【正文】 sufficient 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. 最高榮譽比如諾貝爾獎實際上是在損害社會，因為這種獎項在暗示只有少數(shù)人才配得上這樣的榮譽。 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.獨立題目 58. The increasingly rapid pace of life today causes more problems than it solves. 47. Society does not place enough emphasis on the intellectthat is, on reasoning and other cognitive skills. 1. Admittedly, these nonmainstream areas of inquiry address certain human needs, which mainstream science and other areas of intellectual inquiry inherently cannot.2. However, because these pursuits are not rooted in reason, they are favorite pastimes of charlatans and others who seek to prey on dupes.3. Furthermore, without any sure way to evaluate the legitimacy of these avenues of inquiry, participants bee vulnerable to selfdeception, false hopes, fantastic ideas and even delusions.少數(shù)和多數(shù)之非主流學科 46. While some leaders in government, sports, industry, and other areas attribute their success to a welldeveloped sense of petition, a society can better prepare its young people for leadership by instilling in them a sense of cooperation. 研究界的一些非主流領域，比如星象學、占卜術和意念及超自然探索，在社會中起到了很重要的作用，因為它們滿足了人們無法從主流科學獲得的需求。 Agree:1. Who is to decide which areas of academic inquiry are worthwhile? Scholars cannot be left to decide。更重要的是關注他們?nèi)绾巫非髮崿F(xiàn)自己的興趣，無論那些興趣顯得是多么的非同尋常。 1. We do not require a rearview mirror to recognize artistic greatness— whether in music, visual arts, or literature. The reason for this is simple: art can be judged at face value.2. In contrast, in the sciences it is difficult to identify greatness without the benefit of historical perspective.3. In the realm of business, in some cases great achievement is recognizable immediately, while in other cases it is not.時間先后 40. Scholars and researchers should not be concerned with whether their work makes a contribution to the larger society. It is more important that they pursue their individual interests, however unusual or idiosyncratic those interests may seem. 一個人是否偉大是由后人評定的而非他同時代的人。 Agree:1. Intense media attention to the lives of public figures raises a presumption in the collective mind of the viewing or reading public that our public figures’ lives are far more interesting than our own.2. The media consist of large corporations whose chief objective is to maximize shareholder profit. In pursuit of that objective, the media are simply giving the public what they demand—a voyeuristic look into the private lives of public figures.3. Nevertheless, the statement should be qualified in that a political figure has reason to expect privacy than other public figures.少數(shù)和多數(shù)之公眾人物的隱私 33. Creating an appealing image has bee more important in contemporary society than is the reality or truth behind that image. 像演員、政治家和運動員這樣的公眾人物應該預料到大眾會對他們的私生活感興趣。 現(xiàn)代技術使獲得大量細節(jié)信息成為可能。 1. Individuals and small groups also change our attitudes and minds to a large exten