新gre红宝书2012:历年GRE考试Issue题库分析与提纲六十七
123."Itispossibletoidentifyaperson’spoliticswithinaveryshorttimeofmeetinghimorher.Everythingaboutpeople-theirclothes,theirfriends,thewaytheytalk,whattheyeat-reflectstheirpoliticalbeliefs."
通过和一个人短时间的接触来了解它的政治信仰是有可能的。和人们有关的一切--人们穿什么样的衣服、结交什么样的朋友、如何说话、吃什么东西--都能够反映出他们的政治信仰。
Aperson’swordsandbehaviorcoulddirectlyreflecthisorherpoliticalbeliefs.
1.Whatonewearsandeatsindicatesthewayoflifeheorsheadvocates.
2.Wecanalsoidentifyaperson’sideals,qualitiesandvaluesfromthetypeoffriendsheorsheassociateswith.“Birdsofafeatherflocktogether.”
3.Ofcourse,itisalsonecessarytowatchaperson’sdeedsifwewanttoknowforsurewhatheorshetrulybelievesin.
政治是无处不在的
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167."Itisimpossibleforaneffectivepoliticalleadertotellthetruthallthetime.Completehonestyisnotausefulvirtueforapolitician."
对于一个英明的政治领导者来说,总是坦白是不可能的。彻底的诚实对于一个政治家来说是无用的美德。
Inordertoevaluatethiscontentionitisnecessarytoexaminethenatureofpolitics,andtodistinguishbetweenshort-termandlong-termeffectiveness.
1.Ontheonehandarethreecompellingargumentsthatpoliticalleadermustsometimesbelessthantruthfulinordertobeeffectiveinthatleadership.Thefirstargumentliesinthefactthatpoliticsisagameplayedamongpoliticians—andthattosucceedinthegameonemustusethetoolsthatarepartandparcelofit.
2.Secondly,itiscrucialtodistinguishbetweenmisrepresentationsoffact—inotherwords,lies—andmerepoliticalrhetoric.
3.Thirdly,politicsisabusinessbornnotonlyofidealismbutalsoofpragmatism;afterall,inordertobeeffectiveapoliticianmustgainandholdontopoliticalpower,whichmeanswinningelection.
4.Ontheotherhand,althoughintheshorttermbeingless-than-truthfulwiththepublicmightserveapoliticalleader’sinterestinpreservingpower,would-bepoliticalleaderswholackrequisiteintegrityultimatelyforfeittheirleadership.
领导者问题
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169."Thosewhotreatpoliticsandmoralityasthoughtheywereseparaterealmsfailtounderstandeithertheoneortheother."
Agree:
1.Itiswrong-headedtoequatemoralbehaviorinpoliticswiththesimplenotionsofhonestyandputtingtheotherfellow’sneedsaheadofone’sown—orotherwayswhichwetypicallymeasurethemoralityofanindividual’sprivatebehavior.
2.Inordertogaintheopportunityformoralleadershippoliticiansmustengageincertaincompromisesalongtheway.
3.Successfulpoliticalleadership,ifitistoendure,ultimatelyrequiresacertainmeasureofpublicmorality—thatisservingthesocietywithitsbestinterestsastheleader’soverridingconcern.
那些把政治和道德看成是两码事的人是既不懂政治也不懂道德的。
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