GMAT考试写作指导:Issue写作范文二三
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23.        The speaker asserts that schools should teach only academic skills, and not ethical1
or social values. I agree with the speaker insofar as instruction on certain moral issues is
best left to parents and churches. However, in my view it is in the best interests of a
democratic society for schools to teach at least the values necessary to preserve freedom
and a democratic way of life, and perhaps ever) additional values that enrich and nurture2
a society and its members.
      We all have in interest in preserving our freedom and democratic way of life- At
the very least, then, schools should provide instruction in the ethical and social values
required for our democracy to survive—particularly the values of respect and tolerance3.
Respect for individual persons is a basic ethical value that requires us to acknowledge
the fundamental equality of all people, a tenet of a democratic society. Tolerance of
differences among individuals and their viewpoints is required to actualize many of our
basic constitutional rights—including life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, and freedom of
speech and religion.
      While respect and tolerance are the minimal4 values that schools should teach, the
list should ideally go further—to include caring, compassion5, and willingness to help
one another. A democracy might survive without these values, but it would not thrive.
Respect and tolerance without compassion, it seems to me, breed a cool aloofness6 that
undermines our humanity, and leaves those in the worst position to suffer more and
suffer alone—an unhealthy state for any society.
      Admittedly, schools should avoid advocating particular viewpoints on
controversial moral issues such as abortion7 or capital punishment. Instruction on issues
with clear spiritual or religious implications is best left to parents and churches. Even so,
schools should teach students how to approach these kinds of issues—by helping8
students to recognize their complexity9 and to clarify competing points of view. In doing
so, schools can help breed citizens who approach controversy10 in the rational and
responsible ways characteristic of a healthy democracy.
      In sum, schools should by all means refrain from indoctrinating our young people
with particular viewpoint on controversial questions of morality. However, it is in a
democratic society's interest for schools to inculcate the democratic values of respect
and tolerance, and perhaps even additional values that humanize and enrich a society.


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1 ethical diIz4     
adj.伦理的,道德的,合乎道德的
参考例句:
  • It is necessary to get the youth to have a high ethical concept.必须使青年具有高度的道德观念。
  • It was a debate which aroused fervent ethical arguments.那是一场引发强烈的伦理道德争论的辩论。
2 nurture K5sz3     
n.养育,照顾,教育;滋养,营养品;vt.养育,给与营养物,教养,扶持
参考例句:
  • The tree grows well in his nurture.在他的培育下这棵树长得很好。
  • The two sisters had received very different nurture.这俩个姊妹接受过极不同的教育。
3 tolerance Lnswz     
n.宽容;容忍,忍受;耐药力;公差
参考例句:
  • Tolerance is one of his strengths.宽容是他的一个优点。
  • Human beings have limited tolerance of noise.人类对噪音的忍耐力有限。
4 minimal ODjx6     
adj.尽可能少的,最小的
参考例句:
  • They referred to this kind of art as minimal art.他们把这种艺术叫微型艺术。
  • I stayed with friends, so my expenses were minimal.我住在朋友家,所以我的花费很小。
5 compassion 3q2zZ     
n.同情,怜悯
参考例句:
  • He could not help having compassion for the poor creature.他情不自禁地怜悯起那个可怜的人来。
  • Her heart was filled with compassion for the motherless children.她对于没有母亲的孩子们充满了怜悯心。
6 aloofness 25ca9c51f6709fb14da321a67a42da8a     
超然态度
参考例句:
  • Why should I have treated him with such sharp aloofness? 但我为什么要给人一些严厉,一些端庄呢? 来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说
  • He had an air of haughty aloofness. 他有一种高傲的神情。 来自辞典例句
7 abortion ZzjzxH     
n.流产,堕胎
参考例句:
  • She had an abortion at the women's health clinic.她在妇女保健医院做了流产手术。
  • A number of considerations have led her to have a wilful abortion.多种考虑使她执意堕胎。
8 helping 2rGzDc     
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
参考例句:
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
9 complexity KO9z3     
n.复杂(性),复杂的事物
参考例句:
  • Only now did he understand the full complexity of the problem.直到现在他才明白这一问题的全部复杂性。
  • The complexity of the road map puzzled me.错综复杂的公路图把我搞糊涂了。
10 controversy 6Z9y0     
n.争论,辩论,争吵
参考例句:
  • That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
  • We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。
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