GMAT新黄金80题及范文(三)d

37. “Since science and technology are becoming more and more essential to modern society, schools should devote more time to teaching science and technology and less to teaching the arts and humanities.”
“由于对现代社会来说，科学和技术正在变得越来越基本，学校应该投入更多的时间教授科学技术而减少艺术和人文的教育。” 
1.       艺术可以使人更好地投入到科学技术的研究中.起到一定的促进作用.For example, recent studies of cognitive¹ development show that studying music at an early age can strengthen a child’s later grasp of mathematics. And understanding philosophical² concepts has helped scients recognize their own presuppositions, and frame their central questions more accurately³. 
2.       从前人前辈的成就和伟大人格中我们可以得到促进和激励更好的投入到工作和学习生活中.
3.       单独只有科学技术我们只能找到解决问题的办法。即我只是知道how to do而不知道should we do 
.... . This is not to say, however, that ... . To the contrary mathematicians⁴ cognitive strengthen grasp philosophical philosophy presupposition presumption⁵ premise⁶ assumption intellectual inspire dominate predominate autonomous⁷ autonomy liberal arts 文科 contemporary 
 
1.      科技十分重要，没有科学技能的人，很难快速容入工作。难以想象一个缺乏基本电脑知识的人，如何在一个corporation in which most of the daily affairs are dealt with the aid of computer里很好地完成工作！所以，学校有责任培养学生的IT技能。
2.      但是，不代表学校应该忽视艺术人文的教育。众所周知，艺术人文起到启迪思想provide people with gracious spirit. 引导人们意识到人性中的固有美德：。。。举例：科学技术是人们生存发展的工具，但同时，如果没有美德，则可能变成危险的武器。比如nuclear weapons; heroin⁸ is made by people with standard chemistry knowledge…（with the guide of virtue⁹, science can be the best servant of human; however, on the other hand, without such guide, it can become the most dangerous weapon.
3.       false dilemma¹⁰. The speaker falsely put the school in a dilemma by suggesting the teaching of science and that of arts are mutually exclusive. 完全可以把两者结合起来。
 
 
Because scient View1: primarily and secondary school, whose main function is to teach general knowledge and more important, to shape healthy personality, should place at least as much attention on the arts and humanities as they do on science and technology
View2: Contrarily, university and college should devoted¹¹ more time on teaching science and technology as they are becoming more and more essential to our modern society. However, it dose not mean the Arts and humanities is not important and the time devoted to it should be decreased. Universities can increase the teaching hour on science and technology by ways such as employ more professors and open more available classroom to provide more courses at the same time.
View3: science and technology are becoming more and more important, yet, we still can not underestimate the importance of the arts and humanities.
Learning form predecessors’ experience and great personalities¹² can lead to great efforts devoted to work and thus better performance. Science and technology tell us who to do, but humanities tell us what should to .
 
ific knowledge is increasingly important in our technological¹³ world and in the practical world of jobs and careers, schools should devote sufficient time to teaching mathematics and science. This is not to say, however, that schools should devote less time to the arts or humanities. To the contrary, in a technological age the study of arts and humanities is probably more important than ever—for three reasons.
First of all, studying the arts and humanities can help students become better mathematicians and scientists. For example, recent studies of cognitive development show that studying music at an early age can strengthen a child’s later grasp of mathematics. And understanding philosophical concepts has helped scientists recognize their own presuppositions, and frame their central questions more accurately.
Secondly¹⁴, studying the creative and intellectual achievement of others helps inspire our own creativity and intellectual questioning. This is particularly important in an era dominated by technology, where we run a serious risk of becoming automatons¹⁵ who fit neatly¹⁶ into the efficient functioning of some system.
Finally, technology is valuable as an efficient means to our important goals. But neither technology, nor the science on which it is founded, decides which goals are best, or judges the moral value of the means we choose for their attainment¹⁷. We need the liberal arts (文科) to help us select worthwhile ends and ethical¹⁸ means.
In conclusion, schools should not devote less time to the arts and humanities. These areas of study augment¹⁹ and enhance learning in mathematics and science, as well as helping²⁰ to preserve the richness of our entire human legacy²¹ while inspiring us to further it. Moreover, disciplines within the humanities provide methods and contexts for evaluating the morality of our technology and for determining its proper direction.