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.]
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.
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:
There are two ways to define "the best". First, one method can be used in solving more than one kind of problems; second, one solution can fix the problem very well.
2. What is the relationship between "passionate interest" and quality of ideas?
回答:
passion is one of ways to get a qualified idea.
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:
for example, there are differences between us and scientists. we all have passioate interest in science, but not everyone of us can be a scientist
4. Commonplace things -- What is the relationship between interest in "commonplace things" and the best ideas?
回答:
I think that get interest in "commonplace things" is the first step to get the best ideas. In order to get best ideas, you need more knowledge, investments and patience.
5. How closely connected to commonplace things are the most important ideas?
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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?
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