SAT范文：忠诚是有害还是有利？

2013-09-26 15:32:25来源：新东方网

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　　GRE Is loyalty always a positive force?

　　SAT Should people always be loyal? (2008年3月真题)

　　各位同学，SAT和GRE的部分文章题目特别吻合。众所周知，GRE的范文多展现出极强的critical thinking ability因此，为了增强SAT考生的分析问题的能力，笔者对一些重点GRE范文进行分析……

　　Is loyalty all too often a destructive force, rather than a virtue, as the speaker contends? To answer this question it is crucial to draw a distinction between loyalty as an abstract concept and its application. Apart from its consequences, loyalty is clearly a virtue that all humans should strive to develop. Loyalty is part of a universal ethos that we commonly refer to as the golden rule: Do unto others as you would have others do unto you. However, whether loyalty in its application amounts to virtue depends on its extent and its object.

　　本段译文：是否像题中人说的那样，通常情况下，忠诚是破坏性的力量而非美德?要回答这个问题，我们需要区分“忠诚”这个抽象概念与其具体应用。撇开忠诚带来的后果不谈，显然它本身是一种美德。所有人都应该努力去做到忠诚。忠诚是社会意识的一部分。通常，我们说忠诚是金科玉律：己所不欲勿施于人。但是，在实际情况下，忠诚是否能和美德划等号还取决于人们多大程度上去保持忠诚，以及对谁忠诚。

　　本段必背单词：all too often常常;destructive破坏性的;virtue美德;crucial必要的;draw a distinction between A and B区分A和B;strive to努力;develop培养;universal广泛的;ethos社会思潮;refer to as称为;golden rule重要原则;amount to意味着;object对象

　　First consider the ways in which loyalty, if exercised in proper measure and direction, can be a positive force. Relationships between spouses and other exclusive pairs require some degree of trust in order to endure; and loyalty is part-and-parcel of that trust. Similarly, employment relationships depend on some measure of mutual loyalty, without which job attrition would run so rampant that society’s economic productivity would virtually come to a halt. And, without some mutual loyalty between a sovereign state and its citizenry there can be no security or safety from either revolt or invasion. The world would quickly devolve into anarchy or into a despotic state ordered by brute force.

　　本段译文：首先我们要考虑忠诚的方式。如果尺度和方向正确，那么忠诚就是积极力量。配偶以及其他排外性关系需要一定程度的信任才能持久。忠诚是信任的重要组成部分。同样，雇佣关系也需要一定程度的相互忠诚，否则会摩擦不断，以至经济停滞。并且，如果主权国家和人民之间没有相互忠诚那么就会有叛乱或入侵。那时安定将不复存在。世界也会迅速沦为残暴势力下的无政府或专制状态。

　　本段必背单词：exercise实行;proper measure合适的尺度;spouse配偶;exclusive排他的;part-and-parcel重要的组成部分;attrition摩擦;rampant蔓延的;come to a halt停步不前;sovereign有主权的;revolt反叛;invasion入侵;devolve衰落;anarchy无政府主义;despotic暴君的;brute残暴的

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