What was it that influenced American academic freedom and how did Americans understand it?
【正确答案】：(1) The German Lehrfreiheit influenced American academic freedom.(2) As a result, the Americans typically understood Lehrfreiheit as the modern ideal that truth is progressive and that for science to advance it must freed from tradition and assumption.
【题目解析】：问题问的是是什么影响的美国学术自由，美国人是如何理解学术自由的？根据文章的第二段可知根据第二段中的The direct inspiration for the modem American conception of academic freedom came, however, from Germany, or at least from the romanticized (理想化的）impressions of Germany that the many thousands of American academics who studied there brought back with them.可知，美国现代学术自由观的启发是直接来自德国，或者说是来自对德国理想化的印象，是由在德国学习的成千上万美国学者带回美国的。因此我们得知是德国的教学自由（Lehrfreiheit）启发了美国学术自由。本题的第二问，从文章第三段可以找到答案The Americans typically understood Lehrfreiheit as the modem ideal that truth is progressive and that for science to advance it must be freed from tradition and assumption.
