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TOPIC: ISSUE157 - "There is no such thing as purely objective observation. All observation is subjective; it is always guided by the observer's expectations or desires."
WORDS: 600          TIME: 00:48:00          DATE: 2008-3-30 0:24:39

Whether things observed by people are not objective as the speaker claims? Generally speaking, people observe objection with their subjective value all the time and in this point, it is tempting to agree with the speaker's opinion. However, careful scrutiny illustrates that in some special cases, some purely objective observations are exist.
Firstly when the assertion comes to the issue of event that occurred in our society everyday, different people view them with their unique perspective position which is influenced by their education background, the value system they possessed and even their status in society. Taking the unemployment issue in society for example. We have to admit that no government can utterly  solve this problem as the market is keeping on changing and the only thing we can do is adapting our policy to its pace. When one loses his job, perhaps he may attribute this to the government which in his opinion may not fulfill its duty. While from the perspective of a boss, the point of this event may be a result of the capacity of the worker who may be not qualified for the job. Moreover, a student who is keeping an eye on the market could possibly pays more attention to the market issue. After all, common sense and the theory we have gained tell us that the principle of a free market is not under of humankind. Therefore, people can give sorts of opinion to explain one phenomenon because when the phenomenon comes to their eyes, they observe it with their inherent judging system which is mutually different from each other.
It is attempting to get more merits when the opinion comes to the field of research or any work involve with creation. Facing a painting, some people pay more attention to the objection which others may be attracted by the color or the predominating color. Such result of observation have a relationship with people' experience and hence results in different imagines in their mind.
When it comes to the field of scientific, this trend seems to be more obvious. An advanced computer can attract different attention from scientists or engineers.  Some people may be shocked by the high speed of calculating while others may want to figure out how it works in such a harmony condition considering the heating problem brought by the combination of numerous elements. In short, the perspective of different people is affected by their knowledge they possessed.
However, even we concede that in most of the cases that what we look, how we think and even how we act are decided by our subjection, we can not rule out the other facts. The example is especially, in my opinion, obvious when it comes to the scientific research. Panda is known as a precious creature which now only lives in a few places of China; in order to better protect this creature, every year the Chinese government will organize groups of expert to do research around the area in which the panda survive. During the process, those experts follow some well established methods to do their research hence upon which we can get our further policy to protect these wild animals. In such cases, the subjective factors have been greatly diminished by the standard procedure. Obviously the number of these pandas can not be affected by people' subjective observations.
In sum, whether a thing is objective or subjective to man' view is largely depends on the way we observe. On the other word, the more standard a procedure we carried, the less possible we will involve it with our own emotion.

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TOPIC: ISSUE157 - "There is no such thing as purely objective observation. All observation is subjective; it is always guided by the observer's expectations or desires."
WORDS: 600          TIME: 00:48:00          DATE: 2008-3-30 0:24:39

Whether things observed by people are not objective as the speaker claims?[其实作者的题目说的是objective observation,并不是说的things] Generally speaking, people observe object with their subjective value all the time and in this point, it is tempting to agree with the speaker's opinion. However, careful scrutiny illustrates that in some special cases, some purely objective observations are exist.

Firstly when the assertion comes to the issue of event that occurred[不需要过去时] in our society everyday, different people view them with their unique perspective position which is influenced by their education background, the value system they possessed and even their status in society. Taking the unemployment issue in society for example. We have to admit that no government can utterly  solve this problem as the market is keeping on changing and the only thing we can do is adapting our policy to its pace. When one loses his job, perhaps he may attribute this to the government which in his opinion may not fulfill its duty. While from the perspective of a boss, the point of this event may be a result of the capacity of the worker who may be not qualified for the job. Moreover, a student who is keeping an eye on the market could possibly pays more attention to the market issue. After all, common sense and the theory we have gained tell us that the principle of a free market is not under of humankind. Therefore, people can give sorts of opinion to explain one phenomenon because when the phenomenon comes to their eyes, they observe it with their inherent judging system which is mutually different from each other[other's].

It is attempting to get more merits when the opinion comes to the field of research or any work involve with creation. Facing a painting, some people pay more attention to the objection which others may be attracted by the color or the predominating color. Such result of observation have a relationship with people' experience and hence results in different imagines in their mind.
When it comes to the field of scientific, this trend seems to be more obvious. An advanced computer can attract different attention from scientists or engineers.  Some people may be shocked by the high speed of calculating while others may want to figure out how it works in such a harmony condition considering the heating problem brought by the combination of numerous elements. In short, the perspective of different people is affected by their knowledge they possessed.

However, even we concede that in most of the cases that what we look, how we think and even how we act are decided by our subjection, we can not rule out the other facts. The example is especially, in my opinion, obvious when it comes to the scientific research[你前面也用过这个领域的例子证明的确是相反的观点，这里在加工一下]Panda is known as a precious creature which now only lives in a few places of China[这句话很明显不对，大熊猫哪里是只有中国有？有些国家也有，但是是中国送过去的。这里你可以说大部分大熊猫]in order to better protect this creature, every year the Chinese government will organize groups of expert to do research around the area in which the panda survive. During the process, those experts follow some well established methods to do their research hence upon which we can get our further policy to protect these wild animals. In such cases, the subjective factors have been greatly diminished by the standard procedure. Obviously the number of these pandas can not be affected by people' subjective observations.[这里的例子是有点问题的。首先，观测是否客观并不是取决于观测方法是否确定，而是这个事实是否已经客观存在。当然，你要说的也就是这个意思，从最后一句话可以看出来，但是前面的关于论点描述，显得只是在比较方法的误差，最好是把最后一句话在中间提一下或者强调下]

In sum, whether a thing is objective or subjective to man' view is largely depends on the way we observe. On the other word, the more standard a procedure we carried, the less possible we will involve it with our own emotion.
总结：其实总的来讲，这篇文章的立论的观点我并使很赞同，不过这是小问题。问题是题目说的是对于某事物的观测的客观性，但是作者好像说的是事物的客观性，有点不答边的感觉。但是看了后面的支持的两段，觉得还好。但是倒数第二段就有点偏了，作者在仔细看一下。
其实客观和主观是一个哲学命题，作者最后提到我们采用的过程越标准，引入我们自己的情感的可能就越小。其实，这是不对的，过程为什么要标准，是为了减小误差，为什么要减小误差，是为了取得研究满意的结果，这部也是主观的么?请在思考一下