第一周-Issue提纲-1106柚子作文小組-G-Wesley

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Issue210

"Most people choose a career on the basis of such pragmaticconsiderations as the needs of the economy, the relative ease of finding a job,and the salary they can expect to make. Hardly anyone is free to choose acareer based on his or her natural talents or interest in a particular kind ofwork."

段1：
Admittedly, It is reasonable toseek pragmatic job for needs of economy, the relative ease of hunting a job,and salary they want to draw.
1.1毕业以后组成家庭，房贷，车贷都是负担。而现在的经济情况已经没有了一份可以做一辈子的工作，所以人们追求更好的待遇是fair的。

段2:
However,it is over-generalization in regards to factors which determining careerseeking only based on pragmatic concern. If it is generally true, why manypeople would work in unprofitable professions.
2.1许多学者探索未知的世界，一心做学问，例如：John Forbes Nash一辈子呆在Princeton，即便获得了诺奖。
2.2艺术家们过着清贫的日子（leading a life of hardship），为了表达出他们对美的理解。例如Van Gogh
段3：
Finally,these two aspects are actually not contradicted to each other, one might beable to choose a career based on individual interest or natural talents, aswell as the decent pay.
3.1在有了一定程度的财政安全以后，再去追求个人的理想是一个成年人应当承担的责任，是美德。
3.2也有同时追求两方面而成功的人,例如bill gates：离开哈佛，自己创业，有钱了再回报社会成立Bill & Melinda Gatefoundation.这样做需要极高的勇气和智力，所以只是少数人成功了。

Issue171：（例子很烂）

"People who pursue their ownintellectual interests for purely personal reasons are more likely to benefitthe rest of the world than are people who try to act for the public good."

段1：兴趣是最好的老师。在科学领域

John Nash’s Nash Equilibrium

段2：在艺术领域

Picasso ，Mozart，Austen

段3：然而在政治领域，为大部分人谋福利的政客也为社会发展做了贡献

U.S. President Roosevelt的new deal

Abraham Lincoln, the 16thU.S President 的南北统一

段4：社会发展到现在这个阶段与科学家艺术家和政治家是不可分离的。

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171．"People who pursue their own intellectual interests for purely personal reasons are more likely to benefit the rest of the world than are people who try to act for the public good."
Position: agreement
(1)Generally speaking, we are more interested in things we are good at. Doing such work will be more likely to gain success.
(2)A lot of researches are of great significance to human beings but do not immediately solve pressing social problems. We are supposed not to neglect their effects.
(3) Trying to act for the public good is not that easy when put into practice.