GRE作文范文 Issue-11

　　"With the growth of global networks in such areas as economics and communication, there is no doubt that every aspect of society - including education, politics, the arts and the sciences - will benefit greatly from international influences."

　　嘉文博译Sample Essay

　　The increasing globalization of telecommunications and the rising interdependency of the economies of the various countries of the world cannot be denied. News and other information can be transmitted around the world in a matter of seconds. Banks in hundreds of different countries can almost instantaneously transfer money to almost any other bank in the world. As these global networks become even further developed, the world will become even "smaller" than it is today. While there is no doubt that most aspects of society can and probably will benefit from these interconnections, there is doubt as to whether all aspects of society will benefit greatly from international influences.

　　Education probably has the greatest opportunity to benefit from these global networks. Students' access to the Internet and the World Wide Web brings an endless supply of information from all over the world. In-depth research on any subject can be done now while simply sitting at a computer rather than by tedious searches through stacks of books or rolls of microfilm in a library. Real-time international exchanges of ideas and information can and do occur by linking schools across the globe through teleconferencing via live video satellite transmissions. It is possible that a student in the United States can "sit in" on a class at a university in China. The possible benefits for education are endless and constantly expanding as global communications continue to improve and become less expensive.

　　The sciences also stand to gain tremendous benefits from global networks. Research and development departments of a company in one country can instantaneously transmit information to all other R&D departments in the company worldwide. Medical research and information can be shared worldwide, reducing the amount of time it takes to make rapid advances in medicine as efforts no longer have to be duplicated by each individual researcher. All kinds of scientific knowledge and information can be quickly shared, tested and refined through joint efforts by scientists linked by global networks. Again, as with education, the potential benefits of a global scientific network are constantly growing and unlimited in scale.

　　With the field of politics, it becomes a little less certain on the subject of potential benefits. On the one hand, the people of most countries now have direct access to the people of other countries via email, instant messenger services and chatrooms and thus can find out about the political environments and conditions of almost every other country in the world. This could potentially lead to great advances in democracy as more people demand to have a voice in their governmental representation. On the other hand, governments may see this as a threat to their power and strive to eliminate access to these types of communications, which would clearly not be a benefit to the population as a whole.

　　As for the arts and culture in general, global networks may actually be more of a threat than a benefit. Although fans of the arts now have greater access to the arts and cultures of other countries than ever before, this could lead to a type of "globalization" or homogenization of the arts by creating an international standard that could potentially eliminate cultural artistic differences in the future. As one example, the French government mandated that only a limited amount of information could be broadcast in English in an effort to preserve French culture and language. It would seem to be a natural progression for the arts and culture to actually lose national identity as global networks become more widespread.

　　Almost all aspects of society probably stand to benefit from the rapid growth of global networks. In general, the more that people are connected to each other, the greater the chances are that they will learn to understand each other. But in the rush to understand and communicate with each other, it is important that individuals do not lose those unique cultural characteristics that make them different than everyone else.

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　　参考译文

　　随着经济和通讯这些领域中全球网络的发展，毫无疑问社会的每个方面，包括教育、政治、艺术及科学，将从国际影响中获益匪浅

　　电信的日趋全球化以及世界各国经济日趋相互依存，这一点不容置疑。新闻和其它信息可以在几秒钟之内传遍全球。上百个不同国家内的银行几乎可在瞬间内将钱款转入世界上几乎任何另一所银行。随着这些全球性网络获得越来越进一步的发展，世界将日甚一日地变得更"小"。虽然毫无疑问社会的诸多方面可以并且可能从这些互联中获益，但社会的每个方面是否都能从国际影响中获益匪浅，这令人怀疑。

　　教育可能拥有最大的机会获益于这些全球性网络。学生登录互联网或万维网，信息便从世界各地源源不断地涌来。现在，只要坐在电脑旁，而无需去图书馆枯燥地查阅一堆堆书籍或一卷卷缩微胶卷。思想和信息的实时国际交流能够得以实现，且确实已被实现，只要通过实况录像卫星转播这一形式的电信会议而将学校在全球范围内连结起来。美国的学生可以"坐"在中国某一大学的课堂内。随着全球通信日趋完善且更为廉价，教育所能从中获得的益处可谓无究无尽，且有持续扩展之势。

　　科学也拥有广阔的前景从全球网络中获益匪浅。某个国家内的某个公司的研发部门可在瞬间将信息传递到该公司在全球的所有其他研发部门。医学研究和信息可在全球范围内分享，大大缩短了在医学领域取得快速进步所需的时间，因为每个单独的研究人员再也不必去重复他人的研究努力。通过与全球网络相联的科学家们的共同努力，各种科学知识和信息能够很快地被分享，被检验，被完善。正如教育那样，我们可以再一次说，一个全球性科学网络的潜在益处正在不断增涨，且规模无可限量。

　　对于政治领域而言，在潜在益处这一点上，情形就不是那么的肯定了。一方面，在大多数国家，人们现在可以通过电子邮件瞬间信使服务以及聊天室直接与其他国家的人们进行联络，从而能够弄清楚世界上几乎每一个其他国家中的政治环境和情况。这可能潜在地导致重大的民主进步，因为有更多的人们要求在其政府代表中拥有自己的呼声。但在另一方面，政府可能将这视作对其政权的威胁，并竭力阻止人们获取这些通信方式，这对于全体民众来说显然不是一件好事。

　　就文化和艺术总体而言，全球性网络可能在实际上更多地是一种威胁，而非裨益。尽管艺术迷们现在比以前任何时候能更多地了解其他国家的文化和艺术，但这有可能导致某种艺术的"全球化"或一体化，因为会创立某种国际标准，有可能潜在地使未来的文化艺术差异消失殆尽。例如，法国政府规定，只有有限的一部分信息允许用英语来播出，目的就是为了保护法兰西文化和语言。随着全球性网络变得更为广泛，艺术和文化实际上会失去其民族特性，这似乎是一个自然进程。

　　社会的几乎每个方面都有望获益于全球性网络的飞速增涨。总体而言，人们越是彼此间联系起来，他们就有更多的机会来学会相互理解。但在人们忙着去彼此理解和互相交流的过程中，有一点极为重要，那就是人们不应该丧失那些使其有别于他人的独特文化特征。