issue47 写多了都没感觉了。欢迎互拍！

zehuaUID：199246

题目：society does not place enough emphasis on the intellect- that is, on reasoning and other cognitive skills.
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Does society ignore the intellect--on reasoning and other cognitive skills, or does society place enough emphasis on it? In my view, it is apparently true that society neglect the intellect. And people are passively accepting news. However, this is not the case because one would not be able to obtain the information he needs, if he does not have his own judgment.

Some might stand on the side of the speaker, on the basis that today's society demands more workers than scientists.  Admittedly, nowadays graduates holding master's degree or MBA are far easier to find jobs than PH.D graduates. That is to say, demanding of workers in today's society is much higher than that of scientists. Even if a PH.D graduate find a job, he is most likely to play a role of a technician, who does repetitive works day after day, rather than a scientist who focus on creative works involving reasoning and cognitive skills. Yet this is not true because the supply of scientists have doubled over the past 25 years, but the social demand remains. In other words, the social requirement of intellect has not decreased.

Moreover, some might argue that with the development of technology, we have entered an information era. Faced with the massive information, all people could do is to passively accept it, without cognition and selection. Therefore, it is seems true that today's society ignores the intellect. However, they have overlooked things hidden behind. Although the information people facing is more than ever, there is no evidence that people's reasoning and cognitive skills have been weakened. The phenomenon that many people passively accept massive information does not mean that intellect is no longer important. Obviously, most of the publications on the media have been carefully selected by professionals: News would be selected by editors while science reports would be judged by other scientists in the same area. No raw information would be published.

Another compelling argument is that in the information era, society requires people to select and judge information they need on a daily basis. The fact that people passively accept information does not mean that intellect is unimportant. On contrary, it is more important than in any other era else. Immersed in the sea of massive information, one has to own the outstanding ability to select and judge what he needs, while discarding the irrelevant information. While the targeted information is sound, the irrelevant information is noise. Obviously, one’s ear has to be sharp enough to hear the sound, when the noise is louder than ever. It would certainly be a waste of time if one reads too much undesired information. As a result, reasoning and cognitive skills are more important than ever in today’s society.

In the final analysis, the speaker's statement is fundamentally incorrect. On the surface, the society is demanding more workers and less scientists with cognitive and reasoning skills, and the public are more prone to passively accept information. However, this is not true in that the information has already been selected by professionals before publication on the media. In addition, intellect is more important than ever for one, in order to quickly pick up the piece of information he needs.

[ Last edited by zehua on 2005-7-28 at 10:23 ]

翦瞳UID：184872

建议给出提纲，好把握思路。
红色划线，相矛盾。


Does society ignore the intellect--on reasoning and other cognitive skills, or does society place enough emphasis on it? In my view,[u] it is apparently true that society neglect the intellect. And people are passively accepting news. However, this is not the case because one would not be able to obtain the information he needs, if he does not have his own judgment。
It might seem tempting to agree with the speaker, on the basis that today's society demands more workers than scientists.  Admittedly, nowadays graduates holding master's degree or MBA are far easier to find jobs than PH.D graduates. That is to say, demanding of workers in today's society is much higher than that of scientists. Even if a PH.D graduate find a job, he is most likely to play a role of a technician, who does repetitive works day after day, rather than a scientist who focus on creative works involving reasoning and cognitive skills. Yet this is not true because the supply of scientists have doubled over the past 25 years, but the social demand remains. In other words, the social requirement of intellect has not decreased. （意犹未尽！你到底同意还是反对？晕！）

Moreover, some might argue that with the development of technology, we have entered an information era. Faced with the massive information, （what）all people could do is to passively accept it, without cognition and selection. Therefore, it is apparently true that today's society ignores the intellect. However, this argument is based on a hasty generalization. We have overlooked things hidden behind. Although the information people facing is more than ever, there is no evidence that people's reasoning and cognitive skills have been weakened. The phenomenon that many people passively accept massive information does not mean that intellect is no longer important. Obviously, most of the publications on the media have been carefully selected by professionals: News would be selected by editors while science reports would be judged by other scientists in the same area. No raw information would be published.（intellect 到底是否未被重视？观点不够明确，即使转折也要有TS）

Another compelling argument is that in the information era, society requires people to select and judge information they need. The fact that people passively accept information does not mean that intellect is unimportant. On contrary, it is more important than in any other era else. Immersed in the sea of massive information, one has to own the outstanding ability to select and judge what he needs, while discarding the irrelevant information. While the targeted information is sound, the irrelevant information is noise. Obviously, one’s ear has to be sharp enough to hear the sound, when the noise is louder than ever. It would certainly be a waste of time if one reads too much undesired information. As a result, reasoning and cognitive skills are more important than ever(before) in today’s society [so it is never too emphasized to intellect, even neglected sometimes]（总算看出支持Issue的）

In the final analysis, the speaker's statement is fundamentally incorrect (是我出问题了吗？看不出啊，上面是你的潜在意思吗？开始支持，后反对，再支持，结论是反对). On the surface, the society is demanding more workers and less scientists with cognitive and reasoning skills, and the public are more prone to passively accept information. However, this is not true in that the information has already been selected by professionals before publication on the media. In addition, intellect is more important than ever for one, in order to quickly pick up the piece of information he needs. （这应该是支持的论据吧？未被筛选的新闻需要intellect, 挑选新闻也需要intellect, 所以应该重视intellect）
下笔前的思路不清晰！
一家之言！

zehuaUID：199246

我写的是反－反－反啊！
B1先说正方理由然后给予反驳。后2段是纯反驳。范文里有这种写法啊。
这是我第一次用这种写法

zehuaUID：199246

也许B1应该和B3换的。
提出对方观点再批判这种段落一般放最后。