GRE Issue Topic 97

GRE Issue Topic 97

Topic:

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

Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.

بهترین ایده ها از علاقه شدید به چیزهای عادی ناشی می شود.

پاسخی بنویسید که در آن درمورد موافقت یا مخالفت با این جمله بحث کنید و استدلال خود را درباره موضع گیری خود توضیح دهید. در توسعه و حمایت از موضع خود، باید روشهایی را در نظر بگیرید که طبق آن، این نظریه ممکن است درست باشد یا نباشد و توضیح دهید که این ملاحظات چگونه موضع شما را شکل می دهند.

موافق

  • ایده های خلاقانه که توسط هنرمندان مختلف ارائه شده و به شهرت و اعتبار بالایی رسیده، از چیزهای بسیار ساده‌ای الهام گرفته شده است. به عنوان مثال، در نقاشی‌های پیکاسو (Picasso) یا داوینچی (Davinci) از طبیعت یا چهره انسان که جزو معمولی ترین تصاویری هستند که ما در روز با آنها مواجه هستیم، ایده گرفته شده است.
  • ایده های بسیار جدید مثل اینترنت یا شبکه‌های مجازی مثل فیسبوک از یکی از متداول ترین نیازهای معمول ما انسان ها یعنی نیاز به برقراری ارتباط با یکدیگر الهام گرفته شده، و یا اختراع هواپیما با مشاهده پرندگانی که در آسمان پرواز می کردند به ذهن برادران رایت رسید.
  • یکی از دست نیافتنی ترین آرزوهای انسان سفر به فضا بود اما به علت اشتیاق شدیدی که انسان‌ها به آن داشتند بالاخره توانستند سفرهای فضایی را امکانپذیر کنند.
  • بهترین ایده ها، ایده هایی هستند که بتوانند به ما کمک کنند تا راحت تر زندگی کنیم و یا تاثیر قابل توجهی در بهبود زندگی ما و نحوه تعامل ما با یکدیگر، و همچنین با محیط اطراف داشته باشیم و از آنجایی که هر انسانی استعداد و علاقه مخصوص به خودش را دارد، معمولا ایده‌های مختلف با توجه به علایق و زمینه کاری هر فردی به ذهن او خطور می کند.
  • افرادی که به یک زمینه خاص علاقه شدیدی داشته باشند سعی می‌کنند در آن پیشرفت کنند. برای پیشرفت در زمینه مورد علاقه‌شان، ایده های جدیدی به ذهنشان می رسد و می توانند آنها را توسعه دهند. مثلاً بیل‌گیتس (Bill Gates) در زمانیکه برای اولین بار با کامپیوتر و دنیای دیجیتال آشنا شد، علاقه شدیدی به آن پیدا کرد و در نهایت توانست به یکی از طراحان بزرگ در دنیای دیجیتال تبدیل شود.

مخالف

  • می توان گفت که در تمام زمینه ها، ایده خلق یا ابداع یک چیز جدید از پدیده های عادی الهام گرفته شده. به عنوان مثال، دانشمندانی که در پیدا کردن روشی برای درمان بیماری های خاصی هستند، از روشهای بسیار پیچیده‌ای مثل کشت میکروبی (Microbial Culture) استفاده می کنند که برای مردم عادی قابل درک نیست.
  • بسیاری از ایده های خلاقانه ما از نیازهایی که در زندگی داریم، الهام گرفته می شود نه از علاقه و اشتیاق. به عنوان مثال اختراع ماشین آلاتی مثل ماشین لباسشویی یا خودرو برای برطرف کردن نیاز ما به انجام سریعتر کارها، رفت و آمد راحت‌تر و سریع‌تر به مکان‌های مختلف و حتی دوردست خلق شدند.

 

 

Strategies
Restate the Issue:
In this case, you might invert the order of the ideas.
In other words:
A passionate interest in commonplace things gives rise to the best ideas.
Or: It is not an interest in the uncommon that gives rise to the best ideas.
You might determine what question is being answered by the issue statement.
From what do the best ideas arise?
Or: Where do the best ideas come from?
Creating a question may help you to formulate your own position on the issue and help you decide how strongly you agree or disagree with it.
Now think about the parts of the statement that provide evidence that you can affirm or refute.
a) best – This is the superlative form of good. It doesn’t get any better.
b) ideas – Why not products or inventions? Are ideas themselves worth much unless they are the basis of a useful product or invention?
c) passionate – This is a strong word. It carries more weight than a passing interest would.
d) commonplace – A synonym is every day. Is it likely that most people take notice of everyday or commonplace things?

Opposing viewpoint:
The best ideas arise from a passionate interest in unusual things.
Identify the parts of the opposing statement that provide evidence for you to refute or affirm.
a) unusual – This is the opposite of commonplace. Unusual means not usual or common or every day.

Alternatives:
Is there any other way to look at this issue? Perhaps it is not the things themselves that inspire, but the actions of the things in consideration.

New viewpoint:
The best ideas arise from a passionate interest in the behavior of commonplace things.
a) behavior – The way things act may be the inspiration for new ideas.
Examples and reasons:
a) Observing the changes of the stars in the night sky being used for navigation.
b) Man’s desire to fly like birds.

Sample 1:

One tends to think of visionaries as men and women who can see things that the minds of mere mortals cannot even imagine. Modern conveniences like the telephone and the television seem like miracles. How can a camera take a moving picture on the other side of the world and send it to the television in my little corner of the world? How is it possible that my voice can travel into space and be retrieved by my friend on her phone in the middle of the country? These inventions are ultimately based on commonplace ideas and actions, such as looking up at a full moon as a child and wondering what it would be like to be there. Many wonders of the modern world do have their roots in objects that we observe every day.

Man has always envied birds. The desire to fly has given rise to myths as old as the ability of man to speak. The most familiar of these myths is populated by the master craftsman, Daedalus and his son, Icarus. Icarus’ desire to fly led his father to craft wings made of feather and wax. Daedalus’ copied what he could observe of the wings of birds. His only warning to his son was not to fly too close to the sun lest the wax melt and cause the wings to be destroyed. Icarus, enthralled by the freedom of flight, ignored his father’s warning and soared higher and higher until he did indeed fly too close to the sun. The wax melted, the wings fell apart, and Icarus’ plummeted to his death in the sea. In the fifteenth century, Leonardo da Vinci drew plans for a flying device that became the inspiration for the modern helicopter. Some of the earliest planes attempted to imitate the motion of birds' wings. Now that man can actually fly not only around the world but out of it, one must wonder, "Do the birds envy man."

As the birds move in the sky above us, so do the sun, the stars, and the moon. For much of the history of man, the stars and planets were sources of myth and inspired poets, artists and musicians. The earliest ideas about the sun and the stars made the Earth the center of the universe. Later astronomers created the heliocentric theory of our solar system. The first practical use of the stars was for navigation. The longer the scientists observed the heavenly bodies, the greater the desire grew to reach them. When it became possible to measure the distances to the sun, the moon, and other planets, the idea of reaching them became a possibility. Now man has been to the moon and has set his sights on Mars. The Hubble telescope continues to send back crystal–clear pictures of deep space, and man's fascination continues to grow.

When man looks up, he cannot avoid seeing the birds and the heavenly bodies. They are ubiquitous, and man's envy, fascination, and eventual understanding of them have made incredible journeys possible. The best ideas of the future are likely to come from man's continued passion for commonplace things.


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