GRE写作讲义(五)-习作评改4a
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写作词汇
Original: To begin with, in our era, all kinds of information and messages are booming everyday.
Revised: In our times, we are exposed to a great deal of information.
 
Original: Maybe in some urgent conditions, political leaders have to withhold1 information from the public to avoid the possible turbulence2, but we can never say that is necessary, even if desirable.
Revised: Political leaders may sometimes have to withhold information from the public to avoid potential conflict, but this is never necessary, let alone desirable.
 
Original: In this era of democracy and the law becoming more and more complete, everyone realizes his own rights including the right to know the things that he is interested in or relative to.
Revised: In this modern era of democracy and established codes of law, everyone knows their rights, particularly when the subject bears immediate3 interest to them.
 
Original: People who are far away from New York never heard the disaster happening there.
Revised: Or people can turn a blind eye to momentous4 events, such as the September 11th attacks, just because they happened a long way away.
 
Original: Even if you only withhold a little information, the absence of it will surely hurt your people, further your society sooner or later because any information must has a close relation to these people or those, and will affect them at last.
Revised: Withholding5 even the most meager6 scrap7 of information hurts people, because however small it is, it will eventually have an impact on them.
 
Original: Complete information could help us to judge the environment in which we are and change our action according to others’ action, then the market gets to its balance.
Revised: A perfect flow of information helps us to evaluate the world in which we live, and temper our actions when we compare them to the actions of those around us.
 
Original: Though we are not discussing the market only, the importance of opening the information to the public also can be recognized from this.
Revised: It is a comment on society as well as markets, as it shows the value of opening up information to the public.
 
Original: There still has a question about the reputation about the government.
Revised: There is a still a question mark hanging over the reputation of the government.
 
Original: It must be noxious8 to people, to government, then to the whole society in long term.
Revised: But in the long-term this approach works to the detriment9 of society.
 
Original: Laws are the fundamentals of our society.
Revised: Laws are the fundamental backbone10 of society.
 
Original: All the rights such as freedom, democracy, and independence and so on we now hold can only be protected by the laws.
Revised: The rights that we hold dear, such as freedom, democracy and independence, exist because they are protected by law.
 
Original: Moreover, unjust laws poison our society and they penalize11 innocent people rather than guilty ones. So we should resist unjust laws.
Revised: Unjust laws are a detriment to society and end up penalizing12 innocent, rather than guilty people.
 
Original: The glorious Roman Empire is always reverenced13 more for its overall success than for any of its epic14 leaders, since society is an integral concept which is weighed by the gross population.
Revised: The Roman Empire is generally remembered for its overall success rather than for any single leader because society as a whole is more powerful than the individuals it is comprised of.
 
Original: There is no contradiction between the two as long as individual success offers benefit to the society.
Revised: As long as individual success adds to a society’s success, there is no contradiction between the two.
 
Original: Yet when improper15 individual prosperity, which is based on monopoly, deceiving other than fair play and hardworking, harms other people or the whole society, iron hand should be laid by government and other authorities to prohibit it so as to protect the overall society.
Revised: Only when individual success, relying on monopolies, unfair play and crime, harms other people and society, should the government and other authorities step in to protect society.
 
Original: Therefore, seen from the upper analysis, only both of the two assumptions are true that the significant decline of electricity consumption by the copper-extraction industry could be expected.
Revised: From the analysis above, we can see that only when both assumptions are true can a significant decline in electricity consumption be expected.
 
Original: Thus we come to it: individual well-being16 should always be confined within the overall success of a society in that the prosperity of a society promises everyone of the citizens a better premise17 and equal opportunity for personal success.
Revised: Therefore, individual well-being should always be viewed within the confines of a society’s well-being because a prosperous society offers its citizen a better life and more opportunities to be an individual success.


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1 withhold KMEz1     
v.拒绝,不给;使停止,阻挡
参考例句:
  • It was unscrupulous of their lawyer to withhold evidence.他们的律师隐瞒证据是不道德的。
  • I couldn't withhold giving some loose to my indignation.我忍不住要发泄一点我的愤怒。
2 turbulence 8m9wZ     
n.喧嚣,狂暴,骚乱,湍流
参考例句:
  • The turbulence caused the plane to turn over.空气的激流导致飞机翻转。
  • The world advances amidst turbulence.世界在动荡中前进。
3 immediate aapxh     
adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的
参考例句:
  • His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
  • We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
4 momentous Zjay9     
adj.重要的,重大的
参考例句:
  • I am deeply honoured to be invited to this momentous occasion.能应邀出席如此重要的场合,我深感荣幸。
  • The momentous news was that war had begun.重大的新闻是战争已经开始。
5 withholding 7eXzD6     
扣缴税款
参考例句:
  • She was accused of withholding information from the police. 她被指控对警方知情不报。
  • The judge suspected the witness was withholding information. 法官怀疑见证人在隐瞒情况。
6 meager zB5xZ     
adj.缺乏的,不足的,瘦的
参考例句:
  • He could not support his family on his meager salary.他靠微薄的工资无法养家。
  • The two men and the woman grouped about the fire and began their meager meal.两个男人同一个女人围着火,开始吃起少得可怜的午饭。
7 scrap JDFzf     
n.碎片;废料;v.废弃,报废
参考例句:
  • A man comes round regularly collecting scrap.有个男人定时来收废品。
  • Sell that car for scrap.把那辆汽车当残品卖了吧。
8 noxious zHOxB     
adj.有害的,有毒的;使道德败坏的,讨厌的
参考例句:
  • Heavy industry pollutes our rivers with noxious chemicals.重工业产生的有毒化学品会污染我们的河流。
  • Many household products give off noxious fumes.很多家用产品散发有害气体。
9 detriment zlHzx     
n.损害;损害物,造成损害的根源
参考例句:
  • Smoking is a detriment to one's health.吸烟危害健康。
  • His lack of education is a serious detriment to his career.他的未受教育对他的事业是一种严重的妨碍。
10 backbone ty0z9B     
n.脊骨,脊柱,骨干;刚毅,骨气
参考例句:
  • The Chinese people have backbone.中国人民有骨气。
  • The backbone is an articulate structure.脊椎骨是一种关节相连的结构。
11 penalize nSfzm     
vt.对…处以刑罚,宣告…有罪;处罚
参考例句:
  • It would be unfair to penalize those without a job.失业人员待遇低下是不公平的。
  • The association decided not to penalize you for the race.赛马协会决定对你不予处罚。
12 penalizing 131b6b7509f81de83730275d15a0bbea     
对…予以惩罚( penalize的现在分词 ); 使处于不利地位
参考例句:
  • This is more than just penalizing a company that you are mad at. 她说:这将远远超过惩罚一个你感到不满的公司。
13 reverenced b0764f0f6c4cd8423583f27ea5b5a765     
v.尊敬,崇敬( reverence的过去式和过去分词 );敬礼
参考例句:
  • The name of Albert Einstein is still reverenced by the scientists all over the world. 爱因斯坦的名字仍然受到世界各地科学家的崇敬。 来自互联网
  • For it is always necessary to be loved, but not always necessary to be reverenced. 一个人总是能得到必要的爱,却不总是能得到必要的尊敬。 来自互联网
14 epic ui5zz     
n.史诗,叙事诗;adj.史诗般的,壮丽的
参考例句:
  • I gave up my epic and wrote this little tale instead.我放弃了写叙事诗,而写了这个小故事。
  • They held a banquet of epic proportions.他们举行了盛大的宴会。
15 improper b9txi     
adj.不适当的,不合适的,不正确的,不合礼仪的
参考例句:
  • Short trousers are improper at a dance.舞会上穿短裤不成体统。
  • Laughing and joking are improper at a funeral.葬礼时大笑和开玩笑是不合适的。
16 well-being Fe3zbn     
n.安康,安乐,幸福
参考例句:
  • He always has the well-being of the masses at heart.他总是把群众的疾苦挂在心上。
  • My concern for their well-being was misunderstood as interference.我关心他们的幸福,却被误解为多管闲事。
17 premise JtYyy     
n.前提;v.提论,预述
参考例句:
  • Let me premise my argument with a bit of history.让我引述一些史实作为我立论的前提。
  • We can deduce a conclusion from the premise.我们可以从这个前提推出结论。
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