劉文勇GRE寫作百日題庫(kù) Day 22

Day 22 The best way to understand the character of a society is to examine the character of the men and women that the society chooses as its heroes or its role models

Claim: The best way to understand the character of a society is to examine the character of the men and women that the society chooses as its heroes or its role models.

Reason: Heroes and role models reveal a society's highest ideals.

Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim and the reason on which that claim is based.

五問(wèn)：

（1）一個(gè)社會(huì)的特質(zhì)體現(xiàn)在哪些方面？你能簡(jiǎn)單地羅列一些嗎？例如：社會(huì)的價(jià)值取向、風(fēng)氣、道德水準(zhǔn)、教育水平、物質(zhì)水平等。

（2）哪些社會(huì)的特質(zhì)容易在社會(huì)走向上得到體現(xiàn)？哪些不容易得到體現(xiàn)？為什么？社會(huì)風(fēng)氣、社會(huì)所崇尚的理念比較容易在社會(huì)走向上有所體現(xiàn)，因?yàn)檫@跟大眾的生活息息相關(guān)；政治沒(méi)那么容易在社會(huì)走向上有所體現(xiàn)，因?yàn)槠胀ɡ习傩战佑|不深。

（3）具備何種特質(zhì)的人最容易被當(dāng)作社會(huì)偶像？例如：無(wú)私忘我、不辭艱險(xiǎn)、為人民利益而英勇奮斗、令人敬佩的人比較容易被當(dāng)作社會(huì)偶像。他們的每一個(gè)特質(zhì)都是人們所崇拜的嗎？他們的每一個(gè)特質(zhì)都是社會(huì)的典型特質(zhì)嗎？

（4）用個(gè)體特質(zhì)來(lái)代表集體特質(zhì)，可能出現(xiàn)的問(wèn)題有哪些？你能具體地說(shuō)說(shuō)嗎？例如：個(gè)體有一些集體沒(méi)有的特質(zhì)，這些特質(zhì)可能帶來(lái)不好的影響。

（5）大眾媒體在偶像形成的過(guò)程中起到了什么樣的作用？大眾媒體對(duì)偶像的關(guān)注是一種監(jiān)督還是過(guò)度曝光？是讓大眾更全面地了解偶像，還是侵犯了偶像的隱私、詆毀了偶像的形象？這種作用是否會(huì)影響你對(duì)命題的判斷？

翻譯練習(xí)：

有時(shí)候，媒體對(duì)英雄夸張的、片面的描述掩飾了他們不過(guò)是普通人的事實(shí)。這種形象反映了社會(huì)想要達(dá)到的理想狀態(tài)，而不是其目前真實(shí)的特征。

參考答案：

Sometimes, media's exaggerated and one-sided account of heroes belies their true persons as little more than ordinary. Such images reflect the ideal state the society wishes to arrive rather than its true character for the time being.