劉文勇GRE寫作百日題庫 Day 93

Day 93 Unfortunately, in contemporary society, creating an appealing image has becomemore important than the reality or truth behind that image

Unfortunately, in contemporary society, creating an appealing image has become more important than the reality or truth behind that image.

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：

（1）現(xiàn)代社會有什么特點？例如：生活工作節(jié)奏快、信息量大、競爭激烈、各種誘惑多。請你先想想看，這些特點會加強還是削弱原文命題的論述？

（2）外表與現(xiàn)實之間可能有哪些關(guān)系？是一致的還是不一致的？是部分顯現(xiàn)還是有選擇性的重點突出？

（3）廣告是否屬于原命題中所提及情形的典型代表？你能具體地說一說你是怎么認(rèn)為的嗎？是好還是壞？例如：廣告確實是人們了解產(chǎn)品的一種重要方式，廣告中不乏真材實料的產(chǎn)品，但也不能排除有很多華而不實的產(chǎn)品，靠著漂亮的外表和未經(jīng)證實的功效來騙取消費者的信任。

（4）為什么人們會越來越在乎外表？是因為通過外表來判定一個人的品質(zhì)更直接嗎？還是因為別的什么原因？你能給出你自己的判斷嗎？例如：外表在一定程度上也可以反映一個人的部分特征，出眾的外表能使人愉悅，有助于一個人脫穎而出。

（5）原命題所強調(diào)的情形一定是一種不好的情形嗎？一定是“unfortunately”嗎？

翻譯練習(xí)：

很多廣告提供給我們真實但是夸大的信息，往往被設(shè)計用來使產(chǎn)品看起來比實物更有吸引力。但是夸大的事實并不等同于欺騙。它是公司用來吸引顧客注意其產(chǎn)品的一個必要的策略，這些產(chǎn)品在很多情況下品質(zhì)的確很好，但是缺少被欣賞的機會。

參考答案：

Many advertisements provide us with real but exaggerated information, always designed to make the products appear more attractive than they actually are. Yet overstated truth is not equal to deceit. It is a necessary strategy for companies to draw customers' attention to their products, which in many cases are of good quality but lack the opportunity to be appreciated.

翻譯練習(xí)：

外表和內(nèi)在品質(zhì)同等重要。比如，在一個競爭越來越激烈的市場上，一件產(chǎn)品需要一個吸引人的形象以便在眾多同類產(chǎn)品中脫穎而出，但是一旦吸引了顧客的注意，真正重要的將會是過硬的質(zhì)量。

參考答案：

External appearance and internal quality are equally important. In an increasingly competitive market, for example, a product needs an appealing image to stand out among many other similar products, but once having won customers' attention, it would be the high quality that truly counts.