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But the sons and daughters want to major in history or classics or philosophy—subjects with no “practical” value.
但这些孩子却想主修历史、古典文学、哲学这些没有“现实”价值的专业。
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And with good cause: Today, Grafton informs us, only one-third of all undergraduates major in the arts and sciences, and less than one-third of them in the humanities.
格拉夫顿告诉我们，今天所有大学在校生中只有三分之一主修艺术和社会科学，而其中更只有不到三分之一主修人文科学。
They walk into a university already feeling guilty that they don’t know what they want to major in, or what their career path is going to be.
如果他们不知道自己想要学习什么专业或者不清楚自己将来的职业道路，走在大学里就已经让他们有一种负罪感。

But Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was the only leader from a major industrial nation in the Group of Eight.
I want you to talk about them. But I don't expect you to become an English major in order to do that if you're not already one.
我不指望你因为要读这些而主修英语,如果你们现在主修的并不是英语的话。
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I was a psychology major in undergrad, and really thought that I wanted to be a counselor.
我本科学习心理学专业，我那时很希望自己将来能够成为一名心理辅导员。
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Dr. Jeff McNeil, a major in the Air Force, works to get the bleeding under control.
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