issue求拍，依舊有替換詞的困難

clark9966

題目：Scientists and other researchers should focus their research on areas that are likely to benefit the greatest number of people.

文章：這一次就憋出來490多個字，有關係么。。。
The main responsibility of a scientist or a researcher is to think of ways that can improve human society and benefit our daily lives. However, that does not lead to a conclusion that they should focus on certain research that may beneficial to majority of people. It might be hard for any one to define which research is beneficial to which kind of people. Scientists under different political systems may act differently on specific research programs.
Under a political system of authoritarianism, the research of scientists and researchers are absolutely subjected to the government. In these countries like Saudi Arabia or Ethiopia,  the government is indifferent to their citizen's need, they only depend on exporting their natural resources like  crude oil on maintaining the national financial development. So it maybe unrealisitic for scientists under such political system to do research on those benefit to majority of the people. All they should to is to cater to the government's need.

Nevertheless, the scene might be different in a democratic society, where human right is highly praised. Scientists and researchers are relatively free to choose anything they want to reseach. From theory physics to literature. Reasearchers do not have to adhere to research that is definitely be benefit to majority of people. A research on a novel in Victoria Age might have nothing to do with majority of people, but it is essential for the diversity of culture in a democracy political system. Still, there are some less developed countries or developing countries which also maintain a political system as democracy, under such circumstances, scientists and researchers still have to do research beneficial to majority of people in that in these countries, people's basic living conditions remain to be a great problem. Researchers have to solve these problems before doing other research.

The underlying assumption of the statement is that whether a research benefits most people is defineable. This may be true when it comes to our daily life regarding the computer technology or office management system, whose research is quite valuable every time when it is improved. The invention of the iPad and the apps like keynotes save us a lot of time for carrying a big computer when doing a presentation at school or at office. It seems that scientists and researchers could only do relative research on areas beneficial to our life, but giving it a second thought, where does all these research come from? Computer technology is based on arithmetic and electronic, subjects that seem a little far away from our every day life. But it is precisely these basic theories that formed complicated technology. Any research which seemed far away from us can be directly or indirectly connected with the common appliances.

Scientific research or social research are both important for the improvement of the society, it is not the scientists or researchers who determine which area to study but the circumstances and environment they are in.

普渡哥

组织上要调整一下，结尾太简单。看看版上的满分作文。

竹林中人

我觉得作文中最好回避政治问题和宗教之类的问题。其实你可以从其他方面谈的，理论科学和应用科学，前者经常并不直接使大众受益，比如宇宙探索等，而应用科学就是以实用为导向。最后你可以总结下科学研究有其本身内在的规律，而不以人的意志和倾向转移的，有些现在看来有益的研究成功或许在将来被证明为有害的，比如说农药、氟利昂等

竹林中人

补充一下：你的语言表达还是很不错的，加油！

clark9966

宗教問題政治方面入手相對好些寫之前沒有注意到這一點謝謝提醒

weiqu

我觉得思路还需要改一下. 比如想想举例在研究治疗癌症这方面等等.尽量选择相比更contemporary的角度论证而不是比较生僻和争议性大的.

huangwg08

版主您好！举例子和论述时真的不能提政治、体制方面的吗？
比如教育是解放人还是束缚人，我提到了教育和国家体制有关，民主制的国家里教育倾向于鼓励个性、放飞思想、解放人。但极权制的国家统治者倾向于抹杀个人、提倡集体主义、给学生洗脑子、扭曲历史等，然后还举了朝鲜为例子。这样不行吗？
其实，我写的时候也觉得这样也有点敏感，不知老美会怎么看。

竹林中人

版主您好！举例子和论述时真的不能提政治、体制方面的吗？
比如教育是解放人还是束缚人，我提到了教育和国家体制有关，民主制的国家里教育倾向于鼓励个性、放飞思想、解放人。但极权制的国家统治者倾向于抹杀个人、提倡集体主义、给学生洗脑子、扭曲历史等，然后还举了朝鲜为例子。这样不行吗？
其实，我写的时候也觉得这样也有点敏感，不知老美会怎么看。

-- by 会员 huangwg08 (2012/3/2 18:43:17)

这样并没有说不行，只是这些问题本身有很大的争议，我觉得我们没必要在这个重大的考试里面去写这个没有完全把握的东西，毕竟我们对政治这个大问题大都只是一个感性的认识，另外我们还是有可替代的内容写的。