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1、GRE作文issue素材：Education：（英国夏山学校）freedomindividualinterestsandneedsSummerhill,aschoolfoundedin1921byA.S.NeillwhoisafamededucatorofEngland,holdstheeducationideaoffreedom.Inthisschool,studentsarenotenforcedtoattendclasses;childrenmakerulesbythemselvesandnoonewi
2、llrestrictthem;thetestsarenotcompulsoryandstudentshaveneverbeenworriedabouttheirmarks.Eachteacherteachesonlyonestudent,sowhenstudentsgraduateattheir16,theywillbeconfident,tolerantandmoretalented.现代社会发展快，科技迅速Oursisatimeofproblems,ofgiganticproblems.Everythin
3、gisbeingtransformedunderthemagicinfluenceofscienceandtechnology.Andeveryday,ifwewanttolivewithopeneyes,wehaveaproblemtostudy,toresolve.----PopePiusVI,May18,1969现代科技的危害：OceanographerJacquesCousteauhaswarned:”MankindhasprobablydonemoredamagetotheEarthinthetwe
4、ntiescenturythaninallprevioushumanhistory.”LikewisetheenvironmentalorganizationWorldwatchInstituteconcludedin1989.Bytheendofthenextdecadethediewillprettywellbecast.Astheworldentersthetwenty-firstcentury,thecommunityofnationseitherwillhavereliedandturnedback
5、thethreateningtrends,orenvironmentaldeteriorationandsocialdisintegrationwillbefeedingoneachother.Homosapiens,bycontrast,beingendowedwithsuperiorintelligence,wasabletoadaptenvironmenttoitsneedsbymasteringfire,fashioningclothes,constructingshelters,andsoforth
6、.个人VS集体：Responsibilitylieswiththeinstitutionsofsociety,notinthevirtuesoftheindividual.Norway’sformerprimeministerGroHarlenBrundtlandnotes,however,theWesternEuropeanswhoinitiatedtheindustrialrevolutionandtheensuingatmosphericpollution,cannotnowcondemn“have-n
7、ots”tothestatusof“never-will-haves”.FrancisBaconconfrontedhishead-onwhenheurgedthatthenewlyemergingdisciplineofsciencebeemployedforthe“benefitanduseoflife”andnotfor“inferiorthings”suchas“profit,orfame,orpower.”现代发展快，文明出现后Geologictimeismeasuredinbillionsofye
8、ars,andhumanprehistoryinthousands,butsincetheadventofcivilization,thetimeunithasshrunkprogressivelytocenturiesandtodecades,untilfatefuleventsnowdailycrowdus,uncreasinglyandinexorable.历史重要性Thucydides,th
