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在1999年1月CET Band 6A卷的阅读理解第四篇的开头有这样一句话：The Carnegie Foundation report says that many colleges have tried to beall things to all people.In doing so，they have increasingly catered to a narrow-minded careerism while failing to cultivate a global vision among their students.此处all things to all people是让所有的学生学到所有实用的东西吗? 首先，我们看一下all things to all people?原义是什么：all things to all people?来自于all things to all men(Bible)。原文如下： Though I am free and belong to no man，I make myself a slave to everyone，to win as many as possible. To the Jews，I became like a Jew，to win the Jews....To those not having the law，...so as to win those not having the law.To the weak I became weak，to win the weak.I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some. 从上文中我们可以看出be all things to all men的意思是：八面玲珑，尽力讨好所有的人。后来all things to all men成了习语。因此many colleges have tried to beall things to all people?的意思就是：许多大学试图做到八面玲珑，满足所有师生的各种需求。 此外，在六级阅读考试中也出现过《圣经》中其它的习语，如：在 1997年1月的CET Band 6A卷的阅读理解第四篇第三段中： Ridiculous beliefs?Not to many people，especially many women and members of minority races who，like Coleman，feel that the scales have dropped from their eyes.the scales have dropped from their eyes?也源于《圣经》：Immediately，something like scales fell from Sauls eyes，and he could see again.，后来the scales fall from ones eyes成了习语，英文的意思是：someone suddenly realizes the truth after having been deceived恍然大悟;顿然觉醒。例如：After I saw the video，the scales fell from my eyes：she has been deceiving me all the time.看完录像后，我才恍然大悟，明白了她一直在骗我。 | 
