海外文化:看看美国高校的十大古怪课程
<p><span word="College">College</span> <span word="courses">courses</span> <span word="aren">aren</span>’<span word="t">t</span> <span word="all">all</span> “<span word="Econ">Econ</span> 1011” <span word="and">and</span> “<span word="The">The</span> <span word="History">History</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Europe">Europe</span>: 1500-<span word="Present">Present</span>”. <span word="A">A</span> <span word="trend">trend</span> <span word="among">among</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="colleges">colleges</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="universities">universities</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="offer">offer</span> <span word="courses">courses</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="slightly">slightly</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="beaten">beaten</span> <span word="track">track</span> . <span word="Many">Many</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="courses">courses</span> <span word="draw">draw</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="themes">themes</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="pop">pop</span> <span word="culture">culture</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="sports">sports</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="brainchildren">brainchildren</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="professors">professors</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="want">want</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="share">share</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="passion">passion</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="students">students</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="less">less</span> <span word="serious">serious</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="traditional">traditional</span> <span word="courses">courses</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="certainly">certainly</span> <span word="cover">cover</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="academic">academic</span> <span word="ground">ground</span>. <span word="Students">Students</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="beat">beat</span> <span word="courses">courses</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="variety">variety</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="reasons">reasons</span>—<span word="hoping">hoping</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="easy">easy</span> <span word="A">A</span>, <span word="to">to</span> <span word="try">try</span> <span word="something">something</span> <span word="fun">fun</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="explore">explore</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="interest">interest</span>.</p><p>大学里开设的课程并不都是像“经济学导论”和“欧洲史：1500年至今”这样的课程。目前在许多高校中有一种趋势，就是开设一些稍微偏离常规的课程。在这些课程中，许多都是从流行文化或体育运动中选取主题，这些主题也可能是那些想与学生分享自己激情的教授们的想法。这些课程可能不比传统的课程逊色，而它们的确涉及到了新的学术领域。学生们之所以选修这些非正统的课程，理由可谓多种多样——有的希望轻松地得到<span word="A">A</span>，有的想尝试一下好玩的东西，或是想探索新的兴趣领域。 </p><p>1) <span word="You">You</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="boldly">boldly</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="philosophy">philosophy</span> <span word="student">student</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="gone">gone</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Georgetown">Georgetown</span> <span word="University">University</span>’<span word="s">s</span> “<span word="Philosophy">Philosophy</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Star">Star</span> <span word="Trek">Trek</span>” <span word="course">course</span>, <span word="where">where</span> <span word="students">students</span> <span word="discuss">discuss</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="nature">nature</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="travel">travel</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ability">ability</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="computers">computers</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="think">think</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="feel">feel</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="philosophical">philosophical</span> <span word="dilemmas">dilemmas</span> <span word="facing">facing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="crew">crew</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Starship">Starship</span> <span word="Enterprise">Enterprise</span>.</p>
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