淮阴侯韩信者，淮阴人也。始为布衣时，贫，无行，不得推择为吏，又不能治生商贾，常从人寄食饮，人多厌之者。常数从其下乡南昌亭长寄食，数月，亭长妻患之，乃晨炊蓐食。食时，信往，不为具食，信亦知其意，怒，竟绝去。

　　信钓于城下，诸母漂，有一母见信饥，饭信，竟漂数十日。信喜，谓漂母曰：“吾必有以重报母。”母怒曰：“大丈夫不能自食，吾哀王孙而进食，岂望报乎！”

      淮阴屠中少年有侮信者，曰：“若虽长大，好带刀剑，中情怯耳。”众辱之曰：“信，能死，刺我；不能死，出我胯下。”于是信孰视之，俛出胯下，蒲伏，一市人皆笑信，以为怯。你认为韩信不能被推选作官吏的原因是什么？

    With the Chinese language growing in popularity,the UK government plans to invest（投资）10 million pounds to help more kids learn Mandarin（普通话）.Do you think it is necessary for the UK pupils to learn Mandarin?Some people share their opinions online.

    Ted(UK): The learning of any language can be valuable and rewarding,but it is not suitable for everyone. Chinese is a difficult language to learn and the UK has a poor reputation for teaching foreign languages.Why should they learn Chinese when most people in the world speak English?

    Mark(US): I studied French for 2 years in high school and German for 4 years in college.I studied Mandarin informally for about 4 months before moving to China.Now I speak Mandarin every day as my wife doesn't speak English.But it is far from being fluent.Learning additional languages is a great thing,which offers a different perspective on the world around us.Nowadays,it's almost necessary to be able to speak more than just your native tongue.

    George(UK): No,unless they're taught from a very early stage of childhood.Mandarin is so difficult.If China really is going to dominate the world,it'll have to do so by speaking the world's dominant language—English.

    Sam(UK): I don't think Chinese will become as widely spoken throughout the world as English.It is too difficult to learn as a second language.To learn Chinese you completely have to devote yourself to learning how to write and read it.If you have to learn it besides other subjects you can't be good at it.But Chinese will become more popular, and that is a good thing.

开源节流是社会发展的普遍规律,也是人类生存和发展的智慧。正是这种智慧,使我们能够趋利避害,未雨绸缪,让地球上的各种资源满足人类的基本需求。该智慧的哲学依据是（  ）