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　　On 21 st-century campuses, is there room still for traditional literature such as Shake-speare?

　　A declining number of students think SO in the US－a trend that worries leaders at many top universities, where engineers often outnumber humanity(人文学科)students．

　　Seeking to stimulate interest in the liberal arts．Stanford University last month held an activity, which was designed to inspire freshmen dreams beyond cool jobs, such as working at Google．

　　The 1,718 incoming students-nearly half of whom arrive intending to major in the sciences or engineering－listened to a lecture organized by the College of Humanities and Arts．

　　“We're trying to break the idea that college is just something to get through on your way to a career,”said Debra Satz, associate dean for Humanities and Arts．

　　In the mid-60s, more than 1 in 3 Stanford students majored in languages, literature, the arts, history and cultural studies．By 1995, only about lin 10 did-a figure that hash't changed much in a decade．Meanwhile, interest in engineering, math and computer science has climbed．

　　Geoffrey Harpham, director of the National Humanities Center, said the humanities must be reinvigorated(复兴)and aye vital to the US'future．

　　But for students in the Great Recession(经济大萧条), the siren song(诱惑)of science can be tough to resist．Economic anxiety is well-grounded, according to an arialysis showing that the earnings of workers who majored in engineering were up to 50．percent higher than the earnings of those who majored in the humanities．

　　“Shakespeare wasn't in the humanities for the money．If you're all about the money．you wouldn't go there,”Satz said．But she added“humanities students who lahd jobs in tech－intensive fields do．just fine．”

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　　COPENHAGEN－The world is gathered in Copenhagen for the U．N．climate summit, but Denmark's bicycle-friendly capital has also given its name to a movement of cities trying to find a kinder way to commute．

　　Nearly 40 percent of Copenhagen's population cycle to work or school on ubiquitous(无处不在的)paved cycle paths．Many residents take to their bikes year-round, braving rain and snow through the winter in a city where the bicycles outnumber the people．

　　Amsterdam and Beijing too are known for their bicycles, but the Danish capital is where urban planners from around the world have been looking for ways to get their people out of cars and up onto bikes, an effort known as Copenhagenisation．

　　Klaus Bondam, Copenhagen's technical and environmental chief, calls himself a“mega cyclist”and says the bike's popularity stems partly from high taxes on cars which meant working-class Danes could not afford to drive in the 1930s and ‘40s．“Today you'll meet everybody on the bicycle lanes－women and men, rich and poor, old and young,”Bondam said．

　　The local government has during the last three years invested more than 250 million crowns(＄49.42 million)in bicycle lanes and to make the traffic safer for bicyclists．Today around a third of the population drive cars to work or study, another third take public transport, while 37 percent cycle-a figure the city aims to boost to 50 percent by 2015．

　　There are many benefits when citizens choose bicycles over cars：pollution and noise decline, public health improves, and more people on bikes or walking creates a sense of safety in the city．Fewer parked cars leaves more space for playgrounds, parks, shopping areas and other useful public places．