The surest indicator of a great nation is represented not by the achievements of its rulers, artists, or scientists, but by the general welfare of its people. [Specific Task Instruction: Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.]
翻译
一个伟大国家最真实的体现不是其统治者、艺术家或者科学家的成就,而是其中所有人的全民福利。[说明:写一篇文章,讨论你同意或反对这个说法达到什么程度,并解释你选择这个观点的理由。在展开和支持你的观点时,你需要考虑这个说法可能在哪些方面成立或者不成立,并解释你所考虑的这些东西如何体现你的观点]
指导
本题改编自老GRE的ISSUE170"The surest indicator of a great nation is not the achievements of its rulers, artists, or scientists, but the general welfare of all its people"。题目讨论国家伟大的体现形式问题,题目认为相对于个人成就,全面福利才是国家伟大的最真实体现。在分析的过程中,可以从统治者、艺术家、科学家的个人成就以及全民福利都可以展现国家哪些方面的内容,这些展现的表现形式、彼此之间的关系以及概括性、真实性等方面展开思考。需要注意:
1、无论在论述统治者、艺术家、科学家的成就还是全民福利,论点都应该在讨论的是the surest indicator;
2、题目给出的是achievements of its rulers, artists, or scientists而不是国家的艺术科技政治水平,分析要针对某人的 achievement;
3、对于此题这种对比型的题目,需要注意不应孤立得去分析二者各自的利弊,而是应当将二者放在一起通过对比、类比等方法将差异展现出来,这样才能说明哪个更好。
1. 请列举历史上的几个伟大国家、这些国家统治者、艺术家、科学家的成就以及全民福利情况。并分析这些内容在我们了解这些国家的过程中起到的作用。
回答:
China, Japan, America: ruler: franklin roosevelt: Roosevelt's new deal not only saved the economic crisis but also showed to the world that America is powerful enough to agonize confront and fight with the economic crisis. artist: Leo sewell: Leo,a genius comes from Philadelphia,was famous for designing magnificent sculpture artworks by garbages he recycled. scientist:Tom Abel: Tom Abel (born 1970) is a cosmologist who first simulated the collapse of a metal-free massive star that belongs to the first generation of stars in the Universe.
2. 统治者、艺术家或者科学家的成就和国家伟大程度之间的关系都有哪些?请结合具体国家、人物以及其成就分析并简述。
回答:
For America, that the ruler Roosevelt lead the country out of the bog of economic crisis shows the excellent leadership and innovative ability of the president of USA. It also indicated that which capitalistic country was powerful enough to fight with crisis-USA which is a great nation. Leo,a famous artist who changed garbages to artworks, showed the remarkable imagination of the country and allude the civilization of the country.
3. 全民福利和国家伟大程度之间的关系有哪些?请结合具体国家和当时的全民福利情况分析并简述。
回答:
For America,the most powerful and richest country supplies awesome infrastructure,social security system and welfare to their citizens. for exmple, after Obamacare, almost every America civil can have medical insurance which can cover most of the medical costs. If a country is not powerful enough, it's impossible for it to supply every person medical insurance even if the fiscal spending comes from taxes because citizens are not rich enough to afford that massive taxes.
4. 同全民福利相比,统治者、艺术家或者科学家的成就在反映国家是否伟大的时候,是否存在局限性或者不合理的地方?如果没有,为什么?如果有,请举例并简述。
回答:
Yes, there are some limitations and unreasonable parts because the talents and hardwork of the individuals may have more effect on the individual achievements than a country's greatness do. So conversely, individual achievements can not show a country's greatness adequately. For instance, Swedish scientist Nobel invented the modern explosive and used 97% of his properties to set up the Nobel prize to commend people who made great contribution to the world in various fields while his country Sweden is not so great.
5. 还有哪些标准或者条件可以反映国家的伟大程度?这些内容同全民福利相比,有哪些优势和不足?是否全民福利是对国家伟大程度最真实的反映?
回答:
GDP per capita and the influence of the country in the world in the politic and economic field. compared with the general welfare of people, GDP per capita is more persuadable to show a country's general economic strength. But the inadequacy is that the wealth gap may be quite large while the country's per capita GDP is high. So the general welfare is more reasonable to show the level of civil's living condition.