劉文勇GRE寫作百日題庫 Day 39

Day 39 College students should be encouraged topursue subjects that interest them ratherthan the courses that seem most likely tolead to jobs

College students should be encouraged to pursue subjects that interest them rather than the courses that seem most likely to lead to jobs.

Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the recommendation and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, describe specific circumstances in which adopting the recommendation would or would not be advantageous and explain how these examples shape your position.

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五問：

（1）你認(rèn)為每一個大學(xué)生都應(yīng)該追求自己感興趣的學(xué)科嗎？哪些興趣愛好應(yīng)該得到鼓勵，而哪些則不應(yīng)該鼓勵呢？例如：積極向上的、對人類發(fā)展有利的興趣是可以追求的，反之，低俗的、損人不利己的興趣則不應(yīng)該追求。

（2）興趣愛好難道沒有可能轉(zhuǎn)化為一個人的職業(yè)嗎？你能否舉出古今中外的具體案例來支持這個論點(diǎn)？例如：威廉·亨利·蓋茨在中學(xué)時(shí)就展示出對編程的巨大興趣，后來他創(chuàng)建了美國著名的企業(yè)微軟公司。

（3）是否可能存在這樣的情況：一開始，某學(xué)生對于某個特定的科目并不感興趣，僅僅是為了找工作而選擇了這個科目，但隨著對工作的逐步熟悉，他也漸漸地從中獲得了滿足感，從而對工作產(chǎn)生了真正的興趣？

（4）大學(xué)與研究所有什么不同之處？它們分別負(fù)責(zé)培養(yǎng)哪類人才？例如：大學(xué)注重學(xué)生的全面發(fā)展，致力于培養(yǎng)復(fù)合型人才，學(xué)生可以根據(jù)自己的興趣選修不同的課程；研究所則致力于學(xué)術(shù)研究，培養(yǎng)科研人才。

（5）就個人而言，你更傾向于追求自己的興趣，還是尋找一個合適的工作？為什么？

翻譯練習(xí)：

現(xiàn)在你不感興趣的學(xué)科，當(dāng)你對它進(jìn)行深入的鉆研（ delve into）后，可能會開始引起你的興趣；而現(xiàn)在你認(rèn)為更加有前途的學(xué)科四年后可能變得過于擁擠，以至于你會發(fā)現(xiàn)在那個領(lǐng)域找工作也很難。

參考答案：

The same subject that you now find uninteresting may begin to engage your interest when you delve deep into it; and the same subject that you now think is more promising may become so overcrowded four years later that you may also find it hard to seek a job in that field.

翻譯練習(xí)：

中國的很多家長用盡各種可以使用的方法去改善孩子在校的表現(xiàn)：當(dāng)他們排名低的時(shí)候懲罰他們，或者承諾如果他們能達(dá)到某個目標(biāo)，就給他們一些獎勵。但事實(shí)上，最優(yōu)秀的學(xué)生往往是那些即便沒有外部刺激也渴望學(xué)習(xí)的學(xué)生；對他們中的大多數(shù)人來說，興趣是最強(qiáng)的動力。

參考答案：

Many parents in China try to improve their children's performance at school with every means at their disposal: punishing them when they rank too low or promising rewards if they reach certain target. But in fact, the most excellent students are usually those who are eager to learn even without external motivation; for most of them, interest is the strongest incentive.