历年GRE考试Issue题库分析与提纲二

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The speaker oversimplifies the issue of academic influence on society.
: B0 U5 B9 E1 G7 a1.       It is true that academic disciplines have become so specialized nowadays that some scholar’s seemingly idiosyncratic ideas only reach a narrow audience.
2.       It is also true that social scientists’ failing to reach the large public makes it impossible for their ideas to contribute to society.
3.       Nevertheless, scholars in certain realms are doomed to live in an isolated and purely academic world, which does not necessarily mean that their ideas will have little use.
  
过分专业化问题 overspecialization  
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15. "The stability of a society depends on how it responds to the extremes of human behavior."  
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一个社会的稳定取决于该社会对人们极端行为所作出的反应。  
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" o, G1 h3 ]' g: v7 uIt is true that how a society copes with the extremes of human behavior largely determines the society’s stability.
7 u0 m& ^. _  \" y& v. o) x9 }3 J1.       The extremes of human behavior--such as violence or strikes--usually dictate grave social troubles.
2 B3 @1 Q) a" `, I: T, [$ ?: K2.       One solution to these social problems is suppressing, which proves effective in the short run and counterproductive in the long run.
! z2 C7 k, c8 O$ Q! Q' ~3.       The most effective way of responding to such problems is constructive communication and sometimes compromise.  
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16. "Although many people think that the luxuries and conveniences of contemporary life are entirely harmless, in fact, they actually prevent people from developing into truly strong and independent individuals."  
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尽管许多人认为现代生活的奢华和便利是丝毫没有坏处的，但是这实际上让人们无法成为真正强大和独立的个体。  
Agree
1.       Consider first the effect of the automobile on our independence as individuals. In some respects the automobile serves to enhance such independence.
2.       However, we have become slaves to the automobile.
3.       Consider next the overall impact of the automobile on our strength as individuals, by which I mean strength of character, or mettle.
: g: i) C1 T/ A4.       In contrast, there is a certain strength of character that comes with eschewing modern conveniences such as cars, and with the knowledge that one is contributing to a cleaner and quieter environment, a safer neighborhood, and arguably a more genteel society.