※ 引述《fallmaple (go!fight!)》之铭言：
: 题目：短篇写作(20 分):请阅读指示并依指示写作。
: In one of his articles entitled “What Leaders Really Do,”
: Harvard Business School professor John Kotter argues that management and
: leadership are different but complementary. He proposes, “Managers promote
: stability while leaders press for change.” Do you agree with him or not?
: If you do, elaborate on his argument.If you don’t, state your own.
: In either case, be sure to use examples to illustrate your argument.
写作前需要注意几件事:
1. "完整性"非常重要! 不管是论点还是例子.
一个发展完整的论点,胜过三个廉价的一句话式的论点.
一个完整交代人事时地物,来龙去脉,前因后果的例子,胜过片段式报导.
(这也是为什么我建议写个人经验,不要写伟人名人或历史事件)
2. 千万不要只顾著"点和线"而忽略了"面"
很多台湾老师教作文其实都是教单字和句子.但作文最重要的是全面的
组织架构,否则很容易变得松散不连贯.各位可以参考ETS给的托福满分范文,
单字句型不必特别高端,但组织必须好,才能拿高分.
个人练习: (PS 我本身是英文老师)
I never thought that management and leadership could be so
differently defined until I read John Kotter, who sees managers
as stabilizers and leaders as reformers. This idea, which I
totally agree with, brings me back to the time when I first
took a managerial position.
When at high school, I was one of the organizers of a very big
graduation party, in charge of making invitation letters to three
thousand parents. Five other students worked under me. As a
first-time manager, I was fixated on how to get people to work
and keep our job on schedule. While I was working hard toward it,
one day, the party's chief organizer suggested that some changes
be necessary: Our invitation letters should be made simpler and
fresher in design so as to cut down on formalities.
Her advice turned out to be very helpful. We saved a lot of time
making simplified letters and received many thumbs up for our
letter design. Now, looking back, I can't agree more with
John Kotter on the roles management and leadership are supposed
to play: Managers keep things on the right track, for the sake of,
in my case, productivity. But their tendency to keep could be
counterproductive. That's when leaders come in and shout for
change, which, according to my experience, makes a huge difference.