问答题
At Harvard University's most recent Commencement Ceremony, female
President Drew Faust had an important reminder for staff and students: "We as a
University live under the protections of the public trust. It is our obligation
to nurture and educate talents to serve that trust—creating the people and the
ideas that can change the world." Evidently, attending an elite
university like Harvard isn't simply about getting rich or fulfilling your
academic potential. It's also about public service - what you can give back to
others. Even before graduation, Harvard students play an important role in
contributing to the public good. At Harvard Law School,
every student must complete 40 hours of unpaid community legal services before
graduating. Second-year law student Jessica Lewis recently helped a young
male refugee gain a form of protection known as asylum status. She told the
Harvard Gazette that the work "changed my experience in law school".
In the Graduate School of Design, Harvard students have recently designed
post- earthquake shelters in Haiti. Harvard students have also developed
architectural strategies to combat airborne disease in a new tuberculosis
hospital which they built in Rwanda. Many students continue to
keep Harvard's humanitarian mission alive after they leave. The rate of seniors
choosing public service upon graduation has increased over the last two years,
from 17 to 26 percent. Last year, nearly 20 percent of graduating seniors
applied for Teach for America, a New York-based nonprofit group which recruits
the brightest college graduates to teach in low-income communities.
Harvard graduate Aaron J. Garcia passed up job offers paying $20,000 more
than he currently earns with Teach for America Garcia, 24, says President Faust
had a lot to do with his decision."She said that it was the responsibility of
educated people and scholars to shape the world in meaningful ways, and this is
what's most meaningful to me", he told Bloomberg News. Top
universities besides Harvard have influenced students to start making a
difference. The most popular job for graduates of Oxford University in the UK is
teaching, with 25 percent of them working in secondary schools. Former Oxford
student Max Haimenforf is now a head science teacher at the King Solomon Academy
in London."Oxford life inspired me to want to give back to others and provide
those from challenging backgrounds the same opportunity I had been given", he
told the university. Oxford also encourages graduates to help
society by pursuing research careers. The university currently has more than
4,000 postgraduate research students working across all major disciplines, from
medicine to social sciences. One group of medical researchers is looking
at whether it's possible to treat heart muscle damaged in heart attacks with
injections of stem cells. And for more than a decade, Oxford
graduates at the Center for the Study of African Economies have been addressing
how to alleviate poverty in Africa through measures such as rural
development. From educating disadvantaged students to mending
broken hearts, elite universities bring the best minds to the world's biggest
problems. Their students prove that personal success may be important, but
public gain is even richer.
问答题
What does the President of Harvard University imply?
【正确答案】What the President of Harvard University said implies that one of the important functions of university is to educate talent and serve the society.
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What can university students learn form the unpaid community legal services?
【正确答案】From the unpaid community legal services, the students can put what they have learned into practice and what's the most important is that they can gain a sense of responsibility—to reward the society.
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问答题
How does Oxford University encourage students to make a difference?
【正确答案】Oxford University influenced and encouraged students to serve society mainly through teaching and pursuing research careers.
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问答题
What would be the best title for the passage?
【正确答案】Students Put Society First/University Serves the Society
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问答题
Will you make a similar choice as Garcia did after your graduation?
【正确答案】No fixed answer. ( Garcia refused a high pay job and is working in the nonprofit group Teach for America, teaching in low-income communities. )