LSAT范文连载十四-LSAT
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"Everywhere, it seems, there are clear and positive signs that people are becoming more respectful of one another's differences. " In your opinion, how accurate is the view expressed above? Use reasons and/or examples from your own experience, observations, or reading to develop your position. (统一和分歧) 

In determining whether we are becoming more respectful of one another's differences, one must examine overt1 actions and underlying2 motives3, as well as examining whether our differences are increasing or decreasing. The issue, therefore, is quite complex, and the answer is unclear. 

Disrespect for one another's differences manifests itself in various forms of prejudice and discrimination. Since the civil rights arid4 feminist movements of the 60s and 70s, it would seem that we have made significant progress toward eliminating racial and sexual discrimination. 

Antidiscriminatory laws in the areas of employment housing, and education, now protect all significant minority groups-racial minorities and women, the physically5 challenged and, more recently, homosexuals. Movies and television shows, which for better or worse have become the cynosure6 of our cultural attention, now tout7 the rights of minorities, encouraging acceptance of and respect for others. 

However much of this progress is forced upon us legislatively8. Without Title 10 and its progenies, would we voluntarily refrain from the discriminatory behavior that the laws prevent? Perhaps not. Moreover, signs of disrespect are all around us today. Extreme factions9 still rally around bigoted | demagogues; the number of "hate crimes" is increasing alarmingly; and school-age children seem to ^flaunt a disrespect toward adults as never before. Finally, what appears to be respect for one another's differences may in fact be an increasing global homogeneity-mat is, we are becoming more and more Hike. 

In sum, on a societal level it is difficult to distinguish between genuine respect for one another's differences on the one hand and legislated morality and increasing homogeneity on the other. Accordingly, the claim that we are becoming more respectful of one another's differences is somewhat dubious


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1 overt iKoxp     
adj.公开的,明显的,公然的
参考例句:
  • His opponent's intention is quite overt.他的对手的意图很明显。
  • We should learn to fight with enemy in an overt and covert way.我们应学会同敌人做公开和隐蔽的斗争。
2 underlying 5fyz8c     
adj.在下面的,含蓄的,潜在的
参考例句:
  • The underlying theme of the novel is very serious.小说隐含的主题是十分严肃的。
  • This word has its underlying meaning.这个单词有它潜在的含义。
3 motives 6c25d038886898b20441190abe240957     
n.动机,目的( motive的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • to impeach sb's motives 怀疑某人的动机
  • His motives are unclear. 他的用意不明。
4 arid JejyB     
adj.干旱的;(土地)贫瘠的
参考例句:
  • These trees will shield off arid winds and protect the fields.这些树能挡住旱风,保护农田。
  • There are serious problems of land degradation in some arid zones.在一些干旱地带存在严重的土地退化问题。
5 physically iNix5     
adj.物质上,体格上,身体上,按自然规律
参考例句:
  • He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服,心绪也很乱。
  • Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。
6 cynosure 0y5x4     
n.焦点
参考例句:
  • Let faith be your cynosure to walk by.让信仰成为你生活中的灯塔。
  • The princess,dressed head to foot in gold,was the cynosure of all eyes.公主全身上下披金戴银,是众目注视的焦点。
7 tout iG7yL     
v.推销,招徕;兜售;吹捧,劝诱
参考例句:
  • They say it will let them tout progress in the war.他们称这将有助于鼓吹他们在战争中的成果。
  • If your case studies just tout results,don't bother requiring registration to view them.如果你的案例研究只是吹捧结果,就别烦扰别人来注册访问了。
8 legislatively b0d3c1425cfee417320217145424ca8d     
adv.立法地
参考例句:
  • Indeed, experience with the legislatively imposed hybrid procedures has not been encouraging. 的确,立法规定的混合型程序的经历并不令人感到鼓舞。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
  • The criminal pattern kidnapping and killing the kidnapped person is contained and aggravated crime legislatively. 从犯罪形态来看,“杀害被绑架人”的立法属于包容加重犯。 来自互联网
9 factions 4b94ab431d5bc8729c89bd040e9ab892     
组织中的小派别,派系( faction的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • The gens also lives on in the "factions." 氏族此外还继续存在于“factions〔“帮”〕中。 来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源
  • rival factions within the administration 政府中的对立派别
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