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Continuing Education

1 People around the world agree that education is not an end, but a means to an end. In other words, we do not educate students only for the aim of educating them. Our purpose is to fit them for life. Life is varied; so is education.
2 Ideas about education are more specified in the United States. Education today is not just a high school diploma or a college degree. Many adults are not interested in going to college. They are interested in other kinds of learning. For them, learning does not end with a diploma.
3 Continuing education gives these adults the opportunity to increase their knowledge about their own field or to learn about a new field. It also gives them a chance to improve their old skills or to learn new ones. Scientists, mechanics, secretaries, barbers and cooks can take classes to improve their work skills. If they know more or learn more, they can get a better job or earn more money.
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1 People around the world agree that education is not an end, but a means to an end. In other words, we do not educate students only for the aim of educating them. Our purpose is to fit them for life. Life is varied; so is education.
2 Ideas about education are more specified in the United States. Education today is not just a high school diploma or a college degree. Many adults are not interested in going to college. They are interested in other kinds of learning. For them, learning does not end with a diploma.
3 Continuing education gives these adults the opportunity to increase their knowledge about their own field or to learn about a new field. It also gives them a chance to improve their old skills or to learn new ones. Scientists, mechanics, secretaries, barbers and cooks can take classes to improve their work skills. If they know more or learn more, they can get a better job or earn more money.
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Telecommunications allows people around the World to contact one another, to access information instantly, and to communicate from remote areas. Telecommunications usually involves a sender of information and one or more recipients(收件人) linked by a technology, such as a telephone system, that transmits information from one place to another. Telecommunications devices convert different types of information, such as sound and video, into electronic signals. The signals can then be transmitted by means of media such as telephone wires or radio waves. When a signal reaches its destination, the device on the receiving end converts the electronic signal back into an understandable message, such as sound over a telephone, moving images on a television, or words and pictures on a computer screen. Telecommunications enables people to send and receive personal messages across town, between countries, and to and from outer space. It also provides the key medium for news, data, information&r
A. Telecommunications are devices and systems that transmit electronic signals across long distances.
B. Telecommunications allows people around the world to contact one another, to access information instantly, and to communicate from remote areas.
C. Telecommunications usually involves a sender of information and one or more recipients(收件人) linked by a technology.
D. Telecommunications are devices and systems that carry, electronic signals across short distances.

[单项选择]Continuing education is important for everyone now, in all fields. Almost as soon as you’ve completed a field of study and begun working -- new ideas, approaches and techniques will be under discussion. To stay current in your discipline and to assure work success and career progression, it’s imperative you stay on top of emerging techniques and technologies that affect your work area. Even if you have worked in the same field for years and have accumulated a rich repertoire of experience, Continuing Ed is vital. Many occupations are now adopting "skill standards" that will formally define the knowledge desired or required for that field. In order to assure your ongoing career stability, you’ll want to be sure to keep current and at least meet, if not exceed, defined "skill standards". Certification, in a wide variety of fields, is becoming more and more common these days, too. Even if you’re already in the occupation -- if today’s new hires are expected to be certified in par
A. you have to stay current in your discipline
B. new ideas and technologies are to be discussed
C. you have just completed your studies
D. you are just beginning to work

[简答题]Continuing education gives these adults the opportunity to increase their knowledge about their own field or to learn about a new field.

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