[分享] 每日一评！5.5！对苦于无太多思辩的一点想法！

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Issue36
"The greatness of individuals can be decided only by those who live after them, not by their contemporaries."

想必大家已看了20篇范文了，有何感想呢？一句话，gre的作文并不难“烤”,问题就是不能烤“焦”（整篇文章如江水之滔滔不绝，虽雄辩但要不离题要不庸于罗嗦）也不能“半生不熟”（缺乏必要的论据和论点）。而且，大家有目共睹的，在这20天来，我们所初接触的题目均是或多或少有逻辑错误，利用我们的常识也知道不够完善，或是太多绝对化的观点，于是我们发觉总有想象的空间可发挥，不愁没话说，这是ets的仁慈了。想拿合格的分数，不难，只要不要有抄袭之嫌，不要离题万里。但是要拿4.5分以上，就要下点苦工了。想想那么多竞争对手那么多跟你雷同的文章，想脱颖而出，标新立异，就应该是有自己的亮点。但往往有人问我，我就是这么想的呀，无论如何也想不到什么啦，怎么办？Ok, 如果，实在无法抠脑门，那么我们就从句法的复杂度还有言辞方面独具一格一点吧。我不是说鼓励大家摒弃“思维训练”，恰恰相反，这是万不得已而为之的上上策了。确实，n*n篇作文肯定有相似的地方，无法避免，那么就让我们尽量让自己的文章变得“学术味”浓一点，迷惑一下咱们挑剔的阅卷者吧。

下面一篇文章我个人认为，并不算写得太过理想的，因为，他所分析的也只是从一个角度出发的（in other areas, particularly the physical sciences, greatness must be tested over time before it can be confirmed. In still other areas, such as business, the incubation period for greatness varies from case to case.）他并没有太多的运用我之前介绍过的两片6分文章那样多角度——正推，反推，再综合或进一步推理，完全没有！那么这就说明他这片文章肯定死菜了吗？吾以为不尽然也。我们永远不要忘记ets出的作文没有像我们这么多年来的应是教育体制一样，想尽办法也要搞出个所谓标准答案来，并且必须要跟这个答案99.999％的吻合，非也！ets是没有最终答案的，只有最佳表达方式，她欣赏的是有creative mind的人，这一点在大家去到老米那学习了一段时间后或许会深有感触。所以，现在我们的应试对策就是，有好的逻辑推理当然最好啦，但是没有也不必紧张，花多点工夫在词句运用方面，也是不会有什么闪失的，但要提醒一句的是，千万别在句法上走火入魔了，搞得高深莫测的，连ets也不懂汝之为何，那就真正死翘翘的啦！

Can a person's greatness be recognized only in retrospect, by those who live after the person, as the speaker maintains? In my view the speaker unfairly generalizes. In some areas, especially the arts, greatness is often recognizable in its nascent stages. However, in other areas, particularly the physical sciences, greatness must be tested over time before it can be confirmed. In still other areas, such as business, the incubation period for greatness varies from case to case.


We do not require a rear-view mirror to recognize artistic greatness--whether in music, visual arts, or literature. The reason for this is simple: art can be judged at face value.There's nothing to be later proved or disproved, affirmed or discredited, or even improved upon or refined by further knowledge or newer technology. History is replete with examples of artistic greatness immediately recognized, then later confm-ned. Through his patronage, the Pope recognized Michelangelo's artistic greatness, while the monarchs of Europe immediately recognized Mozart's greatness by granting him their most generous commissions. Mark Twain became a best-selling author and household name even during his lifetime. And the leaders of the modernist school of architecture marveled even as Frank Lloyd Wright was elevating their notions about architecture to new aesthetic heights.


By contrast, in the sciences it is difficult to identify greatness without the benefit of historical perspective. Any scientific theory might be disproved tomorrow, thereby demoting the theorist's contribution to the status of historical footnote. Or the theory might withstand centuries of rigorous scientific scrutiny. In any event, a theory may or may not serve as a springboard for later advances in theoretical science. A current example involves the ultimate significance of two opposing theories of physics: wave theory and quantum theory. Some theorists now claim that a new so-called "string" theory reconciles the two opposing theories--at least mathematically. Yet "strings" have yet to be confirmed empirically. Only time will tell whether string theory indeed provides the unifying laws that all matter in the universe obeys. In short, the significance of contributions made by theoretical scientists cannot be judged by their contemporaries--only by scientists who follow them.


In the realm of business, in some cases great achievement is recognizable immediately, while in other cases it is not. Consider on the one hand Henry Ford's assembly-line approach to manufacturing affordable cars for the masses. Even Ford could not have predicted the impact his innovations would have on the American economy and on the modern world. On the other hand, by any measure, Microsoft's Bill Gates has made an even greater contribution than Ford; after all, Gates is largely responsible for lifting American technology out of the doldrums during the 1970s to restore America to the status of economic powerhouse and technological leader of the world. And this contribution is readily recognizable now--as it is happening. Of course, the DOS and Windows operating systems, and even Gates' monopoly, might eventually become historical relics. Yet his greatness is already secured.


In sum, the speaker overlooks many great individuals, particularly in the arts and in business, whose achievements were broadly recognized as great even during their own time. Nevertheless, other great achievements, especially scientific ones, cannot be confirmed as such without the benefit of historical perspective.


关于这篇文章，我的感想是，并无太大的特色，印象最深的唯有其例子n多，但似有绝对化之嫌，不够有太大的说服力，但考虑到能在段时间内写成这样，已是功德无量了！

feier521UID: 109747

蛋蛋，以后可不可以把真题的序号用括号括在后面啊？

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请问斑竹：
斑竹们对ISSUE和ARGUMENT的评析是题库中的每一篇都做吗？
另外以前所有评过的在哪里能找到！！！
谢谢斑竹

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最初由 apple8177 发表
[B]请问斑竹：
斑竹们对ISSUE和ARGUMENT的评析是题库中的每一篇都做吗？
另外以前所有评过的在哪里能找到！！！
谢谢斑竹 [/B]

每日专题在这里
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其他朋友的写过的文章在这里：
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apple8177UID: 124506

谢谢楼上 的指点！！
楼上 的是学生吗？
感谢楼上的斑竹的灌水！
一个还在坚持的 人

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恩,正好我之前好问到过只说一个方面的问题,不过他的语言水平显然......比我高太多了......相比之下还是"思维"比"语言"更容易与众不同,也许吧
我觉得斑竹这个序列做得非常好,感谢tomatoeggs 的每日一评,感谢angeikim对我的若干回复.
关于题号的问题:如果你不想从孙远的大厚本里找对应题号(其实也不是很麻烦),可以在Word文档里面用查找功能(Ctrl+F),通过关键字的查找很方便就能找到该题在正式Issue中的位置(所有Issue及其中文翻译的Word文档在精华区里有下).
这是另一斑竹很早以前做的好人好事.我感觉自己真的是站在巨人的肩膀上.
再次感谢!
PS,angeikim你总是都好忙啊.

feier521UID: 109747

5月6号的每日一评呢？

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由于tomatoeggs 斑竹最近事情太忙，6-7号的每日一评暂停

除了精华区有收录之外，新闻中心也有专题
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我想要知道如何报名考试！

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GRE联盟中顶置帖子可以找到你要的答案