issue59 [0710G 戴三个表冲刺小组] 第5次作业

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059-Role imitating Vs Independent thinking"Too much emphasis isplaced on role models. Instead of copying others, people should learn to thinkand act independently and thus make the choices that are best for them."
Role model: a person whosebehavior in a particular role is imitated by others
Role: a socially expectedbehavior pattern usually determined by an individual's status in a particularsociety
同意。
现在越来越多的人——那些行为具有受大家喜爱favorable: marked by success的模式的人——被普通人和在这方面能力一般的人尊崇venerate: to regard with reverential respect or with admiringdeference为模范。模范被关注的如此之多以至于人人都想模仿:imitate, copy, pattern, try to be like, emulate他们的行为和生活方式和其他方面，期望lay one’s accountwith:拥有:own,posses, in possession of, 和他一样的能力得到和他一样的成绩:achievement, success。经常被人们模仿的模范有演艺明星，特别是年轻人，他们模仿偶像的行为举止，穿着打扮，甚至是兴趣爱好，吃饭看书。但是我认为人们应该独立思考，有自己的个性做出选择，因为下面的原因。
1.      每个人都有自己的特点和具体情况，模范的行为方式不一定适合别人，也不一定有好处。还会失去个性。对于那些因为喜欢他们的模范而模仿的人来说，模范的选择不一定是他们最好的选择。例子：模仿明星的穿着。不一定漂亮，适合自己，而且和别人都一样了。
2.      而且模范们取得成功很可能不是因为他们被大家所看到的行为方式而是其他的能力。比如：比尔。盖茨辍学discontinue one’s studying, dropout。他获得成功的主要原因并不是因为他从大学离开，事实上32年以后他承认为此感到后悔，而是因为他非凡的创造力:creativity和在IT业上准确:accurate而独特:distinctive的眼光：insight, foresight, vision。简单地模仿他退学:leave school创办公司:the establishment of business而不考虑自己的实际能力和具体情况:concreteconditions, specific policies是愚蠢:stupid的。
3.      一味:blindly模仿别人，会失去思考的能力:ability，capacity, talent不能决定自己的人生，失去意义。
总结。
Make a concrete analysis of concreteconditions对于具体情况作具体的分析
Solve specific problems; deal with nuts andbolts 解决具体问题
TOPIC: ISSUE59 - "Too much emphasis isplaced on role models. Instead of copying others, people should learn to thinkand act independently and thus make the choices that are best for them."
WORDS: 221          TIME: 00:45:00          DATE: 2007-7-30 20:04:13

In recent years more and more individualswho have particular behaviors in favorable pattern are venerated by commonpeople as role models and attract much attention of the society. People likethe behavior pattern they possess or admire them for their success andachievements and thus copy them. The imitation of stars, especially for theyoung and children, is a typical instance. The fashion style is often copied bytheir fans. On this phenomenon, I hold the same opinion with the speaker thatpeople should decide by themselves, which I will reason as follows.
Everyone in the world has his particularcharters including his advantages and disadvantages and thus is different fromany other person. The choice one's role model makes may not suit him. Considerthe pop stars and sports stars on which too much emphasis is placed by theirfans. Copying the fashion style which makes a pop star brilliant on the stagemay contra give a common person a silly look. People should make concreteanalysis on concrete conditions independently and thus make the decisions whichare most suitable for them. Many people admire the role models because of theirachievement and success and emulate them blindly. In fact, most of the time, itis not the behavior pattern but the capability or talent that a personpossesses that contributes to one's achievement. Take Bill Gates for example,it is the particular and accurate foresight in IT and the extraordinary creativitythat make his success instead his leaving school 32 years ago, about which heshowed regret recently. The simple copying of his leaving school andestablishing business is stupid.
Besides the lack of consideration ofpersonal conditions and characteristics, the loss of one's own meaning of lifeis another reason that people should not try to be like role models. Emulatingothers blindly will make a person think less and less and eventually lose theability of thinking and creating independently, which is the main differencebetween human being and animals. Maybe there are some exceptional cases thatthe imitators enjoy copying their role models, but the loss of thinking andcreativity is definitely harmful for them, especially for the teenagers.
Thus, people who try to be like their rolemodels without consideration of personal characteristics and analysis of theconcrete conditions should stop emulating blindly, think independently, andmake a decision that is best for them.