新GRE的AW常用例子总结.doc

PlatonicloveVSmarriage

Utopiansocialism

理想与现实

CosmeticoperationVSprospect----prevailinginKoreaandJapan;unconfident

AttractivepackageVSfunction

AppealingcoverVSsubstance/content

美好的外在是否能够保持？

Undulydeforestandpasture----lushmeadowdegenerateintodesert;desertification

技术落后时候的mismanagement和climate造成的；草场沙漠化；水土流失

Libertyoftendegeneratesintolawlessness.

过分的自由要不得，凡是要有限制

Enron安然
Fraudulentaccountingtechniques财务造假
Listedasthe7thlargestcompanyintheUnitedStates
Scandal
Bluechipstock蓝筹股

Thecompany’sspectacularcollapseresultedfromthedisclosurethatithadreportedfalseprofits,usingaccountingmethodsthatfailedtofollowgenerallyacceptedprocedures.

Shakinginvestorconfidence

ThescandalresultedinnewlegislationthatreformedaccountingpracticesandstrengthenedtheabilityoftheSecuritiesandExchangeCommission(SEC)toinvestigateaccountingfraud.

ArthurAnderson安达信
Accountingfirm
诚信的问题，长期利益与短期利益问题

历史的作用，过分的patrioticreverence的害处

BenitoMussolini

Fascism;primeministerofItaly;extremenationalism;vastpersonalpower;strong-armmethods;precursorofHitler;plungetheEuropeintoWWII

一样是极端民族主义和爱国主义的错误

BillGates

Thewealthiestpersonintheworld
Bill&MelindaGatesFoundation

BillGates&PaulAllen

成功后该干吗

UNESCO

国际教科文组织

Impromptuspeech即兴演讲

Humannature

Fear;desire;curiosity;thelackofthesenseofsecurity;

Contemporarysociety

Money-oriented;rapid-pace;informationexplosion;overwhelmbythefractionsofinformation

ArthurC.Clarke

Britishscience-fictionwriter

ASpaceOdyssey

Hisnovelsandstoriesoftenfocusonspacetravelandotherwaysinwhichtechnologywillshapethefuture

Hisworksarenotedfortheirscientificaccuracy

Whenadistinguishedbutelderlyscientiststatesthatsomethingispossibleheisalmostcertainlyright.Whenhestatesthatsomethingisimpossible,heisveryprobablywrong.

Blackoutoneasterncoast美国东海岸大停电

InAugust,2003
Commuterbestranded
Buses&ferries还在运行
Subwaysystem完蛋了
人类对科技的依赖

Computer
33.9thousandbillioncalculationspersecond
lifetime

Binarysystem

hackers(violateprivacyandillegalgainaccesstocomputersystem)&virusorworms&alter