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我在AW上花了很多时间准备,写了ISSUE60篇+ARGUMENT20篇。。恐怕花的精力超过了阅读和填空之和。考场上两篇文章拖动条都只剩下一半,每篇文章至少是600词。。不过结果并不是特别特别好。。我感觉主要问题还是出在语言功底上。以下是我对AW的一些看法
ISSUE:
不是两边写就一定complex了,在两边写的时候一定要说清楚在哪些情况下claim成立,哪些情况不成立,而不是笼统的说既好又不好,这样往往会导致论点模糊甚至自相矛盾。
举个例子,以下是我从essayjudge上摘的一篇文章及其评论,顺带说一句,essayjudge这个网站真的是准备issue的最佳材料,基本上每道题都能在上面找到例文和评论,评论是一些文学教授写的,很critical,thoughtful,应该跟GRE评卷者的思路比较接近。评论一般在最后会给出评论人对写这道题目的一些建议,这些建议非常宝贵。在google把要查的题目粘贴上,打个空格加上site:essayjudge.com就可以找到了.
题目:
Some people believe it is often necessary, even desirable, for political leaders to withhold information
from the public. Others believe that the public has a right to be fully informed.
Introduction:Address both views.
例文节选:
Thesis:Although the public has a right to be informed, it may not be appropriate for the public to acknowledge some sensitive information; thus, I agree that it is often necessary, even desirable, for political leaders to withhold information from the public, because some information can make the public upset, and it can make it harder for leaders to control the situation.
TS1:I think sometimes, it is necessary for political leaders to withhold information from the public because some information may be very sensitive, and can possibly make the public upset, and it may not be good for the situation.
TS2:However, I agree that the public has a right to be informed, because they need to know what these political leaders they support are planning on doing, and express their opinions.
看上去还不错,两边都有写到,两个TS分别支撑Thesis的两方面,每个TS都提供了理由
以下是评论的摘录
Your third paragraph does not add much argumentative complexity to your discussion. You essentially claim that the public should be informed by right, except when they shouldn't be informed. If you are arguing that the public has a right to be informed and that, even so, political leaders should withhold information, then you are arguing that leaders should violate the rights of the people. That sounds like an interesting way of putting things, so you should probably make the point explicit.
作者认为the public有时应该be informed,有时不应该,这个观点当然没问题。作者认为有时不应该be informed是因为some information may be sensitive and can make the public upset, not good for the situation.虽然这些理由都很vague,但如果接下来能解释清楚的话也未尝不可。文章逻辑的关键问题出在作者认为the public有时应该be informed 是因为他们has a right to be informed。如果作者认为公众有权利be informed,那么他们也自然有权利知道那些sensitive的information,而作者在第二段论述的观点就变成了政府在某些情况下应该侵犯公众的权力,这显然不合乎常理。而作者却没有做任何努力来reconcile this paradox,这个问题也就成了文章最大的硬伤。
issue立意正确的做法绝不是像issue5.5那样盲目的先提正再求反,那种方法或许适合没什么时间准备的人在没看过考题的情况下临场快速立意,但是很难打到高分。我自己对每道题目都做了分析,对每道题目都至少要确定连贯清晰的thesis:在哪些情况下claim正确,在哪些情况下不正确;claim有哪些优点哪些缺点,为什么我认为优点outweigh缺点。等等等等
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