首先,必须要强调的,既然ETS在现行的GRE写作考试已经充分做到了不考察大家的知识背景了。而且ETS一再声明,对于一道题目,你是否用专业内容来答题,对将来的得分是不会产生任何影响的。以ETS所给出的官方范文为例,ETS在官方网站和官方指南上都给出了题库第一题的从1分到6分的官方范文。其中那篇6分的官方范文,我们通过剖析不难发现。全文所用的11个例证没有一个是学术性专业性很强的例子。相反,作者所举的例子都是很普通的、平时生活中非常常见的例子。以下段落摘自该文的第一段:
The statement linking technology negatively with free thinking plays on recent human experience over the past century. Surely there has been no time in history where the lived lives of people have changed more dramatically. A quick reflection on a typical day reveals how technology has revolutionized the world. Most people commute to work in an automobile that runs on an internal combustion engine. During the workday, chances are high that the employee will interact with a computer that processes information on silicon bridges that are .09 microns wide. Upon leaving home, family members will be reached through wireless networks that utilize satellites orbiting the earth. Each of these common occurrences could have been inconceivable at the turn of the 19th century.
作为全文的开头,作者并没有按常规出牌,甚至在第一段中连自己的观点都没有亮出来。可这些在我们中国学生眼中清规戒律并不影响这篇文章成为一篇优秀的GRE满分文章。整个段落中,作者所使用了三个例子(car, computer, mobile phone),均属很平常很普通的素材。与之相反的,作者用A quick reflection on a typical day reveals how technology has revolutionized the world.这样一句话把这三个例子串了起来,体现出这些例子的典型性和普适性。一定程度上,这样平常、简单的例子来例证,非但没有让文章逊色,而让这种论证变得具有极强的说服力。由此可见,素材本身不分高低贵贱,用好生活中的很朴实的素材,也能够成就GRE写作高分。
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