Section 2 Answering questions (20’)
Directions: Read the following passages and then answer IN COMPLETE SENTENCES the questions which follow each passage. Use only information from the passage you have just read and write your answer in the corresponding space in your answer sheet.
Questions 1~3
For 40 years the sight of thousands of youngsters striding across the open moorland has been as much an annual fixture as spring itself. But the 2,400 school pupils who join the grueling Dartmoor Ten Tors Challenge next Saturday may be among the last to take part in the May tradition. The trek faces growing criticism from environmentalists who fear that the presence of so many walkers on one weekend threatens the survival of some of Dartmoor’s internationally rare bird species.
The Ten Tors Challenge takes place in the middle of the breeding season, when the slightest disturbance can jeopardize birds’ chances of reproducing successfully. Experts at the RSPB and the Dartmoor National Park Authority fear that the walkers could frighten birds and even crush eggs. They are now calling for the event to be moved to the autumn, when the breeding season is over and chicks should be well established. Organisers of the event, which is led by about 400 Territorial Army volunteers, say moving it would be impractical for several reasons and would mean pupils could not train properly for the 55-mile trek. Dartmoor is home to 10 rare species of ground-nesting birds, including golden plovers, dunlins and lapwings. In some cases, species are either down to their last two pairs on the moor or are facing a nationwide decline.
Emma Parkin, South-west spokeswoman for the PASPB, took part in the challenge as a schoolgirl. She said the society had no objections to the event itself but simply wanted it moved to another time of year. “It is a wonderful activity for the children who take part but, having thousands of people walking past in one weekend when birds are breeding is hardly ideal,” she said. “We would prefer it to take place after the breeding and nesting season is over. There is a risk of destruction and disturbance. If the walkers put a foot in the wrong place they can crush the eggs and if there is sufficient disturbance the birds might abandon the nest.” Helen Booker, an RSPB upland conservation officer, said there was no research into the scale of the damage but there was little doubt the walk was detrimental. “If people are tramping past continually it can harm the chances of successful nesting. There is also the fear of direct trampling of eggs.” A spokesman for the Dartmoor National Park Authority said the breeding season on the moor lasted from early March to mid-July, and the Ten Tors Challenge created the potential for disturbance for March, when participants start training.
To move the event to the autumn was difficult because children would be on holiday during the training period. There was a possibility that some schools in the Southwest move to a four-term year in 2004, “but until then any change was unlikely. The authority last surveyed bird life on Dartmoor two year ago and if the next survey showed any further decline, it would increase pressure to move the Challenge,” he said.
Major Mike Pether, secretary of the army committee that organises the Challenge, said the event could be moved if there was the popular will. “The Ten Tors has been running for 42 years and it has always been at this time of the year. It is almost in tablets of stone but that’s not to say we won’t consider moving if there is a consensus in favour. However, although the RSPB would like it moved, 75 per cent of the people who take part want it to stay as it is,” he said. Major Pether said the trek could not be moved to earlier in the year because it would conflict with the lambing season, most of the children were on holiday in the summer, and the winter weather was too harsh.
Datmoor National Park occupies some 54 sq km of hills topped by granite outcrops known as “Tors” with the highest Tor-capped hill reaching 621m. The valleys and dips between the hills are often sites of bogs to snare the unwary hiker. The moor has long been used by the British Army as a training and firing range. The origin of the event stretches back to 1959 when three Army officers exercising on the moor thought it would provide a challenge for civilians as well as soldiers. In the first year 203 youngsters took up the challenges. Since then teams, depending on age and ability, face hikes of 35, 45 or 55 miles between 10 nominated Tors over two days. They are expected to carry everything they need to survive.
1. What is the Ten Tors Challenge? Give a brief introduction of its location and history.
2. Why is it suggested that the event be moved to the autumn or other seasons?
3. What are the difficulties if the event is moved to the autumn or other seasons?
Questions 4~5
Mike and Adam Hurewitz grew up together on Long Island, in the suburbs of New York City. They were very close, even for brothers. So when Adam’s liver started failing, Mike offered to give him half of his. The operation saved Adam’s life. But Mike, who went into the hospital in seemingly excellent health, developed a complication—perhaps a blood colt—and died last week. He was 57. Mike Hurewitz’s death has prompted a lot of soul searching in the transplant community. Was it a tragic fluke or a sign that transplant surgery has reached some kind of ethical limit? The Mount Sinai Medical Center, the New York City hospital where the complex double operation was performed, has put on hold its adult living donor liver transplant program, pending a review of Hurewitz’s death. Mount Sinai has performed about 100 such operations in the past three years.
A 1-in-100 risk of dying may not seem like bad odds, but there’s more to this ethical dilemma than a simple ratio. The first and most sacred rule of medicine is to do no harm. “For a normal healthy person a mortality rate 1% is hard to justify,” says Dr. John Fung, chief of transplantation at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. “If the rate stays at 1%, it’s just not going to be accepted.” On the other hand, there’s an acute shortage of traditional donor organs from people who have died in accidents or suffered fatal heart attacks. If family members fully understand the risks and are willing to proceed, is there any reason to stand in their way? Indeed, a recent survey showed that most people will accept a mortality rate for living organ donors as high as 20%. The odds, thankfully, aren’t nearly that bad. For kidney donors, for example, the risk ranges from 1 in 2, 500 to 1 in 4, 000 for a healthy volunteer. That helps explain why nearly 40% of kidney transplants in the U.S. come from living donors.
The operation to transplant a liver, however, is a lot trickier than one to transplant a kidney. Not only is the liver packed with blood vessels, but it also makes lots of proteins that need to be produced in the right ratios for the body to survive. When organs from the recently deceased are used, the surgeon gets to pick which part of the donated liver looks the best and to take as much of it as needed. Assuming all goes well, a healthy liver can grow back whatever portion of the organ is missing, sometimes within a month.
A living-donor transplant works particularly well when an adult donates a modest portion of the liver to a child. Usually only the left lobe of the organ is required, leading to a mortality rate for living-donors in the neighborhood of 1 in 500 to 1 in 1, 000. But when the recipient is another adult, as much as 60% of the donor’s liver has to be removed. “There really is very little margin for error,” says Dr. Fung. By way of analogy, he suggests, think of a tree. “An adult-to-child living-donor transplant is like cutting off a limb. With an adult-to-adult transplant, you’re splitting the trunk in half and trying to keep both halves alive.”
Even if a potential donor understand and accepts these risks, that doesn’t necessarily mean the operation should proceed. All sorts of subtle pressures can be brought to bear on such a decision, says Dr. Mark Siegler, director of the MacLean for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago. “Sometimes the sicker the patient, the greater the pressure and the more willing the donor will be to accept risks.” If you feel you can’t say no, is your decision truly voluntary? And if not, is it the medical community’s responsibility to save you from your own best intentions?
Transplant centers have developed screening programs to ensure that living donors fully understand the nature of their decision. But unexamined, for the most part, is the larger issue of just how much a volunteer should be allowed to sacrifice to save another human being. So far, we seem to be saying some risk is acceptable, although we’re still vaguer about where the cutoff should be. There will always be family members like Mike Hurewitz who are heroically prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice for a loved one. What the medical profession and society must decide is if it’s appropriate to let them do so.
4. Describe in your own words the liver transplant between the two brothers Mike and Adam.
5. What is the major issue raised in the article?
III. Writing (30’)
Some people see education simply as going to school or college, or as a means to secure good jobs; other people view education as a lifelong process. In your opinion, how important is education to people in the modern society?
Write a composition of about 400 words on your view of the topic.
《英语翻译基础》样题
I. Directions: Translate the following words, abbreviations or terminology into their target language respectively. There are altogether 30 items in this part of the test, 15 in English and 15 in Chinese, with one pint for each. (30’)
1. APEC
2. ASEAN
3. CFO
4. CPI
5. EMS
6. FBI
7. GPS
8. IPO
9. NATO
10. International Monetary Fund
11. most favored nations
12. Intellectual Property Rights
13. Certified Public Accountant
14. European Free Trade Association
15. International Atomic Energy Agency
16. 按揭贷款
17. 保健食品
18. 保税区
19. 不正之风
20. 春运
21. 第三产业
22. 法制国家
23. 国际惯例
24. 货到付款
25. 亏损企业
26. 减员增效
27. 联合兼并
28. 留职停薪
29. 特别提款权
30. 市场准入
II. Directions: Translate the following two source texts into their target language respectively. If the source text is in English, its target language is Chinese. If the source text is in Chinese, its target language is English. (120’)
Source Text 1:
A physician starts playing a harsh mental tape in her head every time a new patient calls: What if I make the wrong diagnosis? I’m a terrible doctor. How did I get into medical school? An executive loses his job despite 25 productive years, he tells himself: I’m a loser. I can’t provide for my family, and I’ll never be able to do it again. If these real-life examples sound familiar, you may have a caustic commentary running in your head, too. Psychologists say many of their patients are plagued by a harsh Inner Critic—including some extremely successful people who think it’s the secret to their success.
An Inner Critic can indeed roust you out of bed in the morning, get you on the treadmill (literally and figuratively) and spur you to finish that book or symphony or invention. But the desire to achieve can get hijacked by harsh judgment and unrelenting fear. Unrelenting self-criticism often goes hand in hand with anxiety, and it may even predict depression. Self-criticism is also a factor in eating disorders, and body disorder—that is, preoccupation with one’s perceived physical flaws. Many people’s Inner Critic makes an appearance early in life and is such a constant companion that it’s part of their personality. Psychologists say that children, particularly those with a genetic predisposition to depression, may internalize and exaggerate the expectations of parents or peers or society. One theory is that self-criticism is anger turned inward, when sufferers are filled with hostility but too afraid and insecure to let it out. Other theories hold that people who scold themselves are acting out guilt or shame or subconsciously shielding themselves against criticism from others: You can’t tell me anything I don’t already tell myself, even in harsher terms.
Techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy can be helpful in changing patterns of thought that have become painful. There are many patients, such as doctors, lawyers—who believed that if they didn’t flog themselves, they wouldn’t be successful. And part of psychologists’ work is to break through that belief by telling the patients that they usually succeed in spite of their Inner Critics, not because of them. (360 words)
【Key words】
depression 抑郁症 cognitive behavioral therapy 认知行为疗法
Source Text 2:
农业是多哈谈判的核心。发达国家和发展中国家都面临压力,但富国和穷国的压力是不同的。在全球26亿农民中,发展中国家有25亿,而且大多数处在贫困状态。即使发展中国家有雄心、有诚意去推进贸易自由化,也不能不顾及几千万甚至几亿农民的基本生计。如果让那些已处于贫困线上的农民遭受更大的冲击,将引发灾难,届时发达国家也不得安宁。因此,应立即给予最不发达国家免关税、免配额的待遇,应该给予发展中国家“特殊产品”和“特殊保障机制”的待遇。
在推动世界贸易自由化的过程中,关键是要照顾大多数,要让广大发展中成员能跟上前进的步伐。因此,要给予所有发展中成员特殊和差别待遇,并力争在香港会议期间就棉花等问题作为阶段性成果达成共识。让发展中成员“早期收获”,获得看得见、摸得着的好处,才能增强多数成员对多哈谈判的信心。 (344 words)
【关键词】
多哈谈判 the Doha Round negotiations 免配额quota-free
样题参考答案
《汉语写作与百科知识》考试样题
参考答案
第一部分:百科知识 (50’)
全球化:全球化是使产品或服务进入全球市场而进行的有关的商务活动,包括正确的国际化设计,本地化集成,以及在全球市场进行的市场推广、销售和支持的全部过程。企业通过全球化实现其全球化发展战略,实现全球化业务,扩大市场规模,降低服务成本,提升综合竞争力,展现企业发展实力,增强用户信心,树立市场形象。
新兴市场:新兴市场指的是发展中国家的股票市场。按照国际金融公司的权威定义。只要一个国家或地区的人均国民生产总值(GNP)没有达到世界银行划定的高收入国家水平,那么这个国家或地区的股市就是新兴市场。有的国家,尽管经济发展水平和人均GNP水平已进入高收入国家的行列,但由于其股市发展滞后,市场机制不成熟,仍被认为是新兴市场。
直接融资:直接融资是指拥有暂时闲置资金的单位(包括企业、机构和个人)与资金短缺需要补充资金的单位,相互之间直接进行协议,或者在
金融市场上前者购买后者发行的有价证券,将货币资金提供给所需要补充资金的单位使用,从而完成资
金融通的过程。
流动性过剩:简单地说,流动性过剩就是货币当局货币发行过多,货币量增长过快,银行机构资金来源充沛,居民储蓄增加迅速。在宏观经济上,它表现为货币增长率超过GDP增长率;就银行系统而言,则表现为存款增速大大快于贷款增速。
财政赤字:财政就是一国政府的收支状况。一国政府在每一财政年度开始之初,总会制定一个当年的财政预算方案,若实际执行结果收入大于支出,为财政赢余;支出大于收入,为财政赤字。
宏观调控:宏观调控是国家为了保持国民经济持续、稳定、健康、迅速地发展,促进经济结构的优化,引导推动社会全面进步而采取的经济措施。国家能够实行强有力的宏观调控。国家采取宏观调控的手段通常有:(1)法律手段与经济政策,如:调整税率,金融、财政补贴等;(2)计划指导,如:国家大的投资规划,或在某些行业和领域实行配额制度;(3)行政手段,如:利用工商、商检、卫生检疫、海关等部门禁止或限制某些商品的生产与流通。
端午:阴历每年的五月初五是端午节。端午节又称“重午节”、“端阳节”、“五月节”、“天中节”、“天长节”、“地腊节”、“五毒日”、“娃娃节”、“女儿节”等。端午节是我国民间三大饮食节之一。在端午节这天,人们以吃粽子表示庆祝。
屈原:屈原(约公元前304-公元前278),战国末期楚国人,杰出的政治家和爱国诗人。名平,字原,丹阳(今湖北秭归)人。 屈原的代表作包括《离骚》、《天问》、《九歌》、《九章》、《招魂》等。屈原是中国文学史上第一位伟大的爱国诗人,他的作品开创了我国诗歌的浪漫主义传统。他的崇高精神和人格千百年来感召和哺育着无数中华儿女,人民永远景仰他,热爱他。中国民间于每年农历的5月5日端午节包粽子、赛龙舟的习俗就是源于对他的纪念。
陶渊明:陶源明(365-427),字元亮,别号五柳先生,晚年更名潜,卒后亲友私谥靖节。东晋浔阳柴桑(今九江市)人。陶渊明是汉魏南北朝800年间最杰出的诗人之一。陶诗今存125首,多为五言诗。从内容上可分为饮酒诗、咏怀诗和田园诗三大类。陶渊明的作品感情真挚、朴素自然,有时流露出逃避现实、乐天知命的老庄思想,有“田园诗人”之称。
重阳节:农历九月九日为传统的重阳节。因为古老的《易经》中把“六”定为阴数,把“九”定为阳数,九月九日,日月并阳,两九相重,故而叫重阳,也叫重九,古人认为是个值得庆贺的吉利日子,并且从很早就开始过此节日。因为《易经》中把“六”定为阴数,把“九”定为阳数,九月九日,日月并阳,两九相重,故而叫重阳,也叫重九,古人认为是个值得庆贺的吉利日子,并且从很早就开始过此节日。庆祝重阳节的活动多彩浪漫,一般包括出游赏景、登高远眺、观赏菊花、遍插茱萸、吃重阳糕、饮菊花酒等活动。庆祝重阳节的活动多彩浪漫,一般包括出游赏景、登高远眺、观赏菊花、遍插茱萸、吃重阳糕、饮菊花酒等活动。九九重阳,因为与“久久”同音,九在数字中又是最大数,有长久长寿的含意,况且秋季也是一年收获的黄金季节,重阳佳节,寓意深远,人们对此节历来有着特殊的感情,唐诗宋词中有不少贺重阳,菊花的诗词佳作。今天的重阳节,被赋予了新的含义,在1989年,我国把每年的九月九日定为老人节,传统与现代巧妙地结合,成为尊老、敬老、爱老、助老的老年人的节日。今天的重阳节,被赋予了新的含义。1989年,我国把每年农历的九月九日定为老人节,传统与现代巧妙地结合,成为尊老、敬老、爱老、助老的老年人的节日。全国各机关、团体、街道,往往都在此时组织从工作岗位上退下来的老人们秋游赏景,或临水玩乐,或登山健体,让身心都沐浴在大自然的怀抱里;不少家庭的晚辈也会搀扶着年老的长辈到郊外活动或为老人准备一些可口的饮食。
比尔·盖茨:威廉·(比尔)H. 盖茨是全球个人计算机软件的领先供应商——微软公司的创始人、前任董事长和首席执行官。盖茨出生于1955年,曾从哈佛大学辍学创办微软公司。目前,盖茨已从微软公司引退,专注于比尔及梅琳达·盖茨基金会的慈善事业。
微软:微软(Microsoft)公司由比尔·盖茨与保罗·艾伦创建于1975年,是世界PC机(Personal Computer,个人计算机)软件开发的先导,目前是全球最大的电脑软件提供商,其主要产品为Windows操作系统、Internet Explorer网页浏览器及Microsoft Office办公软件套件。
文化市场:是指按价值规律进行文化艺术产品交换,和提供有偿文化服务活动的场所。是文化艺术产品生产和消费的中介。它必须具备三个条件:一是要有能供人们消费并用于交换的劳动产品和活动;二是要有组织这种活动的经营者和需求者;三是要有适宜的交换条件。
西雅图:西雅图位于美国本土48个州中最西北角的华盛顿州,是美国西北部重要城市和海港。西雅图已有150年的发展历史,一直以来都给人以浪漫多情的印象,好莱坞电影《西雅图夜未眠》(Sleepless in Seattle)之后尤其如此。 西雅图的地标是为1962年在此举行的世界博览会而设计的太空针塔。西雅图拥有领先的经济群体,其中
微软是世界上最大的私人计算机软件公司,世界最大的飞机制造厂家
波音公司是该地区最大的雇主。
“两会”:“两会”是“
全国人民代表大会”和“中国人民政治协商会议”的简称。每年3月份“两会”先后召开全体会议一次,每五年称为一届,每年会议称X届X次会议。“两会”召开的意义在于:将“两会”代表从人民中得来的信息和要求进行收集及整理,传达给党中央。“两会”的代表委员们代表着广大选民的利益,他们代表选民在召开两会期间向政府有关部门提出选民们自己的意见和要求。地方每年召开的人大和政协也称为“两会”,通常召开的时间比全国“两会”时间要早。
吴邦国:男,汉族,1941年生,安徽肥东人,清华大学无线电电子学系毕业,大学学历,工程师。现任中共中央政治局常委,十一届全国人大常委会委员长、党组书记。
新华社:新华社全称为新华通讯社,是中华人民共和国的国家通讯社,是中国最大的新闻信息采集和发布中心。新华社前身是“红色中华通讯社”,创建于1931年11月,1937年改现名。新华社总社设在中国首都北京,全社的新闻采集和处理系统由总社、国内分社、国外分社三部分组成。
法制化:法制化就是把法律规制的应用制度化、程序化,将这些行为纳入到法律规制的范畴,由相应的制度对其进行规定、制约,这既利于行为的规范化、程序化,提高效率,也利于对其进行监督与约束,更利于保障人民的合法权利。
孟德斯鸠:孟德斯鸠(1689-1755),法国伟大的启蒙思想家、法学家。孟德斯鸠不仅是18世纪法国启蒙时代的著名思想家,也是近代欧洲国家比较早的系统研究古代东方社会与法律文化的学者之一。他的著述虽然不多,但其影响却相当广泛,尤其是《
论法的精神》这部集大成的著作,奠定了近代西方政治与法律理论发展的基础,也在很大程度上影响了欧洲人对东方政治与法律文化的看法。其他作品包括《波斯人信札》,1734年发表的《罗马盛衰原因论》。
公私权界:公共领域和私人领域的划分是处理国家和公民关系的核心问题之一。 公共领域归公共领域,私人领域归私人领域,前者通行民主规则,后者通行自由规则,这个权界是一定要分清的。从社会学的角度上说,现实中任何一个社会人都在从事着几种角色扮演,譬如在一定的社会情景里医生有时也是病人,记者有时也是受访者。因此这种角色扮演必须分得清楚,否则就会出现悖论与逻辑混乱。在官员这个群体身上这种划分必须体现得更加清楚。公权只能公用而不能私用,其前提是对官员身份边界及其背后的权力边界的清楚定义。
第二部分:应用文写作 (40’)
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中国××进出口商会
关于××汽车索赔案谈判结果的报告
××字〔200-〕×号
中国××××办公室:
根据你办和商务部××司的指示,我会于×月×日至×月×日派人去××,了解了××汽车索赔案的谈判结果,现将有关情况报告如下:
××进出口公司和××进出口总公司自去年以来订购了××型载重卡车×辆,其中,××公司×辆,××公司×辆。至八月底已到货×辆。经使用,出现车架大裂纹、铆钉松动、轮胎早期磨损、挡风玻璃爆裂、木梁裂纹等严重质量问题。××公司、××公司当即组织了用户和技术人员赴×××、××、×××、××、××等省进行调查,经检验质量问题主要是由于×方产品设计和制造上的缺陷造成的。两公司为此对××公司提出索赔。为使谈判成功,两公司共同组成联合谈判小组,和用户统一对外索赔。同时我报社转载了《国际商报》报道××质量问题的文章,给××公司造成了巨大压力,迫使他们改变了最初不认账和企图敷衍了事的态度,于×月×日派了以常务董事为首的代表团来京谈判。由于两公司准备充分,我方专家从技术上提出了有力的论证,经过半个月的谈判,使×方承认是设计和产品制造质量问题,同意全部退货,更换“重新设计试验、精工细作、制造优良的”新车,并向我支付×日元(占全部车价的×分之一)的经济损失赔偿金。××公司于×月×日在赔偿确认书上签字。
今年以来,我国从××和××进口的商品不断出现质量问题,主要原因是这些商人无视商业信誉,以次充好,以假充真。如××电器株式会社向××出口的电位器生产线质量低劣,××、××进口的家用电器也有不少假货、次货。就我方来讲,由于近两年来,家用电器进口数量大,交货期短,除中央专项进口外,各地方也竞相进口,地方单位大多不重视进口商品检验也使外商产生重数量、轻质量的侥幸心理,大量委托外加工粗制滥造。为避免国家损失,建议国家制订《进口汽车管理办法》,并要求各部门、各地方切实执行。
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第三部分:现代汉语写作 (60’)
答案略
《翻译硕士英语》样题参考答案
I. Vocabulary and grammar (30’)
1-10 DABAC ACDDB
11-20 AABBD ACBBC
II. Reading comprehension (40’)
Section 1 Multiple choice (20’)
1. C 2. A 3. D 4. B 5. A
6. D 7. A 8. C 9. B 10. B
Section 2 Answering questions (20’)
Key points
1. located in Dartmoor Park/with 54 sq km of hills covered by “Tors”/an event starting from 1959/young people walking over a distance of 55-mile trek in two days/in Spring (May)/ a kind of outdoor physical training
2. environmentalism/threatening of some “internationally rare bird species”/breeding season/nesting season/destroying eggs/frightening birds/declining of birds
3. if moved to autumn/children “on holiday” during the training period/majority unwilling to change the time/if moved earlier: lambing season/winter: too harsh and cold
4. Mike and Adam/one’s liver “failing”, Mike donated half of his liver/Adam survived/Mike, the healthy brother, due to the “complication” developed in the operation, died after the successful transplant
5. when there is a risk of donors’ dying from organ transplant between family members/1 in 100 risk/higher or lower/Shall such transplant operations be encouraged?/different viewpoints/heated argument
III. Writing (30’)
Education as a Lifelong Process
When we talk about education, we can easily think of schools, colleges and young people. As a matter of fact, education is so important in modern society that it can be viewed as a lifelong process.
Firstly, it’s the requirement of fast-developing society to receive education despite of your age. Our world is changing dramatically with the development of new science and technology. A person who completed his education at school in the 1970s or the 1980s may have encountered new problems when he is working now. The problems might have something to do with his major or other aspects. For example an accountant now must master the skills of accounting through computers, which is a basic tool for him, so he should also learn how to apply his job in a computer no matter how old he is.
Secondly, education creates human character and moralities. Through education, youth may learn how to make contributions to the world. And the old may learn new things to enrich their lives. Through education, a healthy person can become stronger and a disabled person can have a new hope on his life. Man can find great pleasure in education.
Thirdly, our modem society has provided everyone with the chance to receive education. As long as you wish you could get education by attending night-schools, adult colleges, training centers and even long-distance education through Internet and TV.
In a word, knowledge is boundless, and life is limited. So education is a lifelong process.