1. I chose to study engineering at a small liberal-arts university that doesn't even offer a major in electrical engineering. 我选择了一所小的文科大学学习工程学，这所大学甚至没有开设电气工程类专业。
2. America's menu of options—research universities, state institutions, private liberal-arts schools, community colleges, religious institutions, military academies—is unrivaled. 美国的选择——研究型大学、州立机构、私立文理学院、社区学院、宗教机构、军事学院——是无与伦比的。
3. All I ever wanted was a quiet, safe, tenured job at a small, Northeastern, liberal-arts college. 我曾经想要的只是：在东北一所小规模的文科大学，谋得一份安静、安稳的终身教职工作。
4. All this begs an important question: Has the traditional liberal-arts curriculum become obsolete? 所有这一切都避开了一个重要问题：传统的文科课程过时了吗？
5. That reflected a slight change from last year, when Williams and Amherst tied for the top of the liberal-arts list. 这与去年相比略有变化，当时威廉姆斯学院和阿默斯特学院并列文理学院第一名。
