【正确答案】 1、正确答案：Education, an important symbol of progress and prosperity of human civilization, constitutes a strong driven force for social and economic development, shouldering an irreplaceable mission and function and playing a major part in human history featured by unremitting struggle for progress. According to The Great Learning, a classics written prior to the Qin Dynasty over 2, 000 years ago, "the purpose of the great learning is to acquire the universal truth and disseminate it among the people until the best result is achieved". Such educational thought coincides with the spirit of modern universities born 1, 000 years later in Europe: opening up wisdom, promoting culture and spreading knowledge, which has been passing for hundreds of years and experiencing the test of the history, now refreshing and flourishing with vigor. We have stepped into the 21st century ushered by the rapid scientific and technological development, the knowledge economy as well as the profound social revolution: therefore, our universities are now bestowed with new missions and rich connotation on the one hand, and are confronted with unprecedented challenges and reformation on the other hand. People in ancient times were not more talented than the present people. They studied hard so as to prepare themselves for the future work, just as anxiously looking forward to the growth of a baby, to raise the weak until he is strong. They began to work in a government department until 30 years old, and got promoted at the age of 50. People would come out to work after long-time preparation and to put his knowledge into use until it was sufficient, as are seen that river will overflow after it is full and an arrow will shoot when a bow is pulled to the very end. We can come to a conclusion that people in ancient times did a better job than people today in terms of areas mentioned above.