issue144 {长征队第一次作业，多谢猛拍！}

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TOPIC: ISSUE144 - "It is the artist, not the critic,* who gives society something of lasting value."
*a person who evaluates works of art, such as novels, films, music, paintings, etc.
As I engage in the talking with my friends about who, artists or critics, give society something of lasting value, I too often find a certain number of them have a misconception that it is only the artist who does that good deed. But the truth is, in my option, not only the artist makes a significant contribution to the society by giving it something of lasting value, but the critics as well.
Almost no one doubt that something of lasting value in the society is given by artists, both alive and dead, whose great masterpieces have influenced generations of people, changed their ways of perceiving the world, even refreshed their minds. All of these works of art contribute to the power which has been pushing our society forward. Take Renaissance for example, in that great era， the flourish of the art give rise to a rapid development of the western world by pouring myriads of arts with lasting value. Besides, a lot of beautiful but thought-provoking contemporary movies are set in famous novels. All of these reinforce ours’ options that the artist does give society something of lasting value.
However, there are still a lot of people who hold a strong belief that critics give nothing valuable to society. They seem to think that the critic involves negativity almost by definition, and a critic is a fault-finder who must be similarly concerned with finding faults and weaknesses and other negative things. But, the truth is, a critic, who is interested in the "pros" as well as "cons", is equally concerned with recognizing strengths and other positives, discerning the true from the false, the real from the unreal, and the facts from the fiction. In this sense a critic really does dedication to society.
That an artist gives something of lasting value to society does not necessarily means a critic does not. They do not conflict with one another, but quite the opposite, they do facilitate each other. Just as a saying goes "even the best horse needs breaking", an artist who has achieved so much cannot always do a perfect job by creating, for example, a famous novel or a hit movie, etc. When it comes to the unsuccessful works, a critic, who is a looker-on, sees most of the game. They know where the wrongs are and could give artists constructional suggestions which may do a great help to artists. In addition to favoring artists, critics also make their voices heard by giving introductions and specific explanations of artists' profound works to common people, who, then, can have better understandings. For this reason, we can firmly believe that critics also give society something of lasting value.
In summary, when people remove the prejudice against critics, when they rethink critically where do they get the better understanding of art,  when they only imagine how could they find real-valuable works in the information age, they will doubtlessly believe that both artists and critics give something of lasting value.

[ 本帖最后由 smailingfish 于 2006-11-30 22:08 编辑 ]

smailingfishUID: 2246243

今晚忙活了一晚上，课也没去上，网速比我写作文还慢，还好写完了第一篇。提纲可能今晚交不了了，明天行吗？第一次作业就没有及时完成，汗……

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占座，明天改

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请把你的连接贴在我们的新组里

淡淡飞过UID: 2276792

我今天都要疯了，编咱们的贴子编到要死，犯了无数个错误！！！！汉~~~~
请多多支持阿~~~~

smailingfishUID: 2246243

哈哈，不急哈。万事开头难，开了头就像黄河之水…… 呵呵不灌水了就。

淡淡飞过UID: 2276792

issue144 {长征队第一次作业，多谢猛拍！}

TOPIC: ISSUE144 - "It is the artist, not the critic,* who gives society something of lasting value." *a person who evaluates works of art, such as novels, films, music, paintings, etc.

As I engage in the talking with my friends about who, artists or critics, give society something of lasting value, I too often find a certain number of them have a misconception that it is only the artist who does that good deed. But the truth is, in my option, not only the artist makes a significant contribution to the society by giving it something of lasting value, but the critics as well.{非常精彩,语言很流畅}

Almost no one doubt that something of lasting value in the society is given by artists, both alive and dead, whose great masterpieces have influenced generations of people, changed their ways of perceiving the world, even refreshed their minds. All of these works of art contribute to the power which has been pushing our society forward. Take Renaissance for example, in that great era， the flourish of the art give rise to a rapid development of the western world by pouring myriads of arts with lasting value. Besides, a lot of beautiful but thought-provoking contemporary movies are set in famous novels. All of these reinforce ours’ options that the artist does give society something of lasting value.

{我觉得这句话和一段衔接上有点问题。特别是however,换成In addition,会不会更好？}However, there are still a lot of people who hold a strong belief that critics give nothing valuable to society. They seem to think that the critic involves negativity almost by definition, and a critic is a fault-finder who must be similarly concerned with finding faults , weaknesses and other negative things. But, the truth is, a critic, who is interested in the "pros" as well as "cons", is equally concerned with recognizing strengths and other positives, discerning the true from the false, the real from the unreal, and the facts from the fiction. In this sense a critic really does dedication to society.

你写的作文很棒！！真是享受啊！！！:loveliness:

[ 本帖最后由 淡淡飞过 于 2006-12-1 13:17 编辑 ]

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今天忙活了一天，晚上才有时间上网，呵呵 太感谢你的修改了。确实，however 改成in addition 后 要好很多。 大家一块加油啊