ISSUE41 美国有米第九次作业 欢迎狠批

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TOPIC: ISSUE41 - "Such nonmainstream areas of inquiry as astrology, fortune-telling, and psychic and paranormal pursuits play a vital role in society by satisfying human needs that are not addressed by mainstream science."
WORDS: 486          TIME: 0:49:04          DATE: 2006-12-16

In terms of satisfying human needs that are not addressed by mainstream science, as the speaker asserts, nonmainstream areas of inquiry as astrology, fortune-telling and psychic and paranormal pursuits play a critical role in society. In principle, I agree with this statement from several aspects.

First of all, some of human curiosity can be satisfied by such nonmainstream areas of inquiry. As human being are inherently with curiosity, which more or less changes as they grow up. Mainstream areas of inquiry such as science, letter and arts are not able to able to satisfy such curiosity for every person. On one hand, this is because every individual has its unique knowledge profile, set of interest and passion, and growth environment, which means that the limited variety and access to such mainstream areas of inquiry constrain people's curiosity. On the other hand, at different stages of life span, such as childhood, people are not able to master the fundamental principles of science, or to appreciate and understand the letter works, which normally complicated and require knowledge accumulation. Such long and slow process of knowledge accumulation may kill people's curiosity. For instance, prior to learn the physic laws about how stars moves, astrology may help to maintain some people's appreciation and interest of the variability of night sky.

In addition, nonmainstream areas of inquiry also serve to maintain the multiple authorities in people's mind. In the modern society, science has been dominant in the area of inquiry. However, as we look backward, mainstream areas of inquiry, as science today, are not always true. For instance, people in 13th century used to think the world is flat, which is a mainstream idea at that time but now we know is not. Analogously, we should not expect the mainstream areas of inquiry as science and so on as absolutely truth. Therefore, the nonmainstream areas act as tool against the absolute authority, which is meaningful for the long run human civilization development.

Finally, nonmainstream of inquiry such as astrology, fortune-telling and so on helps the expression of human feeling. Many things in our lives do not happen as we want them to, and we lack of power to manipulate the entire life of ourselves. This lead to some fear of the uncertainty, future and interpersonal relationship. By resorting to the astrology or fortune-telling, people may feel better off as it reduce uncertainty believed. Or by relying psychic and paranormal pursuits, people express their will and affection. To illustrate, parents who lose their child may resort to paranormal pursuits for the safety of their child while nothing more can be done to search him/her. In this case, the human emotion of anxiousness and love are less repressed.

In sum, beside mainstreams area of inquiry, nonmainstream areas have their reasons to exist. Though they are sometime utilized as means of vicious purpose, its longevity suggests that they are also neededby human being.

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In terms of satisfying human needs that are not addressed by mainstream science, as the speaker asserts, nonmainstream areas of inquiry as astrology, fortune-telling and psychic and paranormal pursuits play a critical role in society. In principle, I agree with this statement from several aspects.

First of all, some of human curiosity can be satisfied by such nonmainstream areas of inquiry(in some extent). As human being are inherently with curiosity, which more or less changes as they grow up. Mainstream areas of inquiry such as science, letter and arts are not able to able to satisfy such curiosity for every person. On one hand, this (it)is because every individual has its unique knowledge profile, set of interest and passion, and growth environment, which means that the limited variety and access to such mainstream areas of inquiry constrain people's curiosity. On the other hand, at different stages of life span, such as childhood, people are not able to master the fundamental principles of science, or to appreciate and understand the letter works, which normally complicated and require knowledge accumulation. Such long and slow process of knowledge accumulation may kill people's curiosity. For instance, prior to learn the physic laws about how stars moves, astrology may help to maintain some people's appreciation and interest of the variability of night sky. (恩,最后这句例证结合很好,精炼,但前面的论证不够深入,我个人觉得可以把个人的好奇和非主流学科的神秘性结合起来一起说,显得比较饱满些)

In addition, nonmainstream areas of inquiry also serve to maintain the multiple authorities in people's mind. (这个观点补充的好,不过比较难阐明哦) In the modern society, science has been dominant in the area of inquiry. However, as we look backward, mainstream areas of inquiry, as science today, are not always true. For instance, people in 13th century used to think the world is flat, which is a mainstream idea at that time but now we know is not. Analogously, we should not expect the mainstream areas of inquiry (is) as science and so on as absolutely truth. Therefore, the nonmainstream areas act as tool (8错8错,比喻的好)against the absolute authority, which is meaningful for the long run human civilization development.

Finally, nonmainstream of inquiry such as astrology, fortune-telling and so on helps the expression of human feeling. Many things in our lives do not happen as we want them to, and we lack of power to manipulate the entire life of ourselves. This lead to some fear of the uncertainty, future and interpersonal relationship. By resorting to the astrology or fortune-telling, people may feel better off as it reduce uncertainty believed. Or by relying psychic and paranormal pursuits, people express their will and affection. To illustrate, parents who lose their child may resort to paranormal pursuits for the safety of their child while nothing more can be done to search him/her. In this case, the human emotion of anxiousness and love are less repressed.(我觉得这段可以插在第二,三段之间,这是深入些对非主流学科受欢迎的分析.一般在倒数第二段从反面论证或者说论点的负面性ETS比较喜欢些)

In sum, beside mainstreams area of inquiry, (作者在文中似乎并没有做这样的比较)nonmainstream areas have their reasons to exist. Though they are sometime utilized as means of vicious purpose, its longevity suggests that they are also neededby human being.

49分钟写成这样的文章很不错咯,不过全文看来不够饱满,论证得不够全面.开头的论证没什么力量,言语也一般 第三段提出的很有特色,后面两段比较不错.从题目和时间来看很不错了,,LZ加油哦~~~

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十分感谢你的意见。