新gre作文2012：GRE作文范文大全（54）
GRE作文是中国学生比较头痛的，经常准备很多时间最后还是只得到3.5。我之所以得到6分，个人认为我的文风比较淳朴扎实，有科学性，写的思路比较广(正、反、特)，字数也比较多(I800+、A700+)。
To sum up, in no area of human endeavor need modernization supplant, reject, or otherwise
exclude tradition. In fact, in our modern structures, architecture and other art, and especially
languages and law, tradition is embraced, not shunned.
Issue 63
"Because of television and worldwide computer connections, people can now become familiar
with a great many places that they have never visited. As a result, tourism will soon become
obsolete."
The speaker asserts that television and computer connectivity will soon render tourism
obsolete. I agree that these technologies might eventually serve to reduce travel for certain
purposes other than tourism. However, I strongly disagree that tourism will become obsolete,
or that it will even decline, as a result.
As for the claim that television will render tourism obsolete, we already have sufficient
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empirical evidence that this will simply not happen. For nearly a half-century we have been
peering through our television sets at other countries and cultures; yet tourism is as popular
today as ever. In fact, tourism has been increasing sharply during the last decade, which has
seen the advent of television channels catering exclusively to our interest in other cultures and
countries. The more reasonable conclusion is that television has actually served to spark our
interest in visiting other places.
It is somewhat more tempting to accept the speaker's further claim that computer
connectivity will render tourism obsolete. However, the speaker unfairly assumes that the
purpose of tourism is simply to obtain information about other people and places. Were this the
case, I would entirely agree that the current information explosion spells the demise of tourism.
But, tourism is not primarily about gathering information. Instead, it is about sensory
experience--seeing and heating firsthand, even touching and smelling. Could anyone honestly
claim that seeing a picture or even an enhanced 3-D movie of the Swiss Alps serves as a
suitable substitute for riding a touting motorcycle along narrow roads traversing those
mountains? Surely not. The physical world is laden with a host of such delights that we
humans are compelled to experience firsthand as tourists.
Moreover, in my view tourism will continue to thrive for the same reason that people still go
out for dinner or to the movies: we all need to "get away" from our familiar routines and
surroundings from time to 6me. Will computer connectivity alter this basic need? Certainly not.
In short, tourism is a manifestation of a basic human need for variety and for exploration. This
basic need is why humans have come to inhabit every corner of the Earth, and will just as
surely inhabit other planets of the solar system.
In fact, computer connectivity might actually provide a boon for tourism. The costs of travel
and accommodations are likely to decrease due to Internet price competition. Even more
significantly, to the extent that the Internet enhances communication among the world's
denizens, our level of comfort and trust when it comes to dealing with people from other
cultures will only increase. As a result, many people who previously would not have felt safe or
secure traveling to strange lands will soon venture abroad with a new sense of confidence. 感谢您阅读《GRE作文范文大全（54） 》一文，查字典出国留学网()编辑部希望本文能帮助到您。GRE作文是中国学生比较头痛的，经常准备很多时间最后还是只得到3.5。我之所以得到6分，个人认为我的文风比较淳朴扎实，有科学性，写的思路比较广(正、反、特)，字数也比较多(I800+、A700+)。
Admittedly, travel for purposes other than tourism might eventually decline, as the business
world becomes increasingly dependent on the Internet. Products that can be reduced to digital
"bits and bites" can now be shipped anywhere in the world without any human travel. And the
volume of business-related trips will surely decline in the future, as teleconferencing becomes
more readily available. To the extent that business travelers "play tourist" during business trips,
tourism will decline as a result. Yet it would be absurd to claim that these phenomena alone will
render tourism obsolete.
In sum, while business travel might decline as a result of global connectivity, tourism is likely
to increase as a result. Global connectivity, especially the Internet, can only pique our curiosity
about other peoples, cultures, and places. Tourism helps satisfy that curiosity, as well as
satisfying a fundamental human need to experience new things first-hand and to explore the
world.
Issue 64
"High-speed electronic communications media, such as electronic mail and television, tend to
prevent meaningful and thoughtful communication."
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Do high-speed means of communication, particularly television and computers, tend to
prevent meaningful and thoughtful communication, as the speaker suggests? Although ample
empirical evidence suggests so with respect to television, the answer is far less dear when it
comes to communication via computers.
Few would argue that since its inception broadcast television has greatly enhanced
communication to the masses. The circulation of even the most widely read newspapers pales
compared to the number of viewers of popular television news programs. Yet traditional
television is a one-way communications medium, affording viewers no opportunity to engage
those so-called "talking heads" in dialogue or respond. Of course, there is nothing inherent
about television that prevents us from meaningful and thoughtful communication with each
other. In fact, in television's early days it was a fairly common occurrence for a family to gather
around the television together for their favorite show, then afterwards discuss among
themselves what they had seen and heard. Yet over time television has proven itself to serve
primarily as a baby-sitter for busy parents, and as an means of escape for those who wish to
avoid communicating with the people around them. Moreover, in the pursuit of profit, network
executives have determined over time that the most effective uses of the medium are for
fast-paced entertainment and advertising--whose messages are neither thoughtful nor
meaningful. 感谢您阅读《GRE作文范文大全（54） 》一文，查字典出国留学网()编辑部希望本文能帮助到您。GRE作文是中国学生比较头痛的，经常准备很多时间最后还是只得到3.5。我之所以得到6分，个人认为我的文风比较淳朴扎实，有科学性，写的思路比较广(正、反、特)，字数也比较多(I800+、A700+)。
Do computers offer greater promise for thoughtful and reflective communication than
television? Emphatically, yes. After all, media such as email and the Web are interactive by
design. And the opportunity for two-way communication enhances the chances of meaningful
and thoughtful communication. Yet their potential begs the question: Do these media in fact
serve those ends? It is tempting to hasten that the answer is "yes" with respect to email; after
are, we've all heard stories about how email has facilitated reunion s of families and old friends,
and new long-distance friendships and romances. Moreover, it would seem that two-way
written communication requires far more thought and reflection than verbal conversation.
Nevertheless, email is often used to avoid face-to-face encounters, and in practice is used as
a means of distributing quick memos. Thus on balance it appears that email serves as an
impediment, not an aide, to thoughtful and reflective communication.
With respect to Web-based communication, the myriad of educational sites, interactive and
otherwise, is strong evidence that the Web tends to enhance, rather than prevent, meaningful
communication. Distance learning courses made possible by the Web lend further credence to
this assertion. Nonetheless, by all accounts it appears that the Web will ultimately devolve into
a mass medium for entertainment and for e-commerce, just like traditional television.
Meaningful personal interactivity is already yielding to advertising, requests for product
information, buy-seU orders, and titillating adult-oriented content.
Thus, on balance these high-speed electronic media do indeed tend to prevent rather than
facilitate meaningful and thoughtful communication. In the final analysis, any mass medium
carries the potential for uplifting us, enlightening us, and helping us to communicate with and
understand one another. However, by all accounts, television has not fulfilled that potential;
and whether the Web will serve us any better is ultimately up to us as a society.
Issue 65
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"No amount of information can eliminate prejudice because prejudice is rooted in emotion, not
reason."
The speaker actually raises two distinct issues here: (1) whether information can eliminate,
or at least help reduce, prejudice; and (2) if not, whether this is because prejudice is rooted in
emotion rather than reason. Despite the evidence to the contrary, I fundamentally agree with
the speaker's essential claim that prejudice is here to stay because it is firmly rooted in
emotion rather than reason.
Regarding the first issue, it would appear at first glance that prejudice is declining as a result
of our becoming a more enlightened, or better informed, society. During the past
quarter-decade, more so than any other period in human history, various voices of reason
have been informing us that racial, sexual, and other forms of prejudice are unfounded in
reason, morally wrong, and harmful to any society. During the 1960s and 1970s such
information came from civil-rights and feminist activists; more recently the primary source of
this information has been mainstream media, which now affirmatively touts the rights of
various racial groups, women, and homosexuals. Moreover, increasing mobility and cultural
awareness surely serve to inform people the world over that we are all essentially alike.
It would seem that, as a result of this flood of information, we would be making clear
progress toward eliminating prejudice. However, much of this so-called progress is forced
upon us legislatively--in the form of anti-discrimination laws in the areas of employment,
housing, and education, which now protect all significant minority groups. Without these laws,
would we voluntarily refrain from the discriminatory behavior and other forms of prejudice that
the laws prevent? Perhaps not. 感谢您阅读《GRE作文范文大全（54） 》一文，查字典出国留学网()编辑部希望本文能帮助到您。
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