GRE 作文题目
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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.]
题目分析
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。
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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：
Several nations have always beed regarded great such as ancient Greek, Roman Empire, Italy in the Renaissance, or the Kingdom of Great Britain. All of them are, in some degree, outstanding in politic, art or science. But the general welfare in of their people at the very time is not that good; actually, if it were good, why few description can be found about people's satisfied life during that time? Maybe it is the reason for which all those "great" nations decayed after decades of heydays.
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：
Rulers bear the most relationship to the stability and development of a nation. Great politics like Lincoln to the USA and Deng to Republic of China could change a country's destiny, while some of them are just mediocre or even inept.
Artists and litterateur contributed a lot to the greatness of Italy in the Renaissance, Dante, Da Vinci and Raphael are among the most famous artists in that time. However, there are outstanding artist all the time, but most of them have little to do with whether or not a nation is great.
The Achievements of scientists coud be directly linked to the development of a nation's industry and economy since that the advanced technologies and theories are able to bring higher competitiveness and advantages. For instance, J. Nash came to the theory called Nash Equilibrium which make the financial level of American developed a lot; at the other side of the earth, academician Yuan Longping invited the hybrided rice which solve the problem of food for one fifth world population in China. As a consequence, these improvement make the country stronger.
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：
The meaning of general welfare is all about fairness.
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。
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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？
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作文
In our long history, some nations sunk and some arose. With what kind of features and success could a nation be defined as great? I tend to side with normal civils for that in my opinion it is a high level of general welfare rather than achievements by elites that makes a nation gain greatness. When the word "great" goes to a country, it usually means a strong international influence or being predominant. However, I may say that the most importent is its people. In this sense, even the nation achieved a lot in politic, art or science, it could not been given that praise. In a word, only by enhancing the living level of its every civil could a country become great.
At the very beginning, let us see how to define greatness. There are several nations have always been called "great nation" like the Ancient Greece, Roman Empire or Italy in the Renaissance. All of them had lots of distinguished elite such as Plato, Caesar and Da Vinci, but few attention was payed to their people. Maybe it is the reason why they all decayed after decades of heydays. Look at nowadays, the United States stands out as a candidate for great nation, for that is has one of the lowest unemployment rate and poor level. What's more, almost all important and innovative breakthroughs in scientific and art field occur in America, proving that a general welfare could contribute a lot to other fields in turn make the nation more close to greatness.
When we talk about a nation country, an entirety constituted by all of its people, it could not be represented only by the elites. Although rulers and scientists always bear an important relationship to the development of a nation, if they neglected the living standard of its people, it would fail. For an instance, the Soviet Union had achieved a lot in politic and scientific field during the Cold War, however, it broke up in the end for ignoring its people. After all, we could not deny the contributions made by those elites to civilian general welfare. As a positive feedback, a stable and civilian environment would permits more vigorous in developing. In a word, the success of elite alone can not become the indicator of a great nation, bua can all people's happiness and comfort.
At last, general welfare is, in some degree, similar to the utopian idel, representing "the greatest possible good for the greatest possible number of individuals". The welfare system maintains a generally high-level in education, medical care, inability care, etc. Someone may argue that countries like Denmark, though have well better living standards, achieve little in the worldwide. But, every sigle civil of such country is satisfied and proud of his or her homeland; if any nation reached that quo, how could it be not great? And someone may doubt that living a comfortable life, people would not work hard like before. However, in my opinion, received more well education and financial aids, the young of a nation with general welfare must would achieve more as the future rulers, artists and scientists.
In a nutshell, it is general welfare that responsible for achievements in politic, art and science, and then make great changes for the country.
At the very beginning, let us see how to define greatness. There are several nations have always been called "great nation" like the Ancient Greece, Roman Empire or Italy in the Renaissance. All of them had lots of distinguished elite such as Plato, Caesar and Da Vinci, but few attention was payed to their people. Maybe it is the reason why they all decayed after decades of heydays. Look at nowadays, the United States stands out as a candidate for great nation, for that is has one of the lowest unemployment rate and poor level. What's more, almost all important and innovative breakthroughs in scientific and art field occur in America, proving that a general welfare could contribute a lot to other fields in turn make the nation more close to greatness.
When we talk about a nation country, an entirety constituted by all of its people, it could not be represented only by the elites. Although rulers and scientists always bear an important relationship to the development of a nation, if they neglected the living standard of its people, it would fail. For an instance, the Soviet Union had achieved a lot in politic and scientific field during the Cold War, however, it broke up in the end for ignoring its people. After all, we could not deny the contributions made by those elites to civilian general welfare. As a positive feedback, a stable and civilian environment would permits more vigorous in developing. In a word, the success of elite alone can not become the indicator of a great nation, bua can all people's happiness and comfort.
At last, general welfare is, in some degree, similar to the utopian idel, representing "the greatest possible good for the greatest possible number of individuals". The welfare system maintains a generally high-level in education, medical care, inability care, etc. Someone may argue that countries like Denmark, though have well better living standards, achieve little in the worldwide. But, every sigle civil of such country is satisfied and proud of his or her homeland; if any nation reached that quo, how could it be not great? And someone may doubt that living a comfortable life, people would not work hard like before. However, in my opinion, received more well education and financial aids, the young of a nation with general welfare must would achieve more as the future rulers, artists and scientists.
In a nutshell, it is general welfare that responsible for achievements in politic, art and science, and then make great changes for the country.
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