
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serving the purposes of a state ideology,
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服務于國家的意識形態
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they appreciated that it would take wholesale transformations
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他們認識到，如果要提供配得上
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if they were to provide an education
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民主國家人民的教育
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worthy of free men and women.
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他們的教育還需要全方位的變革
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Given this rare opportunity
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有了這樣一次
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to start fresh,
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重新開始的機會
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they chose liberal arts
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他們認定博雅教育
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as the most compelling model
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是最適切的一種模式
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because of its historic commitment
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因為，古往今來，博雅教育就致力於
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to furthering its students' broadest intellectual,
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擴展學生的智識潛能
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and deepest ethical potential.
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和樹立堅實的道德水準
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Having made that decision
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此番決定之後，
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they came to the United States,
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他們來到美國
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home of liberal arts education,
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--博雅教育的發源地--
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to talk with some of us
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與我們中一些人進行交流
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most closely identified
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因為我們被認作
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with that kind of education.
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與這種教育有著緊密聯繫的一批人
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They spoke with a passion, an urgency,
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他們帶著殷切的熱情和知識份子的使命感
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an intellectual conviction
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來和我們進行交流
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that, for me, was a voice I had not heard in decades,
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對我來說，這種渴望，在過往的幾十年中，已變得十分陌生
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a dream long forgotten.
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就像一個被遺忘的理想
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For, in truth, we had moved light years
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事實上，我們與這種點燃他們的熱情
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from the passions that animated them.
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已經光年之遠了
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But for me, unlike them,
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但是，我卻不一樣
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in my world, the slate was not clean,
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我的熱情仍未殆盡
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and what was written on it was not encouraging.
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雖然現狀差強人意。
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In truth, liberal arts education
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事實上，博雅教育
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no longer exists --
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已經消失了。
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at least genuine liberal arts education -- in this country.
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至少在這個國家，真正的博雅教育已經不復存在。
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We have professionalized liberal arts to the point
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我們所謂專業化的博雅教育
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where they no longer provide the breadth of application
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并沒有實現知識應用的廣度
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and the enhanced capacity for civic engagement
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以及公民參與的程度
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that is their signature.
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這是現在博雅教育的特徵
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Over the past century
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在過去的一個世紀
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the expert has dethroned the educated generalist
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有專家摘下了通才的桂冠
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to become the sole model
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認為他們不再是智識成就的
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of intellectual accomplishment. (Applause)
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唯一代表
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Expertise has for sure had its moments.
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專家固然必不可少
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But the price of its dominance is enormous.
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但是他們的主導地位的代價是巨大的
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Subject matters are broken up
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學科門類正在逐漸細分
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into smaller and smaller pieces,
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產生了很多小領域
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with increasing emphasis on the technical and the obscure.
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並且逐漸強調技術和晦澀的知識
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We have even managed to make the study of literature arcane.
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我們甚至把文學變成了艱深難懂的知識
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You may think you know what is going on
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你以為自己明白了
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in that Jane Austen novel --
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簡·奧斯汀的一部小說
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that is, until your first encounter
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確實
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with postmodern deconstructionism.
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除非你碰到後現代解構主義
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The progression of today's college student
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當今大學生傾向於
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is to jettison every interest except one.
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保留一個興趣，拋棄其他所有的
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And within that one, to continually narrow the focus,
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而在這一個興趣中，又不斷的細化
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learning more and more about less and less;
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學習越來越久，但是卻越來越狹隘
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this, despite the evidence all around us
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雖然周圍有很多證據顯示知識的關聯性
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of the interconnectedness of things.
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這一傾向已然存在
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Lest you think I exaggerate,
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爲了不讓你們覺得我在誇大其詞
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here are the beginnings of the A-B-Cs of anthropology.
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我在這裡列出人類學分支的冰山一角
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As one moves up the ladder,
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隨著人在求學道路上越走越遠
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values other than technical competence
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技能以外的價值
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are viewed with increasing suspicion.
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受到了越來越多的質疑
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Questions such as,
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如下問題
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"What kind of a world are we making?
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”我們在創造一個什麼樣的世界？“
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What kind of a world should we be making?
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”我們應該創作一個什麼樣的世界？“
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What kind of a world can we be making?"
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”我們能夠創造什麼樣的世界？“
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are treated with more and more skepticism,
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面臨著越來越多的懷疑
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and move off the table.
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并逐漸從人們的話題中消失
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In so doing, the guardians of secular democracy
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這樣以來，世俗民主的衛士們
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in effect yield the connection
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實際上將
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between education and values
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教育和價值觀之間的聯繫
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to fundamentalists,
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拱手讓給了原教主義者
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who, you can be sure,
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可以確信的是
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have no compunctions about using education
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這些人不會有任何顧慮
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to further their values:
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利用教育來推廣他們的觀念
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the absolutes of a theocracy.
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也就是政教合一
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Meanwhile, the values and voices of democracy are silent.
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同時，民主的價值觀和聲音銷聲匿跡
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Either we have lost touch with those values
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不是我們腦中這種價值觀分崩離析
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or, no better,
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就是
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believe they need not
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我們不再認為
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or cannot be taught.
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這些價值觀是可以傳授的
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This aversion to social values
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對社會價值觀的背離
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may seem at odds with the explosion
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可能與目前社區服務的興起
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of community service programs.
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背道而馳
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But despite the attention paid to these efforts,
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儘管對這些努力的關注很多
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they remain emphatically extracurricular.
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它們仍然是作為一種課外活動
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In effect, civic-mindedness is treated
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實際上，公德心
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as outside the realm of what purports to be
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已經被排除在
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serious thinking and adult purposes.
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所謂的嚴肅思想和成人追求之外了
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Simply put, when the impulse is to change the world,
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簡單來說，如果抱有改變世界的衝動
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the academy is more likely to engender
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學術界更容易產生
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a learned helplessness
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一種知識份子的無助
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than to create a sense of empowerment.
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而缺乏一種責任和擔當
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This brew -- oversimplification of civic engagement,
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這種對公民參與的過度簡化
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idealization of the expert,
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對專家作用的理想化
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fragmentation of knowledge,
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知識的零散化
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emphasis on technical mastery,
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強調技能掌握
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neutrality as a condition of academic integrity --
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將學術誠實基於立場不明
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is toxic when it comes to pursuing the vital connections
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對於
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between education and the public good,
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教育和公共利益之間的聯繫
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between intellectual integrity
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對於知識份子的品德和人類自由的聯繫
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and human freedom,
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是有毒害作用的
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which were at the heart --
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這些威脅存在於
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(Applause) -- of the challenge posed to and by
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這些歐洲同行心中
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my European colleagues.
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也是他們所面臨的核心挑戰
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When the astronomical distance
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現實和願景之間的差別
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between the realities of the academy
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十分巨大
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and the visionary intensity of this challenge
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這種差別帶來的挑戰的程度之深
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were more than enough, I can assure you,
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足以讓人們
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to give one pause,
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不止一次駐足思考
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what was happening outside higher education
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高等教育之外的種種
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made backing off unthinkable.
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是我們不得不有所作為
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Whether it was threats to the environment,
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不管是對環境的威脅
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inequities in the distribution of wealth,
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財富分配不均
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lack of a sane policy or a sustainable policy
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還是能源的利用的
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with respect to the continuing uses of energy,
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一些理智的和環保的政策
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we were in desperate straits.
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我們身處困境
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And that was only the beginning.
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更不幸的是，這僅僅是開始
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The corrupting of our political life
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我們腐朽的政治氛圍
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had become a living nightmare;
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已經成了活生生的噩夢
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nothing was exempt --
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各方面都無一倖免
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separation of powers, civil liberties,
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從分權，公民自由
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the rule of law,
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到法治
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the relationship of church and state.
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還有宗教和政治的關係
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Accompanied by a squandering
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此外，還有讓人難以置信的
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of the nation's material wealth
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對資源
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that defied credulity.
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不加節制的濫用
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A harrowing predilection for the uses of force
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熱衷使用武力
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had become commonplace,
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這些都屢見不鮮
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with an equal distaste
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對於其他正面的影響
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for the alternative forms of influence.
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卻不予考慮
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At the same time, all of our firepower was impotent
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與此同時
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when it came to halting or even stemming
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當盧旺達，達爾富爾和緬甸飽受屠殺之苦時
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the slaughter in Rwanda, Darfur, Myanmar.
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我們的炮火卻沒有為他們爭取平安，顯得格外無力
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Our public education, once a model for the world,
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我們的公共教育，一度是世界的楷模
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has become most noteworthy
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現在卻是每況愈下
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for its failures.
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而聲名狼藉
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Mastery of basic skills and a bare minimum of cultural literacy
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很多學生缺乏對基本技能的掌握
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eludes vast numbers of our students.
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文化常識也少得可憐
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Despite having a research establishment
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儘管我們的研究機構
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that is the envy of the world,
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是世界一流的
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more than half of the American public
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卻有超過半數的美國人
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don't believe in evolution.
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不相信進化論
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And don't press your luck
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你們也不要試圖相信
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about how much those who do believe in it
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那些相信進化論的人
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actually understand it.
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確實理解
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Incredibly, this nation,
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難以置信的是
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with all its material, intellectual and spiritual resources,
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這個擁有豐富物質，知識和精神財富的國家
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seems utterly helpless
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卻無法應對這些方面的每況愈下
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to reverse the freefall in any of these areas.
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似乎徹徹底底地無可救藥
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Equally startling, from my point of view,
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在我看來
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is the fact that no one
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更驚人的是
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was drawing any connections
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沒有人意識到
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between what is happening to the body politic,
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發生在社會中
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and what is happening in our leading educational institutions.
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政治和一流教育機構所面臨變化之間的關係
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We may be at the top of the list
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談及對財富創造渠道的影響
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when it comes to influencing access to personal wealth.
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教育是邀功的
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We are not even on the list
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但是
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when it comes to our responsibility
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說到對民主社會的責任
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for the health of this democracy.
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教育機構卻規避
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We are playing with fire.
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我們正在玩火自焚
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You can be sure Jefferson knew
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當傑斐遜說到
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what he was talking about when he said,
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“在一個文明國家，若指望在無知中得到自由
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"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free
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過去從未有過，
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in a state of civilization,
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將來也絕辦不到”
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it expects what never was,
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他清楚地知道
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and never will be."
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他要表達什麽
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(Applause)
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(鼓掌)
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On a more personal note,
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用我自己的話來說
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this betrayal of our principles,
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對我們的建國理念
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our decency, our hope,
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我們社會的要義和希望的背叛
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made it impossible for me
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使我不得不
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to avoid the question,
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面臨這樣一個問題
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"What will I say, years from now,
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當數年之後，人們問我“你那時在幹什麼去了？”
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when people ask, 'Where were you?'"
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我該如何回答？
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As president of a leading liberal arts college,
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作為一個博雅教育的校長
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famous for its innovative history,
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尤其當這個學校富有革新傳統
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there were no excuses.
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我有義不容辭的責任
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So the conversation began at Bennington.
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所以，本寧頓首先展開了討論
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Knowing that if we were to regain
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我們意識到
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the integrity of liberal education,
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如果要復原博雅教育的真實面貌
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it would take radical rethinking
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對於一些基本的前提
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of basic assumptions,
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我們需要做一些本質的思考
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beginning with our priorities.
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從最重要的方面開始
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Enhancing the public good becomes a primary objective.
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首要目標是提升公共利益
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The accomplishment of civic virtue
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要形成良好的公民道德
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is tied to the uses of intellect and imagination
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離不開學生充分調動
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at their most challenging.
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他們的智力和想像力
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我們面對政府
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turn inside out to reflect the reality
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和各種機構
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that no one has the answers
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to the challenges facing citizens in this century,
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本世紀人民所面臨問題的靈丹妙藥
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and everyone has the responsibility
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但是，人人都有責任
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for trying and participating in finding them.
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參與進來，尋找應對挑戰的方法
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Bennington would continue to teach the arts and sciences
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本寧頓將矢志不渝
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as areas of immersion that acknowledge differences
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in personal and professional objectives.
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交叉授課，照顧個人和職業需求
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But the balances redressed,
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our shared purposes assume an equal
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共同目標
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現在贏得了至少相同的重視
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When the design emerged it was surprisingly simple and straightforward.
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這套設計其實十分簡單和直白
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The idea is to make the political-social challenges themselves --
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主要就是，將政治，社會問題
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from health and education
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包括醫療，教育
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to the uses of force --
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武力使用
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the organizers of the curriculum.
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作為課程設計的風向標
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They would assume the commanding role of traditional disciplines.
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與傳統課程想必，他們處於至高地位
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But structures designed to connect, rather than divide
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但是，我們構想的目的是融合學科，而不是孤立
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mutually dependent circles,
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是讓學科之間密不可分
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rather than isolating triangles.
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而不是斷絕的結點
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And the point is not to treat these topics
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as topics of study,
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but as frameworks of action.
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而是當做行文準則
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The challenge: to figure out what it will take
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to actually do something
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才能真正的帶來一些意義重大
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that makes a significant and sustainable difference.
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影響深遠的變化
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Contrary to widely held assumptions,
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與傳統的觀點不同
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an emphasis on action provides a special urgency to thinking.
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The importance of coming to grips with values like justice,
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equity, truth,
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becomes increasingly evident
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變得日趨明朗
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as students discover that interest alone
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正如學生發現那樣
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cannot tell them what they need to know
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單單靠興趣
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when the issue is rethinking education,
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our approach to health,
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or strategies for achieving
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an economics of equity.
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他們需要什麼樣的知識
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The value of the past also comes alive;
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it provides a lot of company.
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很多過往人物都在思考這些問題
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You are not the first to try to figure this out,
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just as you are unlikely to be the last.
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Even more valuable,
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history provides a laboratory
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in which we see played out
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the actual, as well as the intended
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consequences of ideas.
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In the language of my students,
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"Deep thought matters
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when you're contemplating what to do
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深思熟慮很
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about things that matter."
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必要。“
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A new liberal arts that can support this
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提倡這種以行動為導向的
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action-oriented curriculum
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has begun to emerge.
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正在興起
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Rhetoric, the art of organizing the world of words
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包括研究如何使語言
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to maximum effect.
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發揮最大效力的修辭學
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Design, the art of organizing the world of things.
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還有組織萬物的藝術--設計
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Mediation and improvisation
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冥想和即興反應
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also assume a special place in this new pantheon.
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都在新的框架中享有一席之地
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Quantitative reasoning attains its proper position
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定量推理也必不可少
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at the heart of what it takes to manage change
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對於認識一些變化
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where measurement is crucial.
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測量是十分重要的
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As is a capacity to discriminate
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系統區分核心問題
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systematically between what is at the core
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和邊緣問題的能力
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and what is at the periphery.
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也是同樣重要的
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And when making connections is of the essence,
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the power of technology emerges with special intensity.
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科技的力量會愈益顯現
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The more powerful our reach,
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我們的觸角伸得越廣
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the more important the question "About what?"
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“關於什麽”的問題就愈發重要
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When improvisation, resourcefulness, imagination are key,
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當即興創作，足智多謀和想像力成為關鍵
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artists, at long last,
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take their place at the table,
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藝術家終於
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when strategies of action are in the process of being designed.
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確立了他們的位置
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In this dramatically expanded ideal
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of a liberal arts education
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其意義有廣闊的外延
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where the continuum of thought and action is its life's blood,
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連續的思考和行動是這種教育模式的生命所系
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knowledge honed outside the academy
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學術之外習得的知識
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becomes essential.
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是必不可少的
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Social activists, business leaders,
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社會活動家，商業領袖
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lawyers, politicians, professionals
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律師，政治家以及各業界精英
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will join the faculty as active and ongoing participants
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將積極參與，成為長期教員
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in this wedding of liberal education to the advancement of the public good.
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促進博雅教育和公共利益的協調發展
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Students, in turn, continuously move outside the classroom
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相反地，學生的格局將超越教室
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to engage the world directly.
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與這個世界進行直接互動
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And of course, this new wine
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當然
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needs new bottles
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新酒需要新瓶裝
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if we are to capture the liveliness and dynamism
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如果要體現
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of this idea.
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這一理念的生機和活力
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The most important discovery we made
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在我們強調公共服務的過程中
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in our focus on public action
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我們最重要的收穫是
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was to appreciate that the hard choices
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意識到這些艱難選擇
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are not between good and evil,
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不存在於好壞之間
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but between competing goods.
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而是如何做到利益最大化
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This discovery is transforming.
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這一收穫有著革新意義
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It undercuts self-righteousness,
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自以為是會受到非議
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radically alters the tone and character of controversy,
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應對紛爭的氣氛和方式將大大改變
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and enriches dramatically
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並且極大促進
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the possibilities for finding common ground.
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形成共同立場的可能性
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Ideology, zealotry,
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意識形態，狂熱
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unsubstantiated opinions simply won't do.
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沒有支撐的觀點將無濟於事
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This is a political education, to be sure.
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可以確信，這會是一次政治教育
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But it is a politics of principle,
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但是，是涉及原則的政治
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not of partisanship.
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而不是黨派立場
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So the challenge for Bennington is to do it.
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本寧頓面臨的最大挑戰就是去踐行這一切
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On the cover of Bennington's 2008 holiday card
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在本寧頓2008年的賀卡上
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is the architect's sketch of a building
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描繪著一副設計作品
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opening in 2010
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這是一個將於2010年投入使用的
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that is to be a center for the advancement
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推進
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of public action.
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公共參與的中心
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The center will embody and sustain this new educational commitment.
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這個中心將整合并為喜這一全新的教育理念
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Think of it as a kind of secular church.
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不妨將此看做一個世俗教堂
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The words on the card describe what will happen inside.
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賀卡上的話語描繪了這個中心的願景
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We intend to turn the intellectual
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我們會將學生，教師和其他職工
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and imaginative power, passion and boldness
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強大，充滿激情
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of our students, faculty and staff
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十分果敢的智力和想像力的
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to developing strategies
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致力於設計
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for acting on the critical challenges of our time.
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能應對當今時代核心挑戰的策略
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So we are doing our job.
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我們正在努力
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While these past weeks have been a time
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雖然過去幾周
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of national exhilaration in this country,
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我們的國家一片歡騰
15:37
it would be tragic if you thought this meant
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但是如果你認為任務已經完成
15:40
your job was done.
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那只怕是十分可悲的
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The glacial silence we have experienced
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我們經歷了冰封般的沉寂
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in the face of the shredding of the constitution,
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對憲法的蔑視
15:48
the unraveling of our public institutions,
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公共機構的無能
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the deterioration of our infrastructure
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基礎設施的破敗
15:53
is not limited to the universities.
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并不限於大學內
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We the people
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作為人民
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have become inured to our own irrelevance
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我們已經習慣於漠不關心
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when it comes to doing anything significant
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對於重大的事
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about anything that matters
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我們毫無作為
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concerning governance,
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尤其對於不滿意的治理者
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beyond waiting another four years.
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我們什麽都不做，只是再等一個四年
16:10
We persist also
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我們總是認為專家才能給出答案
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in being sidelined by the idea of the expert
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進而把我們自己的答案
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as the only one capable of coming up with answers,
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排除在外
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despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
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儘管大量事實與此相反
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The problem is there is no such thing
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事實上，根本沒有一種民主制度
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as a viable democracy made up of experts,
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是由專家，
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zealots, politicians and spectators.
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狂熱分子，政治家和旁觀者組成的
16:37
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People will continue and should continue
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人們將要繼續，也應該繼續
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to learn everything there is to know about something or other.
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學習聯繫的知識
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We actually do it all the time.
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我們其實一直致力於此
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And there will be and should be
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此外，將會有，並且應該產生
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those who spend a lifetime
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一批傾其一生
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pursuing a very highly defined area of inquiry.
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專研一個領域的學者
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But this single-mindedness will not yield
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但是這種一門心思的興趣
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the flexibilities of mind,
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不會妨礙
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the multiplicity of perspectives,
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多角度的靈活思考
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the capacities for collaboration and innovation
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不會壓縮協作和創新的空間
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this country needs.
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我們的國家需要這些
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That is where you come in.
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這就是你們參與的時刻
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What is certain is that the individual talent
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可以確信的是
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exhibited in such abundance here,
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活躍於此的聰明才智
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needs to turn its attention
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需要把目光投向
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to that collaborative, messy, frustrating,
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那個協作，混亂，令人沮喪，
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contentious and impossible world
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充滿爭議和不可理喻的
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of politics and public policy.
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充滿政治和公共政策的世界
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President Obama and his team
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僅僅靠奧巴馬總統團隊
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simply cannot do it alone.
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不能完成這個艱巨任務
17:40
If the question of where to start seems overwhelming
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假如從何下手是一個壓倒性的問題
17:44
you are at the beginning, not the end of this adventure.
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你已經站在了起點，而不是這終點
17:47
Being overwhelmed is the first step
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如果你真的想瞭解一些真正重要的事情
17:50
if you are serious about trying to get at things that really matter,
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並且做出一些貢獻
17:54
on a scale that makes a difference.
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壓倒性的感受往往是第一階段
17:57
So what do you do when you feel overwhelmed?
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當你感到這種壓倒性的時候，你會怎麼做？
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Well, you have two things.
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你有兩樣東西可以利用
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You have a mind. And you have other people.
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第一是你的大腦，第二是你的同胞
18:06
Start with those, and change the world.
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就以此為始，改變世界
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Liz Coleman - College presidentLiz Coleman radically remade Bennington College in the mid-1990s, in pursuit of a new vision: higher education as a performing art.
Why you should listen
If you followed higher education news in the 1990s, you have an opinion on Liz Coleman. The president of what was once the most expensive college in America, Coleman made a radical, controversial plan to snap the college out of a budget and mission slump -- by ending the tenure system, abolishing academic divisions and yes, firing a lot of professors. It was not a period without drama. But fifteen years on, it appears that the move has paid off. Bennington's emphasis on cross-disciplinary, hands-on learning has attracted capacity classes to the small college, and has built a vibrant environment for a new kind of learning.
Coleman's idea is that higher education is an active pursuit -- a performing art. Her vision calls for lots of one-on-one interactions between professor and student, deep engagement with primary sources, highly individual majors, and the destruction of the traditional academic department. It's a lofty goal that takes plenty of hard work to keep on course.
Liz Coleman | Speaker | TED.com