101 "Governments should provide funding for artists so that the arts can flourish and be available to all people."
101. 政府应资助艺术家,促进艺术繁荣,以便人们都能接触到艺术。
102 "For better or worse, education is a process that involves revising the ideas, beliefs, and values people held in the past."
102. 不论好坏,教育改变了人们以前的想法、信念和价值观。
103 "The study of history has value only to the extent that it is relevant to our daily lives."
103. 研究历史的价值只体现在这种研究和我们的日常生活相关时。
104 "It is primarily through formal education that a culture tries to perpe tuate the ideas it favors and discredit the ideas it fears."
104. 一种文化要想保留它认为好的思想,消除它认为不好的思想,主要是通过正规的教育。
105 "The true strength of a country is best demonstrated by the willingness of its government to tolerate challenges from it s own citizens." 105. 当政府愿意接受来自其公民的质疑时,才表明这个国家真正的强大。
106 "All students should be required to take at least one course in ethics,even if taking the course means a decreased emphasis on academic subjects."
106. 学生们应该被要求至少学习一种道德规范课程,即使这样会影响学术课程的学习。
107 "Instant communication systems encourage people to form hasty opinions and give quick replies rather than take the time to develop thoughtful,well-reasoned points of view."
108 "In many countries it is now possible to turn on the television and vie w government at work. Watching these proceedings can help people understand the issues that affect their lives. The more kinds of government proceedings-- trials, debates, meetings, etc -- that are televised, the more society will benefit."
110. 当我们研究历史时,我们变成了讲故事的人。因为我们无从直接知道过去发生的事情,必须通过一些证据来构建,所以历史研究是一个有创造成分的领域,而并非一个客观的学科。所有的历史学家都是讲故事的人(storyteller)。 111 "The worldwide distribution of television programs and advertisements is seriously diminishing the differences among cultures."
111. 全球性电视节目和广告极大地减少了各种文化之间的差异。
112 "Some educational systems emphasize the development of students capacity for reasoning and logical thinking, but students would benefit more from an education that also taught them to explore their own emotions."
113 "It is primarily through our identification with social groups that we define ourselves."
113. 定位自己,主要是通过定位自己所处的社会团体。
114 "Humanity has made little real progress over the past century or so. Technological innovations have taken place, but the overall condition of humanity is no better. War, violence, and poverty are still with us. Technology cannot change the condition of humanity."
116. 随着经济和通讯等领域的全球化,毫无疑问,社会的方方面面,包括教育、政治、艺术和科学,都将从这种国际化影响中获益非浅。 117 "The depth of knowledge to be gained from books is richer and broader than what can be learned from direct experience."