劉文勇GRE寫(xiě)作百日題庫(kù) Day 114

Day 114 Any leader who is quickly and easily influenced by shifts in popular opinion will accomplish little

Any leader who is quickly and easily influenced by shifts in popular opinion will accomplish little.

Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.

五問(wèn)：

（1）原命題中有“ any”這個(gè)極端詞，我們可以完全認(rèn)同這個(gè)觀點(diǎn)嗎？一般情況下，我們很難贊同帶有極端詞的觀點(diǎn)，因?yàn)檫^(guò)于絕對(duì)。

（2）在選定自己的觀點(diǎn)之前，我們應(yīng)該先思考leader（領(lǐng)袖）是如何產(chǎn)生的？是民眾選舉出來(lái)的還是少數(shù)人推選的？或是有其他更多的可能？ leader產(chǎn)生的過(guò)程是否會(huì)影響你對(duì)于原命題的判斷？你認(rèn)為怎樣產(chǎn)生的領(lǐng)袖必須更多地聽(tīng)取“popular opinion”？經(jīng)由哪種過(guò)程產(chǎn)生的領(lǐng)袖則不需要這樣？

（3）一個(gè) leader受到來(lái)自大眾觀點(diǎn)的影響一定是錯(cuò)誤的嗎？一定是正確的嗎？討論“如何判定自己所受到的影響是否正確”，是否要比討論“是否應(yīng)該受到影響”顯得更加重要？

（4）在什么樣的情況下， leader應(yīng)該更快地“受到影響，做出決策”？你能舉出具體的例子嗎？例如：當(dāng) leader來(lái)到一個(gè)陌生環(huán)境，需要解決緊迫的問(wèn)題時(shí)，需要向當(dāng)?shù)孛癖娏私馇闆r。

（5）你能否分別舉出具體的例子來(lái)分析 leader受到影響所導(dǎo)致的好的和壞的結(jié)果？例如：某個(gè)小區(qū)要拆遷， leader聽(tīng)取居民的意見(jiàn)在原地建造回遷房，既保障了居民的權(quán)益，又保證了拆遷工作的順利完成。另一個(gè)例子， leader根據(jù)居民的需求建造了一座大型購(gòu)物商場(chǎng)，但商場(chǎng)建成后，居民卻覺(jué)得商品價(jià)格貴而很少光顧，商場(chǎng)最終倒閉了。

翻譯練習(xí)：

當(dāng)你無(wú)法說(shuō)服他人接受你的觀點(diǎn)，他們也不能說(shuō)服你贊同他們的觀點(diǎn)時(shí)，你會(huì)怎么做？你會(huì)采取和他人都對(duì)立的立場(chǎng)呢，還是會(huì)放棄自己的觀點(diǎn)并跟隨大眾？對(duì)我而言，有自己的判斷是我永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)拋棄的一個(gè)原則。很多名人都指出了堅(jiān)持這一原則的重要性。（可用 A is no more...than B句式。）

參考答案：

When you can no more convince other people to accept your view than they can persuade you to approve of theirs, what will you do? Will you take a stand against all the other people, or will you drop your view and follow the crowd? To me, having my own judgment is one principle I will never abandon. Numerous famous figures have shown the significance of following this principle.