2. issue提纲 87. 7月6次, 6月8次,5月5次,4月3次(22) “As technologies and the demand for certain services change, many workers will lose their jobs. The responsibility for those people to adjust to such change should belong to the individual worker, not to government or to business.” Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the opinion stated above. Support your position with specific reasons and/or examples drawn from your reading, your observations, or your own experience. Thesis sentence:While individuals have primary responsibility for learning new skills and finding work, both industry and government have some obligation to provide them the means of doing so View1:
l agree that individuals must assume primary responsibility for adjusting to job obsolescence, especially since our educational system has been preparing us for it。现在的社会也提供了机会:很多学校提供短期的培训,人们可以参加保持自己keep up with the changes of the technologies and new direction of businesses。第二,只有个人采取主动,才能从根本上解决问题。否则merely rely on the help coming from government or business,人们会变得消极become passive and lose enterprise View2:
However, industry should bear some of the responsibility as well. It is industry, after all, that determines the particular directions technological progress and subsequent social change will take. Moreover in the long run, doing so will also benefit the business. View3:
Moreover, 政府也应该采取一些行动。政府作为一个社会的管理者supervisor,有责任保证全社会的well being. 应该帮助个人完成适应adjustment. 可以通过提供一些insurance for unemployment, advice for the occupational choice, necessary information of the new trend of business…或者建立一些相应的regulation,以帮助就业人员顺利渡过transformation。 29. “Too many people think only about getting results. The key to success, however, is to focus on the specific task at hand and not to worry about results.” What do you think this piece of advice means, and do you think that it is, on the whole, worth following? Support your views with reasons and/or examples drawn from your own experience, observations, or reading. Thesis sentence:result固然重要,但是没有过程的积累,无以得到理想的结果,更何况result并非成功的唯一标志,过程中的积累和成长更重要 View1:result的设立(大到strategy小到tactic),并且在执行过程中不断的review progress和milestone都是成功达成result并不可少的。Result明确了方向,motivate人们选择手段。 View2:只想到结果的人而不注意手边的事情的人往往因为太迫切的期待结果而不屑于把手边看似琐碎的小事做好.事实上每一个目标的达成都是需要无数这样的事情集合在一起才可以达成的 View3:很多时候result并不是成功的唯一衡量标准。其实每个single task的完成本身既是一种result,又是下一个task的基础。在这个循而复始的过程中得到不断的积累和成长。 View4:当然,如果只注意手边的事情也是不可取的.因为一直这样就缺少了高屋建瓴的技能往往会过分注意细节而忽略了从整体上的把握.每一件事情就都变成是在孤立的完成而不是在为一个核心pivotal的目标而服务这样会忽略了重点降低效率。To ensure good results, one should instead take a balanced approach to the task at hand (adv. 在手边, 在附近, 即将到来). By a balanced approach I mean paying attention to both the desired result and the specific tasks that are required to achieve it. 39. 7月1次, 6月2次,5月5次,4月5次(13) “It is difficult for people to achieve professional success without sacrificing important aspects of a fulfilling personal life.” Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the opinion stated above. Support your views with reasons and/or examples from your own experience, observations, or reading Theme:两者not mutually exclusive, but increasingly difficult to achieve nowadays View1:
Undeniably, today’s professionals must work long hours to keep their heads above water (keep one’s heads above water: v. 免遭灭顶之灾, 不负债), let alone to get ahead in life financially. This is especially true in Japan, where cost of living, coupled with corporate culture, compel professional males to all but (adv. 几乎, 差一点) abandon their families and literally to work themselves to death. While the situation here in the states (United States) may not be as critical, the two-income family is now the norm, not by choice but by necessity. View2: However, our society’s professionals are taking steps to remedy the problem. First, they are inventing ways—such as job sharing and telecommuting (远程交换,远程办公)—to ensure that personal life does not take a backseat (n. 后座, 次要位置) to career. Second, they are setting priorities and living those hours outside the workplace to the fullest. In fact, professional success usually requires the same time-management skills that are useful to find time for family, hobbies, and recreation. One need only look at the recent American presidents—Obama,Clinton, Bush, Reagan, and Carter—to see that it is possible to lead a balanced life which includes time for family, hobbies, and recreation, while immersed in a busy and successful career. 42. 6月4次,5月5次,4月3次(12) “Scientists are continually redefining the standards for what is beneficial or harmful to the environment. Since these standards keep shifting, companies should resist changing their products and processes in response to each new recommendation until those recommendations become government regulations.” Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the opinion stated above. Support your views with reasons and/or examples from your own experience, observations, or reading Theme:companies should take proactive attitudes rather than reactive, to the benefit of both itself and the society as a whole; legal regulations are minimum requirements and should not prevent companies from continually keeping up with the latest standards and improving products/process so as to reduce damage to environment View1: 随着人们的环保意识日益加强,we are seeing increasing number of standards by scientists, they’re result of more advanced technology and higher living standards.企业无法也没有必要chang their products and processes in response to each new recommendation until those recommendations。否则企业会疲命于改造自己的产品和流程,而无法专心做研发和营销,同时日益增加的成本也会企业在市场上缺乏竞争力,最终成为失败者。比如除了国家法律对汽车尾气排放的标准(veihcle emission standard)外,不同地区的科学家又会根据当地的天气,人口和汽车量提出更适合当地的排放标准。如果汽车行业整天忙于改造自己的产品以符合新出的标准,并因此不断的修改流程,工艺和检验标准,那么势必会不利于其新产品的开发,也会因此耗费巨大,从而失去市场竞争优势。 View2 同时,企业作为社会公民,有企业的责任,可以时时关注新出的standards。,并且分析如何在设计产品和流程的时候,即使无法做大的改变,尽量减少或者避免对环境产生负担,比如企业可以带动上下游一起规范化,这样非但确保绿色的供应链,同时降低了一家的成本。再比如在产品中融入环保意识,引导绿色消费,从而为自己赢得负责人的美誉,得到消费者的信赖。 View3: 等待政府出台相关法律法规再做改变的企业很被动,而且法律政策往往只是最低要求,并且带有一定的惩罚性。如果企业为了短期利益,完全不顾环保要求,等到新法出台才行动,不但短期内可能为了应付新规定而不得不分散精力,同时也因为滞后的行动可能lose market share to competitors who leads action。 5. 7月7次, 6月2次,5月4次,4月3次(16) “All groups and organizations should function as teams in which everyone makes decisions and shares responsibilities and duties. Giving one person central authority and responsibility for a project or task is not an effective way to get work done.” To what extent do you agree or disagree with the opinion expressed above? Support your views with reasons and/or specific examples drawn from your own work or school experiences, your observations, or your reading Theme:Delegation and centralization- not necessarily one better than the other. They all have advantages and disadvantages. And it is a case-by-case discussion View1: shared decision and responsibility有其优点,motivate, jury practice适合delegation,追求公平 View2: trauma unit in a hospital适合centralization,追求实效专业 View3: 即使在shared情况下,两者也需要合理的结合。天性是自私的。In many circumstances, the personal goal may be different from or even contrary to the goal of the group. 如果任由每个人作出决定,很可能作出相反的,产生很多矛盾。incompatible conflict. 比如企业中,每个员工都想争取最多的工资,但也许与企业cost-cutting policy想矛盾. 这时候,就需要one person with the authority and responsibility for a project来协调assort with the different interests。synthesize the various voices of all the group members and make the final decision.这样才能有效地领导一个团队,不会偏离最初的目标stray from the initial goal of the task。 |