【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 能力。 While the speaker might overlook the benefits of nurturing certain emotions and feelings, on balance I agree that it is by way of our heads rather than our hearts that we can best ensure the wellbeing of our society.1. I concede that undue emphasis on cultivating the intellect at the expense of healthy emotions can harm and individual psychologically.2. In many other respects, however, emphasizing emotions and deemphasizing intellect can carry negative, even dangerous, consequences for any society.3. The dangers of a deemphasis on intellect are all too evident in contemporary America.獨(dú)立題目 58. The increasingly rapid pace of life today causes more problems than it solves. 現(xiàn)代生活越來越快的節(jié)奏弊多利少。 Agree1. The rapid pace of life has resulted in health problems in unprecedented large numbers.2. Although people today have more leisure time, they are not in a better position than their ancestors to enjoy themselves.3. More unfortunately, people seem to have bee addicted to the rapid pace of modern life.利多弊少題型 61. Highprofile awards such as the Nobel Prize are actually damaging to society because they suggest that only a few people deserve such recognition. 最高榮譽(yù)比如諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)實(shí)際上是在損害社會，因?yàn)檫@種獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)在暗示只有少數(shù)人才配得上這樣的榮譽(yù)。 The fact that only a few people deserve highprofile awards is insufficient evidence to suggest that such awards are damaging to society.1. Undoubtedly, highprofile awards suggest that only a few people deserve such recognition.2. What is significant is that highprofile awards point out the right directions in which all individuals in particular fields should make efforts.3. To make sure that highprofile awards serve the right purpose of society, it is imperative that the rules of the awards be fair and strictly adhered to.少數(shù)和多數(shù)，精英和大眾 65. People have been so encouraged by society to focus on apparent differences that they fail to see meaningful similarities among ideas, individuals, and groups. 人們被社會鼓勵(lì)而將注意力集中于顯而易見的差異上，以至于人們已經(jīng)無法看到各種理念、個(gè)人和群體之間的有意義的相似。 People in different cultural environments would respond differently to this statement.1. On the one hand, western cultures tend to focus on differences among ideas, individuals and groups.2. The danger of traditional societies, on the other hand, is to ignore differences forcing individuals and groups to conform to one authority.3. A healthy attitude is to be sensitive to both differences and similarities.統(tǒng)一和差異 70. In any professionbusiness, politics, education, governmentthose in power should step down after five years. The surest path to success for any enterprise is revitalization through new leadership. 在任何領(lǐng)域中商業(yè)、政治、教育、政府掌權(quán)者應(yīng)該在五年后就讓位。這是任何機(jī)構(gòu)獲得成功的最好的方式：通過更新領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者而保持活力。 Limiting the term of leadership is an effective way to prevent corruption and lack of initiatives.1. When leaders have no fear of losing their power, they tend to abuse their power.2. A new leadership usually has greater initiative and would bring in new ideas.3. However, in certain realms such as business it might not be so necessary to limit the term of leadership.4. Furthermore, new leaders often lack the necessary skill and experience to cope with existing problems。 therefore, they need a period of time for adaptation.新手和老手 72. One can best understand the most important characteristics of a society by studying its major cities. 人們可以通過研究一個(gè)社會的主要城市來了解它最重要的特點(diǎn)。 It is no longer true the major cities are characteristic of a society.1. Major cities used to be the cultural centers of a society.2. Nowadays, however, due to the influence of globalization, major cities throughout the world look more or less the same.3. By contrast, the rural areas of a society maintain more of its cultural tradition.少數(shù)和多數(shù)之以小見大 76. Truly profound thinkers and highly creative artists are always out of step with their time and their society. 真正深刻的思想家和充滿創(chuàng)造力的藝術(shù)家總是超前于他們所在的時(shí)代和社會的。 To be more exact, great thinkers and artists are generally out of step with their time and society.1. Many great artists remained obscure all their lives.2. There are countless examples of original thinkers who were either ignored or misunderstood by their time and their society.3. However, there are cases of greater thinkers or artists who were recognized and rocketed to instant fame in their own time and their own society.另類天才 77. People today are too individualistic. Instead of pursuing selfcentered, separate goals, people need to understand that satisfaction es from working for the greater good of the family, the munity, or society as a whole. 現(xiàn)在的人們太個(gè)人主義了。與其追求以個(gè)人為中心和孤立的目標(biāo)，人們更需要明白滿足是源于為家庭、社區(qū)或者整個(gè)社會的更大利益的服務(wù)。 Extreme individualism has bee a serious threat to the social fabric and the welfare of all members of society.1. Some people may claim that the greater good of the family, the munity or society lies in the good of the individual, which justifies the pursuit of selfinterests.2. The problem daunting contemporary society is that egoism as run wild.3. Today there is every need for the society to encourage individuals to work for the interests of others.少數(shù)和多數(shù) 89. Leaders are created primarily by the demands that are placed upon them. 領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者主要是由身負(fù)的責(zé)任所造就的。 Generally speaking, leaders are the results of a bination of internal qualities and external conditions.1. The demands place upon a person could challenge him or her to bee a leader.2. However, the statement seems to suggest that anybody can bee a leader if demands are placed on him or her, which is unwarranted.3. Besides opportunities, one also need to have certain qualities to make a leader.時(shí)勢造英雄