9"Academic disciplines have become so specialized in recent years that scholars' ideas reach only a narrow audience. Until scholars can reach a wider audience, their ideas will have little use." (近些年来,学科细化到了相当的程度以至于学者们的理念只能影响小范围的人群。除非学者们能拥有影响更大范围的人群,否则他们的理念几乎没有作用)
The speaker suggests that academic disciplines have become so specialized in recent years that scholars' ideas reach only narrow audience. Until scholar can reach a wider audience, their idea will have little use. The discussion of this issue among individuals and in society as a whole has come into vogue during last decade. However, it oversimplifies this issue, in my point of view, should depend on a case-by-case analysis.
Academic disciplines which are the result of the development of science and technology have become more and more specialized. In modern society, the scholars like Da vinci(达芬奇) or Aristoteles(亚里士多德) who have wide field of version can hardly exist, most scholars can only focus on the field they work in. The speed of previous science development can not match the modern not just of the mount of knowledge, also because considerable fresh theories and technologies come out every day, this phenomenon cause many scholars have deficient time to dabbled in the area which are not their career, they have to put all their energy to their own field.
Academic specification is beneficial to the development of whole society. On one hand, every one makes their skills and energy on single research area can improve the research efficiency. On the other hand, it seems to have little relationship between different subjects, but they are all the parts of the whole science architecture, they have strong correlation. If one scholar can do his research well, he will give contributes to the whole system. No instance can be mentioned as follow to illustrate the problem. Although people who work in assembly line have many kinds of work, their final goal is to produce accomplished products. The steps in their work have inherent correlations.
Although we admit that academic specification has their advantages, their disadvantages can not be neglected. Excessive specialization will make scholars lack overall knowledge and communions between them. If the harm of problem accumulates to a degree, one scholar will not understand other scholars' work and the audiences of them will be fewer. For example, in computer science area, one scholar studies hardware and another scholar focus on software for long time. If they will participate a complex project which refers to both hardware and software skills, they can not corporate with each other. Even they hardly understand what each other say. All of this could hinder the academic progress in some extent.
To sum up, due to the above mentioned, most scholars should be adapt to learn the knowledge of the fields they don't commit to let more and more audience accept and support them. Besides, if one select their own subject, he should not consider whether his own research ideas acceptable to most people. If he put too much attention to these, it will cause we deserting many subjects which seems to not catch the eye but are vital in fact.
先贴个题。
9 "Academic disciplines have become so specialized in recent years that scholars' ideas reach only a narrow audience. Until scholars can reach a wider audience, their ideas will have little use."
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我先来分析一下,这个题目是说学术在最近几年很专业化了,scholars' ideas和academic disciplines是一回事,只能影响很小范围内(narrow)的人。这是个事实性命题。后边接着说只有学术(scholars)让一个宽泛的(wider)人群可以接触到,才算有用(use)。后边这部分就是题目的观点。这两部分显然是个因果关系,因为reach only a narrow audience,所以reach a wider audience才有用。我们要做的就是根据你的认识来决定你是同意题目的观点还是反对还是中立。你是同意academic displines reach only a narrow audience还是反对?从而提出你的观点,然后展开论述。关键的评判准则是要判断到底scholars怎样才是有用use,确实是要普及吗?根据这个,你如果反对题目,你可以说专业化的好处之类的,引到它的应用方面,从而推翻。这就看你自己的理解了。 建议看看追星剑特训系列的帖子:https://bbs.gter.net/viewthread.php?tid=201436&highlight=