Many consumers seem to have been influenced by stock-market swings, which investors now view as a necessary ingredient to a sustained boom.

　　①Americans today don’t place a very high value on intellect.

　　②Our heroes are athletes, entertainers, and entrepreneurs, not scholars.

　　③Even our schools are where we send our children to get a practical education — not to pursue knowledge for the sake of knowledge.

　　④Symptoms of pervasive anti-intellectualism in our schools aren’t difficult to find.

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　　①(论点：总)今天的美国人并不十分重视智慧。

　　②(具体：分1)我们的英雄是运动员、艺人和企业家，而不是学者。

　　③(递进：分2)甚至我们的学校也是我们送孩子去接受实用教育的地方——不是为了知识而去求学的地方。

　　④(并列：分3)在学校里，普遍存在的反智主义的情况并不难发现。