劉文勇GRE寫(xiě)作百日題庫(kù) Day 141

Day 141 It is more harmful to compromise one's own beliefs than to adhere to them

It is more harmful to compromise one's own beliefs than to adhere to them.

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）“beliefs”在這里是指什么？信仰？信念？觀點(diǎn)？想法？

（2）什么是信仰 /信念？例如，對(duì)某種主張、宗教等的信奉和尊敬，是一個(gè)人堅(jiān)信存在的一種精神上的依托。你有什么信仰 /信念嗎？請(qǐng)描述一個(gè)你的或別人的信仰 /信念。例如：蘇格拉底曾說(shuō)，未經(jīng)審視的人生不值得度過(guò)。

（3）堅(jiān)持信仰 /信念有什么好處？有什么壞處？例如：信仰 /信念可以給人積極向上的動(dòng)力，可以在迷茫的時(shí)候指引方向，代表著對(duì)美好事物的追求；但信仰 /信念也可能導(dǎo)致一個(gè)人被人利用，做出損害他人利益的事情。

（4）什么因素可以讓人們放棄信仰 /信念？例如：當(dāng)一個(gè)人屢受挫折后，是否會(huì)懷疑信仰 /信念的存在意義和價(jià)值？

（5）在什么情況下應(yīng)該放棄信仰 /信念？當(dāng)一個(gè)人的追求過(guò)于理想化、不切實(shí)際的時(shí)候，是否應(yīng)該考慮放棄信仰 /信念呢？

翻譯練習(xí)：

在一種情況下我們應(yīng)該堅(jiān)決不讓步，即當(dāng)我們對(duì)手的根本信念和我們的信念存在嚴(yán)重沖突時(shí)。在這樣的情況下，妥協(xié)可能會(huì)引發(fā)災(zāi)難性的后果。比如，在 1937年至 1940年間擔(dān)任英國(guó)首相的內(nèi)維爾·張伯倫（ Neville Chamberlain），因?yàn)樵诒緫?yīng)該強(qiáng)烈攻擊希特勒的納粹主義之時(shí)對(duì)其采取了綏靖政策（policy of appeasement）而受到廣泛譴責(zé)。

參考答案：

In one circumstance we should never budge, that is, when the fundamental beliefs of our adversaries are greatly at odds with those of our own. At these times, compromise might lead to disastrous consequences. For example, Neville Chamberlain, the British Prime Minister between 1937 and 1940, was widely criticized for having adopted the policy of appeasement towards Adolf Hitler when he should have strongly attacked the latter's Nazism.