10．
Two influential thinkers of the twentieth century have died. John Kenneth Galbraith, the economist, died on April twenty-ninth at the age of 97. Jane Jacobs, a defender of cities, died April twenty-fifth at the age of 89.
Jane Jacobs believed cities should be densely populated and full of different people and activity. She believed in the value of natural growth. She opposed the kind of city planning that involves big development and renewal projects that tear down old communities.
She is best known for her book "The Death and Life of Great American Cities," published in nineteen sixty-one. Another book was "The Nature of Economies." Yet she never finished college.
Jane Jacobs was an activist in New York City. Her work defeated a road plan to build a big highway through the Greenwich Village area.
She was also against the war in Vietnam. She had sons almost old enough to be called for duty. In nineteen sixty-eight the family moved to Canada. But she remained a community activist. Soon she was fighting a road plan in Toronto.
Jane Jacobs was born in the United States but lived and died in Canada. John Kenneth Galbraith was born in Canada but lived and died in the United States.
Among his best-known books is "The Affluent Society," from nineteen fifty-eight. He wrote that American society had too many goods but not enough social services that show people care about each other. He warned about widening divisions between the very rich and the very poor.
John Kenneth Galbraith believed in the power of government to improve lives. He believed in a system of progressive taxes, and in public support for the arts and government involvement in education. He also supported the idea of public ownership of housing and medical services.
Experts say John Kenneth Galbraith and Jane Jacobs led many to question not only how and where they want to live and work. It also led them to wonder what kind of society they wanted to leave for their children.
Title: The death of 76 _______________
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77.__________ |
Jane
Jacobs |
John
Kenneth Galbraith |
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deathdate |
April
twenty-fifth |
78._____________ |
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79.__________ |
a
defender of cities |
an
economist |
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80.__________ |
The
Death and Life of Great American Cities; The Nature of Economies |
81._____________ |
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Main
activities |
Put
forward a 82.___________; Against the war in Vietnam, etc. |
He
warned 83.____________ between the very rich and the very poor; believed in 84._________
to improve lives; |
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85.__________ |
led
many to question not only how and where they want to live and work. It
also led them to wonder what kind of society they wanted to leave for their
children. |
9．
Chinese are very generous when it comes to educating their children. Not caring about the money, parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the US or Australia. They also want their children to take extra-courses activities where they will either learn a musical instrument or ballet, or other classes that will give them a head start in life. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is. So parents will spend unreasonable amount of money on education. Even poor couples will buy a computer for their son or daughter.
However, what most parents fail to see is that the best education they can give their children is usually very cheap.
Parents can see that their children’s skills vary, skilled in some areas while poor in others. What most parents fail to realize though, is that today’s children lack self-respect and self-confidence.
The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take multiple-choice tests and how to study well, but parents are not teaching them the most important skills they need to be confident, happy and clever.
Parents can achieve this by teaching practical skills like cooking , sewing and doing other housework.
Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking demands patience and time. It is an enjoyable but difficult experience. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and gradually finish his job successfully. His result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and a lot of confidence.
Some old machines, such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your child to play with will make him curious and arouse his interest. He will spend hours looking at them, trying to fix them; your child might become an engineer when he grows up. These activities are not only teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think, to use his mind. And that is more important.
What Chinese Parents Do In 76________ Their Children
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Attitude |
77_______________ |
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Measures/Dos |
Never care about money. Send them to the best schools or abroad. Wish their children to 78______ or other classes. |
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Belief |
The more 79 _______in education, the
better the result will be. |
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What they can see in their children |
80_____________ |
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What they can’t see in their children |
Lack of 81_____________ |
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82________ their failure |
Only teach them how to 83_________ and study well. Without teaching them the most important skills they need to be confident, happy and clever. |
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How to 84______ the problem |
By 85 ___________ |