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present your on the issue below, using reasons and/or examples to support your views.
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"we can usually learn much more from people whose views we share than from people whose views our own."; can cause stress and inhibit learning."
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"no field of study can advance ly unless outsiders bring their knowledge and experience to that field of study."
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"a nation should require all its students to study the same national curriculum until they enter college rather than allow schools in different parts of the nation to determine which courses to offer."
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"the video camera provides such an accurate and record of life that it has become a more important form of documentation than written records."
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"it is often necessary, even desirable, for political leaders to information from the public."
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"governments must ensure that their major cities receive the financial support they need in order to , because it is in cities that a nation's cultural traditions are preserved and generated."
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"all nations should help support the development of a global university designed to engage students in the process of solving the world's most social problems."
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"many of the world's lesser-known languages are being lost as fewer and fewer people speak them. the governments of countries in which these languages are spoken should act to prevent such languages from becoming extinct."
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"although many people think that the luxuries and conveniences of life are entirely , they in fact, prevent people from developing into truly strong and independent individuals."
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"most cultures encourage individuals to sacrifice a large part of their own personalities in order to be like other people. thus, most people are afraid to think or behave because they do not want to be excluded."
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"there are two types of laws: just and . every individual in a society has a responsibility to obey just laws and, even more importantly, to and resist laws."
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"anyone can make things bigger and more complex. what requires real effort and courage is to move in the opposite direction---in other words, to make things as simple as possible."
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"most people would agree that buildings represent a valuable record of any society's past, but arises when old buildings stand on ground that modern planners feel could be better used for modern purposes. in such situations, modern development should be given precedence over the of buildings so that needs can be served."
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"students should facts only after they have the ideas, trends, and concepts that help explain those facts. students who have only facts have very little."
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"unfortunately, the media tend to highlight what is at the moment. society would be better served if the media reported or focused more fully on events and trends that will have the most long-term significance."
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"public figures such as actors, politicians, and athletes should expect people to be interested in their private lives. when they seek a public role, they should expect that they will lose at least some of their privacy."
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"the primary goal of techno should be to increase people's so that everyone has more time."
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"money spent on research is almost always a good investment, even when the results of that research are controversial."
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"creating an appealing image has become more important in society than is the reality or truth behind that image."
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"most of the people we consider today were, in fact, very ordinary people who happened to be in the right place at the right time."
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"the of individuals can be only by those who live after them, not by their contemporaries."
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"in the age of television, reading books is not as important as it once was. people can learn as much by watching television as they can by reading books."
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"scholars and researchers should not be with whether their work makes a to the larger society. it is more important that they pursue their individual interests, however unusual or idiosyncratic those interests may seem."
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"such nonmainstream areas of inquiry as astrology, fortune-telling, and psychic and paranormal pursuits play a vital role in society by satisfying human needs that are not addressed by mainstream science."
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"to be an effective leader, a public official must maintain the highest ethical and moral standards."
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"while some leaders in government, sports, industry, and other areas attribute their success to a well-developed sense of competition, a society can better prepare its young people for by instilling in them a sense of cooperation."
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"society does not place enough on the intellect---that is, on and other cognitive skills."
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"the study of history places too much on individuals. the most events and trends in history were made possible not by the famous few, but by groups of people whose identities have long been forgotten."
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"imaginative works such as novels, plays, films, fairy tales, and legends present a more accurate and meaningful picture of human experience than do factual accounts. because the creators of shape and focus reality rather than report on it , their creations have a more significance."
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"in order to improve the quality of instruction at the college and university level, all faculty should be required to spend time working outside the world in professions to the courses they teach."
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"in any area or professional field, it is just as important to recognize the limits of our knowledge and understanding as it is to acquire new facts and information."
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"the concept of 'individual responsibility' is a necessary . although societies must hold individuals accountable for their own actions, people's is largely determined by forces not of their own making."
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"universities should require every student to take a variety of courses outside the student's field of study because acquiring knowledge of various disciplines is the best way to become truly educated."
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"people work more productively in teams than . teamwork requires cooperation, which motivates people much more than individual competition does."
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"colleges and universities should offer more courses on popular music, film, advertising, and television because culture has much greater relevance for students than do arts and literature of the past."
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"a person's own habits and attitudes often limit that person's freedom more than do restrictions imposed by others."
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"in any realm of life---whether , social, business, or political---the only way to succeed is to take a practical, rather than an idealistic, point of view. pragmatic guarantees survival, whereas idealistic views tend to be superceded by simpler, more immediate options."
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"the study of history has value only to the extent that it is to our daily lives."
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"it is through formal education that a culture tries to perpetuate the ideas it favors and the ideas it fears."
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"in many countries it is now possible to turn on the television and view government at work. watching these proceedings can help people understand the issues that affect their lives. the more kinds of government proceedings---trials, debates, meetings, etc.---that are televised, the more society will benefit."
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"the purpose of many advertisements is to make consumers want to buy a product so that they will 'be like' the person in the ad. this practice is effective because it not only sells products but also helps people feel better about themselves."
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"when we concern ourselves with the study of history, we become storytellers. because we can never know the past directly but must construct it by interpreting evidence, exploring history is more of a enterprise than it is an pursuit. all historians are storytellers."
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"some systems the development of students' capacity for and thinking, but students would benefit more from an education that also taught them to their own emotions."
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"it is through our identification with social groups that we ourselves."
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"humanity has made little real progress over the past century or so. techno innovations have taken place, but the overall condition of humanity is no better. war, violence, and poverty are still with us. technology cannot change the condition of humanity."
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gre考试辅导生词表:
- [pə´spektiv]
n.望远镜 a.透视的 六级词汇 - [,kɔntrə´dikt]
v.反驳;否认 四级词汇 - [,disə´gri:mənt]
n.不一致;争论 六级词汇 - [,ækə´demik]
a.学术的 n.大学学生 四级词汇 - [kən´vinsiŋ]
a.有说服力的;有力的 四级词汇 - [wið´həuld]
v.不给;扣留;抑制 六级词汇 - [´praimərəli, prai´merəli]
ad.首先;主要地 四级词汇 - [ʌn´dʒʌst]
a.不公平(正)的 四级词汇 - [,disə´bei]
v.不服从;不听命令 四级词汇 - [,prezə´veiʃən]
n.保存;储藏;维护 四级词汇 - [´meməraiz]
vt.记住(录);存储 六级词汇 - [sen´seiʃənəl]
a.感觉的;轰动的 六级词汇 - [´ʌltimitli]
ad.最后,最终 四级词汇 - [əd´vɑ:nsmənt]
n.前进;促进;提升 四级词汇 - [,indi´vidʒuəli]
adv.个别地 六级词汇 - [dis´kredit]
n.&vt.不信任;丢(脸) 六级词汇 - [kri:´eitiv]
a.有创造力的;创作的 四级词汇 - [ɔb´dʒektiv]
a.客观的 n.目标 四级词汇 - [´lɔdʒikəl]
a.逻辑(上)的 四级词汇