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A Revolt of the Flagships

A Revolt of the Flagships

(英语文摘2004.5第52页)

The United States has been sabotaging its future for decades by starving the public colleges and universities that have moved millions of Americans into the middle class. These public institutions, which grant more than three-quarters of the country's degrees, have responded by creating larger classes, cutting courses and raising ......

闪光知识点：

1.       此处starve用得相当形象。

2.       move…into…,使其成为。

3.       grant  the  degree 授予学位，相关的还有：deny degree 拒绝给与，pursue / complete the degree 修/修完学位（课程） ，obtain the dagree得到学位

4.       raise tuition提高学费

5.       glaringly evident 显而易见的。

e.g. Public transit need glaringly evident.

6.       表示“学校或学院”的意思有：college ， university , school (一般是大学下属的学院)，institute (如：MIT), campus

7.       表示学校是名校，除了用flagship,也可用top ，superior,  key, elite,  Ivy League Universities (常青藤名校，要包括Brown University ，Columbia University ，Cornell University ,Dartmouth College ，Harvard University ，University of Pennsylvania，Princeton University ，Yale University)

8.       the legislature 立法机构，也作lawmaking body

9.        至于budget,自然会联想到surplus (盈余)与deficit (赤字)

10.   dip into the single digits 形象用法

e.g. US consumers dip into savings as spending rises. 当维持生活必需的费用提高时，美国人转向了储蓄。

11.   minority stakeholder 股票少数持有者，小股东

12.   from…to…表举例，应该引起重视

13.   boost 提高，增强。Boost imports, share prices , the dollar ,sales,etc.增加进口、提高股票价格、提高销售额、提高美元汇价

give one 's confidence a boost-----shake one's confidence

e.g.The unexpected win boosted the team’s morale.意外的胜利鼓舞了全队的士气。

Give sb’s confidence a boost增强某人的信心。

14.   strike a new bargain 成交，达成协议

strike a compromise 达成妥协，strike a chord打动某人

15.   account for 占据

e.g. He could not account for his absence from school.

他无法说明他旷课的原因。

Petrochemicals today account for one fourth of all the chemicals made, in ten years this amount is expected to double.

石油化工产品现在已占所有化学制品的四分之一，十年后预计这个数目还要加倍。

16.   shaky / unstable / changing / fluctuating /wavering / 动摇的，改变的；其反义词一般有：solid / steady  / firm

17.   in danger of losing reputations and programs 失去声誉和课程

18.   shielding the poor （with）保护穷人

相当于protect / defend the poor from

19.   social /financial situation / status 社会/经济 地位

20.   safety mechanism 安全机制。此处safety 不能用security 代换

21.   charge tuition收取学费；pay / cover tuition支付学费

22.   There is no such thing as a free lunch.世上没有免费的午餐。

（There is no free lunch.）

23.   poor and working class student贫困生

from less advantaged families

24.   distribute  , tribute, contribute, attribute

Distribute  分布；散布。 分配；分送， 供销；配给

-uted, -uting 分；分发 .distribute …over… (把……配给，分配到)， distribute sth. to /among (把……分配给) to distribute books to students 给学生发书 。

Tribute n. 贡品,颂词,称赞,(表示敬意的)礼物

We pay tribute to his courage. 我们赞赏他的勇气。They rendered tribute to the conqueror. 他们向征服者纳贡

Contribute 贡献 ,contribution

Attribute 把…归因于。Attributable 可归于…

Attribution 归因

attribute…to认为某事物是…的属性

e.g. Many people’s success can be attributed to hard work and a bit of luck.很多人的成功都可以归于勤奋加上一点儿运气。

25．Watch these institutions wither and die 等这些院校逐渐消亡和破产。

Wither使...凋谢,枯萎,衰退 。相当于fade

e.g.  The cold withered the leaves. 严寒使树叶凋落。

Remove an old tree and it will wither to death.

     【谚】老树移栽活不了，老人迁居命不长。

Old habits die hard.习惯难以改变。

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谢谢海生

下周日之前我尽量把该周的笔记整理出来。

Thank you!

谢谢

好啊,顶!

笔记管用啊.

期待更多的作品.

give one 's confidence a boost-----shake one's confidence

我刚想到的。

点友之间资源共享哦。

能上丁SIR的课，多幸福啊！

希望楼主能多发点上课的东西，特别是丁SIR对英语文摘的讲解！

谢谢

海生真是有心啊!

好孩子!

A Revolt of the Flagships

(英语文摘2004.5第52页)

The United States has been sabotaging its future for decades by starving the public colleges and universities that have moved millions of Americans into the middle class. These public institutions, which grant more than three-quarters of the country's degrees, have responded by creating larger classes, cutting courses and raising tuition.

The gap between state aid and the real cost of an education is glaringly evident at the flagship public colleges, which often receive a pittance from the legislature while maintaining expensive, world-class programs that compete with those of top private colleges and universities. On average, the flagship public campuses get only about 30 percent of their budgets from the states, and in some cases the percentage dips into the single digits. The state legislatures have in effect become minority stakeholders that nevertheless control everything the schools do, from how they purchase paper towels to how much tuition they charge.

The top public colleges have begun to balk at this arrangement. They argue that the legislatures should boost the state contribution — which seems unlikely — or strike a new bargain that would allow the campuses more control over business affairs, including tuition. Bills that would create new relationships between state legislatures and public colleges have been introduced into legislatures of both Washington State and Virginia. In Virginia, the three most important public campuses in the state are seeking a so-called charter arrangement under which they would take a fixed amount of state money in exchange for more freedom from state regulations and the ability to raise tuition rates as they see fit.

This effort is clearly being driven by the University of Virginia, where the state's contribution now accounts for a piddling 8 percent of the budget. With state support shaky and declining, the University of Virginia and the other elite schools are in danger of losing reputations and programs that took decades to build. Lawmakers are likely to look favorably on some version of the Virginia charter bill that gets them partly off the hook for financing the best schools in the state system. But they have to face the fact that once places like the University of Virginia have more freedom, they will try to improve their financial situation by raising tuition. That is fine for students who can afford to pay, but poor and working class students must be protected.

我加上去啦。