The emphasis of university programs today is now on the practical and the utilitarian, rather than on a general education or on personal development.
现在大学课程的重点是实用和功利,而不是通识教育或个人发展。
Park of the University of Texas at Dallas and colleagues demonstrated that learning to knit or do digital photography enhanced memory function in older adults.
德克萨斯大学达拉斯分校的帕克和他的同事证明,学习编织或数码摄影可以增强老年人的记忆功能。
A clear recognition of self orientation and personal interest will decide whether you will tick the box of vocational college or university.
对自我定位和个人兴趣的清晰认识将决定你会选择职业学院,还是大学。
The drive to discover is deeply rooted in humans, much the same as the basic drives for food or shelter, says Christopher Hsee of the University of Chicago.
探索的欲望深深根植于人类体内,几乎无异于人类对食物或住所等基本需求的欲望,芝加哥大学的奚恺元说道。
Schmidt of Michigan State University, who led the new analysis, said, "no single intellectually coherent vision dominates U.S. educational practice in math or science."
领导这项新调查的来自密歇根州立大学的施密特说:“在美国的数学和科学教育实践中,没有一种理智而统一的观念。”
When he studied math and science at Oxford University, he became seriously ill, which made him unable to speak or breathe without the help of machines.
当他在牛津大学学习数学和科学时,他得了重病,这使他不能说话,没有机器的帮助就不能呼吸。
Being equipped with one of the most recent cutting-edge IT products could just help a college or university foster a cutting-edge reputation.
配备最新的尖端IT产品之一就可以帮助学院或大学树立尖端声誉。
Every year thousands of young people in England finish school and then take a year off before they start work or go to university.
在英国,每年都有成千上万的年轻人完成学业,然后在开始工作或上大学之前休息一年。
Harvard University takes in any outstanding student regardless of religion, color or background.
哈佛大学招收任何优秀的学生,不分宗教、肤色或背景。
Co-author Mathew White, from the University of Exeter, UK, explained that the study showed people living in greener urban areas were displaying fewer signs of depression or anxiety.
来自英国埃克塞特大学的合著者马修·怀特解释说,这项研究表明,生活在绿化较好的城市地区的人们表现出的抑郁或焦虑症状较少。
The result is that a Finnish child has a good chance of getting the same quality education no matter whether he or she lives in a rural village or a university town.
结果是,一个芬兰的孩子有很好的机会获得同样的素质教育,无论他或她生活在农村还是大学城。
When Jonathan Freedman, a social psychologist at the University of Toronto, reviewed the literature, he found only 200 or so studies of television-watching and aggression.
多伦多大学的社会心理学家乔纳森·弗里德曼在回顾相关文献时,只发现了大约200项有关看电视和攻击性的研究。
This could fix the main organisational challenges for the university, but not for the learners, due to lack of time, family obligations or funds.
这对于大学来讲可能解决了组织上面临的主要挑战,但对于学习者而言,由于缺乏时间、家庭义务或资金,挑战仍然存在。
"In the last 20 years or so, there's been a virtual explosion of research on bilingualism," says Judith Kroll, a professor at the University of California, Riverside.
加州大学河滨分校的教授朱迪思·克罗尔表示:“在过去20年左右的时间里,对双语的研究实际上出现了爆炸式增长。”
The study corrected for other factors that might explain higher growth, like the presence of a university or seaport.
该研究结果矫正了其它可能解释高增长的因素,比如大学或海港的存在。
Alan Barrett of the University of Texas says travel by carriers of influenza, be they people in aeroplanes or birds on the wing, means regional mutations quickly spread around the world.
德克萨斯大学的阿兰·巴瑞特说,流感通过载体的传播就像是人们坐飞机或是鸟儿飞翔一样,意味着区域变异会很快传播到世界各地。
They can also remember friends as long as two years and can recall faces of human beings or other sheep when looking at photographs, University of Cambridge scientists said.
而剑桥大学的科学家宣称,绵羊还能记住两年前的朋友,并在看照片时能回忆起认识的面孔(不管这些面孔时人的还是羊的)。
Hence, other ambitious schools, like the University of Southern California or New York University, have emulated the traditional elite institutions.
所以其他有抱负的学校比如南加州大学或纽约大学模仿这些传统精英学校。
Researchers at the University of Cambridge studied an Indonesian butterfly known as the peacock or swallowtail.
剑桥大学的研究人员研究了来自印尼的孔雀蝶和燕尾蝶。
The color of the hood's lining tells which college or university the degree was given by.
披肩的衬里颜色表明了是哪所学院或大学授予的学位。
This book relies primarily on intensive interviews in 2008 with 230 of the original group, many of them then in college or university.
这本书主要信赖2008年访问的230个最初的小组,大部分人当时还在学院或大学就读。
University of California revealed that, at least for women, the touch or sight of a partner seems to anaesthetise them.
加州大学揭示,至少对于女人,触摸或者同伴的目光就能够使得她们缓解情绪。
Whether you'vealready started university or not, stop and simply write down someattributes of your ideal experience.
无论你是否已经开始了你的大学生活,停会儿,把你的一些完美畅想的特点都简单地写下来。
Jean Decety is a neuroscientist at the University of Chicago who studies human empathy, or how we share and understand the feelings of another person.
让·戴西迪是芝加哥大学的神经系统科学家,他研究人的移情作用,或者说,他在研究我们如何获得并理解另一个人的感受。
Many of his early hires were graduates of University of Michigan or Stanford University, where he and co-founder Sergey Brin met while in graduate school.
他早年雇佣的很多毕业生都来自于密歇根和斯坦福大学,在斯坦福大学的研究生院,他和他的共同创立人谢尔盖·布林结识。
"To tackle university or a job with that kind of experience would have been a major bonus to me," he said.
带着这种经历去面对大学或工作中的挑战对我来说大有好处。
Music schools and university music departments typically receive hundreds or thousands of recorded auditions on CD or DVD from candidates.
音乐学校和大学里的音乐系,通常会收到成百上千的录有考生试音的CD或DVD。
Music schools and university music departments typically receive hundreds or thousands of recorded auditions on CD or DVD from candidates.
音乐学校和大学里的音乐系,通常会收到成百上千的录有考生试音的CD或DVD。
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