英语四级考试阅读：中国制造出名了_大学英语阅读

英语四级考试阅读：中国制造出名了

　　Dr. SHI YIGONG （Dean of Life Sciences， Tsinghua University）： This room is very similar to what I used to have at Princeton University.

　　GIFFORD： Chinese-born scientist Shi Yigong went to the United States in the 1990s to gain a Ph.D.， and rose rapidly to be a full professor of molecular biology at Princeton. In 2008， to his colleagues amazement， he decided to give up his tenure and return to become dean of life sciences at Tsinghua University in Beijing.

　　He says he owes something to his homeland. Shi， like most people here， knows there is one word that sums up the challenges ahead.

　　Mr. SHI： Of course， it is the system. China do have a lot of talented scientists and engineers. People are very smart in China. But the mechanisms for people to apply their talents， for people to innovate， are not there yet. That needs to be resolved.

　　GIFFORD： But the system， and indeed the culture， is very difficult to change. And Shi very honestly admits that he sees the problems even in himself. He encourages his graduate students to innovate and to challenge their teachers in a way the Chinese education system does not. But he realized recently when his own children get home from school， the only question he asked them was： Did you listen to your teacher today？

　　Mr. SHI： For someone who stayed in the United States for 18， 19 years， whos been really influenced by Western culture， still the question was： Did you listen to your teachers？ You know， we are told to listen. We are told to accept. We are told to - not to doubt about authority. So I think that element is very hard to do away with， because thats part of our culture.