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Why Study Math 为什么学习数学? （转自临沂师范学院数学系） 1.The world is pretty complicated today compared with what it was forty years ago. And its getting more so all the time. 今天的世界与40年前的世界相比复杂多了。而且还会越来越复杂。 We have to have more and more specially trained people. 我们必须拥有越来越多的经过专门训练的人才。? We need math to solve the tough problems of science. 我们需要数学来解答科学上的难题。 We need them to find new ways to conquer disease, to design the machines of industry and the laborsaving gadgets of the home. 我们需要数学来找到攻克疑难病症的新方法以及设计工业机器和节省家庭劳动的小发明的新思路。 And we need them more and more for the ordinary things of everyday life. 我们还越来越需要数学来得到日常生活中的常用东西。　? 2.It takes special training to be a good carpenter, or plumber, or car mechanic. 要当一名好的木工、管子工或汽车修理工需经过专门训练。 Jobs in electronics require even greater skills. 电子技术方面的工作需要更多的技能。 We used to think a radio repairman had to have a pretty thorough kind of training. 我们通常认为修理收音机(的人)需全面良好的训练。 But its even tougher to be a television repairman. 但修理电视机(的人)就更复杂了。? 3.Some of you are probably thinking, Thats all right for technical people. 你们中有些人可能在想：“工程技术人员学习数学是对的. But suppose I want to be an artist, a druggist, or a nurse. Suppose I want to go in business for myself. 但是假如我想 当艺术家、药剂师、护士，假如我本人想经商，　 What good will math do me? All right, Lets see. 数学对我有什么帮助呢?” 好，让我们看看吧。? 4.Many artists today are in what is called applied art. 今天的许多艺术家都是所谓的应用艺术家。 They use their ability in advertising, interior decoration, or some similar job. 他们把能力用在广告、室内装璜或某种类似的工作上。 But people in business who hire the artists for that kind of work say that simple artistic ability is not enough. 　 但雇佣艺术家来做上述工作的商界人士说，仅仅有艺术才能是不够的。 There are lots of young people who have that. But not enough of them know anything about physics, or mechanical? things, or math. 许多青年人有艺术才能，但其中懂物理、机械或数学的人不太多。? 5.To be a druggist you have to study chemistry. 要成为药剂师你必须学习化学。 You cant learn chemistry without knowing something about algebra. 你不懂代数就学不了化学。　 How about a nurse? 要当护士又该如何?? One of the required subjects in a course of nursing is k