GRE作文每日一评:5.12 (再见六分范文)
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首先是ISSUE部分评分标准:从最高6到0分。 [b][b]SCORING GUIDE FOR PRESENT YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON AN ISSUE [b]GRE ESSAY SCORING GUIDE: PERSPECTIVE ON AN ISSUE SCORE [b][b]6 A 6 paper presents a cogent, well-articulated analysis of the [b]complexities of the issue and demonstrates mastery of the elements of [b]effective writing. [b][b]满分作文的标准:表现出对语言的把握(mastery),对题目的深刻理解 [b](complexities),并且cogent. [b]这个作文要求里的单词都很简单吧,但是都是 走召 弓虽 标准 :p 你能都作到吗?如果答案 [b]是YES,那么恭喜,你注定满分!! [b][b]A typical paper in this category [b][b]--develops a position(看到了吗,a position,要选取一个角度) on the issue [b]with insightful reasons and/or persuasive examples (看到OR了吗,所以没有例子 [b]也可以,如果你可以congent并且给出非常insightful的理由。) [b]--sustains a well-focused, well-organized discussion(关于文章结构的要求) [b]--expresses ideas clearly and precisely [b]--uses language fluently, with varied sentence structure and effective [b]vocabulary (关于语言的要求的,你对语言的mastery就应该从这几个方面体现出来) [b]--demonstrates superior facility with the conventions (grammar, usage, and [b]mechanics) of standard written English but may have minor flaws(这个minor [b]flaws是建立在不影响理解的基础之上。) [b][b][b][b]1------Topic: Generalists vs. Specialists [b][b]Present your perspective on the issue below, using relevant reasons and/or [b]examples to support your views. [b]"In our time, specialists of all kinds are highly overrated. We need more [b]generalists -- people who can provide broad perspectives." [b][b]SAMPLE-1 (score:6) [b]In this era of rapid social and technological change leading to increasing [b]life complexity and psychological displacement, both positive and negative [b]effects among persons in Western society call for a balance in which there [b]are both specialists and generalists. [b]这一段非常干净利索的引出来题目的theme: specialist and generalist [b]这个就是general statement。一些朋友拿文章出来修改的时候我经常发现没有一个引子, [b]一个general statement。缺少这个部分的文章是得不到高分的 [b]Specialists are necessary in order to allow society as a whole to properly [b]and usefully assimilate the masses of new information and knowledge that [b]have come out of research and have been widely disseminated through mass [b]global media. 肯定了specialist的必要性。句式不错,几个定语从句套在一起。As the [b]head of Pharmacology at my university once said (and I paraphrase):"I can [b]only research what I do because there are so many who have come before me [b]to whom I can turn for basic knowledge. It is only because of each of the [b]narrowly focussed individuals at each step that a full and true [b]understanding of the complexities of life can be had. Each person can only [b]hold enough knowledge to add one small rung to the ladder, but together we [b]can climb to the moon." This illustrates the point that our societies level [b]of knowledge and technology is at a stage in which there simply must be [b]specialists in order for our society to take advantage of the information [b]available to us. [b][b]Simply put, without specialists, our society would find itself bogged down [b]in the Sargasso sea of information overload. (Figurative expression。) [b]While it was fine for early physicists to learn and understand the few laws [b]and ideas that existed during their times, now, no one individual can [b]possibly digest and assimilate all of the knowledge in any given area. 阐述 [b]的很清楚,语言也很简单 [b][b]On the other hand, Over specialization means narrow focii in which people [b]can lose the larger picture. 这个句子一看就知道快要引出另外一个主角— [b]generalist了,这个主题句是对过度专业化的一个否定。No one can hope to [b]understand the human body by only inspecting one's own toe-nails. What we [b]learn from a narrow focus may be internally logically coherent but may be [b]irrelevant or fallacious within the framework of a broader perspective. [b]Further, if we inspect only our toe-nails, we may conclude that the whole [b]body is hard and white. Useful conclusions and thus perhaps useful [b]inventions must come by sharing among specialists. Simply throwing out [b]various discovieries means we have a pile of useless discoveries, it is [b]only when one can make with them a mosaic that we can see that they may [b]form a picture. [b][b]Not only may over-specialization be dangerous in terms of the truth, purity [b]and cohesion of knowledge, but it can also serve to drown moral or [b]universall issues.出现了generalist开始展开并且将二者结合讨论了 Generalists [b]and only generalists can see a broad enough picture to realize and [b]introduce to the world the problems of the environment. With [b]specialization, each person focusses on their research and their goals. [b]Thus, industrialization, expansion, and new technologies are driven ahead. [b]Meanwhile no individual can see the wholisitc view of our global existence [b]in which true advancement may mean stifling individual specialists for the [b]greater good of all. [b][b]Finally, over-specialization in a people's daily lives and jobs has meant [b]personal and psychological compartmentalization. People are forced into [b]pigeon holes early in life (at least by university) and must conciously [b]attempt to consume external forms of stimuli and information in order not [b]to be lost in their small and isolated universe. Not only does this make [b]for narrowly focussed and generally pooprly-educated individuals, but it [b]guarantees a sense of loss of community, often followed by a feeling of [b]psychological displacement and personal dissatisfaction. [b]讲完了对overspecialization社会的坏处开始讲对individual引起的不好的地方了。用了 [b]METAPHOR,很形象 [b]Without generalists, society becomes inward-looking and eventually [b]inefficient. Without a society that recongnizes the impotance of braod- [b]mindedness and fora for sharing generalities, individuals become isolated. [b]Thus, while our form of society necessitates specialists, generalists are [b]equally important. Specialists drive us forward in a series of thrusts [b]while generalists make sure we are still on the jousting field and know [b]what the stakes are.再次结合讨论并且陈述二者结合起来的意义。 [b][b]ETS打的分数是6分,下面我们来看看ETS对这个文章的评语。 [b][b][b]COMMENTARY [b]This is an outstanding response -- insightful, well reasoned, and highly [b]effective in its use of language. The introductory paragraph announces the [b]writer's position on the issue and provides the context within which the [b]writer will develop that position: "In this era of rapid social and [b]technological change leading to increasing life complexity and [b]psychological displacement" [b]先肯定了文章的结构和表述。‘well-reasoned’‘highly effective’ [b][b]The argument itself has two parts. The first part presents a compelling [b]case for specialization, primarily in the field of medicine. The second [b]part presents an equally compelling, well-organized case against [b]overspecialization based on three main reasons: [b][b]-- logical (narrowly trained specialists often fail to understand the [b]whole) [b]-- moral (usually generalists understand what is needed for "the greater [b]good") [b]-- personal (specializing/pigeonholing too early can be psychologically [b]damaging) [b][b]The argument's careful line of reasoning is further strengthened by the [b]skillful use of expert testimony (quotation from a prominent medical [b]researcher) and vivid metaphor (to inspect only one's toenails is to ignore [b]the whole body). [b]肯定了其中的引言以及比喻的运用。 [b][b]It is not only the reasoning that distinguishes this essay. The language is [b]precise and often figurative ("bogged down in a Sargasso sea of information [b]overload," "a pile of useless discoveries," and "specialists drive us [b]forward in a series of thrusts, while generalists make sure we are still on [b]the jousting field"). The reader is constantly guided through the argument [b]by transitional phrases and ideas that help organize the essay and move the [b]argument forward. 这个评语大家要注意。 This is an exceptionally fine [b]response to the topic. [b][b]文章简单到这里就结束了,说说我个人的看法。其实这个文章写的很朴实,简单。并算不上 [b]非常的精彩,我们以前每日一评所点评过的文章比这个好的有几篇呢。但是,这个文章写的 [b]很紧扣主题,没有废话,直来直去,虽然有部分的语法错误,但是不影响对文章的整体理解 [b]跟了前面范文点评的朋友是不是有种感觉:这样的文章也算了满分?确实。这个标准说高也 [b]高说低也低,其实并不难达到的。 [b]自己平时可以拿自己的文章和这些ETS打好分数的文章比较然后相对的给自己估一个分数出 [b]来。一些朋友以前总是问,你们的每日一评的分数是瞎打出来的吧?错,不是,就是根据ETS [b]的这个标准来的,而且我们的要更严格。这个大家看以前的蛋蛋的和我做的点评就看的出来 [b]了。 [b]这样满分的文章并不难写,大家多努力,跟ETS的标准多靠近多注意文章的一定要COGENT并且 [b]WELL-RESONED而且要围绕中心。否则,语言再好也难拿高分。 [b]
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