英语专业人士进OnereasonwhyitishardtodesignandteachsuchcoursesisthattheycutacrosstheinsistencebytopAmericanuniversitiesthatliberal-artseducationandprofessionaleducationshouldbekeptseparate,taughtindifferent

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英语 专业人士进
　One reason why it is hard to design and teach such courses is that they cut across the insistence by top American universities that liberal-arts education and professional education should be kept separate,taught in different schools.这里they cut across他们打断 中的they指代的是前面所述的课程还是一流高校,还有insistences后接by,个人理解是不是可以用of,用by如何解

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设计和教授这些课程的难点在于它们有悖于顶级美国大学主张文科教育和职业教育应分学院教导的传统观点.

they是指课程
insistence by就是.的坚持（这里是顶级美国高校的坚持）