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本帖最后由 woikuraki 于 2013-1-18 14:34 编辑
Pick a public elementary school somewhere in the continental United States and draw a half-mile circle around it. The odds are reasonable that you'll encounter some combination of the following:
A baseball field. A statue erected for war veterans. A municipal building. A community center. A polling place — probably the school itself. A library. A park. A basketball court crawling with kids playing pickup games.
In so many places, the school is the hub of civic life. Inside its walls, and around its grounds, are scattered the ideas and people and places that every day state the unspoken: When we talk of being American, this is what we mean.
随便在地图上找一所小学，方圆之内，你就会发现它是公民生活的中心，它的周围有一切一切。这就是美国（化）。
It is for this reason that the excruciating saga of Newtown, Conn., has shaken the nation in a second way that is distinct from, yet of course related to, the actual death of so many young children.
Twenty-six lives ending so violently, so horrifyingly, is of course disruptive enough. But this event also disrupted the fundamental notion of what American community is. "Hurt a school and you hurt us all," The Chicago Tribune editorialized this week.
新城的惨案撕裂美国人的心，丧失了许多幼小的生命是其一，但更重要的是：伤害了一所学校，你就伤害了我们的命根。
ESSAY: ATTACK A SCHOOL AND YOU ATTACK AMERICA
By TED ANTHONY
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/essay-attack-school-and-you-attack-america
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补充内容 (2012-12-24 07:12):
美国最大/有影响力的媒体---美国联合通讯社刊登的这篇文章说明：美国至少一部分人看待教育/学校的态度。
我们都很乐观地相信中国在某个时刻能够赶超，但真能质的超越，还得认真看待基本元素（诸如教育等）的差异。 |
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