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There are higher, more important, more moral than that. Once again, may sound controversial.
是更高級 更重要 更高尚的這一點也頗具爭議
I'll try reconcile the disease, the unhappiness that you may experience thinking about that.
我也會涉及疾病和大家也許關心過的憂愁
Again, more on that next time. So let me begin with bridge building.
同樣 這留待下節課再講現在我們先從搭建 橋梁 說起
Here I am going back to what I talked about right at the very beginning of the first lecture.
說回第一節課開始時談到的問題
The idea of bridging Ivory tower and Main Street. There are many people in academia, outside academia,
也就是 搭起學校與社會之間的橋梁的想法學術界內外 都有很多人
Who divide the world essentially into two. They talked about the real world that is outside,
將世界一分為二他們將外面的世界看成是現實
That is dirty, impure, profane versus academia, which is lofty, idealistic, sacred.
是骯臟的 不潔 被褻瀆的 而學術界則是崇高的 有理想的 神圣的
Sacred versus the profane. This distinction hurts.
神圣與褻瀆這種區分帶來傷害
It hurts academia and hurts people who are outside of academia. Alfred North Whitehead, the philosopher:
它同時傷害了學術界及非學術界的人哲學家Alfred North Whitehead
The careful shielding of a university from the activities of the world around us
大學小心翼翼地將我們與外界活動隔開
Is the best way to chill interest and to defeat progress. Celibacy does not suit a university.
這樣最容易打擊學習興趣 阻礙學習進步大學不適合獨身生活
It must mate itself with action. This is very important for university.
必須要與身邊的人互動這點對大學生活非常重要
