小V备战928考试帖[愿意帮我评析作文的请进，谢谢！当然其他朋友也请进~]

hermione61

George Melies： 划线的是我自己改过的

  Firstly, the lecturer introduces the stop action technique invented by George Melies. He did this by accident. According to the speaker, Melies just used a camera to record everything he saw, including crowds and engines. Once he was shooting a moving train when, however, his camera suddenly jammed. When it came into work again, a hearse appeared. And what he saw eventually was that the train turned into a hearse. The reading does not mention so many details about this. (This illustrates the point in the reading that Melies realized that film could be manipulated in countless ways.)

  Secondly, the speaker talks about animation created by Melies. According to him, A Trip To The Moon was an indication of the technique. In the film, the character flew towards the moon, and at the same time the moon grew larger and larger in its size. Then the person landed onto the moon surface. There were tears on his face. The passage does not mention so much on this point.

  Thirdly, the orator states that it was Melies who first realized that movies can be used to tell stories. He put several scenes together and formed a single story, and a classical example of this is Cinderella. In that film, he made a scene fade out and another scene appear, which is called overlap, because the two things overlapped each other. This was not mentioned so elaborately in the passage.

hantten

我也是9月28号考，LZ如果把字写大点就好了，嘿嘿，加油吧

hermione61

今天一头扎在书海里基本没出来过。上午搞了单词，背了将近三百个。很有挑战性，很MOTIVATING，我喜欢。

下午就是INTERGREATED & INDEPEDENT WRITING.渐入佳境，越来越有信心了！

晚上看看综合的书籍。。。

很美好很充实的一天，希望每一天都能这样过!努力得让自己感动!

加油！

hermione61

WIND POWER

  First of all, the lecturer stated that wind power is an environmentally friendly power. According to him, it decreases human’s dependence on other kinds of fuel such as coal. It also provides us with fewer greenhouse gas emission and fewer sulfur substance, which causes the acid rain. This point illustrates the passages, which mentions that wind power is good for the environment.

  Secondly, the professor made the point that the cost of wind power is less than that of other powers. In some places the expenses even declined 80 percent. He also listed facts to support this idea. For example, the wind power is 50% cheaper than coal power, and demands only 20% the expense of nuclear power. This idea was not mentioned in the reading.

  Last but not least, the speaker also said that the wind power has several advantages. For example, it lacks density and causes too much radiation. Furthermore, the wind power generator asks for lots of land, and there are places which are not windy enough. Another example is that bird safety is threatened by wind power stations. This opposes the reading, which tells us that wind power is promising and safe.

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SELF-AWARENESS OF CHIMPANZEES

  Firstly, the lecturer casts doubt on the mark test. She mentions the term ‘self-recognition’, which people have problems in defining it. She also says that some scientists furthered the mark test, in which only one of the eleven chimpanzees touched the mark. From this we can conclude that self-recognition is only retained by human beings. This idea opposes the reading, which deems mark test as reliable.

Secondly, according to the speaker, the problem lies in how human interprets chimpanzees’ touching behavior. Actually, chimpanzees would routinely repeat touching themselves even if the experiment is not processed. The lecturer also said that one chimpanzee even rubbed his mark off before mirror is offered. All in all, the mark test cannot give the conclusion that chimpanzees possess self-awareness. This sharply contrasts to the passage, which states that mark test can test the chimpanzees more profoundly.

  Last but not least, the orator made the point that the action chimpanzees performed in the experiment might just be a social response. One illustration used by the speaker is an experiment, in which the monkey speeded up its self-grooming before a mirror; However, self-grooming also boomed when the monkey looked at other monkeys through a window. This point really casts doubt on the passage, in which the self-awareness of monkeys was certified by the tests.

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POPULATION AND ECONOMY

  First of all, the professor clearly states that Malthus’s theory was a dismal science. She used a fact to illustrate the point: In the past when Europe and North America were having a booming population, their living standards and wages also improved. This depart from the reading, which conveys that people would only live worse when the population is growing.

  Secondly, the speaker casts doubt on Malthus’s principles. According to her, though Malthus used statistics, he left out several important factors. For example, technology helped the crops production of Europe increase during Industrial Revolution. Technology enabled the amount of food to foresee the exploding population. This directly contrasts with Malthus’s point in the reading, which only takes population growth into consideration.

  Last but not least, the lecturer says that when populations grow, the living situation could also advance. This is approved by the history of developed countries. The developed countries used education and birth control to lower growth rate. Malthus is deadly wrong by outlooking the crucial factors such as education and birth control. This strongly oppose the contents of the reading.