Iron and Silk

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• I sat down next to her and began to look over the English version of the text: “III. GOALS 1. The money lent by the World Bank would be used to improve the general quality of teaching and treatment at Hunan Medical College in order to bring about the realization of the goal of realizing the Four Modernizations by the year 2000. 2. These funds would aid in the enrichment of our programs here at Hunan Medical College in the fields of education and health, so that we may better serve our Motherland. 3. With the purchase of new classroom materials and laboratory equipment, we could improve the overall quality of the curriculum at Hunan Medical College. “IV. CONCLUSIONS 1. That the acquisition of new and vital tools, such as microscopes, earphones, spectrographs, etc., is a necessary step tow... (查看原文)

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• In one of my classes I read aloud “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, a short story about a small town that holds an annual lottery. Participation is compulsory for residents of the town, and the “winner” is stoned to death. No one knows why the lottery is held or how the tradition began, but no one questions it. Even the victim, when her number is nally called, seems blind to the madness of it all: as the crowd falls upon her, she cries that the choice was not fair, she should have had another chance. When I nished reading the story, a particularly opinionated student raised her hand. “Teacher Mark,” she asked, with a mixture of confusion and disgust in her voice, “why did people in America do that?” I explained, perhaps too quickly, that this was a ctional story, but she did not seem con... (查看原文)

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