issue176 科学和艺术（写得伤心，恳请排砖）

yellowbeanUID：156518

176."The function of science is to reassure; the purpose of art is to  upset. Therein lies the value of each."  

What are the functions and purposes of Science and Art? Are their values so distinct from each other as indicated in the title statement? According to my understanding, the function of science is not always to reassure and the purpose of art also goes far beyond upsetting.

Admittedly, science does reassure people in the sense that it aims to seek the eternal order of things, to reveal the laws of nature and hence disenchant the external world and dissipate our anxiety and doubt in face of all that seems unknowable. Human nature determines that we will feel restless when we are confronted with something mysterious and uncertain. At the primitive stage of human history, almost the whole world appeared to be unaccountable and incomprehensible to our ancestors. Without the help of science, they had no choice but to resort to superstitions and religions for relief and salvation. As time passes by, the accumulation of knowledge, experience and intelligence of numerous generations leads to the spring of science. Science assures us that there lie laws and rules beneath any seemingly inexplainable phenomenon and there exist  solutions to any problem. Even if we have not found and collected all keys to the unknown parts of the world, most of us still feel confident that there will be reasonable answers to everything. In this sense, science not only endows us with the power to explore and conquest nature and the outer world but also gives us a certain spiritual power to feel reassured facing the unknown future.

However, the rapid development of science, which is desirable and beneficial to a great extent, brings out new problems and threats to human existence. Cloning technology, nuclear weapons and biochemical weapons etc. are all potential time bombs that may lead to the destruction of the whole humanity if we don't control and limit their development and application. Science, which is like a double-edged sword, fails to reassure us but to arouse our new anxiety and fear for the possible detrimental consequences of the over-development of science. We are increasingly not assured about the bright future of the mankind promised by science. Maybe there truly exist rational solutions to every problem, while human beings have a long way to go before we reach those solutions by virtue of science or some other means.

As for the sister of science---art, one of its purposes is actually to upset. Art also tends to find the eternal order of things; but art more focuses on the inner world to explore and re-examine human nature. The introspection of our minds and souls usually accompanies pessimism, disappointment and affliction. We cannot escape the meditation on permanent queries such as where the meaning of life lies and why the world is full of misfortune, distress and desire. It is not difficult to understand why the most powerful and infectious artworks are generally centered on tragic themes or depict the struggle of men or women against nature, society or their destiny. Art highlights the tragedy of human beings and upsets the brilliant outlook and optimistic future promised by science. Science cannot resolve boundless questions concerning existence itself. Art addresses these questions and usually make us upset and unassured about everything.

On the other hand, art also conveys pleasure, beauty, virtue and truth to its audience. In the process of appreciating the painting of Virgin Mary by Da Vinci, we can relish the peaceful state of mind and forget all the worldly trivia and troublesome business. Who will still be haunted by uncertainty of life when he or she hears the heavenly melodies of Mozart? In this world where nobody can escape the final destination ---death, and nobody can be really freed from any physical or spiritual suffering or affliction, art is an infinite source of peacefulness and happiness for us. Even if the relief only lasts a short moment, we should deeply owe the precious moment to those great artists.

In conclusion, science and art both aim to find the eternal and universal order of things, explore the internal and external world and find out the ultimate truth. The process of pursuing truth, eternity and universality inevitably involves interlaced and endless anxiety and reassurance. In this process lie the values of science and art, that is, to illuminate the darkness of unknown, reveal the meaning of life, and lead the mankind into the realm of beauty, truth and virtue.

imongUID：140258

给你来做个link exchange吧。祝好运。

https://bbs.gter.net/bbs/showthread.php?s=&threadid=172875

yellowbeanUID：156518

anyway, 谢谢斑竹：）
不过我准备即使碰到这道题也放弃它，太难了

九月爱上乒乓球UID：151821

我觉得你这篇文章写的挺好的 学习中~~

imongUID：140258

写得不错！

如果能够再优化优化就有六分了。

4个段落安排开，说的基本上很清楚明白。Thesis似乎简简单单但是后面站开得不错呢！

提点意见：个别地方的词性有些minor flaw，不过根本不影响大局。第一body的TS连续用了5个and，这是要吐血的。

第一body从历史说到现在的时候中间跨度有点大，略微有一点beg the question的感觉（并不怎么严重，稍微有点不太舒服），如果中间有一点解释和转承就更好了。就好比说：TS——共产党救中国，然后“共产党不在的时候如何如何”，这时候突然来一句“等到共产党出现的时候，共产党就救了中国”。中间怎么过来的？有这样的问题。当然你的文章这里并不是情节严重的类型。

此外，整篇文章第1第2 body和第3第4body的分析，都是两方面四平八稳，但是彼此之间为什么就有差异了？是不是因为对象不同？范畴不同？如果单独说一方面另一方面，和具体说明这一方面/范畴/程度和另一方面/范畴/程度，这里面体现的思辨能力不一样哦。

评个精，继续努力。加油。

yellowbeanUID：156518

:) 谢谢鼓励和批评。我觉得imong说中了这篇文章最大的问题，我写的时候也想到了，但是不知道，也没有时间深入下去，回头我再改改。
imong的评论通常都一针见血，admire  ;)

utarUID：83869

对科学两方面可以是：
body1：如你所写的科学在帮助人们了解未知事物这一基本功能方面做到了reasure
body2：但是科学在它的无控制的应用上不能让人reasure
body3：有一部分艺术是让人upset的
body4：但那不是艺术的全部，还有一部分是……
还有我觉得upset不一定要和tragidy联系起来，也有一些inspire，agitate的意思在里面。

个人觉得你的用词造句的变化性很多，用词也比较有深度贴切，很不错。
叹气啊，我就不行啊，离不开词霸。

yellowbeanUID：156518

谢谢楼上的鼓励和建议 :D

btw,  很不好意思的说我其实是学英语的，学成这个样子是很不应该的，对不起老师们 :(

ymluUID：158151

B.T.W, 这个题目的upset应该作如何解释呢？是像楼主所说的那样，是distress的意思吗？我手上的新东方教材将他翻成了创新。

imongUID：140258

http://www.testmagic.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3004

by bravest from testmagic

似乎写得不错哦~

176.The purpose of science is to reassure;the purpose of art is to upset.Therein lies the value of each.

Science and art, the two aspects of human civilization, are often regarded as having different effects on human society. Science, characterized by amounts of innovative ideas, convenient inventions, is often considered by people as positive thing, which can make them more confident about human being's power. Whereas, art, often intended to reveal the immorality and evilness of humanity, seems to make people upset. Indeed, science and art as well all have dual effects on society, ether making people reassured, or making people upset.

Science is powerful, as many people think, for it can often bring about lots of convenient inventions and make people get more in-depth understandings on certain phenomena in nature. In ancient times, people were often afraid of the power of nature. For example, thunder, and cyclone or hurricane, and earthquake occurred frequently, which make the human beings to fear, worrying about their lives, thinking that these phenoma were the punishment of the God for their malicious doings. With the development of science, people eventually know that scientific knowledge behind these things and realize that these are ordinary things of nature. Before the time of the invention of electric bulb, people had to live in darkness, without any entermainments to relax their spirits. Now, in night, people often have much choices about how to relax or kill times. What's more, with the development of medicine, some lethal diseases before are no longer serious, for there it is very easy to be cure in hospital. Thereby, people lives are often longer then their ancestors.

However, science cannot always bring out happiness and comfort. Instead, it can also destroy the human beings. The invention of nuclear weapons, the discovery of cloning technology, and so on, all have detrimental effects on society. Nuclear weapons can destroy millions of people's lives in just a few minutes. And clone of human beings will also threat people's privacy for in this world you are no longer unique. Internet technology is another example. While internet connects people around the world together and facilitate the mutual communications, it can also produce many examples of cyber-theft in banks and pornograph, violence can be easily found in cyber space. So, it is dangerous to only realize the positive effects of science.

The case is true in art. Art is defined as the use of imagination and creation in the production of things such as, paintings, sculpture, music, literture, drama, dance, and so on. It's goal is to praise the beautiful aspects of society and disedit the uglyness and immorality of human beings. Throught novels or paintings, movies or other forms of arts, people are able to realize the evilness of certain human actions and thoughts and feel upset about ourselves. However, art can also make people gain much self-confidence, just as science does. For example, in the drama of Shakespeare's "Hamlet", we could realize the power of people's morality. It is Hamlet's sense of morality that the revenge was carried out. Some novels intended to praise the well-beings of human ethics can also make people confident. So, it is not reasonable to say simply that art makes peopel upset.

In sum, both science and art have dual effets on human beings. They can bring us comport, confidence. And also, they can make people upset. We should realize the both side of the coin and should not simply say that science makes people reassured while art makes people upset.

CrackETSUID：155235

我只是被对你的崇敬充斥了：P
只是发现了一个minor flaw: inexplainable 应该为：unexplainable
其它的，Imong说的错误我还理解不了，争取学习学习你的文章

yellowbeanUID：156518

谢谢楼上表扬
不过 inexplainable=unexplainable, 两个词都能查到：）