GRE写作部分将重点考察考生有针对性地对具体考题做出反应的能力，而非要求考生堆砌泛泛的文字。具体说来，这些重点关注的能力包括：1、 清楚有效地阐明复杂观点；2、 用贴切的事理和事例支撑观点；3、考察/验证他人论点及其相关论证；4、支撑一个有针对性的连贯的讨论；5、控制标准书面英语的各个要素。写作部分将联合考察逻辑推理和分析写作两种技能，并且将加大力度引进那些需要考生做出有针对性的回应的考题，降低考生依赖事前准备（如背诵）的材料的可能性。
"Beowulf" and "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" provide glimpses of the relationships
between warriors and their kings in medieval times. Bare facts about these historical eras are
easily forgettable, whereas creative stories and portrayals such as the ones mentioned above
can be quite memorable indeed. In other words, what truly lasts are our impressions of what
life must have been like in certain places, at certain times, and under certain conditions. Only
imaginative works can provide such lasting impressions.
Examples of important films underscore the point that creative accounts of the human
experience hold more lasting significance than bare factual accounts. Consider four of our
most memorable and influential films: Citizen Kane, Schindkr5 LaSt, The Wizard of O~ and
Star Wars. Did Welles' fictional portrayal of publisher William Randolph Hearst or Spielberg's
fictional portrayal of a Jewish sympathizer during the holocaust provide a more "meaningful
picture of human experience" than a history textbook? Did these accounts help give "shape
and focus" to reality more so than newsreels alone could? If so, will these works hold more
"lasting significance" than bare factual accounts of the same persons and events? I think
anyone who has seen these films would answer all three questions affirmatively. Or consider
The Wizard of O~ and Star Wars. Both films, and the novels from which they were adapted,
are pure fantasy. Yet both teem with symbolism and metaphor relating to life's journey, the
human spirit, and our hopes, dreams and ambitions--in short, the human experience. Therein
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lies the reason for their lasting significance.
In sum, without prior factual accounts fictional works set in historical periods lose much of
their meaning. Yet only through the exercise of artistic license can we convey human
experience in all its dimensions, and thereby fully understand and appreciate life in other times
and places. And it is human experience, and not bare facts and figures, that endures in our
minds and souls.
Issue 30
"In order to improve the quality of instruction at the college and university level, all faculty
should be required to spend time working outside the academic world in professions relevant
to the courses they teach."
Whether college faculty should also work outside academia, in professional work related to
their academic fields, depends primarily on the specific academic area. With respect to fields
in which outside work is appropriate, I strongly agree with the statement; students and faculty
all stand to gain in a variety of respects when a professor complements academic duties with
real-world experience.
As a threshold matter, the statement requires qualification in two respects. First, in certain
academic areas there is no profession to speak of outside academia. This is especially true in
the humanities; after all, what work outside academia is there for professors of literature or
philosophy? Secondly, the statement fails to consider that in certain other academic areas a 感谢您阅读《GRE作文范文大全（19） 》一文，出国留学网(liuxue86.com)编辑部希望本文能帮助到您。