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d0gzi · 发表于 2012-10-20 18:08:32

Issue 112
Requiring university students to take a variety of courses outside their major fields of study is the best way to ensure that students become truly educated.

Have you ever seen students who can compose heart-touching articles feel so stressed as they lose their science subjects and spend most of their time on their weakest subject of mathematics and physics and barely have time to write and read more? Have you ever seen students tough feel reluctant to learn anything about art apprehension and music are forced to learn those courses as universities think they are “useful”? Have you ever talked with professors who complain that half of the students fall a sound sleep in the classroom because of lack of interest in that compulsory or required course? Thus, I think forcing university students to dabble courses beyond their majors would pose more problems, though merits exist.
First, the speaker implies taking more courses of a larger variety is the very best way to make students more learnt. I concede that students may know more about historical, philosophical and scientific facts than before, yet this is far from giving the ultimate decision of whether a person is educated, or rather, intellectual enough. However, as pointed out by Socrates, an outstanding philosopher in ancient Greek, God has grown a spark in man’s heart. One, and only he/her can, kindle it to a frame. If this is the case, then the essence of education is not about to teach, but to inspire. Thus, it is the students that should take the responsibility to choose different woods or even petrol to keep their flame burning. Imposing and regulating courses out of students’ major then seem ridiculous. As students are given the right to choose their major, they, instead of the university, should have the ability and freedom to choose to whether learn courses in other fields. Forcing students to learn certain subjects because they are useful is like forcing lamb to eat meat as meat is delicious and nutrient.
Additionally, courses irrelevant to their major may not be always considered useful for their careers, most of the time, they are not. Therefore, students may spend much more time studying one subject that not only they are not good at, but turn out to be less useful. For example, as a student majoring in Literature Studies, I as well as many of my classmates find mathematics, one of the compulsory courses we studied for a whole year in Year one, totally useless as normally none of us will take up a job related to mathematics. Even though it is almost useless, we have to spend much time discussing it, as it takes up six credits out of thirty for each semester.
I can not deny this result can result from the inefficiency of curriculum in our university; however, it is impossible for faculties to arrange a curriculum suiting the needs for each and every student, even some of them share the same major. Those who are more capable or curious can choose to learn more diversity of courses, while whose who are more determined can choose to stick to their own major.
To sum up, it may seem to be reasonable for universities set certain requirements and urge students to learn some courses unrelated to their major; students, nevertheless, can learn more effectively and freely if they are given the freedom to choose whether to do this or not.

d0gzi · 发表于 2012-10-20 21:48:14

revised version

Requiring university students to take a variety of courses outside their major fields of study is the best way to ensure that students become truly educated. 1:06H

Have you ever seen students who can compose heart-touching articles feel so stressed as they lose their science subjects and spend most of their time on their weakest subject of mathematics and physics and barely have time to write and read more? Have you ever seen students tough feel reluctant to learn anything about art apprehension and music are forced to learn those courses as universities think they are “useful”? Have you ever talked with professors who complain that half of the students fall a sound sleep in the classroom because of lack of interest in that compulsory or required course? Thus, I think forcing university students to dabble courses beyond their majors would pose more problems, though merits exist.

Admittedly, students can broaden their horizon and may even benefit a lot insofar they have an enormous interest and take an active part in those courses beyond their present fields. Bacon, the great philosopher, once mentioned, “Abeunt Stadia mores”. It is never unfavorable to learn something more. Moreover, the thoughts students have learnt in a minor subject may be able to be applied to their majors. For example, students majoring in biology may have a deeper understanding of nature after reading poems and articles written in the Romantic period, when all poets express their awe and respect to the mother-nature.

Additionally, sometimes those so-called free electives can provide students a brand-new perspective, which not only enables them to examine their original majors differently, but changes their focus sometimes. A handbook for freshman published by Harvard University gave out a plenty of examples of this case. One student shifted her dream as being a social worker to a lawyer after learning how much colored people suffer under racial discrimination in a history class, and set up her idea to endeavor give those people equal rights and opportunities. In light of this, it seems university should provide students access to courses offered by other apartments or even faculties.

Nevertheless, great the merits are, the speaker urges that university students should be required, rather than encouraged, to take a part. There are basically three compelling arguments which may weaken the speaker’s assertion.

First, the speaker implies taking more courses of a larger variety is the very best way to make students more learnt. However, those merits only happen when students themselves choose to take those courses autonomously. As pointed out by Socrates, an outstanding philosopher in ancient Greek, God has grown a spark in man’s heart. One, and only he/her can, kindle it to a frame. If this is the case, then the essence of education is not about to teach, or impose, but to inspire. Thus, it is the students that should take the responsibility to choose different woods or even petrol to keep their flame burning. Imposing and regulating courses out of students’ major then seem ridiculous. As students are given the right to choose their major, they, instead of the university, should have the ability and freedom to choose to whether to learn courses in other fields or not. Forcing students who are only interested in their own major to learn a larger range of subjects is like forcing lamb to eat meat as meat is delicious and nutrient.

Additionally, most of the times courses of different majors are a part of core curriculum and students have nothing else to choose but to enroll them. Nevertheless, those courses irrelevant to their major may not be always considered useful for their careers, most of the time, they are not. Therefore, students may spend much more time studying one subject which not only they are not good at, but turns out to be less useful. For example, as a student majoring in Literature Studies, I as well as many of my classmates find mathematics, one of the compulsory courses we studied for a whole year in Year one, totally useless as normally none of us will take up a job related to mathematics. Even though it is almost useless, we have to spend much time calculating and drawing charts and praying to get a B at the end of the year.

I can not deny this can result from the inefficiency of curriculum in our university; however, it is impossible for faculties to arrange a curriculum suiting the needs for each and every student, even some of them share the same major. Those who are more capable or curious can choose amore diversified curriculum, while whose who are more determined can choose to stick to their own major. Free Trade is efficient in economy, so are free choices for students when enroll courses. In light of this, it is better to give students the privilege to decide what they would like to learn at the present, which lead to the life they lead in the future.

To sum up, it may seem to be reasonable for universities to set certain requirements and urge students to learn some courses unrelated to their major; students, nevertheless, can learn more effectively and freely if they are given the freedom to choose whether to do this or not.

竹林中人 · 发表于 2012-10-20 22:02:08

读LZ这篇美文压力很大，这么长的文章相信考试半小时的时间是没法写出来的，所以我觉得LZ如果考虑到考试实际情况，找到一个属于自己的合理的文章篇幅很重要，这样所有的题目都有差不多的篇幅，考试也不影响。

d0gzi · 发表于 2012-10-20 23:16:52

恩~说的对……T-T 谢谢！！！

d0gzi · 发表于 2012-10-21 23:18:29

ISSUE 131 1H

每篇都是一小时……真心担心到时候写不完了…………
Claim: Researchers should not limit their investigations to only those areas in which they expect to discover something that has an immediate, practical application. Reason: It is impossible to predict the outcome of a line of research with any certainty.
Generally agree
+: most facts about science that are not practical at first tend out to be extremely beneficial John Gurdon.
Immediate, practical ? are all fields that have been relatively exploited and researched

ractical? economical, for people’s basic living.. arts
-: governments’ budget
Reason: not right. Perpetual motion engine
A combination of both

The speaker believes that researches should be carried out with out regarding of their instant outcomes, as the benefit of a research can be hardly estimated. I generally agree with this statement, though there may be some exceptions and the reason leading to it may need further examination.
First, myriads of results of researches which may not be able to be applied to practical application instantly, bring about extraordinary beneficial after a while, or not a while, especially when it comes to scientific facts. For example, John Burdon found out all cells in human beings’ body have exactly the same genes, indicating the possibility to derive one cell from another as early as nineteenth century. This discovery by all means serves as a milestone for genetic study, biology, as well as medical treatment, and Burdon has been awarded the Nobel Prize because of this. Though it has not been widely used today, there is no denying that many diseases can be cured and important organs and cells can be cloned in light of this finding.
Far from being profitable, some of the research outcomes are even regarded as heresy when first coming into being. History has witnessed myriads of cases like this. William Harvey, who established the blood circulation system, was blamed as a charlatan .Copernican insisted heliocentric theory even when facing the pressure and threat from the churches. The view that the earth is spherical was laughed and regarded as merely a fantasy by earth-platters. However, if not for those researches who had chosen to stick to their idea without regarding an immediate profit, these truths might have been undermined till today. In light of this, what has been regarded as impractical or even heretical in the past are of great use today; what about finding that can not be put into use immediately, or understood by average people today?
Though enormous merits those researches enjoy, they may be impeded as budgets should be applied to other more urgent uses, such as natural disasters or wars. Additionally, the assertion that the outcome of research can never be predicted is far from accurate. Some studies can be regarded as meaningless at the very first sight, such as the attempt of perpetual motion engine. Other, however, can not be instantly valued. Government therefore should take measures to inspect and stop experiments which are highly likely to be meaningless.
To sum up, researchers should not abandon one study simply because of its lack of instant profit, as a great number of those results may turn out of great use later. However, sometimes budget and energy should be applied to other domains as well, and thus the government and researchers may seek to find a harmonious balance between efficiency and effect.

d0gzi · 发表于 2012-10-23 00:28:44

ISSUE132 Some people believe that our ever-increasing use of technology significantly reduces our opportunities for human interaction. Other people believe that technology provides us with new and better ways to communicate and connect with one another.
23:15-49
Does the development of technology provide more immediate and convenient ways, or rather impede the communication and connection between people? In my view, people are provided with better ways to communicate in the information age insofar that we use them properly.

One compelling argument is the enormous development of transportation means-including cars, motor trains, as well as air-planes-enable us to cover distance within hours or days which may take ancient people months or years to travel. There is a poetic term in Chinese which can be literally translated as “a farewell involving life and death” which means the only chance for departing ancient people seeing each other again may be afterlife or next life, indicating the point to which the inconvenience of transportation severely impeded communication. Today, even I stayed in a university in Southern China and my parents in Northern, an air travel of two hours can enable me to see them immediately. The size of China has never changed-it is the development of transportation through improvement of technology that has made such cases possible.

Another compelling argument for the technology has to do with the fact that how communicating devices like mobile phones and computers facilitate us to communicate with anyone at any time on this planet. Many young couples in last generation in China broke up, as one went to universities in other cities while the other had to stay at home due to the rare opportunities available for education at that time. They soon lost contact as letters were the only way to communicate. When one got the letter from the other, it had already been one or two month later. Today, however, long-distant relationship is not a miracle any more due to the invention of mobile phones and computers. Couples and friends can text, call, or even web-cam each other whenever they feel like. How could one argue opportunities of communication have been undermined considering these?

Additionally, communication, in one way, should not just limited to one-to-one or face-to-face conversation with our friends, relatives, bosses or co-workers, it can also involve interacting with someone unfamiliar- in other words, changing ideas and communicating through books, videos or even films. In light of the digital age, there is no need for people to go to a bookstore, as most of the books are available on the Internet. Therefore, the communication with writers, filmmakers, actors is also enhanced.

Admittedly, the fast increasing mess-media, especially the Internet, has led to the decrease of communication to a certain extent, comparing today’s young people’s addiction to the Internet. A book called “the Dumbest Generation” published in 1998 blamed the stupidity and lack of communication of young adults to the Internet, especially those social sites. However, this does not mean the development of technology force us to do so. Technology has provided us with a golden age full of new and great means to get access to our relatives, celebrities or even the whole world, and it is us who are left to make a choice whether to make good use of them.

To sum up, the development of technology, especially the new transportation and communication means have provided people with chances for a far better communication, people, instead of staying at home and drown in social net work site, should learn to utilize those merits to the largest extent.

竹林中人 · 发表于 2012-10-24 10:32:13

ISSUE 131 1H

每篇都是一小时……真心担心到时候写不完了…………
Claim: Researchers should not limit their investigations to only those areas in which they expect to discover something that has an immediate, practical application. Reason: It is impossible to predict the outcome of a line of research with any certainty.
Generally agree
+: most facts about science that are not practical at first tend out to be extremely beneficial John Gurdon.
Immediate, practical ? are all fields that have been relatively exploited and researched

ractical? economical, for people’s basic living.. arts
-: governments’ budget
Reason: not right. Perpetual motion engine
A combination of both

The speaker believes that researches should be carried out with out regarding of their instant outcomes, as the benefit of a research can be hardly estimated. I generally agree with this statement, though there may be some exceptions and the reason leading to it may need further examination.

First, myriads of results of researches which may not be able to be applied to practical application instantly, bring about extraordinary beneficial after a while, or not a while, especially when it comes to scientific facts. For example, John Burdon found out all cells in human beings’ body have exactly the same genes, indicating the possibility to derive one cell from another as early as nineteenth century. This discovery by all means serves as a milestone for genetic study, biology, as well as medical treatment, and Burdon has been awarded the Nobel Prize because of this. Though it has not been widely used today, there is no denying that many diseases can be cured and important organs and cells can be cloned in light of this finding.

Far from being profitable, some of the research outcomes are even regarded as heresy when first coming into being. History has witnessed myriads of cases like this. William Harvey, who established the blood circulation system, was blamed as a charlatan .Copernican insisted heliocentric theory even when facing the pressure and threat from the churches. The view that the earth is spherical was laughed and regarded as merely a fantasy by earth-platters. However, if not for those researches who had chosen to stick to their idea without regarding an immediate profit, these truths might have been undermined till today. In light of this, what has been regarded as impractical or even heretical in the past are of great use today; what about finding that can not be put into use immediately, or understood by average people today?

Though enormous merits those researches enjoy, they may be impeded as budgets should be applied to other more urgent uses, such as natural disasters or wars. Additionally, the assertion that the outcome of research can never be predicted is far from accurate. Some studies can be regarded as meaningless at the very first sight, such as the attempt of perpetual motion engine. Other, however, can not be instantly valued. Government therefore should take measures to inspect and stop experiments which are highly likely to be meaningless.

To sum up, researchers should not abandon one study simply because of its lack of instant profit, as a great number of those results may turn out of great use later. However, sometimes budget and energy should be applied to other domains as well, and thus the government and researchers may seek to find a harmonious balance between efficiency and effect.

-- by 会员 d0gzi (2012/10/21 23:18:29)

may seek to find a harmonious balance这里如果你能尝试着给出一个balance的方法也许会比较好。这个题目也许你要注意到instruction中应该有关于对可能对你的观点相反的观点的反驳吧
你的语言很好，用的很准确，加油

竹林中人 · 发表于 2012-10-24 10:53:31

ISSUE132 Some people believe that our ever-increasing use of technology significantly reduces our opportunities for human interaction. Other people believe that technology provides us with new and better ways to communicate and connect with one another.
23:15-49
Does the development of technology provide more immediate and convenient ways, or rather impede the communication and connection between people? In my view, people are provided with better ways to communicate in the information age insofar that we use them properly.

One compelling argument is the enormous development of transportation means-including cars, motor trains, as well as air-planes-enable us to cover distance within hours or days which may take ancient people months or years to travel. There is a poetic term in Chinese which can be literally translated as “a farewell involving life and death” which means the only chance for departing ancient people seeing each other again may be afterlife or next life, indicating the point to which the inconvenience of transportation severely impeded communication. Today, even I stayed in a university in Southern China and my parents in Northern, an air travel of two hours can enable me to see them immediately. The size of China has never changed-it is the development of transportation through improvement of technology that has made such cases possible.

Another compelling argument for the technology has to do with the fact that how communicating devices like mobile phones and computers facilitate us to communicate with anyone at any time on this planet. Many young couples in last generation in China broke up, as one went to universities in other cities while the other had to stay at home due to the rare opportunities available for education at that time. They soon lost contact as letters were the only way to communicate. When one got the letter from the other, it had already been one or two month later. Today, however, long-distant relationship is not a miracle any more due to the invention of mobile phones and computers. Couples and friends can text, call, or even web-cam each other whenever they feel like. How could one argue opportunities of communication have been undermined considering these?

Additionally, communication, in one way, should not just limited to one-to-one or face-to-face conversation with our friends, relatives, bosses or co-workers, it can also involve interacting with someone unfamiliar- in other words, changing ideas and communicating through books, videos or even films. In light of the digital age, there is no need for people to go to a bookstore, as most of the books are available on the Internet. Therefore, the communication with writers, filmmakers, actors is also enhanced.

Admittedly, the fast increasing mess-media, especially the Internet, has led to the decrease of communication to a certain extent, comparing today’s young people’s addiction to the Internet. A book called “the Dumbest Generation” published in 1998 blamed the stupidity and lack of communication of young adults to the Internet, especially those social sites. However, this does not mean the development of technology force us to do so. Technology has provided us with a golden age full of new and great means to get access to our relatives, celebrities or even the whole world, and it is us who are left to make a choice whether to make good use of them.

To sum up, the development of technology, especially the new transportation and communication means have provided people with chances for a far better communication, people, instead of staying at home and drown in social net work site, should learn to utilize those merits to the largest extent.

-- by 会员 d0gzi (2012/10/23 0:28:44)

我觉得admittedly的那段最好放下前面，因为你的重点部分是前面的内容而不是admittedly的内容。

d0gzi · 发表于 2012-10-26 01:57:40

谢谢谢谢您！！！！！！！！1> <!!!

d0gzi · 发表于 2012-10-26 01:58:16

又超时了……

People should undertake risky action only after they have carefully considered its consequences.
20:53-21:49

The speaker contends that risky actions should not be taken unless their potential outcomes have been examined and considered carefully. Although this argument seems to be plausible and can eliminate some possible disastrous results, it, however, is not in line with common sense we hold in everyday life for that it distorts the nature of “risk”.

Admittedly, pre-consideration has a lot of merits as it allows people to plan and consider all the possible consequences, including good ones and bad ones, and thus a conclusion can be drawn upon which actions whose results are not likely to be beneficial may be undermined before they are actually carried out. Consider an example of a father in poverty who is not able to feed his five-year-old daughter. He may attempt to employ illegal means, such as robbery, fraud and forgery, to obtain some money when his daughter really needs some money for her primary education. By considering the possible consequences of that illegal risky action, the father may not take such a huge risk-even if he gets rid of the police and may be able to support her daughter financially; he can never be a father as great and clean as before. By considering those potential outcomes thoroughly, the father may quit considering this idea. In fact, many of us have some unrealistic or even harmful ideas, it is considering the possible results of those risky actions, no matter consciously or not, impedes, or promotes our actions.

However, the speaker begs the nature of the problem in that he seems to assume most of the time possible results can be estimated even before those actions are taken, which is counter to our everyday common sense. No matter how plausible Murphy’s Law or Maya’s prediction of the 2012 disaster, no one is able to predict what will happen until it has happened. There are myriads of chemical researches which are primarily in line with the call of “chemistry for better life” end up with exacerbating the already delicate plant. Consider the atomic energy which is simply considered an alternative energy enhancing our efficiency and yield in industry is employed mainly in war to kill hundreds of millions of innocent human beings. Who can say the scientists have not considered the possible outcomes? They have, of course; yet it is still not possible to draw an accurate conclusion of what will happen in the future—for our conclusion is based on the current experience and observation which may not be accurate at all for circumstances in the future.

Furthermore, if we examine the word “risky”, we may find it slippery and difficult to define. For me, everything whose results can not be determined can be regarded as risky, including scientific research mentioned above, the apply of new policies and laws, revolution, career choosing, or even everyday activities like driving, working or even drinking. No one can really predict what will happen, and thus everything happening around us can be defined as “risky actions”. Then should we consider whether to eat an apple or not before eating it? Should we versus the possibility of chocking or a worm appearing to all the nutrition and great pleasure an apple can bring? The case of the revolution is similar. If Abraham Lincoln had kept considering all the people that would be involved and get injured in the Civil War and missed the perfect moment to start the war, people of color in the United States may not have gained their equal rights.
To sum up, considering beforehand for risky actions can be beneficial. However, it is not necessary to consider each and every risky action, as most of the time it is not only difficult to define “risk”, or to predict it.

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