從GRE寫作中折射出的美國文化看高分作文思路要求

1、第 PAGE9 頁 共 NUMPAGES9 頁從GRE寫作中折射出的美國文化看高分作文思路要求從GRE寫作中折射出的美國文化看高分作文思路要求二元性考慮是GRE作文題目設置的本質所在談到美國文化，人們首先想到的是可能是美劇，好萊塢，漢堡薯條，NBA，NFL，蘋果等等。當然不可否認，美國正通過娛樂，體育，餐飲，高科技等渠道向全世界輻射其文化。但假如透過這些表象去窺探其深層的內(nèi)涵，那么我們就會看到包容，開通的思想自始至終都是這個國度最為閃耀標志。這一標志集中表達在其三權(Executive, Legislative, Judicial) 分立的政府構造，民主共和兩黨，與參眾兩院的政體之中。是的，“

2、二”在美國文化中是一個受歡送的數(shù)字，因為 “Two is simply more than one”。雖然說“二”，或更準確的說是“二元性”，并不一定可以包含世上所有的人群，觀點，思想與方式，當這確實是最接近普世價值與本質的實用模型。對于GRE寫作，一個核心的思想就是 “two-way thinking”，也就是一分為二的分析p 方法，這種思想強調競爭與沖突，是一種動態(tài)的平衡，也是鼓勵人們不斷挑戰(zhàn)自我的最為有效的機制。GRE寫作題目反響美國社會生活很多GRE寫作的題目都是美國社會的縮影，如Argument的內(nèi)容也時常涉及普通人的生活。像 movie theater 中的 video arcad

3、e (電子游戲機)，all female (如Wheaton College，原先為女校)/coeducation，保健食品連鎖店(其原型為GNC)，Jazz Club (其實個人經(jīng)歷認為在美國不主流)等等。雖說我們在寫作中主要是在質疑其推理過程與結論的合理性，但這些素材包括其結論通常都反映了美國社會的客觀事實。在Argument的題庫中，有一類非常獨特的問題是跟賺錢相關 (profit, profitable, profitability)，也就是公司怎樣才能盈利。我們知道美國文化是典型的重商的文化，根本上一切事情都是以是否能賺錢作為評判標準的。美國人很會賺錢，而且不需要用到地溝油。這就是為

4、什么世界上最成功的商業(yè)咨詢公司都來自美國，而在這些公司中，segmentation(細分)是比擬核心的思想，這也與Issue寫作中的分類討論的分析p 思想高度吻合的。除此之外，GRE寫作處處反映了美國的主流文化與思維方式。當然，ETS設計的GRE考試并不是要你 “Dont fight, just accept.”，而是希望聽到你獨特的聲音。因此，希望大家能以更加積極的心態(tài)去備考，并把這種思想延伸到今后的生活中去。GRE考試寫作經(jīng)典范文：重辯證思維Issue“Money spent on research is almost always a good investment, even when

5、 the results of that research are controversial.”I agree with the speakers broad assertion that money spent on research is generally money well invested. However, the speaker unnecessarily extends this broad assertion to embrace research whose results are “controversial,” while ignoring certain pell

6、ing reasons why some types of research might be unjustifiable. My points of contention with the speaker involves the fundamental objectives and nature of research, as discussed below.精華：However, the speaker unnecessarily extends this broad assertion to embrace research whose results are “controversi

7、al,” while ignoring certain pelling reasons why這種說法可以用來鞭撻原題觀點的絕對化，非常有力。My points of contention with the speaker involve the fundamental objectives and nature of research, as discussed below.GRE考試寫作經(jīng)典范文：教育合作題目：Both parents and munities must be involved in the local schools. Education is too important

8、 to leave solely to a group of professional educators.父母和社會都必須參與到地方的學校中。教育太重要了以致于不能把教育完全交給一群職業(yè)教育者。正文：Education is one of the key issues in modern society. Just as business is promoting our daily living standard, education is promoting the future well-being of the whole society. Therefore, I totally

9、support the authors view that education is too important to leave solely to a group of professional educators. Local schools, which constitute an essencial part of education, require involvement of both parents and munities.Admittedly, professional educators play a central role in the whole process

10、of education, particularly school education. School education is uniform and regulated, where is the right stage for the knowlege and vocational training of professional educators. They draw out and put in practice school regulations, set up curricula for different grades of students based on their

11、expected level and make plans for teaching, evaluation and extracurricular activities. However, few of their daily obligations involve fave-to-face munication with students, which may ruin the effects of their planning and execution. For exle, the planned curriculum load may be too heavy for student

12、s to endure, but without a system to adjust it, the professional educators still insist to carry out the plan relying solely on their own professional assumptions. Such case will be detrimental, since students may be fed up with endless information offered in various kinds of fields, or they study s

13、o hard to meet the standard that their health may be ruined. It is in such cases that parents and munities need to offer help to supplement and adjust teaching activities in local schools.GRE考試寫作經(jīng)典范文：到達目的的手段題目：If a goal is worthy， then any means taken to attain it are justifiable.只要值得，不擇手段到達目的是合理的。正

14、文：The speaker claim that if a goal if worthwhile， then any means taken to achieve this goal is justifiable. Although the assertion makes sense when we consider the underlying of this implication is that whatever the conditions， the natures of the endings deserve our effort wholehearted. But if we ex

15、amine the broad meaning that this claim carries， we find this threshold statement suffer deficiencies from many aspects of consideration.First let define the worthiness of a goal. How worthwhile and valuable a goal is lies not only in the subjective meditation and evaluation of an individual， we mus

16、t consider the interactive influence exerted by this goal on others. For exle， a country may consider the goal of achieving economic success and well being of its citizens to be worthwhile， but if we know they exploit cheap labor forces in third-world country，utilize scarce natural resources that be

17、ing exported from poor countries， or dump low-cost goods in these countries， our morals reveal us the dark side of the goal and make it less worthwhile than it seems to be to its home people. On a personal level， a persons food might be the others poison， so did the goal. Consider the ambition of Napoleon， his ambitious goal is to conquer the whole European Continent， which considered by himself and many of