[寫(xiě)作經(jīng)驗(yàn)]GRE作文如何拿到5分？
我們生活在一個(gè)有各種方便學(xué)習(xí)工具的年代，應(yīng)該好好利用這些東西來(lái)準(zhǔn)備GRE。在這里我推薦以下幾種我用過(guò)的：
有道詞典 (這個(gè)APP可以裝在手機(jī)上，可以裝在電腦上，不管android/iOS還是windows/Mac都有版本，里面最有用的是一個(gè)叫有道單詞本的東西，記過(guò)的單詞，可以儲(chǔ)存起來(lái)，隨時(shí)隨地都可以看，還可以自行customize測(cè)試題)
你的手機(jī)里的各種GRE做題程序。尤其推薦iPad上一款叫GRE+, 由Arcadia Prep, Inc準(zhǔn)備的數(shù)學(xué)題。非常好。
EverNote (一個(gè)我放在iPad上可以隨時(shí)記作文靈感的app，手機(jī)上也有，記錄了所有的作文題，沒(méi)事翻出來(lái)一個(gè)看看然后想points)
2)瀏覽有用的網(wǎng)站
推薦Magoosh (https://magoosh.com/gre/) 網(wǎng)站。這個(gè)網(wǎng)站真的非常好。大家應(yīng)該去看。比什么Kaplan, Princeton Review來(lái)得好多，對(duì)GRE的分析很到位，很細(xì)膩。
3)看英文的一些新聞
比較簡(jiǎn)單的英文文章可以在The Atlantic, Good Magazine, New York Times看到。還有比較晦澀難懂的，譬如Barnes & Noble Review。鑒于GRE經(jīng)常時(shí)不時(shí)考一些book review的文章，看這個(gè)會(huì)有幫助。
啊。。。有點(diǎn)扯題了。我好想本來(lái)應(yīng)該討論作文的，結(jié)果討論成籠統(tǒng)的整個(gè)gre了。。。好吧，我現(xiàn)在開(kāi)始講我怎么準(zhǔn)備作文的。
1)首先是搜集材料。
寫(xiě)GRE作文里面有一個(gè)很有用的論證方法就是舉例論證。當(dāng)然有很多更抽象的方法可以來(lái)證明我們的觀點(diǎn)。但是舉例論證無(wú)疑是最容易的。那么例子從哪里來(lái)呢?
與其去學(xué)習(xí)其他GRE作文的例子，不如自己搜集例子，這樣可以避免抄襲。而且自己得來(lái)的資料自己也比較熟悉。不會(huì)說(shuō)臨時(shí)忘記時(shí)間人物地點(diǎn)什么的。
例子不宜多。太多記不住。每個(gè)分類的記錄幾個(gè)正的反的。
比如，關(guān)于政治家的ethic problem，可以用克林頓，或者尼克松來(lái)做例子。
每個(gè)分類都應(yīng)該有自己的例子。政治有政治的例子。歷史有歷史的例子。教育有教育的例子。
如果能用時(shí)下最新新聞里報(bào)道的一些事來(lái)做例子，那是再好不過(guò)。讓改卷人耳目一新，而不是一直看著那幾個(gè)翻來(lái)覆去反復(fù)使用的舊故事。
2)分類準(zhǔn)備points
這里我強(qiáng)烈推薦大家去用《誰(shuí)來(lái)拯救我的GRE ISSUE》一書(shū)。寄托里有人分享下載。
當(dāng)然，我沒(méi)有那么多的時(shí)間，去整本看完。我主要是看它的分類。一共有五大分類：歷史文化傳播， 思想文化行為，成長(zhǎng)學(xué)習(xí)教育，政治法律社會(huì)，科技生活時(shí)代。每個(gè)大分類之下，又把類似的文章分成幾個(gè)小類別。所以，只要這些小類別，你都去想想一些points，正反的觀點(diǎn)。然后看看你那幾個(gè)自己備用的例子能不能adapt上去，就相當(dāng)于整個(gè)題目你已經(jīng)提前審題好了。
我來(lái)一個(gè)example吧：
-- 關(guān)于政治家的道德， 有以下兩個(gè)小題目：
104: To be an effective leader, a public official must maintain the highest ethical and moral standards. (Claim)
107: To be an effective leader, a public official must maintain the highest ethical and moral standards. (Statement)
我的提綱是這樣的：
Introduction: I fundamentally agree that public officials must adhere to high ethical and moral standards which are beneficial to the their leadership as well as the society, although it is not their political duty to pursue the highest uprightness in morality.
1、First of all, public morality and successful leadership are for sure closely connected.
(1)Consider many leaders, such as Hitler, whom most people would agree were egregious violators of public morality -> such leaders forfeit their leadership as a result of the immoral means by which they obtained or wielded their power.
(2)Watergate scandal (a break-in into Democratic National Committee offices before American election and the subsequent attempts in cover-up by Nixon; Nixon administration's abuse of power toward the goal of undermining political opposition). President Nixon, whose contempt for the very legal system that afforded him his leadership led to his forfeiture of it.
2、The leader has a social responsibility to be morally upright in order to set a good example for the society
(1)All the people who deal with him, whether those working under him or the common people , look up to him. He has responsibilities that he has to fulfill. Such an official needs to be exemplary by setting moral standards . This is because a good leader should act as a motivator and the best motivation to adhere to rules and regulations can be provided by a leader if he practices the regulations himself.
(2)Bill Clinton: Although he was involved in the Lewinsky Scandal , he was considered to be an effective leader. But immorality is very infectious and could creep into the system very quickly . Thus people who would not support my stand could have Mr. Clinton as an excuse for being effective without being a man of morals and integrity. If moral values are compromised by leaders or if they are found to be involved in scandals , their image is smeared in the eyes of the people . Their decisions are scrutinized and their motives will be doubted. This would lead to ineffective leadership. He could have been a more effective leader if he would not have been involved in such a scandal. He admitted his mistake and finally he ,too stuck to morality to salvage his lost pride .
3、However, it is unrealistic to demand highest or complete pureness in politicians' morality.
(1)In Machiavellians' political thoughts, it is of most importance for politicians to maintain his power and orderliness of the state instead of pursuit of justice.
A、Politicians are ruling a world which is itself not morally good.
(2)Some prominent figures lie, not for self-serving reasons, but in attempt to secure what they saw as morally important political goals.
A、In those elections, you can't expect whatever the candidate says is true. They are using political tactics or tricks to convince the electorate to vote for them.
(3)As long as ... then it is okay.
這個(gè)提綱可能過(guò)于詳細(xì)了。但是你要知道，經(jīng)常這樣去brainstorm，有時(shí)候一個(gè)題目總是忍不住就會(huì)有很多想法，于是靈感就來(lái)了。東西也寫(xiě)出來(lái)了。
