SAT阅读:American Academy of Arts and Sciences
<p> <span word="For">For</span> <span word="over">over</span> 230 <span word="years">years</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="Academy">Academy</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Arts">Arts</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Sciences">Sciences</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="honoring">honoring</span> <span word="excellence">excellence</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="providing">providing</span> <span word="service">service</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="nation">nation</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>. <span word="Through">Through</span> <span word="independent">independent</span>, <span word="nonpartisan">nonpartisan</span> <span word="study">study</span>, <span word="its">its</span> <span word="ranks">ranks</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="distinguished">distinguished</span> <span word="scholar">scholar</span>-<span word="patriots">patriots</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="brought">brought</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="arts">arts</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="sciences">sciences</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="constructive">constructive</span> <span word="interplay">interplay</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="leaders">leaders</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="both">both</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="private">private</span> <span word="sectors">sectors</span>.</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Academy">Academy</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="founded">founded</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="Revolution">Revolution</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="John">John</span> <span word="Adams">Adams</span>, <span word="James">James</span> <span word="Bowdoin">Bowdoin</span>, <span word="John">John</span> <span word="Hancock">Hancock</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="leaders">leaders</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="contributed">contributed</span> <span word="prominently">prominently</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="establishment">establishment</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="nation">nation</span>, <span word="its">its</span> <span word="government">government</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="Constitution">Constitution</span>. <span word="Its">Its</span> <span word="purpose">purpose</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="provide">provide</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="forum">forum</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="select">select</span> <span word="group">group</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="scholars">scholars</span>, <span word="members">members</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="learned">learned</span> <span word="professions">professions</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="business">business</span> <span word="leaders">leaders</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="together">together</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="behalf">behalf</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="democratic">democratic</span> <span word="interests">interests</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="republic">republic</span>.</p><p> <span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="words">words</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Academys">Academys</span> <span word="charter">charter</span>, <span word="enacted">enacted</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1780, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="end">end</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="design">design</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="institution">institution</span> <span word="is">is</span>...<span word="to">to</span> <span word="cultivate">cultivate</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="art">art</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="science">science</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="tend">tend</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="advance">advance</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="interest">interest</span>, <span word="honour">honour</span>, <span word="dignity">dignity</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="happiness">happiness</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="free">free</span>, <span word="independent">independent</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="virtuous">virtuous</span> <span word="people">people</span>.</p><p> <span word="Today">Today</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Academy">Academy</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="international">international</span> <span word="learned">learned</span> <span word="society">society</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="dual">dual</span> <span word="function">function</span>: <span word="to">to</span> <span word="elect">elect</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="membership">membership</span> <span word="men">men</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="exceptional">exceptional</span> <span word="achievement">achievement</span>, <span word="drawn">drawn</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="science">science</span>, <span word="scholarship">scholarship</span>, <span word="business">business</span>, <span word="public">public</span> <span word="affairs">affairs</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="arts">arts</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="conduct">conduct</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="varied">varied</span> <span word="program">program</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="projects">projects</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="studies">studies</span> <span word="responsive">responsive</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="needs">needs</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="problems">problems</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="society">society</span>.</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Academys">Academys</span> <span word="unique">unique</span> <span word="strength">strength</span> <span word="lies">lies</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="distinguished">distinguished</span> <span word="leadership">leadership</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="its">its</span> 4,000 <span word="Fellows">Fellows</span> <span word="and">and</span> 600 <span word="Foreign">Foreign</span> <span word="Honorary">Honorary</span> <span word="Members">Members</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="wide">wide</span> <span word="range">range</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="expertise">expertise</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="bring">bring</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="multidisciplinary">multidisciplinary</span> <span word="analyses">analyses</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="compelling">compelling</span> <span word="contemporary">contemporary</span> <span word="issues">issues</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Academy">Academy</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="probably">probably</span> <span word="best">best</span> <span word="known">known</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="quarterly">quarterly</span> <span word="journal">journal</span>, <span word="D">D</span>?<span word="dalus">dalus</span>, <span word="widely">widely</span> <span word="regarded">regarded</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="worlds">worlds</span> <span word="leading">leading</span> <span word="intellectual">intellectual</span> <span word="journals">journals</span>.</p>
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