GRE 作文题目
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The best ideas arise from a passionate interest in commonplace things. [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
最好的想法源于对平凡事物充满激情的兴趣。[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
本题为老GRE中的一道官方范文原题。本题写作指导和头脑风暴都直接引用ETS对本题的介绍：
Because this claim about the origin of "the best ideas" is very broad, you will need to think about how to focus your analysis with respect to the three key phrases of the claim. You might begin by considering each key phrase and its relationship to the other two.
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1. What kind of ideas can be identified as "the best"? Do they have different characteristics in different fields, such as science, politics, education, and art?
回答：
首先,需要有比较才能体现出什么是"最好的",横向的比较,就是和同时代的人相比,在特定的领域提出了更好的想法,见解
纵向的比较,就是较以前自己在该领域的贡献又进了一步.科学领域:提出新的思想,或者通过实验验证了前人提出的想法,政治:政客提出新的政策,政策的实施获得了很好的效果,艺术:作家获得创造的灵感,并写出了杰作.
2. What is the relationship between "passionate interest" and quality of ideas?
回答：
持有热情的兴趣意味着这个人对特定的领域,有一定的深入研究意向,一定的耐心,和探索精神.
相比其他人,他们提出的想法或许更加精益求精(因为他们可以更深入专研下去)
但是也不一定,有的时候好的想法来源于灵感,而光光凭借专研探索或许并不会有太多的贡献.
3. Could a thorough and careful program of investigation be evidence of a "passionate interest"? Note that the claim is not that a passionate interest always gives rise to ideas that are among the best, but that the best ideas always derive from a passionate interest in something.
回答：
不能,彻底细心的研究或许是一个科学家,或者艺术家对于其研究成果,或是作品负责的态度,或许不是源于兴趣的驱使.
或许,最好的想法并不总是源于热情的兴趣,一个认真严谨的科学家,哪怕并没有很热情的兴趣,凭借严谨的实验步骤,自己的经验和在这个方面的天赋,或许也可以获得很好的主意.
4. Commonplace things -- What is the relationship between interest in "commonplace things" and the best ideas?
回答：
对普通事物的热情是获得最好想法的一个途径,比如通过对平凡的事物的观察,去质疑一些习以为常的东西,并试图发现后面的道理,这样就有可能获得最好的主意.
比如对于世界地图的观察,得到了大陆漂移的假说并得到了验证.从细微的生活中寻找创作的灵感,得到了不朽的艺术作品.
5. How closely connected to commonplace things are the most important ideas?
回答：
可能这个主意可以应用的范围广,实用性强所以重要,也有可能这个主意在特定的领域有非常重要的意义
比如牛顿的力学三大定律可以解释大部分低速世界的运动,所以现在还在使用,而什么相对论,量子力学,虽然对近代物理学有重大的意义,但是不common,因为大家平常用不到这些知识.
6. Are ideas about ordinary things important because they are widely applicable, or are some very abstract ideas important because they express fundamental truths about commonplace things?
回答：
两者都十分重要,前者被人们广泛理解和应用所以很重要,比如各种贴近生活的艺术作品更加受到人们欢迎,或者一个在科学领域广泛被使用的东西,比如质量守恒,能量守恒同样因此十分重要
抽象想法也很重要,因为其将许多看似无关的东西总结在了一起,得出一个基本,简洁的道理,有助于人们理解这个世界,判断决策正确与否,比如我们总结出了社会发展的最终目标就是人民的福利,从而我们可以通过这样的标准来判断我们是否在进步
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