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Traditionally,universitieshavecarriedouttwomainactivities:researchandteaching.Manyexpertswouldarguethatboththeseactivitiesplayacriticalroleinservingthecommunity.Thefundamentalquestion,however,ishowdoesthecommunitywantorneedtobeserved?
Inrecentyearsuniversitieshavebeencomingunderincreasingpressurefromboththegovernmentsandthepublictoensurethattheydonotremain"ivorytowers(象牙塔)"ofstudyseparatedfromtherealitiesofeverydaylife.Universityteachershavebeenencouraged,andinsomecasesconstrained(强逼),toprovidemorecourseswhichproducegraduateswiththetechnicalskillsrequiredforthecommercialuse.IfAristotlewantedtoworkinauniversityintheUKtoday,hewouldhaveagoodchanceofteachingcomputersciencebutwouldnotbesoreadilyemployableasaphilosopher.
Apost-industrialsocietyrequireslargenumbersofcomputerprogrammers,engineers,managersandtechnicianstomaintainanddevelopitseconomicgrowthbut"man",astheBiblesays,"doesnotlivebybreadalone."Apartfromrequiringmedicalandsocialservices,whichdonotdirectlycontributetoeconomicgrowth,thesocietyshouldalsovalueandenjoyliterature,musicandthearts.Becausetheycanalsopromoteeconomicgrowth.Asuccessfulmusicalplay,forinstance,cancontributeasmuchtotheGrossNationalProductthroughtouristdollarsasanyotherthings.
Themainideaofthefirstparagraphisthat( ). A.traditionaluniversitiesdoagoodjobservingthesociety
B.universitiesmustmeettheneedsofthesociety
C.researchandteachingareofgreatimportanceinuniversities
D.universitiesplayanimportantroleinoursociety
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