高分考生舉例詳解GRE寫作

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懷揣夢想,堅定向前,每一位高肯考生的背后總有著默默的付出和積累,冰凍三尺非一日之寒。相信高分考生的經(jīng)驗分享有助你取得更高的分數(shù)。
    我在AW上花了很多時間準備,寫了ISSUE60篇+ARGUMENT20篇。。恐怕花的精力超過了閱讀和填空之和。考場上兩篇文章拖動條都只剩下一半,每篇文章至少是600詞。。不過結(jié)果并不是特別特別好。。我感覺主要問題還是出在語言功底上。以下是我對AW的一些看法
    ISSUE:
    不是兩邊寫就一定complex了,在兩邊寫的時候一定要說清楚在哪些情況下claim成立,哪些情況不成立,而不是籠統(tǒng)的說既好又不好,這樣往往會導致論點模糊甚至自相矛盾。
    舉個例子,以下是我從essayjudge上摘的一篇文章及其評論,順帶說一句,essayjudge這個網(wǎng)站真的是準備issue的材料,基本上每道題都能在上面找到例文和評論,評論是一些文學教授寫的,很critical,thoughtful,應該跟GRE評卷者的思路比較接近。評論一般在最后會給出評論人對寫這道題目的一些建議,這些建議非常寶貴。在google把要查的題目粘貼上,打個空格加上site:essayjudge.com就可以找到了.
    題目:
    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.
    例文節(jié)選:
    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.
    看上去還不錯,兩邊都有寫到,兩個TS分別支撐Thesis的兩方面,每個TS都提供了理由
    以下是評論的摘錄
    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.
    作者認為the public有時應該be informed,有時不應該,這個觀點當然沒問題。作者認為有時不應該be informed是因為some information may be sensitive and can make the public upset, not good for the situation.雖然這些理由都很vague,但如果接下來能解釋清楚的話也未嘗不可。文章邏輯的關(guān)鍵問題出在作者認為the public有時應該be informed 是因為他們has a right to be informed。如果作者認為公眾有權(quán)利be informed,那么他們也自然有權(quán)利知道那些sensitive的information,而作者在第二段論述的觀點就變成了政府在某些情況下應該侵犯公眾的權(quán)力,這顯然不合乎常理。而作者卻沒有做任何努力來reconcile this paradox,這個問題也就成了文章的硬傷。
    issue立意正確的做法絕不是像issue5.5那樣盲目的先提正再求反,那種方法或許適合沒什么時間準備的人在沒看過考題的情況下臨場快速立意,但是很難打到高分。我自己對每道題目都做了分析,對每道題目都至少要確定連貫清晰的thesis:在哪些情況下claim正確,在哪些情況下不正確;claim有哪些優(yōu)點哪些缺點,為什么我認為優(yōu)點outweigh缺點。等等等等
    未來,遙不可及卻近在眼前,對未來,每個人都有著美好的憧憬與想象,只要規(guī)劃,一步步的向前邁進,相信夢想離你就不會遠!