還有一種情況就是這里的名人名言的主語“名人”不是很有名,例如只是某學(xué)校的校長,或是比較模糊的某某教授,某位一直都沒有“出名”的哲人之類的,遇到這種情況也沒有關(guān)系,記得老師曾經(jīng)教過,實在沒有辦法的時候就編印度人阿拉伯人的名字,多用一些h啊j啊k啊等沒用的字母來編名字,比較像一點。但是這種方法比較危險,對于一個純西方人,當(dāng)然不容易發(fā)現(xiàn)你說的名字的錯誤,不過,如果判卷人就是印度籍或阿拉伯籍,那么你就撞在槍口上了,這個方法還是不怎么好用的。建議我們可以通通將這些人叫做professor, 或者是philosopher, 然后用自己的話將這些“名人名言”解釋一遍,最后,記得要在解釋完之后,加上個I paraphrase字樣。下面就是一些作文中的例子。
As the head of Pharmacology at my university once said (and I paraphrase):"I can only research what I do because there are so many who have come before me to whom I can turn for basic knowledge. It is only because of each of the narrowly focused individuals at each step that a full and true understanding of the complexities of life can be had. Each person can only hold enough knowledge to add one small rung to the ladder, but together we can climb to the moon."
A famous philosopher said that "different people like different flowers; there is no one the same." (I paraphrase)Different people have their different understandings of social life, like the lines which not paralleled which connect (I mean it as the same as conflict in our social life) is inevitable If we know where the connections are, we can diminish variety forms of conflict.
小結(jié):
在GRE的寫作中,引用名人名言是十分必要的,可以增加文章的說服力,然而在選擇合適的名人名言時,卻要注意一些問題,不能盲目的引用。