For the past eight decades, we have lived in "the American Century" 鈥 a period during which the US has enjoyed unrivalled power 鈥 be it political, economic or military - on the global stage. Born on the cusp of this new era, Joseph S. Nye Jr. has spent a lifetime illuminating...
M: Hello, I’m Maxim Vengerov, and I’m very happy to share with you my connection withopen Tchaikovsky competition. It was June 1986 when I came to Moscow to participate in open Tchaikovskycompetition at the age of 10 ...
Emily Dickinson was a nineteenth-century American woman who lived her life completely unknown to anyone except her family and a few friends. Less than a dozen of her poems were published during her lifetime. In spite of this, she is regarded today as a great poet, perhaps the greatest poet...
Confucius was a great thinker and educator in Chinese history. He was the founder of Confucianism and was respectfully referred to as an ancient "sage". His words and life story were recorded in The Analects. An enduring classic of ancient Chinese culture, The Analects has had a great influen...
College life in the Internet age 互联网时代的大学生活 1 The college campus, long a place ofscholarshipandfrontiersof new technology,is being transformed intoa new age of electronics bya fleet oflaptops,smartphonesandconn...
根据最后一段“To frame his story, Klein creates the character of Ned, a fictional witness to the progress brought about by the steams and electric revolutions in America during one man's lifetime.”（为了编织他的故事，Klein创造了一个人物Ned，它是对美国蒸汽和电力革命在一个人的整个人生中的...
Encouraging kids to reject the life of the mind leaves them vulnerable to exploitation and control . Without the ability to think critically , to defend their ideas and understand the ideas of others , they cannot fully participate in our democracy . 结构: But they could and should be . ...
2American structuralism started in___. A. the early 20th century B. the late 20th century C. the early 19th century D. the late 1930s and 40s 3American structuralism started in___. A.the early 20th centuryB.the late 20th centuryC.the early 19th centuryD.the late 1930s and 40s 反...
Lawns(). They're part of American life. Over a century, from aroun d the 1870s to the 1970s, Americans slowly fell in love with lawns. Lawns were a sign of taste, calm, power an d order, especially after Worl d War I. Over the past 50 years, we've slowly fallen out of love...
“Intellect isresented as a form of power or privilege,”writes historian andprofessor Richard Hofstadter in Anti-Intellectualism in American Life, aPulitzer Prize winning book on the roots of anti-intellectualism in USpolitics, religion, and education. From the beginning of our history, saysHofstad...