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  3. Nowadays visits to prestigious universities, like Peking University, are gaining popularity in China. A large number of people b

Nowadays visits to prestigious universities, like Peking University, are gaining popularity in China. A large number of people b

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问题     Nowadays visits to prestigious universities, like Peking University, are gaining popularity in China. A large number of people believe such visits can encourage children to study hard for a bright future, but with increasingly more visitors, universities are so crowded that they look like scenic spots more than institutions of higher education. Should universities be open to visitors as public property? Officials and professors have totally different views. The following are opinions from both sides. Read the excerpts carefully and write your response in about 300 words, in which you should:
    1. summarize briefly the opinions from both sides:
    2. give your comment.
    Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
    Officials
    A group of 41 top universities in the country are now pushing forward the idea of opening to the general public in an effort to raise technological awareness.
    Peking University, which hosts a summer camp for selected high-school students from across the country, made the promise to open its key labs and libraries to visitors starting on the third week of September, which coincides with the national Science and Technology Promotion Week.
    Chen Jining, president of Tsinghua University, delivered the joint public pledge on behalf of the 41 universities involved in the program. Chen said higher education institutions have a social responsibility to fulfill in terms of opening their libraries and science labs. He added that universities in possession of key science labs and libraries should make efforts to promote innovation among the public, particularly for the nation’s younger generation.
    According to the stated pledge, some 1,200 high school students will become the first group to enjoy free access to the labs and libraries in 9 Beijing-based universities. The rest of the participating universities will open up as soon as they finalize a schedule to accommodate the events on a regular basis.
    Universities including Tsinghua University and Peking University, joined the Capital Library Alliance on Monday, as they plan to open up their libraries free of charge to the public. Initially, 12 universities had already opened their libraries to the general public as part of the scheme, to varying degrees, offering a number of access methods.
    The alliance’s libraries now allow the public to browse library materials freely. Visitors are required to apply for a temporary card under certain conditions, and the areas of the libraries open to the public may also vary.
    The Beijing University of Technology has been the most " generous" among the initial 12 universities to open their doors, as it allows the public to apply for a monthly visitors’ card which provides them with access to all books in the library. However, as applicants are required to pay a deposit of 500 yuan and an extra charge of 300 yuan per loan, not many people are keen on borrowing books.
    The city’s remaining 22 universities are still drafting rules related to opening up their collections. "To open the university library to the public free of charge is indeed a popular trend," said a library official at Beijing Forestry University.
    In addition to offering free access to those innovation cores, the statement also urges those participating universities to provide more interactive activities such as seminars and workshops for interested visitors.
    Li Xiaoliang, director of the Teenagers’ Center at the China Association of Science and Technology, says the joint pledge is just the beginning. Eventually, some 400 universities across the country will be encouraged to follow their example.
    Ni Jie, deputy secretary-general of the Communist Youth League at Tsinghua University, said Tsinghua has already had some experience in this area. He added that in order to really fulfill this promise, universities are advised to work out a functioning regiment so that visitors can visit in an orderly fashion and not disturb the regular teaching activities.
    Professors
    With a large number of visitors, universities are so crowded that they look like scenic spots more than institutions of higher education. Some professors in the relatively "popular" universities have expressed their anxieties that the gradual opening-up will lead to a shortage of books for their students and will place a great burden on library staff. Some other professors also expressed their concerns over the security of students and the campus since the opening-up to the public has placed a heavy burden on the security staff of universities.
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答案 The Benefits and Pitfalls of Opening Universities to the Public Nowadays, visits to prestigious universities are becoming increasingly popular. As for this, the officials and the professors hold completely different opinions. Officials say higher education institutions have a social responsibility to fulfill in terms of opening their campuses, libraries and science labs. They call for universities to make efforts to promote innovation among the public, particularly for the nation’s younger generation. However, the professors are concerned with the fact that with so many visitors, universities look like scenic spots rather than institutions of higher education. Some professors have also expressed their anxieties over the number of the books and the burden placed on library staff. Some other professors also showed their concerns over the security of students and the campus. For me, opening universities to the public does us more good than harm. Firstly, visits to prestigious universities can inspire children to study hard so as to get into one of those universities for a promising future. What’s more, opening to the public is a good way for universities to enhance exchanges with the outside so that they can improve themselves according to the suggestions from visitors. Last but not the least, the pitfalls of opening universities to the public can be avoided through appropriate measures. For example, universities can set a certain date as its opening day so that it would be crowded on the special day but maintain the academic atmosphere at most of the time. Also, universities can open only part of the campus to the public, like the playground or the library. All in all, the harm brought by opening universities to the public can be offset by the good it does. While opening to the public, universities shall at the same time take effective measures to make sure that they are still institutions of higher education in the eyes of the students.
解析 本文讨论的是开放大学校园供大众参观的利与弊。目前越来越多的大学校园对外开放，官方认为这是一种流行趋势，而许多教授却感觉校园更像旅游景点，渐渐失去了学术氛围。在具体行文方面，考生可以在第一段开门见山，引出话题；接下来在第二段简要总结官方与教授的不同观点，官方认为高等学府有开放大学、图书馆以及实验室的社会责任，而教授则认为开放大学会扰乱教学秩序，给学校图书馆以及安保系统带来一定的负担；最后一段提出自己的观点：校园对外开放利大于弊，接下来重点阐述三点原因：一、参观名牌大学可以激发孩子努力学习；二、对外开放也是大学不断自我完善、自我进步的途径之一；三、学校可以采取有效措施减少开放校园给学生带来的不利影响，如定时、定点等。
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