210"Most people choose a career on the basis of such pragmatic considerations as the needs of the economy, the relative ease of finding a job, and the salary they can expect to make. Hardly anyone is free to choose a career based on his or her natural talents or interest in a particular kind of work."
部分同意:
1. although current trend for career choosing is based on pragmatic considerations, there are still a lot of people choose their career depending on their talents and interests. Teachers, scientists, artists, thinkers can cited as the prime examples.(幼师及新东方的某个老师,王强)
2. we should be aware of these pragmatic considerations’ harmful consequence. It will abase our personal values, needs, and larger life goals. And it will distort our originally rectitude character.
3. Getting pragmatic rewards such as money, is not an end in and of itself, but rather a means of obtaining material goods and services and of attaining important goals—such as providing security for oneself and one’s family, lifelong learning, or freedom to travel or to pursue hobbies.
216"Most important discoveries or creations are accidental: it is usually while seeking the answer to one question that we come across the answer to another."
1、重要与否要看标准和场合
2、过程有时很重要:如数学、探险、体育、伽利略
3、结果有时很重要:比如战争、科学假设只有成为理论才有效、设计要变成产品才有用
4、我们既要注重过程,又要注重结果
26. "Most people would agree that buildings represent a valuable record of any society's past, but controversy arises when old buildings stand on ground that modern planners feel could be better used for modern purposes. In such situations, modern development should be given precedence over the preservation of historic buildings so that contemporary needs can be served."
大多数人都同意一个社会的建筑物代表了它有价值的历史纪录,但是当现代规划者们觉得这些以前的建筑物所占据的土地可以被更有价值的使用于新目的时,就产生了争议,现代发展应该比保留历史建筑物更受重视以便于满足眼下的需求。
1、现代化重要
比方说拆除没有价值的老房子,建立开发区,活跃经济
2、古建筑重要
比方说:古建筑可以吸引旅游、追忆古老的光荣历史和文化、让后代继承文化身份等
很多历史文物不仅是景点,更承载着一个民族一个国家的历史和思想
3、共存更好
现代化发展包括科技的发展能更好的保存古建筑。
很多建筑依然起着作用 变成幼儿园、或变成独特的酒吧、商铺,成为现代化经济中的特色
而且中国很多地方特意把商铺做成老建筑,吸引老外