characters have not only played an

important role in exchanging ideas and transmitting culture but also developed into a unique art

form. Calligraphic works well reflect calligrap personal feelings,

knowledge, self-cultivation,hers '

seeing the calligrapherpersonality, and so forth, thus there is an expression that“ ' s h

As. one of the treasures of Chinese culture, Chinese calligraphy shineslike seeing the person ”

splendidly in the worlds treasure house of culture and art.'

Unit 2College-The ladder to success

AText The humanities:Out of date?

Reading Comprehension

because English or history majors are considered less competitive when the job market is 1.shrinking, and they

have to study something that can help them more easily locate their future jobs.

because as the tuition is climbing higher and higher, many students have run away from 2.

studying the humanities and towardskills that they think will lead

to employment.” hard“

3. since more students are now taking job-oriented courses, libraries, where students of liberal

in contrast, labs are getting more eye-arts used to study, are getting less popular than before 。catching because students of science and engineering do experiments and research there.

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4. because this inner drive that can be either constructive or

destructive is so mysterious and

powerful that it has attracted many people to speculate on it. From ancient times, these men and

women developed artistic“ languages ” in the form of story,

music, myth, painting, architecture,

sculpture, landscape and traditions, which from the very foundation of civilization.

5. Studying the humanities improves your ability to read and write, makes you familiar with the

language of emotion and the creative process, and, more importantly, provides you with a wide scope of possibilities that are open to you.

6. Because in modern life, an ideal capacity for establishing one' s career is to have both technical

knowledge and inner insight, not just one without the other.

7. “ Well-rounded human beings ” are those who have insight and understand the passions, hopes and dreams common to all humanity.

8. Since many people who once studied the humanities became famous in their career, the author

implies that if students spend more time studying the humanities, they could surely become successful in the future as well. Language focus 3

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