托福寫作25分為什么GRE作文只有3分?從GRE寫作特點(diǎn)分析備考要點(diǎn)

托福考試和GRE考試雖然同樣是由ETS舉辦，但在考試目的和題型設(shè)置上存在很大區(qū)別。也就是通常所說的GRE比托福更難。這一點(diǎn)在作文部分體現(xiàn)的尤其明顯。托福寫作能拿到20多分的同學(xué)GRE寫作經(jīng)常只有3分水準(zhǔn)。具體原因是什么?問題出在哪里?下面小編就來做具體分析。

托福寫作25分為什么GRE作文只有3分?從GRE寫作特點(diǎn)分析備考要點(diǎn)

GRE寫作和托福寫作相同點(diǎn)

首先必須肯定的一點(diǎn)是，GRE寫作和托福寫作是存在一定共同點(diǎn)的，畢竟是ETS座下的同門弟子，對于考生在寫作方面的基本要求還是比較相近的，比如基礎(chǔ)的英語寫作能力、文章的整體框架搭建、論述的邏輯思維水平、遣詞造句的能力等等。這些方面兩者的要求可以說是基本一致的。而從題型角度上來看，GRE寫作中的ISSUE也和托福寫作里的獨(dú)立寫作有近似的題目要求，也就是根據(jù)題目提出自己的觀點(diǎn)并進(jìn)行論述，也就是中文里常說的立論文。所以在小編看來，能在托福寫作中拿到20多分，至少可以說明考生在GRE寫作評分標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的寫作技術(shù)層面上是能夠達(dá)到考試要求的。

GRE寫作題目深度遠(yuǎn)超托福寫作

既然寫作技術(shù)沒有問題，那么為何托福考生的GRE作文得分卻并不理想呢?原因其實(shí)很簡單，作文題目本身的深度根本不在一個(gè)層次上。大家可以回想一下托?？荚囎魑奶貏e是獨(dú)立寫作，問的問題內(nèi)容是不是都涉及比較基礎(chǔ)的認(rèn)知內(nèi)容，大多數(shù)都是圍繞大家熟悉的常見話題比如學(xué)校生活日?；顒?dòng)等等，即使是社會(huì)現(xiàn)象也是大家能夠隨口就說出一些看法事例的“大路貨”。而GRE考試的作文題目就完全不同的，來看下面兩個(gè)例子：

"Truly profound thinkers and highly creative artists are always out of step with their time and their society."

真正影響深遠(yuǎn)的思想家和具有高度創(chuàng)造力的藝術(shù)家們總是超越時(shí)代和社會(huì)的。

"Rituals and ceremonies help define a culture. Without them, societies or groups of people have a diminished sense of who they are."

典禮儀式有助于定義一種文化。沒有了它們，社會(huì)或者人類群體就會(huì)削弱對對自身的認(rèn)知。

這兩道題目都是小編隨手從ETS的GRE官方ISSUE作文題庫中選出來的題目，可能很多人剛看到這兩個(gè)題目都會(huì)覺得比較懵，既不知道應(yīng)該贊同還是反對，一時(shí)半會(huì)兒也想不出可以舉出的例子，可以說用中文都覺得不太好寫的題目，更不用說用英語去寫了。而GRE作文題目中這樣的題其實(shí)并不在少數(shù)。也就是說GRE寫作從題目深度上遠(yuǎn)非托福作文可比。即使考生擁有足夠的寫作能力和技巧，面對不知道動(dòng)筆的話題也很難發(fā)揮出自己的水平，得分當(dāng)然也就會(huì)受到影響了。

從GRE官方題庫中尋求突破點(diǎn)

那么，對于這些其實(shí)已經(jīng)具備足夠?qū)懽骷寄?，但卻缺乏積累或者說知識(shí)面不太夠的同學(xué)，怎樣才能拿到更為理想的GRE作文分?jǐn)?shù)呢?小編認(rèn)為方法既可以說很簡單也可以說很困難，那就是刷題庫。說這個(gè)方法簡單，是因?yàn)镋TS可能已經(jīng)考慮到大家會(huì)存在知識(shí)面不寬之類的問題而公開了題庫，理論上考生只要能夠把所有的ISSUE和ARGUMENT題目都看一遍了解一下，就能提前做好準(zhǔn)備不至于被完全無話可說沒東西可寫的題目打個(gè)措手不及。說很困難則是因?yàn)轭}庫里面的題目實(shí)在有點(diǎn)多，ISSUE和ARGUMENT的題目總數(shù)接近500道，即使去掉一些重復(fù)的題目也有超過300道題需要大家逐一準(zhǔn)備，工作量和耗費(fèi)時(shí)間可以預(yù)期都是比較驚人的。對此，小編的建議是既然不需要再重新練習(xí)寫作技能，那么有托福寫作高分基礎(chǔ)的考生在備考GRE寫作時(shí)就可以把重心放在看題庫研究題目上，盡早開始看題庫，對題目以熟悉內(nèi)容構(gòu)思論點(diǎn)思路和儲(chǔ)備論證素材為主，而不要試圖去把每個(gè)題目都寫一遍。這樣的做法可以最大程度節(jié)省大家的考試時(shí)間，也能幫助考生從寫作的內(nèi)容層面充實(shí)基礎(chǔ)提升水平為作文高分做好準(zhǔn)備。

GRE寫作滿分范文1

"The?best?ideas?arise?from?a?passionate?interest?in?commonplace?things."?

Even?the?most?brilliant?thinkers,?from?Socrates?to?Satre,?live?lives?in?time.?A?childhood,?an?adolescence,?an?adulthood;?these?are?common?to?me?and?you?as?well?as?the?greatest?writers.?Furthermore,?many?of?the?great?thinkers?we?esteem?in?our?Western?culture?lived?somewhat?unevetful?lives.?What?distinguished?their?life?from?say?a?common?laborer?was?their?work.?Therefore,?what?provided?the?grist?for?their?work??One?might?say?that?they?were?brilliant?and?this?alone?was?sufficient?to?distinguish?their?lives?from?the?masses.?Intellect?alone?can?not?devise?situations?or?thoughts?from?no?where;?there?must?be?a?basis?and?that?basis?is?most?common,?if?not?always,?observation?of?the?common,?of?the?quotidian.?Critics?of?this?idea?may?argue?that?these?thinkers?were?products?of?fine?educations?and?were?well?schooled?in?the?classics.?This,?they?may?point?to,?is?the?real?basis?for?their?knowledge.?I?would?agrue?that?although?it?may?be?a?benefit?to?study?classics?and?be?well?schooled?in?diverse?disciplines,?these?pursuits?merely?refine?and?hone?an?ability?each?and?every?person?has,?the?ability?to?study?human?nature.?Where?best?to?study?human?nature?than?in?the?day?to?day?routine?each?one?of?us?can?witness?in?him?or?herself?or?those?around?us.???

I?propose?that?the?two?best?disciplines?to?understand?this?power?of?the?commonplace?and?its?ability?to?cause?a?groundswell?of?thought?are?philosophy?and?literature.?Every?school?of?philosophy,?from?the?Greeks?to?our?day,?share?a?common?mission?or?intent?and?that?is?to?understand?and?explain?human?existence,?with?all?of?its?concommitant?features.?Generally?speaking,?the?Greek?philosophers,?epitomized?in?Aristotle,?attempted?to?set?down?rules?for?human?behavior?founded?on?logic.?These?rules?applied?not?only?to?the?rare?forms?of?human?behavior?but?largely?focused?on?the?more?mundane?motions?of?daily?life.?Many?of?Aristotle's?rules?were?based?on?his?observations?of?others?as?well?as?himself.?Contrast?this?venture?with?the?existentialists?of?our?century?who?attempted?to?look?behind?the?real?motivations?of?human?behavior?as?well?understand?man's?relation?to?the?Universe.?To?do?this,?what?did?these?philosophers?do??They?studied?those?around?them;?they?submerged?themselves?in?the?commonplace,?in?cities?with?hordes?of?annonymous?people.?While?the?existentialists,?as?well?those?philosophers?before,?exploited?their?uncommon?eduation?and?intellect,?the?basis?for?their?movement?was?ordinary?human?behavior?and?existence.? ?

Finally,?literature?is?similar?to?philosophy?in?that?it?seeks?to?explain?and?understand?human?behavior?and?therefore?rooted?in?the?commonplace.?Nevertheless,?its?relative?strength?over?philosophy?is?literature's?ability?to?emotionally?and?spiritually?move?the?reader?through?the?use?of?contrived?situations?and?fictional?characters.?It?can?do?this?when?even?the?central?theme?of?a?piece?maybe?love?between?a?man?and?a?woman?(e.g.commonplace).?Literature?also?distinguishes?itself?from?philosophy?in?that?the?breadth?of?the?fiction?may?be?huge.?The?plot?and?the?detail?can?be?quite?ordinary?or?fanatastic.?However,?this?does?not?mean?that?the?central?themes?of?all?literature,?whether?ordinary?or?fantastic,?deal?with?human?beings?and?the?problems?they?find?in?the?world,?something?which?we?all?share.?

In?conclusion,?I?hope?it?has?been?shown?that?a?passionate?desire?to?understand?and?explain?human?behavior,?the?significance?of?our?existence?and?deal?constructively?with?the?challanges?of?life?are?the?centerpieces?of?at?least?in?two?of?the?most?influential?areas?in?human?thought.?What?is?more?commonplace?than?the?existence?of?man.?

COMMENTARY?

This?essay?sustains?a?well-focused?and?insightful?analysis?of?the?issue.??Beginning?with?the?observation?that?the?greatest?thinkers?"live?lives?in?time,"?the?writer?reasons?that?the?great?thinkers?develop?their?ideas?through?observation?of?common?occurrences?and?everyday?reality.??One?of?the?strengths?of?this?essay?is?the?way?in?which?it?thoughtfully?considers?the?opposing?claim:?that?great?thinkers?are?primarily?the?product?of?fine?education,?and?that,?being?"well?schooled?in?the?classics,"?they?are?far?removed?from?everyday?life.??The?writer?notes?that,?while?it?"may?be?a?benefit?to?study?classics,"?it?is?nevertheless?true?that?being?"well?schooled?in?diverse?disciplines"?will?simply?"refine?and?hone?an?ability?to?study?human?nature"?in?its?everyday?manifestations.??This?observation?is?indicative?of?the?writer's?sophisticated?grasp?of?the?complexities?of?the?issue.?

The?writer?goes?on?to?demonstrate?the?intellectual?"power?of?the?commonplace"?by?skillfully?developing?two?compelling?examples?from?academic?life:?philosophy?and?literature.??Aristotle?is?cited?as?a?philosopher?who?studied?the?"more?mundane?motions?of?daily?life."??Similarly,?the?writer?explains,?twentieth-century?existentialists,?in?attempting?to?understand?man's?relation?to?the?universe,?found?inspiration?in?the?commonplace.

Another?strength?in?this?essay?is?the?way?it?introduces?an?idea?and?then?builds?on?that?idea?as?the?argument?unfolds.??For?instance,?in?a?discussion?of?the?existentialists?in?the?second?paragraph,?the?writer?expands?on?an?earlier?point?about?"thinkers"?in?general:?the?existentialists?may?have?"exploited?their?uncommon?education?and?intellect,"?but?the?"basis?for?their?movement?was?ordinary?human?behavior?and?existence."??It?is?logical?connections?such?as?these?that?make?for?a?coherent?and?well-focused?discussion.? ?

The?writer?uses?language?fluently?and?controls?sophisticated?syntax?throughout?the?essay:?"I?would?argue?that?although?it?may?be?a?benefit?to?study?classics?and?be?well?schooled?in?diverse?disciplines,?these?pursuits?merely?refine?and?hone?an?ability?each?and?every?person?has,?the?ability?to?study?human?nature."?

This?is?not?a?flawless?paper:?word?choice,?for?example,?is?not?always?precise.??But?the?essay's?cogent?analysis,?effective?organization,?and?sophisticated?sentence?structure?merit?a?solid?score?of?6.

GRE寫作滿分范文2

"The?best?ideas?arise?from?a?passionate?interest?in?commonplace?things."?

I?can?agree?with?the?statement?above?that,?"The?best?ideas?arise?from?a?passionate?interest?in?commonplace?things.?"??The?statement??is?an?accurate?description?of?how?many?people?form?great?ideas?from?ordinary?things?in?life.?Sports?are?all?great?ideas?that?are?made?from?commonplace?things.??What?makes?sports?some?of?the?best?ideas?is?not?what?they?began?as?but?what?they?evolved?into.?

All?athletic?competitions?began?from?commonplace?things?being??brought?together?for?the?purpose?of?entertainment,?excercise,?and?social?interaction.??Many?of?the?sports?people?enjoy?today?are?the?results?of?someone's?idea?creating?a?new?dimension?of?our?lifestyle?out?of?an?ordinary?object.???Baseball,?basketball,?and?track?especially?show?that?the?idea?of?creating?something?wonderful?out?of?ordinary?objects?is?true.?

Who?would?have?thought?that?a?stick?and?a?ball?would?spawn?into?a?national?pastime,?a?generational?tie?between?father?and?son,?,?a?national?bond?between?all?races,?and??a?multibillion?dollar?industry.??Baseball?began?when?someone?decided?to?throw?a?ball?at?someone?with?a?stick?and?that?person?with?the?stick?would?then?try?to?hit?the?ball.??What?a?simple?concept?and?what?a?wonderful?consequence.?

Today?the?simple?game?of?baseball?is?played?all?over?the?world.??It?is?a?sport?that?crosses?international?divides?of?religion,?race,?and?politics.??This?one?simple?game,?a?bat?hitting?a?ball,?can?bring?the?whole?world?together.??But?baseball?is?just?one?sport?that?shows?the?ablitiy?to?bridge?cultural?gaps.?

When?Mr.?Naismith?nailed?a?peachbasket?to?a?post?and?threw?a?ball?into?it?he?had?no?idea?that?millions?of?people?would?be?playing?his?game?today.??Mr.?Naismith?invented?the?game?of?basketball,?which?most?everyone?has?played?at?some?point?in?his?or?her?life.?Throwing?a??ball?into?a?basket.??What?could?be?more?simple?or?commonplace?than?a?ball?and?a?peach?basket.? 　??

Today,?basketball?is?the?new?American?pastime.??It?replaced?baseball?because?it?is?cheaper?than?baseball?and?it?can?be?played?by?only?one?person.??This?interest?in?balls?and?new?uses?for?them,??as?we?can?see?in?both?baseball?and?basketball,?brought?about?a?huge?social?phenomena?of?excercise?and?new?social?interaction?that?would?bring?people?together?rather?than?divide?them.?　　??

It?doesn't?take?a?ball?to?create?a?sport?from?a?commonplace?item.??Track?and?field?has?no?balls?used?in?it,?unless?you?consider?the?shotput?a?ball.??The?whole?sport?of?track?and?field?is?made?of?simple?ideas:?running,?jumping,?and?throwing.??Simple?but?yet?it?is?one?of?the?most?watched?events?worldwide?as?evidenced?by?the?recent?Olympic?Games.?For?example,?team?relay?races?consist?of?four?people?running?around?an?oval?track?passing?a?baton?to?each?other.??A?baton?that?is?the?only?object?you?need?to?have?a?relay?race,a?baton?is?definetly?a?commonplace?thing.???Yet?this?event?has?such?stars?as?Carl?Lewis?who?is?known?world?wide.?

Sports?and?how?they?were?created?is?the?epitome?of?the?idea?that?"the?best?ideas?arise?form?a?passionate?interest?in?commonplace?things."??What?might?have?seemed?boring?at?the?time?of?hitting?a?ball,?or?throwing?a?ball?into?a?net,?or?passing?a?baton?are?all?now?events?that?millions?take?part?in?and?even?more?watch.??What?makes?these?ideas?great?is?that?they?all?bring?people?from?different?backgrounds?together,?wether?they??intended?to?or?not.?

COMMENTARY?

This?essay?presents?a?thoughtful,?if?not?very?well-developed,?discussion?of?the?issue.??Drawing?examples?from?the?world?of?sports,?the?writer?notes?that?most?sports?begin?with?a?simple?idea.??Baseball,?for?example,?"began?when?someone?decided?to?throw?a?ball?at?someone?with?a?stick?and?that?person?with?the?stick?would?then?try?to?hit?the?ball."??From?this?simple?idea?came?a?sport?that?is?played?and?enjoyed?all?over?the?world.??Instead?of?focusing?solely?on?the?universal?appeal?of?sports,?however,?the?essay?introduces?the?idea?that?sports?cross?"international?divides?of?religion,?race,?and?politics."??This?is?a?perceptive?idea,?but?it?is?not?effectively?supported?or?sustained.?

Throughout?the?essay,?ideas?are?expressed?clearly?and?word?choice?is?accurate.??Sentences?are?at?times?well?formed?and?varied:?"Today?the?simple?game?of?baseball?is?played?all?over?the?world.??It?is?a?sport?that?crosses?international?divides?of?religion,?race,?and?politics.??This?one?simple?game,?a?bat?hitting?a?ball,?can?bring?the?whole?world?together."??On?the?whole,?however,?this?is?a?5?essay;?it?lacks?the?syntactic?sophistication?and?insightful?analysis?necessary?for?a?score?of?6.

GRE寫作滿分范文3

"The?best?ideas?arise?from?a?passionate?interest?in?commonplace?things."?

While?the?best?ideas?do?indeed?arise?from?mankind's?interest?in?the?commonplace,?one?must?realize?that?the?"commonplace?ideas"?of?our?current?society?continue?to?evolve?at?such?a?rapid?rate?that?we?are?converging?on?the?Twenty-First?Century?on?a?wave?of?thought,?ideas,?and?creation?that?would?surely?baffle?our?forefathers.? ??

Simply?put,?Thomas?Jefferson,?a?brilliant,?and?progressive?thinker,?was?motivated?to?create?certain?societal?services?that?he?felt?necessary?for?his?time.??Historians?report?that?Mr.?Jefferson?witnessed?a?fire?which?destroyed?a?man's?home.??The?victim?was?left?with?nothing.?Mr.Jefferson,?thinking?it?most?unfortunate?that?a?man?should?lose?all?his?worldly?posessions,?developed?a?system?of?homeowners?insurance.??Of?course?today,?we?have?taken?insurance?to?a?new?and?all-encompassing?level.??President?Roosevelt?adored?nature?and?found?great?solace?while?visiting?Yosemite?in?Wyoming.??Among?his?many?accomplishments,?Rooselvelt,?our?twenty-sixth?President,?is?perhaps?best?known?for?his?creation?of?a National?Parks?Protection?program.?

Over?time,?the?basic?needs?of?mankind?have?been?met?due?to?interests?in?the?commonplace?mixed?with?a?progressive?trait?in?man?to?make?things?simpler,?faster,?less?expensive,?and?more?gratifying.?

Today,?our?"simple?thoughts"?turn?to?ideas?such?as?space?stations,?the?technological?superhighway,?and?electric?vehicles.?Sadly,?we?must?also?repair?much?of?the?fallout?from?some?of?our?"commonplace"?inspired?ideas.??For?example,?evolved?transportation?has?a?price?as?we?work?to?restore?our?environment.?

If?we?are??inspired?by?the?simple?motivations,?dreams,?and?tasks?of?everyday?life?then?we?must?make?a?commitment?to?development?our?muse.??Perhaps,?the?best?way?to?move?ahead?is?to?step?back;?to?re-examine?and?learn?from??the?art,?science,?history,?love?and?war?of?our?founding?fathers.??Perhaps?simple?is?best.??After?all,?that's?where?all?the?best?ideas?are?born.?

COMMENTARY?

This?essay?presents?a?competent?discussion?of?the?issue.??The?opening?paragraph?introduces?two?ideas?that?serve?as?the?primary?focus?of?the?essay.??The?first?is?that,?as?the?topic?claims,?the?best?ideas?are?the?result?of?an?interest?in?commonplace?things;?the?second?is?that?our?ideas?are?evolving?at?a?rate?of?rapidity?that?would?"surely?baffle?our?forefathers."??These?two?ideas?are?adequately?developed?in?the?course?of?the?paper,?but?not?with?enough?fluency?or?complexity?to?merit?a?score?of?5.?

The?second?paragraph,?which?considers?the?way?in?which?ideas?arise?from?an?interest?in?commonplace?things,?is?the?most?thoroughly?developed?section?of?the?response.??The?examples?are?relevant:?Thomas?Jefferson,?who?used?everyday?observations?to?come?up?with?the?idea?of?homeowners?insurance,?and?Theodore?Roosevelt,?whose?passionate?interest?in?nature?led?him?to?develop?the?National?Parks?Protection?program.?

The?essay's?other?area?of?focus?--?the?rapid?rate?at?which?our?ideas?change?--?is?discussed?in?the?third?paragraph.??Some?good?ideas?emerge,?but,?unfortunately,?they?are?not?well?developed.?

The?essay?is?organized?with?an?introduction,?three?supporting?paragraphs,?and?a?conclusion.??However,?the?organization?would?be?stronger?if?the?ideas?in?one?paragraph?or?section?were?more?clearly?connected?to?the?points?made?in?the?next?section.?

While?there?are?some?errors,?they?are?not?severe?enough?to?interfere?with?meaning.??In?general,?the?writer?expresses?ideas?adequately,?although?at?times?the?wording?seems?almost?haphazard?and?therefore?a?bit?confusing:?"to?re-examine?and?learn?from?the?art,?science,?history,?love?and?war?of?our?founding?fathers."??For?reasons?of?adequate?content?and?adequate?presentation?of?ideas,?this?essay?received?a?score?of?4.?

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