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Tesolchina的内容是：
由于AW的分数是issue和 argument的平均值，而ETS并没有分开报两个分数，因此我们只能假设大家的argument比issue要写得好一些。那么对于很多同学最终只拿到3.5或者3分，我们只能推测为Argument 4分 issue 3分或者2分。而issue3分、2分是什么水平呢，大家看过ETS的官方指南应该很清楚，我们这里再研究一下Essay Response – Score 3
To quote the saying, "Jack of all trades, master of none," would be my position on the statement. I feel specialists in all areas of knowledge lead to a higher standard of living for everyone. Specializing in different areas allows us to use each others talents to the highest level and maximize potential. As an example, if a person required brain surgery, would they rather have a brain surgeon or a general practitioner doing the work? Clearly a specialist would do the better job and give the patient a chance at a better life.
A university education starts by laying the groundwork for general knowledge but then narrows down to a specific field. General knowledge and a broad prospective are important, but if there was no focus on specific areas, our overall knowledge as a population would be seriously lessened.
Another example of specialists not being overated would be international trade. Not every nation can provide for themselves. They need to get products and ideas from other parts of the world because they are better at providing them. This allows for a growing economy if two different nations can provide each other with two different products. If one country can produce oranges better than another, it should trade
the oranges for the fish that it can not produce. If generalizing was the normal thing to do and both countries tried to produce all kinds of products, the countries would probably survive, but not have the . standard of living they presently have.
Reader Commentary for Essay Response – Score 3
The writer's position is clear: specialists are important and necessary. However, the position is not Ladequately supported with reasons or logical examples.
Paragraph 1 presents an appropriate example of the brain surgeon versus the general practitioner. However, the example of an increasingly narrow university education in paragraph 2, contains only two sentences and is seriously undeveloped. It does little to advance the writer's position.
Paragraph 3 offers yet another example, the most developed of all. Unfortunately, this example is not clearly logical. The writer tries to argue that the "specialist" country (one that is a better producer of oranges) is superior to the "generalist" country (presumably one that produces oranges as well as other 5 products). This generalist country, the writer tells us, would be inferior to the other. This conclusion does not emerge logically from the writer's argument, and it seems to be at odds with everyday reality.
Although language is used with some imprecision throughout the essay, the writer's meaning is not obscured. The main reasons for the score of 3 are the lack of sufficient development and inappropriate use of examples.
ETS的评论认为，3分的水平就是要做到
- 有清晰的观点，这个观点应该是回应主题的
- 有例子支持观点
- 但是例子存在问题，如论证不够充分或者论证缺乏逻辑
而这篇文章的字数只有区区的251字。而我们的同学很多时候都在为字数不能达到400或者500而发愁。
再来看看2分的例文：
Essay Response – Score 2
In the situation of health I feel that specialists are very important. For example if a person has heart problems, choose a heart specialist over a genral medicine Dr. However if a person is having a wide range of syptoms, perhaps choose a Dr. with a wide range of experience might be more helpful.
It also depends on the type of problem you are having. For example I would not suggest taking a troubled child to a theorpist who specializes in marriage problems. In some cases have a specialists helps to insure that you are getting the best possibly treatment. On the other hand dealing with a person who has a wide range of experience may be able to find different ways of dealing with a particular problem.
Since the quotation did not state exactely what type of specialist we are dealing with it is also hard to determine the importance of having a specialist is. For example the could be health or problems with a car, or basically anything else. I feel that this information should not have been left out. I guess the bottom line is that I feel sometimes a specialist is very important.
Reader Commentary for Essay Response – Score 2
This is a seriously flawed analysis of the issue. The response argues in favor of specialists, but neither the areasons nor the examples are persuasive. The example of not taking "a troubled child to see a theropist who specializes in marriage problems" is both simplistic and off the mark since it differentiates between two specialists, not between a generalist and a specialist.
The sentences are so poorly formed and phrased that the argument is at times hard to follow. Nevertheless, this is not a 1 essay: the writer presents a position on the issue, develops that position with some very weak analysis, and communicates some ideas clearly.
2分的文章有几个明显的特点：
- 开头段没有明确的观点，尽管立场还是明确的
- 文章的论证很难读懂 The sentences are so poorly formed and phrased that the argument is at times hard to follow.
我觉得这便是很多同学问题的关键。我今天见了十几位10G的考生，看了大概7、8篇文章，他们的共性问题就是上面的这两条：观点不清晰、未能回应主题；论证让人很难读懂很难follow。
因此，我建议大家立即停止在字数上的追求，不要听信要500字以上才能得高分的谣言，老老实实的分析题目，提出一个make sense的观点，然后想一、两个make sense的例子，再用力所能及的文字把自己的想法说清楚，这样即便只有300字也足以拿到3分。如果大家一味的追求字数，为了写作而写作，根本不考虑自己写的东西是否make sense，这样只会沦为2分作文。
然后我的回复是：
的确新东方是推荐500字，因为不到这个字数，就说明肯定有东西讨论没讨论全，这是必然得。
但这并非就意味着为了达到这个字数，就要说废话绕圈子，这样的话还不如写少一点，但精辟一点，也许分数反而会比前者要高一点，恩
也就是说，500字就要有500字的信息量，提供了其相当量的内容和思想；如果你写了700多字却只有300多字的信息量，那么这篇文章就是废掉的垃圾，恩
另外就是，2分作文的一个缺点，不光是废话太多的原因，还有一个用英语描述事物的能力。你表达的一个观点，但说了半天人家看不懂，这就是能力问题了，这和你写多了还是写少了无关，这个能力在准备GRE作文时也是需要培养得。对这个东西，解决办法就只有练习了吧。。。个人建议就是仿写，就是照着范文（或者别人你觉得话说的还算清楚地），人家有一段分论点写成这样子，你也用同样观点，抛开范文，先用自己的话也写这么一段，包括对例子的描述（如果对方范文的例子太难的话就换一个差不多内容得例子写），然后将自己写的东西和范文做比较，看看对方为什么能够把东西说得那么明白，进行一下总结，然后再继续下去。。。。这样应该会有所提高吧~
