《盗梦空间》与GRE写作之间不得不说的关系.docVIP

Inception（《盗梦空间》）是我近3年看的最给力的电影，构思之精巧令人拍案。我凭着职业本能想到了GRE写作当中最困扰中国考生的一个部分那就是Issue（立论文）和Inception之间的关系。现在和大家分享和切磋一下： GRE issue 评分标准无非一个字概括complexity. 托福作文是傻瓜作文，四六级那个不是作文是翻译。之所以说托福作文的是简单的，我们举一个例子： TOEFL作文：学生到底受老师影响多还是受同学影响多？ 首先，一般托福作文要有一边倒的倾向立场，然后稍微做让步，这样能把重点凸显出来。第二，论证过程极为简单粗暴： In my opinion, teachers have more influence on students, because it is teachers who have the knowledge, which plays an important part in personal development of students. For example, Socrates uses questioning and his dialectic way of thinking to inspire his students to think independently. It is hard to imagine the achievement of Plato would be like if Socrates were a mere snob who braggers about the abundant knowledge he possesses rather than enlighten Plato’s critical thinking aptitude. On the other hand, the classmates of the same age cannot offer better understanding of the world to one and another, and therefore, it is impossible to replace teachers’ function in the pass-on of knowledge. 以上文字，本人窃以为，托福作文拿一个满分略少不是什么大问题。但是仔细一看，论证思路极其简单，老师知道知识，知识对于个人发展很重要，同学之间知识储备差不多，所以，同学影响和老师影响相比，老师更牛。为了证明这个简单粗暴的理论，作者还给出了漂亮的论据，搬出了古希腊先贤苏格拉底和柏拉图作为佐证。文字迤逦，字字珠玑。给一般的托福写作老师看，还真挑不出什么毛病。 这个就好比是《暮光之城》。同样是好莱坞的大片，但相比Inception便是彻底的烂片。为什么？故事情节极其简单粗暴。首先，一看Belle出场，那双苦涩的双眼，就知道她要纠结，最是那一低头的娇羞，一看就知道是雄性动物都躲不过她那双可怜楚楚的双眼。你开头，我就猜结尾，爱情至上，执子之手，与子偕老。主题句有了，就是太俗。之后，男人都挺着发达的胸肌，一个开X60沃尔沃，青面却不獠牙，一个骑着摩托说：I am hotter. 然后视觉动画也有了，苦???爱情也有了，经典的爱情桥段也有了，凝视，侧脸吻，一切的一切，都能够为主题服务，但是不得不讲，看这个电影，口味重的女生是为了看肌肉给力男，口味轻最近又感情挫败的女生是为了弥补心灵创伤，男人多半陪女人看。但不管多么不一样，我们都是知道故事结局的，口水要流，眼泪也有，趁机递上纸巾，唯独不动的是脑子。 Inception不一样！给大家展现一下，什么叫做GRE的complexity。 同样的题目，我们用GRE的写法来看。To begin with, students, if willing to accept the positive influence from their teachers, will benefit a lot from the teaching. Judging from the unanimously agreed professional requirement of a teacher, not only academically must he or she excel but also virtuously so that the treasure of human civilization can last and prosper. Yet, if this major premise is undermined--that is--some teachers are not ac