【学以致用】名师带你从GRE写作到联想到美国文化
GRE给人的印象是总是严肃的，也是公认的ETS出品的考试系列中最为高端的，尤其是那些连老美看了都一头雾水的词汇。因此就有人开始质疑这一烤(Grill)试的必要性，并以消极的态度来应付。在GRE作文栏目老师看来GRE考试，尤其是其写作部分，是一门非常实用的考试和技能，在今后的学习，工作与生活中有着深远的影响。所以在这里与大家分享一下GRE写作中折射出的美国文化。
谈到美国文化，人们首先想到的是可能是美剧，好莱坞，汉堡薯条，NBA，NFL，苹果等等。当然不可否认，美国正通过娱乐，体育，餐饮，高科技等渠道向全世界辐射其文化。但如果透过这些表象去窥探其深层的内涵，那么我们就会看到包容，开明的思想自始至终都是这个国度最为闪耀标志。这一标志集中体现在其三权(Executive, Legislative, Judicial) 分立的政府结构，民主共和两党，与参众两院的政体之中。是的，“二”在美国文化中是一个受欢迎的数字，因为 “Two is simply more than one”。虽然说“二”，或更准确的说是“二元性”，并不一定能够包含世上所有的人群，观点，思想与方式，当这确实是最接近普世价值与本质的实用模型。对于GRE写作，一个核心的思想就是 “two-way thinking”，也就是一分为二的分析方法，这种思想强调竞争与冲突，是一种动态的平衡，也是激励人们不断挑战自我的最为有效的机制。
GRE作文栏目老师介绍，很多GRE写作的题目都是美国社会的缩影，如Argument的内容也时常涉及普通人的生活。像 movie theater 中的 video arcade （电子游戏机），all female （如Wheaton College，原先为女校）/coeducation，保健食品连锁店（其原型为GNC），Jazz Club （其实个人经验认为在美国不主流）等等。虽说我们在写作中主要是在质疑其推理过程与结论的合理性，但这些素材包括其结论通常都反映了美国社会的客观事实。在Argument的题库中，有一类非常独特的问题是跟赚钱相关 (profit, profitable, profitability)，也就是公司怎样才能盈利。我们知道美国文化是典型的重商主义的文化，基本上一切事情都是以是否能赚钱作为评判标准的。美国人很会赚钱，而且不需要用到地沟油。这就是为什么世界上最成功的商业咨询公司都来自美国，而在这些公司中，segmentation（细分）是比较核心的思想，这也与Issue写作中的分类讨论的分析思想高度吻合的。
除此之外，GRE写作处处反映了美国的主流文化与思维方式。当然，ETS设计的GRE考试并不是要你 “Don’t fight, just accept.”，而是希望听到你独特的声音。因此，希望大家能以更加积极的心态去备考，并把这种思想延伸到今后的生活中去。
以上就是我们GRE作文栏目为各位考生整理的关于从GRE写作到联想到美国文化介绍，希望考生积极做好备考工作，及时调整好状态，争取在GRE考试中取得理想的成绩！
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