劉文勇GRE寫(xiě)作百日題庫(kù) Day 93

Day 93 Unfortunately, in contemporary society, creating an appealing image has becomemore important than the reality or truth behind that image

Unfortunately, in contemporary society, creating an appealing image has become more important than the reality or truth behind that image.

Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.

五問(wèn)：

（1）現(xiàn)代社會(huì)有什么特點(diǎn)？例如：生活工作節(jié)奏快、信息量大、競(jìng)爭(zhēng)激烈、各種誘惑多。請(qǐng)你先想想看，這些特點(diǎn)會(huì)加強(qiáng)還是削弱原文命題的論述？

（2）外表與現(xiàn)實(shí)之間可能有哪些關(guān)系？是一致的還是不一致的？是部分顯現(xiàn)還是有選擇性的重點(diǎn)突出？

（3）廣告是否屬于原命題中所提及情形的典型代表？你能具體地說(shuō)一說(shuō)你是怎么認(rèn)為的嗎？是好還是壞？例如：廣告確實(shí)是人們了解產(chǎn)品的一種重要方式，廣告中不乏真材實(shí)料的產(chǎn)品，但也不能排除有很多華而不實(shí)的產(chǎn)品，靠著漂亮的外表和未經(jīng)證實(shí)的功效來(lái)騙取消費(fèi)者的信任。

（4）為什么人們會(huì)越來(lái)越在乎外表？是因?yàn)橥ㄟ^(guò)外表來(lái)判定一個(gè)人的品質(zhì)更直接嗎？還是因?yàn)閯e的什么原因？你能給出你自己的判斷嗎？例如：外表在一定程度上也可以反映一個(gè)人的部分特征，出眾的外表能使人愉悅，有助于一個(gè)人脫穎而出。

（5）原命題所強(qiáng)調(diào)的情形一定是一種不好的情形嗎？一定是“unfortunately”嗎？

翻譯練習(xí)：

很多廣告提供給我們真實(shí)但是夸大的信息，往往被設(shè)計(jì)用來(lái)使產(chǎn)品看起來(lái)比實(shí)物更有吸引力。但是夸大的事實(shí)并不等同于欺騙。它是公司用來(lái)吸引顧客注意其產(chǎn)品的一個(gè)必要的策略，這些產(chǎn)品在很多情況下品質(zhì)的確很好，但是缺少被欣賞的機(jī)會(huì)。

參考答案：

Many advertisements provide us with real but exaggerated information, always designed to make the products appear more attractive than they actually are. Yet overstated truth is not equal to deceit. It is a necessary strategy for companies to draw customers' attention to their products, which in many cases are of good quality but lack the opportunity to be appreciated.

翻譯練習(xí)：

外表和內(nèi)在品質(zhì)同等重要。比如，在一個(gè)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)越來(lái)越激烈的市場(chǎng)上，一件產(chǎn)品需要一個(gè)吸引人的形象以便在眾多同類(lèi)產(chǎn)品中脫穎而出，但是一旦吸引了顧客的注意，真正重要的將會(huì)是過(guò)硬的質(zhì)量。

參考答案：

External appearance and internal quality are equally important. In an increasingly competitive market, for example, a product needs an appealing image to stand out among many other similar products, but once having won customers' attention, it would be the high quality that truly counts.