GRE作文如何準備GRE高分考生告訴你

GRE的高分考生的背後都有著自己的殷勤付出和積累，只有努力才會有回報。兩次備考GRE的韓春曉同學有著她獨特的經驗來分享給大家。

GRE作文如何準備 GRE高分考生告訴你

我也很慶幸遇到了新東方駱彥偉老師，他的課堂節奏快，在課下我整理出了一大本筆記(自己整理筆記為個人習慣，其實老師的講義就是非常條理清晰的筆記本，結構設計得一目瞭然，上課要及時補充就能快速學習消化)。按照老師的分類題材，多刷機經，在考場上就不會有陌生的題目。特別說一下小作文，一定要按照老師的方法總結不同型別的邏輯錯誤及其特徵，時間充裕的同學一定確保把題庫刷一遍，甚至多遍。大作文我也是刷了一整套題庫，不用每篇都寫，但是一定要每一篇都有自己的思路和相應素材，然後著重練習新東方點題班上的重點題目。最重要的是提高打字速度，在備考的過程中要多動手，寫思路也儘量用電腦打，就可以一舉兩得。個人認為，要想得高分就一定要有充分的說理和舉例。

只要時間久，鐵杵磨成針。不論是多難的東西，只要自己下功夫，努力的去學習理解，就可以在最後收穫成功。

GRE高分作文的寫作結構

In surveys Mason City residents rank water sports(swimming,boating,and fishing)among their favorite recreational activities. The Mason River flowing through the city is rarely used for these pursuits, however,and the city park department devotes little of its budget to maintaining riverside recreational facilities. For years there have been complaints from residents about the quality of the river's water and the river's smell. In response, the state has recently announced plans to clean up Mason River. Use of the river for water sports is,therefore,sure to city government should for that reason devote more money in this year's budget to reverside recreational facilities.

這個題目應該算基礎類了，首先找結論，然後依次去看指出原因或者前提，再倒上去分析。

這題作者的結論就是：The city government should for that reason devote more money in this year's budget to reverside recreational facilities.

得出這個結論是基於這樣幾個前提：

前提1：居民更喜歡水上運動，證據：Survey

前提2：河水利用率低是由於水質問題，證據：居民的抱怨

前提3：river usage is sure to increase，因為do the river clean up

從新GRE寫作滿分範文來看，整篇文章結構明朗，每段結構也很清晰。傳統的5段式，3個反駁點。

首段：While it may be true that the Mason City government ought to devote more money to riverside recreational facilities, this author's argument does not make a cogent case for increased resources based on river use.指出結論以及作者的文章邏輯證明存在問題，沒有其它多餘的廢話。

第二段:Citing surveys of city residents, the author reports city resident's love of water sports先寫作者如何認為，然後寫自己的反駁，質疑Survey的準確性，加舉例，連用了自己的3個假設進行反駁。最後還加上覺得怎樣才算好的論證。

第三段：Additionally, the author implies that residents do not use the river for swimming,boating,and fishing,despite their professed interest,because the water is polluted and smelly.也是先寫作者觀點(包括他文中的隱含意思或前提);接著自己的反駁+進一步展開;最後能加上認為可行的論證建議是最好的了，這樣不會一味批判到底，段內結構更完整。

第四段：Building upon the implication that residents do not use the river due to the quality of the river's water and the smell, the author suggests that a river clean up will result in increased river usage.上一段先批他前提2有問題，再表示即使前提2對，前提3也有問題，這樣就是邏輯結構更好。

分了If the river's water quality and smell result from problems which can be cleaned, this may be true和If the quality and aroma results from the natural mineral deposits in the water or surrounding rock,this may not be true.結構相當緊密完整;最後一句再次強調作者的論證問題。

結尾：和開頭呼應，強調結論可能正確，作者的論證有問題(paraphrase)

所以，發現結論、前提(包括隱含前提)、證據和理出作者的寫作思路很重要很重要，其中隱含的意思也要能夠讀懂。對主結論的把握、(小)結論的辨識也要弄明白。

GRE寫作常用詞彙整理

同等甚至更多：

commensurably, or perhaps even more;

伴隨：

along with; keep pace with; consistent with; in harmony with; cope with; in accordance with; in conjunction with;

serve as catalyst which will foster~;

邏輯：

reasoning; way of thinking; line of reasoning; analysis;

傾向：be less prone to;

在成長路上：

in one’s course of growth;

富人：haves

窮人：have-not

提建議時說作者需要：

a more complete understanding of_;

天生的：

by nature; inherited; inherent; intrinsic; in origin; innate;

供需關係：

supply and demand;

GRE寫作高分作文分析

題目：

Too much time, money, and energy are spent developing new and more elaborate technology. Society should instead focus on maximizing the use of existing technology for the immediate benefit of its citizens.

I must say that I reject this statement. While it is true that we need to support society as much as possible with current technology, that does not in any way mean that we should stop progressing simply because our current technology cannot handle all the problems we have brought to it. Does that mean that we should simply accept the status quo and make do? No, I don’t think so. To do so would be tantamount to adopting a fatalistic approach; I think most people would reject that.

Technology has helped, and it has hurt. Without it, we would never have our standard of living, nor quality of nutrition, expectation of a long and productive life span, and the unshakable belief that our lives can be made even better. But it has also brought us universal pollution, weapons so powerful as to be capable of rendering us extinct, and the consequent fear for our survival as species and as a planet. Technology is indeed a double-edged sword. And yet, I still have to argue in its favor, because without it, we have no hope.

Some might argue that we would be better off without technology. They might say that a return to a less technologically driven approach to life would have the benefits of reducing stress and allowing us to live simpler, happier lives, like those of our forebears. Such an idea is seductive, so much so that much of art and all of nostalgia are devoted to it. But upon closer inspection, one realizes that such a move would only return us to a life of different kinds of stress, one of false simplicity, one fraught with danger. It would be a life without antibiotics where a minor cut could prove deadly. It would be a life where childbirth is the main killer of women, and where an emergency is dealt with in terms of hours and days instead of minutes and hours; a life where there are no phones or cars or planes or central heating, no proven drug therapies to treat mental illness, no computers. Would this world really make people happy?

What we already have, we have. And since the only way to move is forward, instead of allowing ourselves to be paralyzed by fear and worry, we need to learn how to clean up the pollution we have caused, and how to deal with a world that feeds on weapons and mass destruction. Doing these things means having to move away from technology into a more difficult realm, that of diplomacy and compromise: to move from the bully stance of “I am bigger and better and I have more toys and so I win” to a place where everyone wins.

Technology is the thing that will allow people to do that. But, advanced as it is, it is still in its infancy. We have to allow it to grow up and mature in order to reap the real rewards that it can bring. And there are even greater rewards ahead of us than what the world has already experienced. When technology is pushed to the outer edge, that is where serendipitous discoveries can occur. This has been seen throughout technological advancement, but the easiest example is probably the space program which made us think, really hard, about how to do things in a different environment. It gave us telecommunications, new fabrics and international cooperation. Paramedical devices, so that people can be treated even as they are being transported to the hosptal, are a direct development of that technology. None of this would have happened in the time frame that it did if we had not pushed for technological advancement. If we had decided to “focus on maximizing the use of existing technology” instead of foolishly reaching for the stars, we would not have made those discoveries which now are the bedrock of the 21st century.

分析：

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語言：平實的語句完全沒有網路流行模板的痕跡，也是許多過了6級的考生通過練習可以達到的水平。

I must say that I reject this statement.

Does that mean that we should simply accept the status quo and make do? No, I don’t think so.

Technology has helped, and it has hurt.

Technology is indeed a double-edged sword. And yet, I still have to argue in its favor, because without it, we have no hope.

……

當然，這並不意味，在GRE作文考試中，平實的語言比潤色後的語言有更多的優勢。從這篇作文中，我們可以得到以下兩條重要資訊：

1、 通過記憶大量模板使語言“全副武裝”、“氣勢洶洶”並非高分作文的必要條件，這種方式的弊端在課堂上我們已闡述過。

2、 在陳述idea的過程中，體現出critical thinking才是成功的關鍵。我們在課堂上對critical thinking這一概念做過多次詳細的解釋，現在請大家一起來體會這一概念在文中的運用。

第一段：

(表明立場)I must say that I reject this statement. (讓步)While it is true that we need to support society as much as possible with current technology, (折回自己立場)that does not in any way mean that we should stop progressing simply because our current technology cannot handle all the problems we have brought to it.

第二段：

(概述科技的兩面性)Technology has helped, and it has hurt. (具體討論科技的貢獻)Without it, we would never have our standard of living, nor quality of nutrition, expectation of a long and productive life span, and the unshakable belief that our lives can be made even better. (具體討論科技的危害)But it has also brought us universal pollution, weapons so powerful as to be capable of rendering us extinct, and the consequent fear for our survival as species and as a planet. Technology is indeed a double-edged sword. (表明已考慮到科技的危害，但是依然堅持自己立場)And yet, I still have to argue in its favor, because without it, we have no hope.

第三段：

(提出反方的立場)Some might argue that we would be better off without technology. They might say that a return to a less technologically driven approach to life would have the benefits of reducing stress and allowing us to live simpler, happier lives, like those of our forebears. Such an idea is seductive, so much so that much of art and all of nostalgia are devoted to it. (通過具體論據反駁反方的觀點)But upon closer inspection, one realizes that such a move would only return us to a life of different kinds of stress, one of false simplicity, one fraught with danger. It would be a life without antibiotics where a minor cut could prove deadly. It would be a life where childbirth is the main killer of women, and where an emergency is dealt with in terms of hours and days instead of minutes and hours; a life where there are no phones or cars or planes or central heating, no proven drug therapies to treat mental illness, no computers. Would this world really make people happy?

第四段：

(在第三段駁論的基礎上進一步立論)What we already have, we have. And since the only way to move is forward, instead of allowing ourselves to be paralyzed by fear and worry, we need to learn how to clean up the pollution we have caused, and how to deal with a world that feeds on weapons and mass destruction. Doing these things means having to move away from technology into a more difficult realm, that of diplomacy and compromise: to move from the bully stance of “I am bigger and better and I have more toys and so I win” to a place where everyone wins.

第五段：

Technology is the thing that will allow people to do that. (指出支援觀點存在的一點不足)But, advanced as it is, it is still in its infancy. (解決方案)We have to allow it to grow up and mature in order to reap the real rewards that it can bring. And there are even greater rewards ahead of us than what the world has already experienced. When technology is pushed to the outer edge, that is where serendipitous discoveries can occur. This has been seen throughout technological advancement, but the easiest example is probably the space program which made us think, really hard, about how to do things in a different environment. It gave us telecommunications, new fabrics and international cooperation. Paramedical devices, so that people can be treated even as they are being transported to the hospital, are a direct development of that technology. None of this would have happened in the time frame that it did if we had not pushed for technological advancement. If we had decided to “focus on maximizing the use of existing technology” instead of foolishly reaching for the stars, we would not have made those discoveries which now are the bedrock of the 21st century.

GRE作文如何準備 GRE高分考生告訴你