专题五 Translation
Section A
1. The other thing that's very important I think about learning Chinese and Chinese characters for American students, and in terms of the benefit, is that because Chinese is such a different language, structurally from English, it really enables students to see things from a completely different perspective. And it helps them understand the idea of multiple perspectives and multiple viewpoints. So that, I think, for most American students it is the most important benefit to learn a challenging language that can build their confidence and learn a language that is quite different that can open their eyes to how language works and how multiple perspectives work.
2. Current experiments in “distance education” suggest new ways of bringing greater excellence into Third World research as well as education. The constant growth and improvement of Internet have made it possible for exchange and cooperation among libraries. There is increasing cooperation among libraries, which will generate a satellite library to serve educational institutions all over the world. The “world brain” would bring the world’s knowledge together in one interactive system.
