“We can usually learn much more from people whose views we share than from people whose views contradict our own。“ disagreement can cause stress and inhibit learning。“
Do we learn more from people whose ideas we share in common than from those whose ideas contradict ours? The speaker claims so,for the reason that disagreement can cause stress and inhibit learning。I concede that undue discord can impede learning。Otherwise,in my view we learn far more from discourse and debate with those whose ideas we oppose than from people whose ideas are in accord with our own。中华考试网(www.Examw。com)
在第一段,作者开门见山地表达自己的观点——conditionally disagree。这一点值得大家借鉴。但由于写的仓促,依然有措辞的失误。
Admittedly,under some circumstances disagreement with others can be counterproductive to learning。For supporting examples one need look no further than a television set。On today's typical television or radio talk show,disagreement usually manifests itself in meaningless rhetorical bouts and shouting matches,during which opponents vie to have their own message heard,but have little interest either in finding common ground with or in acknowledging the merits of the opponent's viewpoint。Understandably,neither the combatants nor the viewers learn anything meaningful。In fact,these battles only serve to reinforce the predispositions and biases of all concerned。The end result is that learning is impeded。
在这第二段,作者作出某种程度的让步,注意Admittedly,……的用法,既省事有明了,是gre AWA的典型用法。我们还可以发掘到作者用了比较多essay的常用词组,如,look no further than sth。Manifest itself,have little interest either in…or in…,find common ground with,in acknowledge sth。,only serve to…这些用词均能让人倍感专业水平。
Disagreement can also inhibit learning when two opponents disagree on fundamental assumptions needed for meaningful discourse and debate。For example,a student of paleontology learns little about the evolution of an animal species under current study by debating with an individual whose religious belief system precludes the possibility of evolution to begin with。And,economics and finance students learn little about the dynamics of a laissez-faire system by debating with a socialist whose view is that a centralized power should control all economic activity。
继续举例,让观点丰满起来,这一点值得借鉴。问题是大家要注意他举的例子挺有说服力的。