have the ability to create a spectacular brand: the iPod. Most importantly,st udying the humanities invests us with great insight and self-awareness, the reby releasing our creative energy and talent in a positive and constructive manner.

学习人文学科会让我们熟悉表达情感的语言及进行创造的过程。在信息经济中，很多人都有能力创造出一个如新的 MP3 播放器那样的有用产品。然而，仅有很少的人具有能力创造出一个如 iPod 那样的精彩品牌。最重要的是，学习人文学科使我们具有伟大的洞察力和自我意识，从而以积极和建设性的方式来发挥我们的创造力和才艺。

Perhaps the best argument in favor of the humanities is the scope of possibili ties that arewidely open to us. Did you know that James Cameron, world-fam ous director of the movie,Titanic, graduated with a degree in the humanities ? So did Sally Ride, the first woman in space.So did actors Bruce Lee, Gwynet h Paltrow, Renee Zellweger and Matt Damon. Dr. HaroldVarmus, who won a N obel Prize for Medicine, studied the humanities. Even Michael Eisner,Chairman of the Disney Company, majored in the humanities. Famous people who stud ied thehumanities make a long list indeed. It's easy to see that the humanitie s can prepare us formany different careers and jobs we can undertake, wheth er medicine, business, science or entertainment.

也许，支持人文学科的最好论点是，人文学科为我们提供了广阔的机会。你知道世界闻名的电影《泰坦尼克号》的导演詹姆斯·卡梅隆拿的是人文学科的学位吗？第一个登上太空的女宇航员萨利·赖德拿的也是人文学科的学位。还有电影演员李小龙、格温妮丝·帕特洛·蕾妮·齐薇格及马特·达蒙，也都如此。获诺贝尔医学奖的哈罗德·瓦慕斯博士也学过人文学科。甚至迪士尼公司的总裁迈克尔·艾斯纳也主修人文学科。学习人文学科的有名人士确实可以列出一长串。显而易见，人文学能为我们从事许多不同的职业做准备，不管是医学、商务、科学或娱乐。

If we study only mathematics, it's likely we will be a candidate only for jobs a s a mathematician. If weinclude studying the humanities, we can makebreakt hroughs on many barriers and are limited onlyby our effort and imagination.

如果我们仅学习数学，我们很可能只能申请数学家之类的工作。如果我们还学了人文学科，那我们就能突破许多障碍，只要我们愿意付出努力，敢于想象。

Of course, nowadays, if we study the humanitiesalone, we are liable to miss many opportunities.Each one of us needs to become as technically and profes sionally skilled as possible to helpmeet the needs of modern life. In fact, incre asingly a pairing of technical knowledge and inner insight is seen as the idea