The good mind is flexible原文和翻译.docx

The good mind is flexible优秀的头脑是灵活的1 For many years we have talked about education in a changing society but have done littleto educate for uncertainty. Perhaps the best insurance we can offer for this uncertainty isthe presence of a good mind. To develop a good mind the student must learn how to learnand develop a taste for learning. The world of tomorrow needs flexible individuals,intelligently mobile individuals, individuals who can land on their feet when their jobsbecome technologically obsolete, individuals who can cope with the unexpected.多年来，我们一直在讨论日新月异的社会中的教育问题，却没有采取切实行动来教育人们如何应对变化。或许面对变化，我们的最佳保障足拥有优秀的头脑。要培养优秀的头脑，学生需要掌握学习方法，培养学习兴趣。未来的世界需要适应能力强的人；需要其智慧类型为多面发展的人；需要那种当其所从事的工作技术上落伍时，依然能克服困境走向成功的人，需要能应对意外局面的人。2 To educate for flexibility we must distinguish between training and education. To train isto emphasize fixed responded, to stress immediate goals to the neglect of long-termgrowth. to educate, however, is to foster limitless growth, lifelong learning, to develop thegood mind.要培养灵活的头脑，我们需要区别什么是训练，什么是教育。训练注重培养一成不变的反应，注重短期目标而忽略长远发展。教育则旨在促进无限的成长，鼓励终生的学习，培养优秀的头脑。3 Mark Twains story about the cat is in order here. he said that a cat that jumps onto a hotstove will never jump on a hot stove again. Nor, he added, will she ever jump on a coldone. The cat can be trained but, contrary to what cat-lovers may say, cannot be educated.这里刚好可以用上马克?吐温讲的猫的故事。他说跳到热火炉上的猫再也不会往热火炉上跳。他还补充说，这猫甚至再也不会往冷的炉子上跳。猫可以接受训练，不过，与爱猫人士的说法相反，猫是无法被教育的。4 The person educated for flexibility will see the world in a fresh, inventive way. Such aperson is not chained to the immediate, the customary, the habitual, not dependent onsomeone else to plan the route and how to get there. such persons will chart their owncourse.懂得应对变化的人看待世界的视角新颖、富有独创性。这样的人不会受到眼前利益、传统惯例、固定习惯等的束缚，他无需依赖外人为他设定路线，指明途径。这样的人懂得绘制自己的行程。5 To develop the flexible person with the good mind we must favor those learningexperiences that have high transfer value to varied life situations, we must learn how toteach skill, attitudes, and conce