A victory for coeducation

"Well, I hate to say it, but that was acolossalfailure!" Said Mr. Wells after he hadcollectedall of the surveys he had passed out. ~I thought there would becoherentarguments againstcoeducation, as well as a clear majority to keep things the way they are already. But all of the students andcolleaguesin our verycognitiveuniversity setting seem to think that we should change our schoolcodeto allow acoeduniversity. Some even wantcoeddormitories. That won' t happen over my dead body! Do you think there is any way that we cancoercethem otherwise?"
"Well, let's firstcollatethe surveys to see what the exact numbers are." Said Mr. MacKenzie in response. "Okay, I'vecollapsedthe results into three categories. It's nocoincidence; the majority favors thiscoarsechange in policy just as you said. Well Mr. Wells, I guess that there was really no need for us tocollaborateon this issue. We havefailed. Wecoinedseveral good slogans. Severalcollocationswere brilliant. And thecoherenceof our arguments was sound. But we have justcollidedwith reality! They want a coed university!"
"Okay. admit defeat." Sighed Mr. Wells. "Let's take thiscollectionof surveys to the library. Oh, watch out! We just avoided a majorcollisionwith that biker. Ah well, maybe students will remember some of ourcoinageslater in life."
"Yes, but they' 11 probably remember and laugh. We' re in for a lot of change, Mr. Wells, a lot of change! "

男女同校"的獲勝
“嗨，我討厭提這事，可那實在是個巨大的失敗。”威爾士先生把所有發(fā)出去的調(diào)查表收上來之后說道，“我原以為絕大多數(shù)人會贊成保持現(xiàn)狀而且大家對男女同校會一致持反對意見，可是在我們這個認識能力很強的大學環(huán)境里，所有的學生和同事似乎都認為應該改變學校道德標準，允許它變成一所男女同校的大學。有人甚至還想把宿舍也變成男女混住。我死也不會同意他們這么做!你認為我們有什么辦法強迫他們不那樣嗎?”
“好，我們先核對一下調(diào)查結(jié)果，看看具體的數(shù)字是什么。”麥肯錫先生回答道，“好啦，我已經(jīng)把調(diào)查結(jié)果分成三大類。大部分人都如你所說，同意對政策做粗俗的改變，這不是巧合。威爾士先生，我看咱們沒必要在這個問題上合作了。咱們輸了。我們杜撰了幾句不錯的口號，有些搭配相當精彩，論點也條理清楚!可是我們的做法就是和現(xiàn)實發(fā)生了沖突!他們想要一所男女同校的大學!”
“好吧，我承認失敗了。”威爾士先生直嘆氣，“我們把這批收集到的調(diào)查表拿到圖書館去吧。啊，小心!剛才我們差點兒和那個騎自行車的撞了個正著。嗯，學生們也許以后會記住一些我們創(chuàng)造的新詞。”
“是啊，不過他們可能會記住并笑話我們。我們肯定會有翻天覆地的變化，威爾士先生，翻天覆地的變化!”

單詞詳解:

coarse a.粗的,粗糙的;粗俗的,粗魯
code n.密碼,電碼,代號;準則
coed n.男女同校的,對男女都開的
coeducation n.男女同校(制)
coerce v.強迫,迫使
cognitive a.人士的,認識過程的,認識能力的;以實驗經(jīng)驗為根據(jù)的
coherence n.1粘合性2連貫性,前后一致,條例清楚
coherent a.一致的,協(xié)調(diào)的;條理清楚的,前后一致的
coin n.硬幣,錢幣
v.發(fā)明,創(chuàng)造,杜撰(新詞語等的)
coinage n.(總稱)硬幣;(新短語等的)創(chuàng)造,杜撰;臆造的事物
coincidence n.巧合,巧事;符合,一致;同時發(fā)生,共同存在
collaborate v.(尤指在文藝科學等方面的)協(xié)作,合作
collapse v./n.倒坍,崩潰,瓦解;倒下,跨掉
collate v.核對,校對
colleage v.同事
collection n.收集,搜集,采集;(一批)收集的東西
collide v.碰撞,互撞;沖突,抵觸
collocation n.(語)組合,搭配,組配;詞組
colossal a.巨大的,其大無比的