共用题干 Unpopular Subjects?Is there a place in today's society for the study of useless subjects in our universities? Just over 100 years ago Fitzgerald argued in a well-written letter_______(1)Nature that"Universities must be allowed to study useless subjects一_______(2)they don't, who will?" He went on to use the_______(3) of Maxwell's electrodynamics(电动力学)as one case where a"useless subject"has been transformed to a useful subject.Nowadays this argument is again very much_______(4)in many universities. Indeed one suspects that it is one of those arguments that must be_______(5)anew (重新)by each generation. But now there is an added twist(歪曲)一subjects must not only be useful,they must also be_______(6)enough that students will flock(蜂拥) to do them,and even flock to pay to do them.As universities become commercial operations,the pressure to_______(7)subjects or departments that are less popular will become stronger and stronger. Perhapsthis is most strongly_______(8)at the moment by physics.There has been much_______(9)in the press of universities that are closing down physics departments and incorporate them with mathematics or engineering departments.Many scientists think otherwise.They see physics as a_______(10)science, which must be kept alive if only to_______(11)a base for other sciences and engineering.It is of their great personal concern that physics teaching and research is under _________(12)in many universities.How can it be preserved in the rush towards commercial competition? A major turnaround(转变)in student popularity may have to ________(13)until the industrial world discovers that it needs physicists and starts paying them well.Physics is now not only unpopular;it is also"hard".We can do more about the latterby_______(14) teaching in our schools and universities. We can also_______(15)cooperative arrangements to ensure that physicists keep their research and teaching up to date. _________(1)
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