" The M.T.A. didn't have the money, and it wasn't a priority, " Mr. Ravitch said last week.

“大都会运输署当时没有那个钱，而且，这个项目在当时也不是当务之急，”拉维奇上周说。

“Schools have always been in a society where practical is more important than intellectual, ” says education writer Diane Ravitch. “Schools could be a counterbalance.”

教育学作家戴安·莱维西说：“学校始终处于实用重于才学的社会之中。”“学校本来可能是一种抵消反反智社会的力量。”

When the Metropolitan Transportation Authority created a yard for commuter trains on the West Side, its chairman at the time, Richard Ravitch, knew the site could be valuable one day.

大都会运输署在西区为通勤列车腾出了一个场地，那时，运输署当时的董事长理查德·拉维奇就知道，这块地终有一天会变得很值钱。

Ravitch's latest book, Left Back: A Century of Failed School Reforms, traces the roots of anti-intellectualism in our schools, concluding they are anything but a counterbalance to the American distaste for intellectual pursuits.

莱维西最新著作《落后：一个世纪的失败学校改革》探索学校里反智主义倾向的根源，书中的结论是：美国学校绝没有抵制美国人对才学追求的厌恶。

Hudson Yards would not exist in its current form without significant government assistance, especially the expansion of the 7 line, said Mr. Ravitch, who was initially skeptical of the city's plan to pay for the subway expansion.

没有政府的大力援助，特别是7号线的扩建，哈德逊城市广场项目就不会以今天的形式存在，最初对市政府为地铁扩建项目提供资金的计划持怀疑态度的拉维奇说。

" Schools could be a counterbalance." Ravitch's la-test book, Left Back: A Century of Failed School Reforms, traces the roots of anti-intellectualism in our schools, concluding they are anything but a counterbalance to the American distaste for intellectual pursuits.

“学校可以起到平衡作用。 ”拉维奇的最新测试书《左后卫：一个失败的学校改革世纪》追溯了我们学校反智主义的根源，得出的结论是它们根本无法平衡美国人对知识追求的厌恶。