GRE作文尝试用问句开头

　　个人认为以问句为开头是一种百用不厌的好方式，一来吸引了阅卷者的注意，二来又容易抓住中心。

　　精华：a central concern

　　be at stake

　　yield to = give up the position to……让位于，被……主宰The important role of image is particularly evident in the business world. Consider, for example, today's automobile² industry. American cars are becoming essentially³ identical to competing Japanese cars in nearly every mechanical and structural⁴ respect, as well as in price. Thus to compete effectively auto¹ companies must now differentiate⁵ their products largelythrough image advertising⁶, by conjuring⁷ up(＝create) certain illusory benefits――such as machismo, status, sensibility, or fun. The increasing focus on image is also evident in the book-publishing business. Publishers are relying more and more on the power of their brands rather than the content of their books. Today mass-market books are supplanted⁸ within a year with products that are essential the same――except with fresh faces, rifles, and other promotional angles. I find quite telling the fact that today more and more book publishers are being acquired by large media companies. And the increasing importance of image is especially evident in the music industry, where originality⁹, artistic¹⁰ interpretation¹¹, and technical proficiency¹² have yielded almost entirely¹³ to sex appeal.

　　这一段主要是举例说明image确实在当今竞争激烈的商界、演艺界重磅地位。关于image重要的例子其实是挺好联系实际的。

　　The growing significance of image is also evident in the political realm, particularly when it comes to presidential politics. Admittedly, by its very nature politicking¹⁴ has always emphasized rhetoric¹⁵ and appearances above substance and fact. Yet since the invention of the camera presidential politicians have become increasingly concerned about their image. For example, Teddy Roosevelt was very careful never to be photographed wearing a tennis outfit¹⁶, for fear that such photographs would serve to undermine his rough-rider image that won him his onlyterm in office. With the advent¹⁷ of television, image became even more central in presidential politics. After all, it was television that elected J.F.K. over Nixon. And our only two-term presidents in the television age were elected based largely on their image. Query¹⁸ whether Presidents Lincoln, Taft, or even F.D.R. would be elected today if pitted against the handsome leading man Reagan, or the suave¹⁹ and politically correct Clinton. After all, Lincoln was homely²⁰, Taft was obese²¹, and F.D.R. was crippled.

　　其实在写作之中加入一点幽默的成分，会有一些出人意料的效果。正如我们的toefl。

　　In the long term, however, the significance of image wanes²² considerably²³. The image of the Marlboro man ultimately gave way to the truth about the health hazards of cigarette smoking. Popular musical actors with nothing truly innovative²⁴ to offer musically eventually disappear from the music scene. And anyone who frequents yard sales knows that today's best-selling books often become tomorrow's pulp²⁵. Even in politics, I think history has a knack²⁶ for peeling away image to focus on real accomplishments²⁷. I think history will remember Teddy Roosevelt, for example, primarily for building the Panama Canal and for establishing our National Park System――and not for his rough-and-ready wardrobe.

 

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