劉文勇GRE寫作百日題庫 Day 54

Day 54 In order to become well-rounded individuals, all college students should berequired to take courses in which they readpoetry, novels, mythology, and other types of imaginative literature

In order to become well-rounded individuals, all college students should be required to take courses in which they read poetry, novels, mythology, and other types of imaginative literature.

Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the recommendation and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, describe specific circumstances in which adopting the recommendation would or would not be advantageous and explain how these examples shape your position.

五問：

（1）我建議大家在做這個(gè)題目之前先翻翻詞典，查查資料，看看“想象文學(xué)”的定義是什么。自己以前讀過的詩歌、小說、神話故事中，哪些屬于“想象文學(xué)”的典型代表？

（2）“想象文學(xué)”為何會(huì)出現(xiàn)？是為了反映現(xiàn)實(shí)矛盾嗎？是為了設(shè)想未來嗎？它在人類發(fā)展的歷史進(jìn)程中有什么作用？例如：“想象文學(xué)”是人們的一種精神寄托，體現(xiàn)了人們對(duì)未來的無限向往，它能激發(fā)我們的想象力、拓寬我們的視野。

（3）你能否列舉幾部自己最喜歡的“想象文學(xué)”的典型作品，并說說自己為什么喜歡？例如，《安徒生童話》中有一個(gè)故事叫《皇帝的新裝》，對(duì)誠實(shí)、勇敢的人表達(dá)了歌頌和贊美。

（4）是否所有學(xué)生無一例外地都應(yīng)該被要求閱讀“想象文學(xué)”？如果是，請(qǐng)你說說為什么？如果不是，請(qǐng)你說說哪些人是必須閱讀的，哪些人不是必須的？例如：如果是對(duì)文學(xué)或編劇感興趣的學(xué)生，閱讀“想象文學(xué)”對(duì)他們有益；而那些根本不感興趣，之前從未接觸過并且想象力沒那么豐富的學(xué)生即使學(xué)了也未必能有收獲。

（5）大學(xué)的作用是什么？要求大學(xué)生閱讀這類文學(xué)作品是否沖淡了大學(xué)原本的作用？你能簡要地說說大學(xué)的作用與其培養(yǎng)專才還是通才之間的聯(lián)系嗎？

翻譯練習(xí)：

學(xué)生的未來不僅在于他們的專業(yè)能力，而且在于他們的情緒能力。因此除了教授知識(shí)，大學(xué)在為學(xué)生將來做準(zhǔn)備方面起到的最重要的作用，就是幫助他們培養(yǎng)諸如理解并控制情緒等能力，以便促成高水平的合作，經(jīng)得起失敗和挫折，能調(diào)節(jié)壓力以維持身體和心理的健康等（參考句型 cultivate such abilities as to..., to..., to...）。這些能力能夠在學(xué)生們閱讀小說、詩歌、神話等“不實(shí)用的”書籍的過程中建立起來。

參考答案：

Students' future lies not simply in their professional competence but in their emotional competence as well. Therefore, aside from imparting knowledge, a college's greatest role in preparing students for their future is helping them cultivate such abilities as to understand and control emotions to facilitate high level of collaboration, to stand up to failures and frustrations, to regulate pressure so as to remain physically and mentally healthy and so on. These capacities can be built up in their reading ofunpractical” books including novels, poetry and mythology.