A victory for coeducation
"Well, I hate to say it, but that was a colossal failure!" Said Mr. Wells after he had collected all of the surveys he had passed out. ~I thought there would be coherent arguments against coeducation, as well as a clear majority to keep things the way they are already. But all of the students and colleagues in our very cognitive university setting seem to think that we should change our school code to allow a coed university. Some even want coed dormitories. That won' t happen over my dead body! Do you think there is any way that we can coerce them otherwise?"
"Well, let's first collate the surveys to see what the exact numbers are." Said Mr. MacKenzie in response. "Okay, I've collapsed the results into three categories. It's no coincidence; the majority favors this coarse change in policy just as you said. Well Mr. Wells, I guess that there was really no need for us to collaborate on this issue. We havefailed. We coined several good slogans. Several collocations were brilliant. And the coherence of our arguments was sound. But we have just collided with reality! They want a coed university!"
"Okay. admit defeat." Sighed Mr. Wells. "Let's take this collection of surveys to the library. Oh, watch out! We just avoided a major collision with that biker. Ah well, maybe students will remember some of our coinages later in life."
"Yes, but they' 11 probably remember and laugh. We' re in for a lot of change, Mr. Wells, a lot of change! "
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coarse a.粗的,粗糙的;粗俗的,粗鲁
code n.密码,电码,代号;准则
coed n.男女同校的,对男女都开的
coeducation n.男女同校(制)
coerce v.强迫,迫使
cognitive a.人士的,认识过程的,认识能力的;以实验经验为根据的
coherence n.1粘合性2连贯性,前后一致,条例清楚
coherent a.一致的,协调的;条理清楚的,前后一致的
coin n.硬币,钱币
v.发明,创造,杜撰(新词语等的)
coinage n.(总称)硬币;(新短语等的)创造,杜撰;臆造的事物
coincidence n.巧合,巧事;符合,一致;同时发生,共同存在
collaborate v.(尤指在文艺科学等方面的)协作,合作
collapse v./n.倒坍,崩溃,瓦解;倒下,跨掉
collate v.核对,校对
colleage v.同事
collection n.收集,搜集,采集;(一批)收集的东西
collide v.碰撞,互撞;冲突,抵触
collocation n.(语)组合,搭配,组配;词组
colossal a.巨大的,其大无比的